In this episode I chat with Dr Gladys McGarey, 103-year-old medical doctor still practising medicine and inspiring everyone who meets her with her wisdom and life experience.  Our chat focuses on the six secrets she talks about in her most recent book. 

The title of her book is – ‘The Well Lied Life.  A 102-year-old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health & Happiness at Every Age.’  This is truly a life changing, inspirational book.    

Dr McGarey is known as the mother of holistic medicine and has a dream for a Village of Living Medicine putting “the sacredness of love and life at the forefront in healing”.  She talks and writes about the physician within each of us.   

For more about Dr McGarey see her website https://gladysmcgarey.com/  and her Instagram @begladmd

A trailer for series 3 of the podcast Simply Holistic Living - Feeding the mind, body and soul.

Episide 1 will be released on September 4th 2024, with 3 more episodes to follow every week in September.

 The theme running through the 4 episodes in this series is – becoming who you really are.  We have the inspirational 103 years old Dr Gladys McGarry sharing her wisdom and talking about her six secrets to a well lived life.   In episode two we have Irish Psychologist Willie Horton in conversation about connecting with our real self to reach our full potential. In episode 3 Life & Business Coach Mairtin Óg McDonagh from Mind over Mountains on the experience of overcoming life challenges and connecting with who they really are.   In the final episode, Business Coach Fiona Brennan from ‘Inspire, Action, Success’ chats about the power of meditation.

Presented by Julie Clarke

This podcast series is sponsored by Julie Clarke Candles and Mervue Natural Skincare – check out our websites www.julieclarkecandles.com and www.mervuenaturalskincare.com 

Kelly is a Yoga Ayurvedic Living Educator and senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals.   Kelly works from  her Yoga Ayurveda Living Centre based in Setu Studio Space, Bungalow 7, Clarinbridge.  

Kelly says “Ayurveda and Yoga balance what you need vs. what you want. This is your medicine, you can call it stress relief, stress management, work life balance.  It is relaxation and mental health for wellbeing. Yoga and Ayurveda are a simple path to wellness.”

In this podcast Kelly guides us through a beautiful meditation to help us enter into that calm space within.

www.yogaayurvedicliving.com

I chat with Niall Breslin – one of Irelands leading mental health advocates, host of multi-award winning ‘Where is my mind’ podcast, musician, composer, and inspirational life transformation speaker. 

Niall is currently doing his Ph.D. examining the history of how we dealt with mental health in the past in Ireland both at state and community levels.  Niall believes Ireland can be transformational leaders on the world stage in how we deal with mental health challenges as a state and society.  Niall’s personal struggles with his own mental health has informed his journey to become one of Ireland’s thought leaders in mental health.  

In this episode we look at where mental health sits in Ireland today on an individual, community, and national level and how things are changing.  

www.niallbreslin.com

Kathy runs a successful private counselling practice in Trim in County Meath.  

She is a psychodynamic counsellor and integrates other approaches such as CBT, SFT, Mindfulness and Dreamwork Therapy – this she believes can allow you to unlock closed doors and open up an avenue of growth and freedom.

Kathy says “I truly believe that each one of us has the capacity to lead fulfilled lives, and the only thing holding us back are the negative stories/narratives/beliefs and even lies, that we have told ourselves.  Sometimes you just need to take that first step to explore what’s behind those closed doors and you will find that you can set yourself free.”

In this episode I chat with Kathy about navigating our mental health and the different things that help us on our mental health journey. 

Kathys website is www.willowavenuetherapy.com  and her email is [email protected]

Rory is a physiotherapist and owner of Ratoath Physiotherapy in Ratoath County Meath. 

In addition to his training as a physiotherapist Rory has pursued training in cutting edge therapies emerging from around the world.  He has completed extensive education in Neurokinetic Therapy, Integrated Cranial, Structural Joint Balancing and Systemic Kinesiology and uses a combined approach of these therapies to uncover the root cause of musculoskeletal dysfunction and bring lasting results even in chronic conditions. Rory is a Level 3 Advanced Neurokinetic Therapy practitioner, a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists and is registered with CORU.

Rory is a passionate therapist, and this passion is evident in our chat for this episode.  In this episode I talk to Rory about how we can take better care of our bodies. 

Rory can be contacted on 01 689 6701 and his website is www.ratoathphysio.ie

Clare is a qualified Nutritional Therapist (NT) and advocate for healthy eating and lifestyle medicine.  She is owner of ANU Wellness a Galway based holistic Nutritional Therapy practice in Oranmore, County Galway.  

In this episode Clare is back on the podcast to talk about connecting with natural food sources.  She says a good way to judge that we are connecting with natural food sources is - to check if our grandparents were going to our supermarket today what would they recognise as food.  

Clare can be contacted through the website below.

https://galwayphysio.com/services/nutritional-therapist/

Tracie is a passionate lifelong horsewoman and yoga practitioner originally from the United States but settled in the west of Ireland for 17 years.  She believes that it is every horse rider's responsibility to show up mentally and physically for their horse, and yoga is a great way to help us do that.   Tracie offers yoga classes, horse training services, and courses and clinics combining horsemanship and yoga for people of all ages.  

Tracie Burroughs

Horseback Yoga Ireland

Kylebrack West

Loughrea, Co Galway

+353 (0)87 76 75 922

Email - [email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/traciehorsebackyoga/

A trailer for series 2 of the podcast Simply Holistic Living - Feeding the mind, body and soul.

The series will be released on April 4th 2024 and will feature topics such as connecting with sources of food; how can we enjoy good mental health; changing the conversation around mental health; caring for our bodies; connecting with nature and there will be a guided meditation episode.

Presented by Julie Clarke

This podcast series is sponsored by Julie Clarke Candles and Mervue Natural Skincare – check out our websites www.julieclarkecandles.com  and www.mervuenaturalskincare.com 

Mairtin Og is a mindset coach based out of Kinvara in County Galway.  Mairtin uses his experiencing of overcoming loss and rebuilding his life to work with clients who are struggling or stuck in their own lives.   He set up Mind over Mountains in 2020 – it is an initiative combining coaching, mentoring and the great outdoors.  

Mairtin chats about mindset, overcoming struggles and coming out the other side with tools for creating a healthy mind & body. 

https://mindovermountains.ie/