It All Starts With A Breath Podcast

In this episode of Everyday Resilience, I take you back to 2024 — a year when, from the outside, I probably looked like I was holding everything together, while quietly, inside, I was struggling. Our business was under enormous pressure, my dad was very unwell, I was having my own health investigated, and I was carrying the weight of decisions I knew would eventually change our lives. And yet, alo...

Everyday Resilience: Alcohol Free 2nd of January, 2023. I think it might have been the first day of my new future, but at that moment I had no idea. I decided to stop drinking. Finally. It had taken me two years of talking about it, not being able to go through with it. Honestly, I was in the grip of it. I was going to have to find other ways to cope with sadness, stress, joy, all of it. I was goi...

Everyday Resilience - When Everything Changed 2022 started with our biggest achievement - opening our dream gym. We'd invested everything, poured our hearts into creating something beautiful. That moment our sign went up, we cried tears of joy. We had no idea what was coming. In this deeply personal episode, I share the year that taught me everything can change in an instant. From the high of host...

Everyday Resilience: Running to Stillness 2021 was the year I thought I had it all together. I trained for months to ski 100km on my Ski Erg in one day, got married four days later, and kept living at a million miles an hour. Even lockdown hadn't taught me how to slow down — I'd just learnt how to be busy in the quiet. Then I went to Ireland. I lay down, I breathed, and for the first time in my li...

The year we locked down. For some this was a disastrous time, and considering we had only opened the doors of our business in 2019, this wasn’t great timing for a new business, this was however exactly what I didn’t realise I needed. Listen now... As always a huge thank you to my amazing producer Conor Sweetman - IG @conorsweetman.stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Before you listen - I want to let you know this episode is heavy. I share openly about pregnancy loss and a serious head injury. If either of those topics feel difficult for you right now, please feel free to skip this one or come back when you're in a safer space to listen. And if anything comes up for you, please reach out for support. You don't have to hold it alone - Samaritans Helpline is 116...

2018 continued at the whirlwind pace of 2017, this year was full on.... ....If I could have begun to understand what 2019 would be like, I think I would have frozen time here. Although I was living at a million miles an hour, there seemed so much potential in life, although I had lived through my divorce and it had been a tough journey, one that I was still very much on, life felt freer, lighter,...

It’s always later when you look back you understand. There were many moments through our relationship that triggered me to grieve, I will share more about this over time. At the time, it felt strange, I was so in love, but something felt difficult inside my heart. I've never really shared about this feeling before, as I felt ashamed I guess, and to be honest at the time, I didn’t really know what...

Welcome back to Season 2 of my podcast. This season will see 12 full episodes, I'm keen to share through this season, adversity, bouncing back from life's challenges, everyday resilience - which usually comes with sharing difficulty, tragedy, being vulnerable. It can be heavy to discuss, heavy to hear, but I believe we are all human, and we connect through experience, although none of us can ever...

Welcome back to Season 2 of my podcast. This season will see 12 full episodes, I'm keen to share through this season, adversity, bouncing back from life's challenges, everyday resilience - which usually comes with sharing difficulty, tragedy, being vulnerable. It can be heavy to discuss, heavy to hear, but I believe we are all human, and we connect through experience, although none of us can ever...

My final podcast of the year - a huge thank you for listening along, for all those who have been in touch after listening, I truly appreciate you. A huge thank you to my producer Conor for all his support and work. Leaving you all with love and light - see you in Season 2 next year - enjoy the downtime. Remember, it all starts with a breath. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

This podcast reflects on, 'the more we focus on our breathing, the better everything becomes', a quote by Niall O Murchu my breathwork teacher. Following our Master's training, this is something we deeply explored and it really got me thinking about what focusing on my breathing has done for me, listen now... Producer - Conor Sweetman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just a little reminder to anyone that needs it - it's okay. Remember, it all starts with breath. Thanks to my producer - Conor Sweetman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A small reminder that the light is always there. Sending love and light. Remember, it all starts with a breath. Producer - Conor Sweetman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I am fortunate to love what I do, but our time here is finite, and I am ready to start enjoying some days off." In this episode I discuss taking time out from work, what that has looked like and what it will look like going forward. If you are someone who struggles to take time off, down time, or simply perhaps you are self employed and feel you 'can't' take time, perhaps this is worth a listen....

'I try and remain in my power enough to know, I am enough, just as I am.' In this podcast I share my journey of unmasking - coming back to myself. If you are on this journey too - I send you so much love and strength for navigating this path - remember to be kind to yourself. Thanks as always to my producer Conor Sweetman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me this fortnight for a restorative breathing session. Make sure you are somewhere safe you can sit or lay down comfortably, perhaps plug in some headphones to fully immerse yourself, and join me to breathe. If you enjoy this and want to explore further, head to my Patreon for more breathwork sessions https://www.patreon.com/itallstartswithabreath For now I wish you love and light - remember,...

I’ve been really lucky over the last couple of years to be encountering moments, days and weekends where my soul feels elated. I went to see Coldplay recently, if you know me, you’ve probably heard me talk about it!! I guess I had a spiritual experience, one where I felt joy at my core and emotion in my soul. I was overwhelmed with emotion and felt so much gratitude for the evening, one that...

Just a bit of reflection after walking out of the best sound bath of my life, so far - I've never had that experience before in a sound bath, it blew me away, but also made me feel so present, so grounded, and so very grateful. Feeling full of love and gratitude, I wanted to share. The sound bath was hosted by the amazing Lamorna - who is @hello.quiet.mind on Instagram and is based in Berkshire. T...

I realised I had seen the ending of friendships only with a view of loss, I hadn't considered all that I was creating and all that I was gaining. I guess another perspective - its always worth looking at things from different angles. So here's to the circles now and circles to come - life is always evolving and changing. Grateful for where I am grateful for the opportunity to be me. Listen now.......

In this episode I reflect on the changes breathwork has supported me through - has enabled me to achieve. How I've gone from being someone who didn't feel they could even talk to others, to someone who now supports and teaches in that same environment. I talk about The Blissful Breath Academy, where I train in Ireland - The Blissful Breath Academy — Breathe With Níall - the incredible environment...

Welcome to my latest podcast episode which takes a slightly different approach to my usual ones. Conor, my producer is interviewing me about my breathwork journey and learning what brought me to this point and setting up my Patreon account. I certainly enjoyed the reflecting and sharing stories with Conor as well as hearing some of his. I hope you enjoy the episode. Here is a little more informati...

Daydream - Lily Meola When we were kids in the backyard Playing astronauts and rockstars No one told us to stop it Called us unrealistic Then suddenly, you're eighteen Go to college for your plan "B" What you want is too risky Live for weekends and whiskey We all got these big ideas One day, they're replaced with fears How did we get here? Darlin', don't quit your daydream It's your life that you'...

Just my thoughts on friendship, ghosting and the message we hear often, 'be kind'. Episode produced by Conor Sweetman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Often when I’ve attended my own training at The Blissful Breath Academy or supported with teaching there, we have talked about how amazing it is to see the ripple effect of this academy taking place. The ripple effect of Niall’s teaching. The ripple effect of breathing. I still think back to walking into the studio in the Cliffs of Moher back in 2021. I was sinking, struggling, I was paddling so h...