It All Starts With A Breath Podcast

I was thinking about how many industries profit off of people’s worry or insecurity around ageing, and it made me question why there is such a worry.  Is it because we are afraid of what people think of us if we look older? Why does that even matter?  Is it because as we age we get closer to death? Death is inevitable. Ageing is not. Listen now... Remember, it all starts with a breath. P...

How easy is it to change? What do we need to elicit change? Would you be willing to change your breath? Seems easy, but sometimes, it isn't as simple as we think. Sometimes we have to find patience, compassion, kindness to allow change to take place, our bodies, our nervous systems can fight it. That's ok. Less judgement, more love and compassion and we can end up with something quite special. Any...

What story are you telling, or maybe listening to? What is causing you to lack belief, or to believe you are an imposter in the room. Perhaps it's time to consider the measures you believe add up for success, what that truly looks like for you, or feels like for you. The option of continuing to doubt, continuing to think you aren't successful or good enough as you are basing it on measures that ar...

I hope by sharing this experience it will remind people of the importance of being present with people when you are with them, it will remind you of the gift that is now, the present moment. When my producer listened and got the episode ready, he wrote to me to say it caused him to go and visit his parents - this fills me with love. Adversity and challenge can bring sadness, worry and fear - but w...

I've spent some time reflecting on the lessons and learnings I've had from my 40 years of life - I'd love to share them with you. Maybe make a cuppa and gift yourself 10 minutes to truly sit and listen, to absorb yourself into the podcast. Perhaps even take the time to reflect yourself on the lessons and learnings from your own life - reflection can be an amazing opportunity for positive change an...

Recently I have faced a number of challenges and struggles and I started to think deeply about my recent trip to Poland - I looked to the mountain for it's teachings. They took me to another moment where I intentionally put myself under a large amount of pressure - and again I placed myself back there and thought about the difficulty and what it taught me. By bringing myself back to these moments,...

Yesterday I was giving someone some positive feedback about a movement in the gym and their response was to tell me about a movement they still can’t do. There wasn’t any recognition by themself of the improvement, just an instant reminder of what they are still struggling with. It really got me thinking, I’m definitely someone that does this, in the past I couldn’t receive any positive feedback a...

Edited & Produced by @conorsweetman.stories Listen in to hear about how love conquered adversity and read below for more information and exciting retreat details! Lockdown is what led me to my healing journey, it was the opportunity to stop, I say opportunity, I guess I was forced, but it was definitely an opportunity to see a different pace of life, to slow down. To face everything I had been...

The health and wellbeing industry is full of “you should do this” and “you shouldn’t do that”. It’s ever changing, ever conflicting and all round at times overwhelming. If we could just get back to basics, and learn to be consistent we would have an easier time. Before all the shiny packaging and the chemicals added to our food, before we could get more or less anything delivered to our door with...

They asked her, “how do you love yourself well?” She answered, “make your well-being and healing a top priority. Have the courage to create boundaries that will support your flourishing. Listen closely to your intuition, respect your need for rest, and connect with people who are emotionally available. Being intentional with your life is loving yourself well.” I saw these words recently, I’m afrai...

Join me today to discover the power of your own breath. By changing how we breathe, we can impact how we feel - in as little as 5 long slow exhales we can start to impact our nervous system. I still remember that first time I laid down to breathe, I had no idea what to expect, the weather was a little wild and windy out - I was on the West Coast of Ireland - and I had never taken time for myself l...

I've recently returned from a trip to Poland, where we were facing the cold in very new and different ways. On the trip we had to climb two mountains wearing simply shorts and a bra. The first mountain taught me a lot and helped me to prepare for the second mountain. Mount Snezka and I've just been reflecting on what that mountain taught me. I made a decision on this climb - time was irrelevant, i...