{"id":303,"date":"2022-05-19T22:52:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T22:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/?p=303"},"modified":"2022-10-06T05:57:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T05:57:11","slug":"who-is-wisdom-with-whiskers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Who is Wisdom With Whiskers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20210221_021619759PORTRAIT-v-Copy-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20210221_021619759PORTRAIT-v-Copy-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20210221_021619759PORTRAIT-v-Copy-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20210221_021619759PORTRAIT-v-Copy-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20210221_021619759PORTRAIT-v-Copy-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20210221_021619759PORTRAIT-v-Copy-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20210221_021619759PORTRAIT-v-Copy-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption><strong>TAKING TIME OUT: <\/strong>Therapist Conal Healy enjoying the beauty of the Tweed Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">WISDOM With Whiskers is the brainchild of Tweed resident Conal Healy.&nbsp; Born in Ireland in 1960, Conal left Dublin in 1987 to live and work in London for the <strong>Daily Telegraph<\/strong> (UK) group of newspapers. In 1988, Conal emigrated to Australia with his then wife, Anna. The couple lived initially in Ipswich, Qld, with Conal working for the <strong>Queensland Times<\/strong> newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conal and his family moved to Tweed Heads in 1993, where he took up the position of Chief Sub-Editor of the <strong>Tweed Daily News<\/strong> \u2013 and was responsible for the production of the company\u2019s daily\/weekly newspapers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his almost-thirty year career with the organisation, Conal worked to preserve the history of the Tweed region through many historical publication, <strong>115 Years of Local News<\/strong> and <strong>125 Years of Local News<\/strong>, promote the Tweed region, through tourist magazines <strong>Trekking the Tweed<\/strong>, <strong>Take Time Out<\/strong>, as well as capturing many of Tweed\u2019s natural disasters as a news photographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an award-winning Multi-Media Digital Director with the Tweed Daily News\u2019 parent company, Conal was responsible for the design, layout and production of local newspapers stretching from Coffs Harbour to Mackay and west to Dalby, Charleville and St George in South-West Queensland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy job was to develop relationships with people to help them achieve their goals \u2013 (getting their newspaper to the printers by deadline) with as little stress as possible,\u201d said Conal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was made redundant in June 2020, a month before his 60th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, Conal studied for a Diploma of Counselling, He graduated in February 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong> Conal is registered with the Australian Counselling Association.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>* Conal has completed a Art Therapy for Positive Wellness course.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In a previous life &#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FB_IMG_1592606688764-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590\"\/><figcaption>Tweed Daily News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/grafton-examiner-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-588\"\/><figcaption>Grafton Examiner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/grafton-examiner-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589\"\/><figcaption>Grafton Examiner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wintersun-montage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-598\"\/><figcaption>Wintersun magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wsb-capure-6-10-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-597\"\/><figcaption>Stanthorpe Border Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TWT_02-05-2013_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-596\"\/><figcaption>Charleville Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/take-timed-out-montage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\"\/><figcaption>Take Time Out <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Northern-Star-front-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-594\"\/><figcaption>The Northern Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FB_IMG_1593316806380.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587\"\/><figcaption>The final edition of the Tweed Daily News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy job was to develop relationships with people to help them achieve their goals &#8230; 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