Crehan Sisters Project

We must end domestic violence.

Shattering the Silence: Strikingly, nearly 9 out of 10 parents in homes where domestic violence happens think their children aren't aware of the violence. Yet the majority of those same children said they've very much aware. And the consequences can be profound.

Awareness of CDV and how it affects one's own children is an important first step to reducing that impact. 💔👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Hopefully more companies will follow this example

Kellogg's brings in domestic abuse policy for staff The food company is to offer workers who suffer domestic abuse 10 days of extra paid leave.

NAMI Hearts+Minds There is a clear and critical need to care for mental and physical health simultaneously. Understanding this connection and synergy is vital to overall wellness.

Diversity in Insurance. We are proud to help in this effort!

The day we've all been anticipating is here already.. Less than 24hrs hours to go 💃

Are you ready!!! 😎

Let's meet virtually tomorrow, 26 September, as we discuss the topic, “Intersecting Perspectives: Driving Innovation in Insurance”.

11:00am is the time. Join the conversation.

Supporting community is at the heart of what we are doing in Crehan Sisters Project and the Marvellous Meitheal Society. We want to facilitate people helping each other so that we can create strong communities that can prosper and be successful.
We want to recognize the great work being done by many great organizations and companies in this field. One of these companies is in New York City. She has an inspiring story of overcoming addiction & homelessness as ayoung adult. She is dedicated to hiring other women in similar situations and providing them with a second chance & a hope of creating a better life.
We are also happy in this month of Women's History to recognize a company founded and run by a woman.

About Us About Janie Janie’s Life-Changing Baked Goods was founded in 2015 after Janie spent years struggling with addiction and homelessness in her early 20’s. Janie’s (formally Janie Bakes) was born out of an act of self-care as Janie was reconstructing her life and trying to stay sober. She had year...

NAMI's community-based support groups connect individuals to share experiences and get support from people who understand. To join one near you, visit nami.org/supportgroups

Peloton's Kendall Toole Has Accepted Her Need For Rest: "I Don't Feel Ashamed of It Anymore" In honor of World Mental Health Day, Toole talks mental health advocacy and learning to receive.

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." -Alice Walker

We meant it when we said we are building a company built by the community - which is why we like to share each little success along the way. Each idea, milestone, and success an accumulation of many voices. It's not easy, but it sure is fun!

It requires creativity, multiple rough drafts, inspiration, and much love - to make it a work of art. And, sometimes, what you are looking for is right in front of your face - we didn't have to look far for this piece; we just looked to our roots.

Meitheal is an old Irish word used to describe where a group of neighbors come together to help each other in many ways, such as harvesting crops.

While we may not be farmers, the sentiment is carried forward and forms the backbone of the Crehan Sisters Project. It's not just rolling up your sleeves; it's a fun and social gathering of friends and neighbors first - then we help in any way necessary.

We are designing the Crehan Sisters Project to be committed to working with our friends and neighbors, encouraging them to act together to help each other in many different ways.

So why not carry the name to house all the fun projects planned?

First, we design our projects so that we can all play a part in helping each other.

Second, any time you shop with us, you will support brands that give back - because we only carry brands that do.

Third, to compound all this good giving, we dedicate 15% of the profits to funding the MMS, keeping both committed to the same purpose and the continuum of compassion, believing that action is more influential than words.

Ultimately, the Crehan Sisters Project is the commercial side of doing good, enabling the Marvelous Meitheal Society to focus on the projects - putting actions behind the words in many fun & creative ways that have a significant impact.

With the Marvelous Meitheal Society, we can celebrate what we have done by working together. And in doing so, we are rewarded by creating a stronger community for ourselves.

engagement

I LOVE Penguins. I am convinced my spirit animal is an Adelie Penguin. They are small but feisty, and they look out for one another. They understand they have to both be strong and work together to survive. But it's something else too.

When you look at them as a group, they all look the same, but they find each other through something else - sound - that's how they see each other, not physical, but as individuals in a group where everyone can quickly look the same.

For me, the human spirit is like the wind, felt on the face but only seen when the tree branches move. You don't SEE that person across the bar, but you FEEL their soul, spirit, or energy pushing you like the branches.

I believe we feel people, not see them. Not in the tangible way, but in the same way that music touches our soul. We meet someone, and with our eyes, we see the color of their hair, the clothes they wear, and their physical body. So we conclude that we like blondes, tall, short - men or women. But I often wonder - if that were the case, why do we not like all people physically resembling that person?

Because there is something different about the one that got your attention - you don't know what it is; they are just different.
It's a feeling. It may be a best friend or a lover, but they stand out in a crowd - not to everyone but you.

The relationship you build becomes the walls of a secret clubhouse in the woods.

When I look at people that way, I stop comparing and start feeling. I begin to experience people. I fall in love with a person, their intangible part. They become one of my penguins, and we grow together.

My sister was my penguin. And I lost her. She went out for a swim one day and didn't come back. And it broke me. But like any good colony, I have surrounded myself with other amazing penguins who support me. They helped me when I needed it. They didn't separate me from the colony.

This project is a penguin colony. And together, we will ensure we take care of each other - both in my personal and professional life.
This colony is for life; there will be many twists and turns and many looks, but the colony's energy will always remain.

Our story starts with the music - mine and my sisters first, making it a big part of the Crehan Sisters Project.

My sister and I shared a love of music. As kids, we would pretend to be DJs interviewing fake celebrities in our bedrooms. We saw the world through our music - like a soundtrack for the day.

We concluded - everything and everyone needed a song. Mine - is Uptown Girl by Billy Joel. Hers - Life is a Highway by Tom Cochrane. I cant hear that song without being pulled back to an old station wagon and an unexpected concert in the car.

We decided the beat did not determine a great song; it was in the lyrics. Lyrics come from a powerful place; the words for those lyrics come from a place filled with emotion, the ones we hide away.

See, two people can write the same lines and sing them on stage, but if one has lived experience behind them while the other only sing the words - you can feel the difference.

We hear the song with our ears, but we feel the music with our hearts.

David Grohl said, " That's one of the greatest things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people, and they'll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons."

Music creates this invisible cord that connects us underneath all the layers of circumstance. And for a moment, we are all one - no one competing or comparing - just feeling the music.

We remember what it feels like to be seen, not the physical but the intangible parts. The pieces of us that are unseen with the eye but felt with the heart.

Like music, we feel people; making music the voice of the soul, where the importance is that you are present, it is not how you got there.

That's how I interpret what David Grohl meant. Surface-level details do not separate us unless we let them. So we must remember to feel that shared connection that stems from the emotions underneath.

The cord is woven not by what you do but by why you do it. And it's humans who are the weavers. So, here we turn them on again, all of them, and find each other.

Choose your sound, your rhythm, your lyrics - make it yours. Then share it with someone without being afraid to listen to something new.