We had Kiera Dignam on the pod we discussed her life a mammy and a musician and she talks about how her connection to music and writing and how this has helped her with processing trauma and grief.

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Today we had Karen on the pod she is psychotherapist and sociologist lecturer. She is also and activist for Trans rights. I really enjoyed talking to Karen she is a fountain of knowledge. I hope you enjoyed the episode too.

00:00 Intro (the importance of Diversity Equality and Inclusion)
06:25 Karen's understanding of the Trans community
07:40 The importance of trans activism
10:00 Deconstruction of oppressive Binarys
12:00 Learning from the younger generations
14:15  Unpicking "normality"
19:23 Terror Management theory
21:12  Dehumanising women
24:04 Intersectionality and empathy
25:30 Otherising and Pathologising
28:00 Health disparities and the Trans community
30:52 Man on the Bus stops trans hate
34:10 Stigma, mental health and the Trans community
36:00 Medical model and the social model of health
38:30 Intersectional Feminism and the Trans community

Where to find Karen
Instagram: mammies4transrights

References
Irish transgender voices on mental health and mental health care
Factors that help and hinder transgender and nonbinary youth accessing gender care in Ireland
A Long-Haul Process Toward Health Equity
Health care is the new battlefront for anti-DEI attacks

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We had Sharon Fitzpatrick on the pod. Sharon is a counsellor specialising in addiction, trauma & co-dependency. Sharon is also a YouTuber promoting health through: Food - Exercise - Mental & Emotional Health.

00:00 Intro
02:30 Returning to education as a mature student
07:00 Learning from failure
08:30 Sharons workshops for women in addiction - Self-forgiveness and Self compassion
11:35 Shame and Inter-generational trauma
13:45 Emotion and gender
16:15 Addiction, Codependency and narcissism
19:30 Challenging gender norms
22.30 Boundaries - what are they and how do we figure out what we need
28:30 ADHD and Boundaries
33:15 Sharons final words

Where to find Sharon
Twitter: LifeStyle with Sharon (@SharonLifeStyle)
Website: Lifestyle with Sharon

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We had Molly Smyth on the pod. She is the wonderful host of the Healing Gals Podcast. Molly has been nominated for this years best self-improvement podcast so I highly recommend you pop on over to her podcast to give her a listen. I have listed her information below

Time stamps
00:00 Intro
07:15 Mollys experience of intergenerational trauma
11:55 Teenage motherhood
14:40 Valuing men over women
17:75 Boundaries and parenting
19:30 Molly's experience of teenage motherhood
24:30 Sinéad's experience of intergenerational trauma
30:35 Generational Gifts
32:30 Collective trauma in Ireland

Where to find Molly
Instagram: Healinggalspodcast
Spotify: Healing gals podcast

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Reference
Republic of Shame: How Ireland Punished ‘Fallen Women’ and Their Children

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Today we had Karen on the Pod. She is an activist, lobbyist, and a psychotherapist and sociology lecturer. I really enjoyed chatting with Karen. She is super insightful.

00:00 Intro
04:00 Distress is a systemic issue not just an individual challenge
06:00 Activism
07:45 The elite and Power
09:49 Medicalising women's responses to systemic oppression
17:25   Acts of Service and impacts on health
21:30  A desirable body
23:25  Privilege, Capitalism and Shame
25:30  Menopause, HRT, Trans and discrimination
30:47  Gender bias in medicine for marginalised groups
31:30  Oppression and The travelling community in Ireland
34:41  Direct Provision, Limerick and Health disparities

Where to find Karen
Instagram: Mammies4Transrights

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Today we had Peace on the pod she is currently a primary school teacher and she is the education manager for Black and Irish

• Themes Discussed

Having a whinge about public transport
Peaces new role in Black and Irish
Lack of research
Embedding practices
New primary school role
School shenanigans
School fights
Navigating two ethnicities
"Where are you really from?"
Jackeens
Placement inspectors and stereotypes
Kneecap
Resurgence of the Irish language
Community support and learning Irish
Social media influencers and learning Irish
Peace teaches me about Micro-aggression and Macro-aggression
Right wing ideology
Rhasidat Adeleke
Imposter syndrome
Feeling like you need to prove yourself
Simone Biles

Where to find Peace
Instagram: muinteoirchukwurah

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Myself and Alicia discuss her film degree and her connection with directing and film making. We chat about the new movie "Small things like these" starring Cillian Murphy. It's based on a book by Irish female author Claire Keegan.

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Heya everyone I've been so busy with publishing my research that I have been a bit distracted from the pod. I have loads of episodes recorded I just don't have a spare minute. But until then here's a Halloween special I recorded yesterday with Alicia.

Topics discussed
Halloween parties
Alien abductions
Sleep paralysis
Samhain
The Sidhe (fairies, but not fairies)
Mythology
Superstition
Alicias first Halloween

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• Topics discussed

Intersectionality
Kimberle Crenshaw
Intersectionality in Ireland
Colonisation in Ireland
The benefits of Intersectionality
Diagnostic overshadowing
Religion and the oppression of women
Magdeline Laundries
Plantations
Housing crisis in Ireland
Drawing on Irish history 
Trauma
Protest masculinity
Connor Mcgregor
Terror management theory
Learning to perform whiteness
"The Dirty White Irish"
Being othered
Transphobia
Intergenerational Collaboration

• About our guest

Anna is Senior Academic Leadership Ireland (SALI) Professor of Intersectional Humanities at Maynooth, NUI and the incoming Director of the Arts and Humanities Research Institute at Maynooth. She is an experienced, engaged research leader with a strengths- based approach and a commitment to the value of the Arts and Humanities. Anna was the first of her family born in Australia to an Irish father and English mother. Her career across Australia, England and Ireland echoes her family diaspora and her focus on research in Arts and Humanities expresses her values.

Where to find Anna
Anna Hickey-Moody - LinkedIn
Anna catherine hickey-moody (@ainecaitrin) - Instagram

References
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
CAN INTERSECTIONALITY HELP LEAD TO MORE ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS
What does intersectionality mean from an Irish perspective?

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Today’s episode is inspired by a chicken nugget I came across that I think looks a lot like Ireland.

Much like chicken nuggets we go through a process that forces us to conform to something that’s not natural for us, for the sake of a capitalistic society for economic benefits. So that’s what todays topic is about. Conforming, fitting an ideal which benefits capitalism.

  Topics explored

Capitalism
History of the chicken nugget
Conformity
Masking
Invisible labour
Authenticity and health
University and masking
ADHD
Neurodiversity
Gender role stereotypes
Transgender and non-Binary
Ego and Misogyny
People Pleasing
Human nuggets

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