Be Your Best You! - Passion into Purpose with David Delaney

We all make mistakes and we all fail. Because we're human. Right?

Today's solo run podcast was inspired by a post in the Be Your Best You members group on Facebook (join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1589070938062419 ) and by the fact this week's scheduled guest had to reschedule. 

Here's a few musings an making mistakes and some of my perspective on failure. 

Until next time...

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Today's guest, Catriona O' Curry, is a coach, facilitator and author, fostering RESILIENCE with KIDS, their families, and communities. 

She says: "My personal goal is to become a worthy Elder, that is, to facilitate others in becoming competent, grounded Ancestors for future generations. I specialise in working with pre-teens, teens and young adults who are struggling with anxiety. I use Art and Talk Therapy/Counselling/Coaching, Reiki, and Cranio-Sacral therapy to help calm the nervous system of the child, and view the child within a Family System to help to regulate the Whole Family System"

Her book "You've Got Magic" is available now https://www.howtobecomewhole.com/books

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John Connors is an Irish Traveller,  actor, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker and playwright best known for his role as Patrick Ward in the Irish crime drama series Love/Hate, for which he was nominated for best-supporting actor at the 2016 Irish film and television awards, and for Cardboard Gangsters for which he won Best Actor at the 2018 Irish film and television awards.

We chat about his creative process, inspirations and the fuel behind his passion for his work.

www.clusterfoxfilms.com

Co-hosted by Dr. Rohini Bannerjee, Associate Professor, St. Mary's University, Halifax

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Trevor Henderson has been growing veg for as long as he can remember and recently he started his own business bringing fresh, seasonal veg to the local area. He is passionate about food and his vegetables are grown for flavour, freshness and extremely low food miles, all vegetables are started as seeds and cared for all the way to the customers.

You can buy direct from Trevor and from selected shops in County Kildare

https://hendersonmarketgarden.ie/

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The Power of Words Festival is a celebration of Words – Written, Acted, Spoken and Sung, which takes place every August in the town of Abbeyleix, Co. Laois. A wonderful inaugural year in 2019; a Short Story Writing Competition in 2020, culminating in an Anthology, due to be launched at this year’s festival - 2021 being, once again, an ‘in-person’ festival!

We hope you will come join us on the weekend of 20th – 22nd August 2021.

www.powerofwords.ie

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Ann-Marie is the “Irish Budgeting Mammy”. 

A little about her, in her own words: "I am a mum of four with children aged from teenage years, right down to toddler years.

In addition to runnng “Irish Budgeting Mammy”, I work full time as a psychiatric nurse. My aim for Irish Budgeting Mammy is to help people get a sense of control on their personal finances. I have learnt to manage my finances in a way that is easy to understand and will help you make the most of your money. I believe income is often not the issue but more to do with poor budgeting. I have published and released the best selling “The Budget Book” to help you manage your money. Although I am not a financial expert, I am somebody who has freed themselves from all consumer debt using my method of money management, which I feel can be helpful to anybody struggling with their finances. I can show you the tools and methods I use to control and manage your income. My method is a holistic approach to finances, which not only concentrates on your money but every part of your being. I believe money should not be a taboo subject but something we should talk about. If you’re interested in following my journey, you will find me on instagram and facebook where I share my budgets, methods and progress. I am available for Budget S.O.S. One-to-One sessions which you can book into on the website or alternatively I will be running workshops during the Autumn for small group numbers in person.

https://irishbudgetingmammy.com/

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"One of the most important things I realised was that physical discomfort usually manifests itself when there are unresolved emotional issues present. These should all be dealt with in tandem so that a holistic outcome can be achieved and the mind and body can be returned to homeostasis/balance." - Roisin Graham 

If you think you may have something holding you back from achieving your full potential or if you are feeling a lack of joy, fear, anger, guilt or other emotional issues you would like to address in your life please contact 0861797934 or visit https://roisingraham.com/

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Dolores Andrew

Holistic Life Coach, Author, Podcaster, Speaker and Mom.

I support and guide women to transform from a fear and scarcity mindset to one that allows them to be brave and confident enough to embody who they really are without the limiting beliefs keeping them stuck, getting the same results time and time again.  Women, unfortunately, can feel like this is their lot - but nothing could be further from the truth.

We can all get lost in life, being pushed, and pulled by our commitments and daily routines.   We can lose track of our own dreams and end up wearing whatever mask we feel we need at any given time.   This can become so habitual that we lose our identity.  Our thoughts can be scattered and our actions out of alignment with who we truly are.

However, we take back control the driver’s seat of our life in an authentic and joyful way.

I coach women via 1 on 1 and group coaching sessions on ways to beat overwhelm, become motivated and gain confidence.

I have a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud where I share bite-size chunks of empowerment and inspiration.

I am an Amazon best-selling author and the author of two children’s fairy tales.    I am also in the process of finishing my first novel.

Empowerment and Assertive Coach at Dolores Andrew

Children’s Author and Emotional Intelligence Advocate.

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Charles James Walker is a musician from Longford, Ireland. A unique talent, his free spirit has taken him across the world, travelling to the most wonderful places and experiencing the most incredible things. It’s this life experience which translates passionately into his music. Creating songs that remain in your mind, each its own story with its own beautiful life. A deep soul, his music transcends the boundaries of the traditional singer-songwriter, with impassioned lyrics which touch on the most sensitive subjects of life, love and everything.

Charles James Walker can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Elaine Nolan is that rare multi-dimensional artist who moves easily from heavenly fine art to the meditative Earth below. She is a classically trained musician and singer, as well as an award-winning author.

Hailing from Co Laois, Ireland, Nolan was also prima cellist in the Celbridge Concert Orchestra and has appeared with the Carlow Youth Orchestra and the Kildare County Orchestra. She is also a pianist and plays classical guitar and is learning the viola. She's sung as a soprano and a tenor with the Carlow Choral Society, the Wexford Festival Singers, and the Celtic Philharmonic Choir and recorded four albums as a member of the Irish Philharmonic Choir and performed with the group at Carnegie Hall.

No strict classicist, however, Nolan’ latest release is To Sleep Beneath The Stars, an album of earthy and graceful meditation music that's soft, compelling, and perfectly human. As a composer, she is daring enough to mix her classical and Celtic influences with electronic sounds (Cel-Techno, anyone?), a feat that would prove difficult to do effectively for most musicians. Nolan, however, pulls it off with her usual elegance and grace. She has performed her debut work “Non-Nobis”, a 3-part soprano work in April 2011, followed by her debut concert September 2012 and more recently “A Rebel’s Heart”, a 1916 Commemoration concert as part of Kildare County Council’s Commemoration Programme.

She is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Open University and has won the Cecil Day-Lewis Literature Award. Her latest book is the sci-fi tale Evolved 2.0: Vortex and was released in March 2017. Other titles by Elaine include Red Hot Summer and Of Heroes And Kings. Each novel, of course, has an accompanying soundtrack composed by Nolan, as well. She is also studying to become a Sound Healing Practitioner.

https://www.elainenolan.net/

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