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  • Journeying #13 Dr Caroline West, Sexpert and Host of Glow West podcast


    My guest this week has been listed as one of the ‘Wonder Women shaping 2020’ by the Irish Country Woman magazine, and I definitely agree. 

    Dr Caroline West is passionate about creating spaces for calm, informed conversations about sex, and wants to banish shame and stigma from the bedroom. 

    It is shocking to think sex education has not evolved all that much since I was a teenager in the 90s. We didn’t have access to the internet, so we remained clueless about all our unanswered questions. The legacy of that ignorance is that parents today still do not have the language to speak openly with their teenagers about sex. But rather than stay clueless like us 90s kids, today’s teens can just fill in the gaps by going online and finding a minefield of information on sex, including porn. And this often how they are ‘educating’ themselves on how to have sex.

     Caroline is on a mission to stop the cycle of ignorance, and to introduce positive sex education for all young people in Ireland.  


    Topics discussed include: 

    Sex education in the 1990s – EuroTrash and Cosmopolitan magazines contrasted with religious-led sex education classes

     Lad Culture of the nineties – in hindsight, not actually empowering for women 

     Ireland – are we still a sex-negative society?  

     Sex-Ed - should it be the domain of school teachers and religious orders? 

     Need for independent workshops to normalize language around sex education 

     Is pornography being used as a sex education tool for young people? 

     Teaching Porn Literacy 

     How to normalize the conversation around sex

     Evoke.ie ‘Agony Aunt’ / Sexpert 

     Sigmund Freud on female orgasms

     From Ballybrack in Dublin to the Porn Awards in Las Vegas!

    Motives to enter the porn/sex work/sugar baby industry

    OnlyFans Performers 

    ‘A hierarchy of sex workers’ 

    Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act of 2017 – has led to increased violence toward sex workers in Ireland

    Decriminalisation of sex work 

    Sugar Daddy & Sugar Baby sites … popular option for Irish university students over stacking shelves in Tesco

    Sex Toy Industry unregulated 

    Need to move toward encapsulating sex with personal wellbeing & health 

    Caroline’s GlowWest Podcast: amazing resource for calm, informative conversations around sex

    Sources:
    Dr Caroline West's website: https://iamcarolinewest.com/glow-west

    about Glow West podcast: https://tortoiseshack.ie/glow-west-podcast/

    Caroline's sex column on Evoke.ie:  https://evoke.ie/author/caroline-west
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    57 min
  • Journeying #12 Neil McCabe, Dublin Firefighter turned Social Entrepreneur

    Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead

    My guest, Dublin Firefighter Neil McCabe is a prime example of one person who has made tremendous impact on both the immediate, and wider community around him. His story starts in a Dublin Fire Station 12 years ago. Neil wanted to boost morale in his unit and introduced energy-saving initiatives to give the crew a sense of purpose and community.  As you will hear, the well-intentioned idea grew arms & legs taking Neil to The White House in America, to designing the multiple-award winning Green Plan accreditation initiative; to being awarded the very prestigious Ashoka Fellowship. And to say this is the tip of the iceberg is an understatement. We chat about his ethical clothing company and his new venture into forestry. Neil is the ultimate social entrepreneur. And all this while still holding down the day job with the Dublin Fire Brigade. 


    TOPICS DISCUSSED:

    • Journey into role as firefighter with Dublin Fire Brigade in Kilbarrack, to becoming a  social entrepreneur and environmental activist with global impact 
    •  Developed 'The Green Plan' initiative – 2 core principles: behavioural change and then, emissions reduction. 
    •  Achieved world’s first carbon neutral fire station in 5 years – Kilbarrack Fire Brigade, Dublin. The initiative has since been implemented worldwide. 
    •  Ring-fenced their energy-saving costs to roll out across other fire stations. Saved €11 million EURO of tax payers money by following his Green Plan initiative
    •  Awarded an Ashoka Fellowship for his work on The Green Plan 
    •  “Going Green, For Social Good” 
    •  Corporate Social Responsibility 
    •  Greenwashing for corporate brand image 
    •  Plastic waste in the oceans
    •  “How can we stimulate behavioural change?”
    •  Textile industry – second highest pollutant in the world
    •  GROWN Clothing – ethically-sourced clothing brand 
    •  Building brand community and followers rather than customers
    •  GROWN - Ireland’s first certified Fair Trade clothing company, and members of '1% for the Planet' (alongside Patagonia)
    • Challenges developing a transparent supply chain 
    •  Supports collaboration for innovative ideas 
    • Social Entrepreneurship 
    • Won Irish Product of the Year in 2017 at the Irish Green Awards 
    • GROWN Forest – new company born out of the clothing company. Plant native Irish trees and creating forestry  
    • Gifting a tree instead of buying ‘stuff’ people don’t actually want 
    • “What can I do to make a difference?”


    RESOURCES MENTIONED:

    The Green Plan: http://thegreenplan.ie/

    GROWN Clothing: https://www.grown.ie/

    GROWN Forest: http://grownforest.com/

    Ashoka: https://www.ashoka.org/en

    1% for the Planet: https://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/

    Irish Green Awards: https://www.greenawards.ie/2018-winners

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    52 min
  • Journeying #11 Pat Divilly, High Performance Coach, Author & Speaker

    This week I chat with the very charismatic Pat Divilly. Pat is a well-known and respected name in the personal development arena. He is a high performance coach, speaker and author. I think his painfully honest stories about the highs & lows of his successes and failures makes him seem very real and relatable. We’ve all hit low times in our lives. It is refreshing when someone has the bravery to share them with us.

    Link to Pat Divilly's free 14-day journalling & meditation programme:
    https://www.patdivilly.com/offers/f6mJTXFu/checkout

    Topics discussed:

    ·      Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for sense of community, deep connection and personal development - helps to live in the present, and teaches humility 

     ·      Motivation versus Consistency

    ·      Applying academic learning to everyday life experiences – deeper learning

    ·      Talk spirituality, religiosity and psychedelics – searching for meaning!

    ·      The attraction of sea swimming / wild swimming  

    ·      Frances Thornton 13km swim in Galway 

    ·      Men’s retreats and men’s coaching groups – place of support, non-judgement & accountability 

    ·      Ice-man, Wim Hof & Self-Care – ice baths and breath retentions

    ·      Masculine and feminine energies 

    ·      Movember Ambassador – November, month to recognise men’s health issues 

    ·      Winter lockdown – Pat shares tips & tools to empower our mental and physical energy, & choose where we give our focus

    Resources mentioned:
    Anthony deMello: https://www.demellospirituality.com/
    Ram Dass: https://beherenownetwork.com/category/ram-dass/
    Timothy Leary: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926181349/father-of-the-psychedelic-movement-timothy-leary?t=1603663075263
    Norman Vincent Peale: https://www.guideposts.org/better-living/positive-living/positive-thinking/10-things-to-know-about-norman-vincent-peale
    Earl Nightingale: https://www.nightingale.com/authors/earl-nightingale.html
    Brian Tracy: https://www.briantracy.com/
    Zig Ziglar: https://www.ziglar.com/
    Napoleon Hill: https://www.naphill.org/
    Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/
    William Glasser and Choice Theory: https://wglasser.com/
    Viktor Frankl: https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/viktor-frankl/
    Movember Ireland: https://ie.movember.com/story/view/id/12108

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Journeying #10 Dr Sarah Cleary, Horror Academic & Consultant

    TOPICS DISCUSSED:

    • How she became enthralled with horror in childhood reading The Brother’s Grimm 
    • Horror can act as a buffer or escapism from the actual horror in real life
    • The adrenaline rush of horror!
    • Gothic literature and the Marquis de Sade – “the necessary fruit of revolutionary tremors”
    • Horror “shakes us awake”!
    • The Momo Challenge – biggest hoax of the 21st century
    • Irish people’s fascination with horror connected to our long literary history with Gothic literature (Sheridan LeFanu, Bram Stoker) and our history of storytelling 
    • Origins of our celebration of Samhain / Halloween 
    • Horror as a form of cultural commentary 
    • ‘Hauntology’ – Jacques Derrida … “mourning a future that will never happen”  ...refers to the haunting image of fashion mannequins dressed for a 2020 summer season that never happened
    • Fashion & clothing as a trope used in horror movies e.g. ‘The Final Girl’ 
    • “What’s the scariest film of all time?!” … any movie that replicates our own fears
    • Throughout history, horror does really well in times of political and social unrest 
    • Cancel Culture & Censorship – HBO pulling iconic movie Gone with the Wind on the basis of racism 
    • Media effects, moral panics and censorship – essentially ghost stories 
    • Upcoming publication ‘The Myth of Harm’ with Bloomsbury Publisher – 100 years of horror
    • 1990s Jamie Bolger murder case connect with Child’s Play movie character Chucky – a ghost story we in society tell ourselves to protect ourselves from the horror of the truth 
    • Thanksgiving – perceivably a horrific moment in history yet is continually celebrated in the US
    • Children as the 'emotional button' to ‘justify’ cancel culture/censorship/media blame 
    • Video Nasty Era with the rise of VHS video culture: late 1970s-1984 

     LINKS TO TOPICS MENTIONED:
    Marquis de Sade: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-marquis-de-sade-180953980/
    Sheridan LeFanu: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheridan-Le-Fanu
    Bram Stoker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
    Irish storyteller, Eddie Lenihan: https://eddielenihan.weebly.com/
    Irish Times article observing ‘hauntology’ playing out in S/S 2020 fashion season: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/fashion/summer-dresses-is-there-not-still-room-for-a-little-joy-1.4264980#.X4N0cJ_mdsQ.mailto
    Robert Egger’s The VVitch movie recommendation: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_witch_2016
    Dr Sarah Cleary’s Deadly Doses Podcast: https://spoti.fi/34ZQYKY
    Sunday Business Post article on censorship: https://www.businesspost.ie/life-arts/all-in-the-frame-why-we-shouldnt-cancel-problematic-art-6d38686d
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    58 min
  • Journeying #9 Thomas Ennis, Award-winning Retailer

    TOPICS DISCUSSED:
    Building his retail consortium – The Thomas Ennis Group, with an awareness it was a team effort 

    ‘Asked’ to leave school at 15 years of age, Thomas started an apprenticeship with FX Buckley butchers in Moore Street in the heart of Dublin city

    Willingness to learn when you enjoy the learning environment 

    Regales his story of rising up through the retail ranks while outlining the evolution of supermarket retailing in Ireland over the past 30 years 

    In the year 2001, came under the mentorship of the retail legend, Feargal Quinn of Superquinn, and Pat Kelly 

    The great debate – theory (academia) versus practice (doing the job!) when it comes to learning your trade! 

    Retail – fast-moving, dynamic environment where each day brings a new challenge and never boring 

    Only 2 things you can control in your business – waste & wages

    Opened first retail store, SPAR Merrion Row in 2005 through a ‘creative’ negotiation with the banks in the Celtic Tiger years! 

    Last year their flagship store, SPAR Merrion Row won the prestigious IGD Global Award over 964 other stores globally 

    Key to retail: Listen to your customer, give them what they want

    Detail in Retail is key – his key people in the retail team are women – better eye for detail 

    His biggest retail mistake was his best business lesson – didn’t listen to best advice and his gut

    Follows the old retail adage: ‘Sales is vanity; Margin is sanity’ [also goes ‘turnover is vanity, profit is sanity’] 

    Work-life Balance: he realised he needed to get a better balance for his family and his own quality of life  

    Marathons & Ironman races – his distraction from the busyness of working life – we need personal goals

    Mental health is key – quality working hours over quantity of hours 

    Energy creates energy – believes participation in sport is imperative for a healthy body/healthy mind 

    Advocate for sport – particularly champions boxing as a sport that builds character, discipline and stamina. Thomas was coached under two time Olympic boxer  Mick Dowling in his teens at his local boxing club in Tallaght. 

    Sport – teaching skills for life 

    Importance of mentorship in life/sport/career. His closest mentor, Walter O’Hara Jr, an American philanthropist from the Bronx, NYC. O’Hara’s advice – build your team; don’t look down on anybody; give back

    Management versus Leadership

    SOME SOURCES & RESOURCES MENTIONED:
    IGD Awards: https://www.igd.com/events/igd-awards/2019-winners
    Feargal Quinn retail story, told by colleagues including his regional manager Pat Kelly:
    https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/0429/1046239-feargal-quinn-irelands-retail-legend/
    About philanthropist Walter O'Hara Jr.:
    https://thecurrency.news/articles/11465/walter-ohara-jr-a-quiet-hero-working-on-irelands-behalf/
    Two time Olympic medalist Mick Dowling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Dowling
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    1 hr 16 min
  • Journeying #8 Aoife Hughes, one half of Be Well-Do Well Mental Fitness Education & Training Duo
    • Teachers & students surviving September back at school in this new COVID-19 world 
    • Increasing levels of anxiety in young children in the classroom
    • Developed their Be Well – Do Well Mental Fitness Programme initially to support students and teachers to look after their mental health
    •  Gaping hole in our education system to support student’s mental health 
    •  How to ‘validate’ children’s emotions 
    •  “The Fast Food Rule” – validation tool GoZen Reeny Jane 
    •  “The Irish Band-Aid” – how we offer anecdotes to try ‘fix’ a person, rather than allow person to just feel their emotion 
    •  4 Pillars of Emotional Fitness 
    •  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 
    •  “An Emotional Blindfold” 
    •  We need to invest in preventative approaches to mental health 
    •  Need to develop an Awareness of what is happening in our body 
    • Social Anxiety 
    •  Building Resilience in young people
    •  Self-Awareness 
    •  “Mental Fitness Warriors” 
    • Be Well-Do Well ‘Mental Fitness For All’ online programme for both children and adults 


    Resources mentioned:
    https://bewell-dowell.com/about/ - Be Well-Do Well with Aoife Hughes and Seána Ó' Rodaigh

    https://emmacahill.ie/  - Under the Mask children's book by Emma Cahill
    https://thefamilyedit.ie/ - The Family Edit
    http://drmaliecoyne.ie/ - Dr Malie Coyne
    https://brenebrown.com/ - Brene Brown
    https://drchatterjee.com/ - Rangan Chatterjee
    https://www.drdansiegel.com/ - Dr Dan Siegel
    https://www.drharrybarry.com/  - Dr Harry Barry
    https://www.mentalhealthandwellbeingsummit.com/ - The Wellbeing Summit
    https://gozen.com/about/ - GoZen! with Renee Jain 

    51 min
  • Journeying #7 Áine Mulloy, Diversity & Inclusion Advocate and TEDx Speaker

    Next month is Black History Month. I have been taking some time to educate myself on racial issues, and attempt to understand the ongoing struggle and frustration of people living with racism. This week’s chat with Áine Mulloy is insightful for anyone interested in living in a more equal and just society. A society where the colour of skin does not define or exclude people from identifying as a proud, Irish citizen. 
    Áine Mulloy, Diversity & Inclusion advocate and TEDx speaker, talks growing up black, and Irish.  

     Topics include: 

    •  Personal experiences of racism in Ireland
    •  Lack of support from authorities including An Garda Síochána (police) 
    •  Protected and accepted in small, rural community versus racism experiences escalated in anonymous, urban cities 
    •  Sense of relief to finally make friends in adulthood with another black person
    •  ‘Yes, I’m Irish!’ …. Yes, but where are you really from? 
    •  Who is actually, ‘Irish’? 
    •  Sport a great equaliser. The Gaelic Athletic Association doing a lot of work to improve diversity and inclusion in local communities.
    •  Experience of hair as part of black identity and history   
    •  Idea of time being ‘spent/wasted’ in Western society, versus in African societies where a task takes as long as it takes – not dictated by time: an alternative, calmer way of perceiving time
    •  #Black Lives Matter – recent protests in Ireland 
    •  Grassroot movements in Ireland – appetite for change 
    •  Discuss what white Irish people can do to become anti-racist
    •  Educate ourselves! Books, podcasts, TED talks, Instagram sites 

    Useful links:
    Áine Mulloy TEDx talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/aine_mulloy_insert_female_speaker_here?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

    Nobel Prize in Literature, Toni Morrison: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1993/morrison/biographical/

     ‘Don’t Touch My Hair’ byEmma Dabiri: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/dont-touch-my-hair-emma-dabiri-review

     RTÉ documentary ‘New Gaels’: https://www.gaa.ie/news/new-gaels-documentary-shows-where-we-all-belong/

     Black and Irish Instagram: @black_andirish

    Kimberle Crenshaw TED talk: 

    https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?language=en

     Ibram Kendi: https://www.ibramxkendi.com/

     Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo Lodge  http://renieddolodge.co.uk/books/

     White Fragility by Robin diAngelo: https://www.robindiangelo.com/

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Journeying #6 Dr Sarah Kelly, Exercise Scientist turned Entrepreneur

    THIS WEEK I CHAT WITH EXERCISE SCIENTIST TURNED ENTREPRENEUR DR SARAH KELLY. THE TOPICS WE HIT ARE WIDE-RANGING BUT THERE IS AN OVERARCHING THREAD THROUGHOUT OF PHYSICAL HEALTH, FITNESS & WELLBEING! 

    TOPICS INCLUDE: 

    • CLUB BASKETBALL - DCU MERCY  
    • DROPOUT RATE OF YOUNG IRISH GIRL'S PARTICIPATION IN SPORT
    • EXERCISING THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY
    • COMMUNITY SPIRIT / CAMARADERIE IN SPORT 
    • CROSSFIT TRAINING / WEIGHTLIFTING 
    • SARAH COMPETING IN CROSSFIT OPENS WHILE OVERDUE WITH HER 3RD BABY! 
    • PELVIC FLOOR HEALTH & EXERCISE
    • "PREGNANCY M.O.T" 
    • FINDING TIME TO EXERCISE WITH KIDS
    • CHILDHOOD OBESITY - CAN LEAD TO LIFELONG DISEASE: PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE
    • DEVELOPING HEALTHY EATING HABITS 
    • OBESITY PREVALENT IN LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC AREAS
    • IRISH LIFE SCHOOL'S FITNESS CHALLENGE - ELITE SCHOOLS EXCEL OVER DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS
    • CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 
    • GUT HEALTH / FIBRE / CIRCLE OF LIGHT PRODUCTS


    RESOURCES MENTIONED INCLUDE:

    Helen Keeble, Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist: https://helenkeeble.co.uk/

    Emma Dowling, Pre & Post Natal Fitness:
     https://www.empowered-mama.com/trainer/emma-dowling

    Prof Donal O'Shea, Clinical Lead for Obesity: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/hse-appoints-professor-donal-oshea-as-clinical-lead-for-obesity.html

    Irish Life Schools Fitness Challenge: https://www.irishlifehealth.ie/fitnesschallenge/about-the-challenge

    Circle of Light health drinks: https://www.circleoflight.ie/

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    1 hr 24 min
  • Journeying #5 Dr. Rebecca Scott, on 'Paying for Pain' through Extreme Adventure Racing

    Episode title: Dr. Rebecca Scott on ‘Paying for Pain’ through the Experience of Extreme Adventure Racing

    Episode summary introduction: Through Dr. Scott’s research on Tough Mudder adventure racing, we consider what motivates people to put their bodies through pain for ‘fun’; we consider the increased participation in outdoor activities during lockdown; and the interconnection of body and mind in nature.   

    Topics discussed in this episode: 

    The ‘Cubicle-bound Masses’ – knowledge workers caught up in sedentary lifestyle, like battery chickens! 

    Escapism from monotony of modern, urban society 

    Extreme adventure races – the commercialised and more socially-acceptable version of Brad Pitt’s Fight Club! 

    Self-directed health & lifestyle changes

    Resourceful Residents –making the most of natural, local landscapes & mountainscapes

    “Experiential Resume/CV”  

    Putting one’s body on the line in the name of research… ethnographic immersion in Tough Mudder adventure races! 

    Body & Mind Dualism 

    Nature, natural habitats and water reviving our bodies & minds

    The Artist’s Way 

    Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) and potential harmful effects of electromagnetic fields to our bodies

    Resources mentioned in this episode: 

     Rebecca Scott, Julien Cayla, Bernard Cova, Selling Pain to the Saturated Self, Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 44, Issue 1, June 2017, Pg 22-43, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucw071 

    Adventure race: https://toughmudder.com/

    Introduces French Anthropologist David Le Breton  - pain as an agent for body metamorphosis: BRETON, D. L. (2000). Playing Symbolically with Death in Extreme Sports. Body & Society, 6(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X00006001001

    Anat Keinan, Ran Kivetz, Productivity Orientation and the Consumption of Collectable Experiences, Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 37, Issue 6, 1 April 2011, Pages 935–950, https://doi.org/10.1086/657163

    Swimrun events: https://otilloswimrun.com/

    The Wim Hof Method: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/

    https://www.doterra.com/US/en/about-our-story

    https://drjoedispenza.com/pages/about

    https://www.abraham-hicks.com/

    https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/

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  • Journeying #4 Austin Tuohy, Addiction Therapist and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher

    Recovery Month in an international initiative ran each September to promote awareness and understanding of addiction and recovery. Addiction therapist and Mindfulness-Bases Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, Austin Tuohy chats about addiction and recovery.

    Topics discussed in this episode: 

    -       Choice Theory Psychology 

    -       September as Recovery Month 

    -       Addiction as a creative coping mechanism for stress 

    -       The continuum of substance abuse 

    -       Trauma, Pain & Addiction 

    -       Is addiction in a person’s nature, or an outcome of a circumstance? 

    -       Gabor Maté 

    -       Humans need a sense of community & belonging 

    -       Social capital / ‘Recovery’ capital

    -       Difficulty of lockdown for those in recovery  

    -       Drugs are great! The consequences and outcomes of the addictive behaviours are bad! 

    -       Are drugs a working-class problem? 

    -       Heroin, a derivative of the poppy flower (like morphine), used as an (emotional) pain-killer 

    -       “Addiction is Park Ave to park bench” 

    -       Adam & Paul movie (and Dublin Oldschool movie on Netflix) 

    -       Addiction – a brain disease? An emotional disorder? Or just a bad coping mechanism? 

    -       Increase of antidepressant Xanax during lockdown 

    -        Babette Rothschild & Patricia Bourke D’Souza – Somatic Trauma & the Body

    -        “Emotional Archaeology” – replaying trauma repeatedly in our minds can be more damaging, hardwiring it into our psyche 

    -       Know what lifts your human spirit – tap in to this as a positive, alternative coping mechanism 

    -       Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 

     Resources mentioned in this episode: 

    William Glasser Institute Ireland & Choice Theory Psychology:  https://wgii.ie/ 

    Gabor Maté:   https://drgabormate.com/ 

    Babette Rothschild:   http://www.somatictraumatherapy.com/the-body-remembers-an-interview-with-babette-rothschild/

    Patricia Bourke D’Souza:   https://www.somatictraumatherapy.org/about

    Check out Austin’s full range of services workshops at his website: 

    http://www.austintuohy.com/

    Recovery Race 2019:
    https://dublinpeople.com/news/northsidewest/articles/2019/10/05/local-services-show-support-for-irelands-first-recovery-run/

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    52 min

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Journeying… with researcher and host Dr Dee Duffy, a podcast exploring everyday lives and human experiences. Connecting with real humans and their passage on this journey, so far. Conversations to…