THE NERVE OF YOU - Nervous System, Burnout, Identity, Fascia Release, Creativity, Visibility, Slow Living, Getting Your Mojo Back

After rushing to make a Zoom call, I fractured my foot. But even sitting in A&E, my first instinct was to apologise for missing the meeting.

Are you so used to putting everyone else first too? And are now ready to make space for you?

What followed was more than a physical recovery. It exposed a familiar pattern of putting other people's needs before my own and the surprising discomfort of asking for help.

In this episode, I explore the emotional side of injury, the fear of being an inconvenience, the unexpected power of receiving support, and the breathing and fascia practices I've been exploring during recovery.

Sometimes the hardest thing isn't doing more. It's allowing someone else to help.

In this episode:

How a spectacularly unfortunate accident exposed the sneaky side of people-pleasing

Why asking for help can be so much harder than giving it

What a fractured foot, fascia and a little enforced stillness revealed that I hadn't bargained for

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What can a jar of honey teach us about curiosity, community, creativity — and the people we carry with us?

A September honey harvest brings neighbours, friends, old memories and a few unexpected lessons to the table. From a revered Cork bee charmer who taught me the word surfeit, to my Dad's decades of beekeeping, the ancient Irish tradition of telling the bees and the astonishing intelligence of these tiny creatures.

Somewhere between uncapping the comb, spinning the honey and getting very sticky, I find myself thinking about what we inherit, what we pass on and what we might be ready to begin ourselves.

In this episode:

What bees can teach us about community and working as one

What we inherit from our ancestors - and what we choose to carry forward

Why curiosity might be enough reason to follow an idea

Grab a cuppa and let's go to the hive!

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Ever have one of those days when you genuinely don’t know what to do?

You can think harder, try to figure it out, look for the right answer - and somehow end up even more tangled

That’s me today

It’s publish-my-podcast day, I’m tired, I’ve nothing ready to go and my usual instinct to push through stress is nowhere to be found

Instead, I notice the dancing shadows of the birch tree

I make a matcha

I take off my runners and walk into the garden

And I let nature do the heavy lifting

In this episode of The Nerve of You, I’m exploring what happens when we stop demanding that we know what comes next — and give ourselves permission to simply be where we are

So, what has you in its grip today?

And what might happen if, for three minutes, you stopped trying to figure it all out?

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Ever notice how quickly “I’m exhausted” can become “I’m not coping”?

Or how a sore shoulder becomes "there's something’s wrong with me". And feeling "I'm behind" becomes "I’m failing at life"?

What if noticing didn’t have to come with a verdict? 

In this episode of The Nerve of You, I’m at the sea, tired and carrying a lot, when I find myself completely absorbed in the tiny details around me: the light on water, reflections, ripples, shadows.

And how something changes.

Noticing brings me back into the world - and back into myself.

This isn’t another thing you need to add to your nervous system toolkit. It’s a five-minute invitation to stop trying to fix yourself and become available to what’s already there.

So, what might you notice if you stopped trying to fix anything for few minutes?

Grab a cuppa, press play — and come sit by the sea with me.

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When the sea calls you somewhere you didn't know you needed to go.

My beautiful Dad died last week.

A few hours later, I went swimming in the sea.

In this episode of The Nerve of You, I’m sharing the interconnectedness of it all in those early days of grief, why I found myself drawn to the sea and the unexpected ways my Dad still felt very close.

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When a last-minute trip takes an unexpected detour.

Ever booked a ticket searching for a magic fix or a big life revelation, only to find the real answer waiting somewhere else entirely?

In this episode of The Nerve of You, a last-minute red-eye flight to London turns into an unexpected encounter with an icon, a pair of stilettos, and an accidental masterclass in what happens when we stop trying so hard.

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If you haven't seen the exhibition do yourself a favour, go: https://www.npg.org.uk/tickets

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Ever had a pain, tightness or niggle that just won’t behave?

You fix one thing and something else starts complaining. You stretch it, rest it, rub something on it, get it checked and still it keeps coming back.

For 26 years, I vacillated between thinking my problem was my hamstring. Then my butt. Then sciatica. Then piriformis. And I kept trying to fix whichever bit was shouting the loudest.

Then I discovered fascia.

In this episode of The Nerve of You, I’m sharing how a night out during the World Cup in 1994 - where a few too many Guinnesses might have been had (yes, I'm that vintage!) - eventually led me to a completely different way of understanding my body, and why the place that hurts isn't always the whole story.

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What Greece reminded me about real life - and what happens when reality completely tears up your script.

We’ve all written a picture-perfect script for how a trip, a milestone, or a chapter of life is supposed to go - only for real life to rewrite the entire plot.

Ever planned a dream holiday - only for your teenager to be, well, a teenager in full flight? Leaving you standing on a balcony, wondering how somewhere so idyllic could feel so utterly miserable?

In this episode of The Nerve of You, I’m sharing an unfiltered story from a girls trip to Greece and the realisation in a rooftop café that changed how I show up for my own life.

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When playing small is too high a ransom.

Have you filled notebooks and your notes app with ideas, recorded endless private drafts, and are always busy doing everything around your goal—except actually putting it out into the world? How often do we let the demand for perfection keep us hiding in the background?

In this episode of The Nerve of You, we're looking at what happens when the fear of being seen has had you in a headlock for too long.

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Welcome to The Nerve of You.

I'm Niamh, a mum in my 50s and this podcast is me doing something new.

I'm delighted you're here following along. 

Bye for now

Love Niamh