Healing Gals Podcast

Molly sits down with a friend, Aisling Power, to discuss lessons we wish we knew when we were younger. Their conversation covers a multitude of topics from deconditioning what we learned as children to body image and much more. This is a really great episode!

Molly recommends:

Beyond Men and Masculitnity on Netflix

Normal People with Paul Mescal (she couldn't remember his name)

Molly speaks about inappropriate touch from an employer when she was 16 so be aware this discussion might be difficult for some listeners.

Healing Gals has been nominated for TWO Irish Podcast Awards:

• Best Health and Wellness Podcast and
• Best Self-Improvement Podcast

If you could vote, that would be amazing. Click on this link here: https://irishpodawards.ie/listeners-vote

ALso if you want to go to the Christmas Event that Molly is speaking at in December here is the link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/femme-club-irl-x-lash-dolls-ireland-presents-inspire-her-christmas-event-tickets-1050892436567?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*1y0f4gh*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjA2OTg1MjQzMC4xNzI5MzY1MTMx*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*MTcyOTM2NTEzMS4xLjAuMTcyOTM2NTEzMS4wLjAuMA..

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Molly discusses Acceptance which is a huge part of her healing process. Molly sits with Aine Uninfluenced to catch up with all of the big moves Aine is making of late! They discuss Aine's planned trip to the jungle in South America to learn how to deliver Kambo, an indigenous medicine to South America which AIne will be delivering here in Ireland. Then Molly and AIne discuss how to find healthy love after relationship trauma. Molly discusses her biggest lessons from being with Karl with a K and two near misses before she met Kev!

Enjoy the episode gals x

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In this episode, Molly discussed gratitude and doing things afraid. Then Molly and Ash have an enlightening and empowering discussion with sex and intimacy specialist, Grace Alice O'Shea. The discussion covers so many topics and themes:

-Vaginismus

-Saving the compliments we receive for when we feel low or doubt ourselves

-The lack of sex education in our country

-How core beliefs affect our feelings about our body

-How to question core beliefs

-You'll never see you, how others see you

-Normalising ageing

-Foreplay: what it is and what it isn't

-Sex is not just penetration

-Making a sex menu

-Appreciation in day to day life promotes desire

-Non sexual intimacy

-Using your imagination

-Using imagination and creativity to remove complacency

-How division of labour affects sexual desire

Enjoy the episode gals x

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Trigger warning: Discussion about gender based violence. Molly attended the protest in Dublin on 22/06/2024 in solidarity with Natasha O'Brien and discussed the experience of being at the protest. Molly had a difficult incident out for lunch on her own where a man took a photo of her and discussed this.

Molly then has a discussion with Steph Meagher from the Instagram page Babes Without Beers. In this discussion both Steph and Molly discuss how Steph came to create Babes Without Beers, the journey to cutting down drinking, What to say (or not) when one person in the group is not drinking, how core beliefs affect decision making and other important parts of this discussion.

Two books mentioned in the interview with Steph were Mindful Drinking by Rosamund Dean and The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle.

Enjoy the episode gals x

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Molly has a discussion with psychotherapist and COO of Hair Together Ireland, Gemma McHugh, about the documentary on Netflix called Beyond Men and Masculinity. They discuss the biggest takeaways of the documentary and how we can support men to reconnect with their feelings and have a healthier relationship with themselves, which will hugely improve healing for everyone. Gemma talks us through her tip on how to raise healthy boys that grow up to be emotionally mature men.

Go Fund Me link to support Hair Together securing a new premises so they can expand on their amazing work: https://gofund.me/bfcb8692

Enjoy the episode gals x

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Trigger warning:

In this episode, Molly sits down with Shauna Maxwell in the shed (lol) to discuss Shauna's story of trauma and how she went from striving to thriving. Shauna is raw and honest and open about some very difficult times in her life and she shares this in an effort to support others. Molly shares her experiences throughout and her tools that were helpful in different situations.

The themes discussed are:

-Feeling lost as a child

-Expressing healthy anger

-The four agreements

--The importance of social care workers doing the work

-Suppressing emotions v letting emotions flow

-Lessons from the universe

-Postnatal depression/ suicidal ideation/self-harm

-Childbirth

-Importance of regualtion

-Modelling behaviours and coping skills

-Parent Plug-Ins

-How to regulate your nervous system

-Resilience in children

-The mother wound.

Enjoy the episode gals x

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Season two is back with a bang! Molly starts the episode by talking about her relationship with her sister, Tan, and how that has healed. Nicola Connelly Byrne joins Molly to talk about where the powerhouse that is NCB came from and how Soulworks was born. Nicola also talks personal development and the life changes it brings. Then through discussions, Nicola shares her knowledge with us about consciousness, higher-self and setting boundaries. Enjoy the episode gals!

At the start of the episode Molly discusses the book that helped her healing with Tan How To Do The Work by Nicole LePera https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjzlqnP6LqGAxX3j1AGHURhAM0YABADGgJkZw&ase=2&gclid=CjwKCAjwjeuyBhBuEiwAJ3vuoTL10NCWV0IauIZW14kahYdb8UZWpRZZtCjFphaR5KiCNo2_M22SvhoCJhsQAvD_BwE&ei=T0tbZuKRKpS3hbIPwbSOkAs&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESVuD2uR9RxjPD3zPr14-UosMJQru6KJ4MT3hRH2bFmN0fydkCsbNhn_a3RomBDelFOPMxiDcFJUOoeRSxKuBY2GUmoZiNiYn_gsnWJOW7E4RfvGlmx2Iy&sig=AOD64_01-HGA8OI6IFpcXgn-UCUujpEX7Q&ctype=5&q=&nis=4&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwii9aLP6LqGAxWUW0EAHUGaA7IQ9aACKAB6BAgFEBE&adurl=

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Trigger warning: difficult discussion about harmful method of weight loss. In this episode, Molly and Ash talk about the lessons they learned in the process of recording season one. Ash opens up about some difficult emotions around body image. The girls discuss their favourite episodes, some listener feedback and recommended some books and podcasts:

How To Do the Work by Nicole LePera https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+do+the+work&i=stripbooks-intl-ship&crid=2JOPYDGLR6JA7&sprefix=how+to+do+%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C148&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_10

Podacsts:

The Sinead Says Podcast: How to be happier using Neuroscience with Alexis Fernandez. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KoR5SAbRqCKHkAcoaeVyg?si=RgUJFT_4TFGlvkEzEkYuTQ

Soulchats with Nicola Connelly Byrne. Episode with Eavan Murray/ episode with Carmel Egan. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yQ9cqYUp7fGNIv2SKrD5e?si=45d07f15b118428a

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In this episode, Molly has a discussion about the female experience of menopause, the mental load and imposter syndrome with Brenadette from @yoga_with_bee

Bernadette is a yoga teacher and regularly holds workshops for menopause, pregnancy and post-natal yoga. Bernadette has wonderful insights on these topics and articulates very well the experience of being women experiencing these stages in our lives. Enjoy the episode!

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