This week I talk to rugby star Ian Madigan about how he manages his anxiety, what he’s learned in training as a professional athlete that he can take off the pitch and apply to his personal life, how we can become more resilient, the importance of positive self affirmations and lots more. You’ll enjoy it […]
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For this episode of Owning it I sit down with Sex Education actor Tanya Reynolds. She’s British, she’s one of the soundest people I’ve interviewed and she was so honest and forthcoming with her anxiety story. It’s something she’s still very much dealing with, particularly her social anxiety. We talk about learning to accept our
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In this episode of Owning It I explore one of the big triggers of anxiety: travel. It’s something I’ve really struggled with but have worked very hard to get on top of to the point that I now enjoy several big trips a year (assuming I’ve saved up enough money that is!) From addressing the
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In this podcast, Niall speaks to photographer Ruth Medjber about her lockdown portrait project, Twilight Together. They talk about life through a lens, the meaning of connection, and how artists make a living in these challenging times.
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In this episode I am joined by Hannah O’Connell, an incredibly acupuncturist and the one woman who honestly brought me back from the brink of feeling like I would be forever stuck this way. She reassured me that there was a way through anxiety and with acupuncture I could get some massive relief of the
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In this episode of Owning It I am joined by Sile Seoige to talk about the power of breathing as a tool for anxiety and how to implement it daily. You already breathe, all day long, so this is a tool that’s there for the taking but one we rarely appreciate. Sile walks me through
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Welcome back to season 2 of Owning It The Anxiety Podcast. I will be joined again by lots of wonderful guests who kindly share their experience along with a series of experts who will help to shed more light on our experience of anxiety. First up, Ryan Tubridy sits down with me to talk about
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This week I am joined by one of my favourite actors – Charlene McKenna. You will know her from Peaky Blinders but it was a little show at home called Raw where I first discovered her. I met Charlene in NYC to talk about anxiety and straight away we realised we were two anxious Annies
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I’m back with another mini episode, this time it’s just me and I’m talking about the science behind self-compassion and why it’s such an incredibly important tool for owning your anxiety. I talk what it is, why it works and how to implement more of it into your life, especially during periods of anxiety. Support
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For this episode I am joined by bestselling author and entrepreneur behind Natural Born Feeder, Roz Purcell to talk about her experience of anxiety. Roz has some incredible insights into how and why we might be feeling more anxiety these days and how we need to get of the numbers game: numbers on the weighing
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In this brief episode, I talk about the helicopter approach to anxiety – figuring out why you are here dealing with anxiety. I go through my own recent mini flare up with anxiety and track the steps I take, all of which fall under the assess and address approach, to bring myself back to feeling
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As mentioned in the podcast intro, here is the link to my upcoming event in The Alex hotel. It’s a publishing masterclass for anyone who’s ever dreamed of writing a book. There will be more events coming soon specifically themed around anxiety so stay tuned for those. This week Cassie Stokes of Xpose fame joins
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