Freddy returns to the Women Doing Their Thing podcast after a break, sharing renewed clarity about her brand, a book-in-progress, and a six-week series on “gateways” or “initiations” where hardships become doorways to purpose.

Drawing from decades of client work and her own history of anorexia as a teenager in Ireland, she describes being told she would not recover and how refusing that identity—supported by her mother’s decision to avoid hospitalization and medication—shaped her path into mental health work.

She reflects on creativity, activism, addiction-swapping, and an early public talk that led her to hide due to shame and “negativity bias,” reframing visibility and storytelling as connection and inspiration.

She encourages taking “next right-size steps,” seeking support, creating one’s own stage, and using visualization to open new possibilities, previewing upcoming weekly episodes.