Tending the Flame

These past two weeks (actually, all of them) have been hard, haven't they?

With further Covid measures being taken on the island of Ireland, leaving plans, Christmas and other such shenanigans all up in the air: feeling a sense of control and certainty seem to have slipped away quite easily. This week Brónach and Denise discuss a holistic approach to wellness: non-prescriptive as they are not professionals but rather more so talking from their own experience and from a place where they too find it hard to look after themselves. An extremely candid and vulnerable discussion with the hopes that the listener will find it as a comforting salve: the knowledge and safety that you too are not alone in your feelings.

TW: contains themes relating to therapy, disassociation, mental health and eating disorders.

What’re your Halloween plans?

In this Samhain episode (to get you right into this festival spirit if you’re not already there), we talk about the historic origins of Samhain, or as you may know it, ‘Halloween’. The episode is a bit longer in length than our first episode but it is jam packed with anecdotes of what this time of year means for us, how Samhain marks the Celtic New Year, the Taurus full moon in Scorpio season that is taking place on the same day, Christianity’s reformation of the festival to make it more palatable for the Church and the ‘reformed people’, and a few mentions of the movie Practical Magic (if you haven’t seen it, go and watch it, now).

We slip into momentary digressions revolving around periods/menstruation/moon cycles and how for us and for a lot of others, dissociation and a leaving of the body can be a trauma response.

Get a cup of coffee, wine or witches brew, cosy up & join us for this episode that we are both extremely excited about.