This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Blindboy – of the very successful The Blindboy Podcast – and author of his latest book Boulevard Wren and other stories. Blindboy tells me about his experience with anxiety as a young adult, the origins of that anxiety, how he looks after himself these days […]
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This week I am joined by Anette Kelly of Little Penny Thoughts (a huge online platform for positive self-talk and wellness from within workshops around Ireland and the UK) to talk about her experience of anxiety, how it was generated in the first place by poor self talk and how she turned things around to
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People pleasing is a big driver of anxiety. For this episode of Owning It I am thrilled to be joined by New York Times Bestselling author Sarah Knight. She wrote the Lifechanging Magic of Not Giving A Fuck and has gone on to write a whole series of No F***s Given Guides, the latest of
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In this episode of Owning It I am diving into the subject of sleep with sleep expert Tom Coleman. We talk about the importance of sleep for regulating emotions, how a sleep deficit affects anxiety and how anxiety affects our sleep. Crucially, Tom offers his best advice on how to improve our sleep, our ability
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In this episode of Owning It I am joined by comedian Des Bishop who’s about to go on tour with his new show Mia Mamma. We sat down to talk about his experience of anxiety, what it was like for him growing up in NYC and then leaving for Ireland alone at the age of
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Is your neurochemical landscape vulnerable? In this expert episode I’m joined by Stephen Travers, of stravershypnosis.com who helps me to gain a further understanding of what’s happening in our brain when we experience anxiety. At points we get very technical but I strongly believe that knowledge is power in the face of anxiety. Specifically, Stephen
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For this episode of Owning It The Anxiety Podcast I am joined by Irish radio’s most loved duo, Dermot Whelan and Dave Moore (more commonly referred to as Dermot & Dave, of Today FM fame). Both of the lads share their respective experience of anxiety along with how they look after their mental health today.
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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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Interview with former Betting Shop Manager, Pat Kennedy. We discuss the changes in retail betting, since the late 1980s, as well as the impact of online gambling and the industry’s dependency on people who are addicted to gambling. Co-hosted by addiction counsellors Barry Grant and Tony O’Reilly, from Extern Problem Gambling. The podcast is proudly
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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