You can change your world with one step. This week I am flying solo to share and reflect back on the past year of The Susan Sheehan Podcast and how one step leads to another and another when it comes to changing your life.

Marian Keyes - Back Yourself

Danielle La Porte.

Patricia Fitzgerald joins us this week to share her dance with life, so far. She doesn’t go into the detail of her cancer, Patricia owns her story of learning to accept support, she helps us understand how tough the time is after the treatment ends and what questions we can ask when supporting someone with an illness and grief.

We talk about the magic of mandalas, consciousness and Artificial Intelligence and much more!

Thank you Patricia.

Links

Patricia’s Website https://www.healingcreations.ie Instagram https://www.instagram.com/healingcreations/?hl=en

Patricia recommended Muscle Relaxation Therapy and the Lady Magnet

Ciara O'Malley encourages us all to recognise the magic within. After losing her partner to a drowning accident in 2017, Ciara discusses the importance of allowing identities to loosen and shift, to listen to your soul, the power of manifestation, and the significance of grounding yourself in the physical body. Ciara is a ray of sunshine and I know you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Ciara's instagram https://www.instagram.com/ciara__omalley/

Ciara's Book - Miracles Appear When Loved Ones Are Near

Podcast - Mind.Less.Full

Mary Jo Meehan joins us this week to talk about how she walks

through life against the backdrop of being adopted as a baby, and being dyslexic and not learning to read until she was 12. Both wrapped with shame and stigma and how she has worked through that, aided by being a psychotherapist, hard work and most of all love. Mary Jo shares her moving poetry with us throughout the podcast.

If you wish to contact Mary Jo - [email protected]

Book: The Gifts of Dyslexia by Ronald D Davis

Mary Black song Your Love.

Book: Republic of Shame by Caleainn Hogan 

Welcome back to The Susan Sheehan Podcast, after a brief break, I am delighted to be back and discussing regrets. As anyone who has been through big transformations or grief, and everyone who is living on this planet, we all have regrets. They may be significant regrets, or you may have too many small regrets. In this episode I discuss how they will cast a shadow over our life if we don't let them go, with tips on how to do that and allow the light back in.

Bonnie Ware Book the Top 5 Regrets Of The Dying.

https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/

The Susan Sheehan Podcast website https://www.susansheehan.com/the-susan-sheehan-podcast

Morwenna Buck joins us on The Susan Sheehan Podcast this week. Wenna brings a human, practical and positive light to the face of MS, multiple sclerosis. She choose to make immediate changes to her life, her diet and stress when she was diagnosed. However it was her emotional and spiritual journey that has brought her the greatest impact. She talks us through the scary diagnosis of MS, an auto immune disease that now affects women predominantly, and how she is now healthier than ever.

Links & Recommendations

You can contact Wenna on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/morwenna-buck-611726b9

Overcoming MS https://overcomingms.org

Dr Gabor Mate https://drgabormate.com

Dr David Hamilton, his book How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body. Website https://drdavidhamilton.com

Wenna also mentioned prior episode The Root Causes Of Disease Part 1 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BMFWUeBjtDVn8j8GeiJIL?si=cdbe26d5f6614662

And Part 2 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5okA3NOCLJyFGsiLfhcZIf?si=1f765b84daf74e0b

Actively choosing another way of living has been part of Anna Knapik’s life. Our guest this week, Anna joins The Susan Sheehan Podcast. She had a moment in her teenage years that brought her clarity and a clear message to tune into her inner knowing.

This is an inspiring story of a woman turning her life upside down, leaving a relationship and a steady job for a whole new life.

Links

Anna Knapik website https://www.heldcounsellingsw.com/

Anna’s instagram https://www.instagram.com/heldcounsellingsw

All episodes can be found on https://www.susansheehan.com/

Maria Diehn shares her experience of late pregnancy loss with an openness that is powerful. This is a deeply personal and devastating experience and one that while unique to Maria is more common than we hear about.

At least 1 in 4 women experience pregnancy loss, Maria's is less heard about as it is a late loss. Maria is offering us the opportunity to understand what this is like to go through this from conception to post loss.

Maria is clear in her desire in sharing her story, support is key to women going through this. Ranging from absence of support, to being under discussed, the need for more compassion and more health and community professionals specialising in post loss support.

Please note, this episode touches on sensitive topics such as late pregnancy loss, grief, and trauma. These conversations can be deeply emotional, so please listen with care. If at any point you need to pause or step away, please do so. We understand this is a difficult subject for many, and we encourage you to take care of yourself while listening

Links

Maria Diehn's Website - https://www.yogamarisol.com/

Marias instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yogamarisol/

Marias Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/yogamarisolmallorca

You can watch this on YouTube https://youtu.be/BuC_S5pR8cg

You can find all the episodes on my website https://www.susansheehan.com/

Why do we feel better when we have daily practices, when we move, breathe, do yoga, go out in nature or meditate. Or even when we do one or two of these? In this episode I share with you about the five layers or koshas that we all have and how they work. This episode will change your mind about how you view your daily routines, habits and rituals.

- The Five Koshas

- Daily habits and routines

Fear freezes us, it weighs us down and makes us stay in our head with so much stories, our own ans other people’s expectations. This weeks episode I discuss how to recognise fear, how it can catch you unexpectedly, what to avoid and how to live in your heart (in the main!).

Welcome to 2025! I hope it’s a great one and a kind one for you.

Love,

Susan

How cold impacts us over time. Cold and freezing is it really good for us? Why are we doing it?

Chanting and meditation and why they help with fear.