Maureen Gaffney: About Life

In her latest book, leading clinical psychologist Maureen Gaffney draws on years of experience to bring us an eye-opening and inspiring insight into the most important lessons she has learned in life. About Life: Notes on Staying Grounded in Unsettled Times (Sandycove) brings together research, a lifetime of observation and Maureen’s own personal experience to explore the question that matters most in uncertain times: how do we stay resilient, purposeful and fully engaged with life when the world feels increasingly unstable?

Dr Maureen Gaffney is a leading clinical psychologist, writer and broadcaster. She has had a distinguished academic career and has worked as a consultant, specializing in leadership and organizational change, working with companies around the world to build strong, emotionally intelligent leadership and innovative and resilient work cultures. Among her clients have been multinational organisations in financial services and in the voluntary and community sectors. She has served on numerous state and other boards and is a member of the Women’s Leadership Board of Harvard University’s Kennedy School. Maureen is also a popular columnist and broadcaster and an inspirational and authoritative speaker who has addressed audiences in Ireland, the UK, the US, Sweden, Germany and Spain. Her previous books Flourishing (2011) and Your One Wild and Precious Life (2021) were both No 1 Irish bestsellers. Flourishing was the basis of a major two-part RTÉ TV documentary, and Your One Wild and Precious Life won the RTÉ Audience Choice Irish Book Award and was shortlisted for overall Irish Book of the Year in 2021. She lives in Dublin with her husband, John. They have two grown-up children and five grandchildren.

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