Simply Holistic Living - Feeding the mind, body and soul

This is a solo podcast with host Julie Clarke. Purpose – Sharing my journey of recovery and waking up to the real me. Key Points Letting go Trusting yourself Foundation for letting go Tuning in through meditation Setting an intention for the day Takeaways Setting up your day – practical meditation Pausing during your day - taking a few deep breaths  Stop trying and start trusting   Email contact f...

Guest – Siobhan Moylan Setu Yoga Studio Purpose – Exploring yoga as a mind body practise for everyone regardless of age or physical ability.    Key Points  Yoga is and should be accessible for all ages and physical abilities. Yoga helps us to connect within –it is a moving medication. The power of the breath to calm the nervous system.    Takeaways Through the day practise taking a deep breath thr...

Guest - Meditation Teacher Dora Ross Purpose - exploring meditation and how it can change your life   Key Points Neuroscience behind meditation  How meditation can change your life A few tips to get you started with meditation  A 3-minute meditation to close    Takeaways 5 minutes meditation practise each morning Dora Ross is a mindfulness and wellbeing coach and behavioural change specialist. She...

Guest – Yvonne Daly from Mervue Natural Skincare Purpose – to look at what good skincare looks like and develop good skincare habits as part of an overall wellness ritual.    Key Points – Research your skincare products. Make educated choices about your skincare products.  Choose products that can be multipurpose – more economical. Less is more when it comes to good skincare. Integrate your skinca...

Guest:   Doctor Lena Subbotina  - MD Purpose – A deep dive into the positive impact of switching off from the noise of the world on our mental and physical health Key points – What happens to our mind & body when we are on that spinning wheel The neurobiology of stress The nervous system Takeaways Decide to take the first 30 minutes of the day as a device free time Nominate one evening per wee...

Simply Holistic Living Series 4 will launch on Thursday 4th June 2026.   Welcome to Simply Holistic Living – Practical Tools for Waking Up to the Real You. After taking some time away, I’m returning with a fresh eye.   This podcast is for people who feel they are on a spinning wheel and just surviving but want to change, want to slow down, breath and reconnect.      In this podcast we explore grou...

Fiona Brennan from ‘Inspire, Action, Success” is a professional business coach.  She combines her 20 years’ experience as a project manager with mindset and neuroscience coaching to help her clients achieve the business and personal success they desire.   Fiona's mission is “to help you discover your full potential, see your limitless power and become the best you can be.”  Fiona is an advocate of...

In episode 3 Life Coach Máirtín Óg McDonagh and Julie Clarke chat about overcoming life challenges and growing through them to come out the other side.    Máirtín Óg brings a wealth of life experience and professional qualifications to the table. An entrepreneur, responsible for building two successful businesses in the past, employing a skilled workforce and managing teams. A casualty of the down...

In episode 2, I have a conversation with Psychologist Willie Horton about the practises he teaches through his various programs, helping us to become who we really are and hit the off button on the autopilot running our lives.  Willie Horton is an Irish Psychologist living in France.  He has an amazing program called the ‘The Psychology of Success Online Program’ and an inspiring podcast ‘To Succe...

In this episode I chat with Dr Gladys McGarey, 103-year-old medical doctor still practising medicine and inspiring everyone who meets her with her wisdom and life experience.  Our chat focuses on the six secrets she talks about in her most recent book.  The title of her book is – ‘The Well Lied Life.  A 102-year-old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health & Happiness at Every Age.’  This is truly a lif...

A trailer for series 3 of the podcast Simply Holistic Living - Feeding the mind, body and soul. Episide 1 will be released on September 4th 2024, with 3 more episodes to follow every week in September.  The theme running through the 4 episodes in this series is – becoming who you really are.  We have the inspirational 103 years old Dr Gladys McGarry sharing her wisdom and talking about her six sec...

Tracie is a passionate lifelong horsewoman and yoga practitioner originally from the United States but settled in the west of Ireland for 17 years.  She believes that it is every horse rider's responsibility to show up mentally and physically for their horse, and yoga is a great way to help us do that.   Tracie offers yoga classes, horse training services, and courses and clinics combining horsema...

Clare is a qualified Nutritional Therapist (NT) and advocate for healthy eating and lifestyle medicine.  She is owner of ANU Wellness a Galway based holistic Nutritional Therapy practice in Oranmore, County Galway.   In this episode Clare is back on the podcast to talk about connecting with natural food sources.  She says a good way to judge that we are connecting with natural food sources is - to...

Rory is a physiotherapist and owner of Ratoath Physiotherapy in Ratoath County Meath.  In addition to his training as a physiotherapist Rory has pursued training in cutting edge therapies emerging from around the world.  He has completed extensive education in Neurokinetic Therapy, Integrated Cranial, Structural Joint Balancing and Systemic Kinesiology and uses a combined approach of these therapi...

Kathy runs a successful private counselling practice in Trim in County Meath.   She is a psychodynamic counsellor and integrates other approaches such as CBT, SFT, Mindfulness and Dreamwork Therapy – this she believes can allow you to unlock closed doors and open up an avenue of growth and freedom. Kathy says “I truly believe that each one of us has the capacity to lead fulfilled lives, and the on...

I chat with Niall Breslin – one of Irelands leading mental health advocates, host of multi-award winning ‘Where is my mind’ podcast, musician, composer, and inspirational life transformation speaker.  Niall is currently doing his Ph. D. examining the history of how we dealt with mental health in the past in Ireland both at state and community levels.  Niall believes Ireland can be transformational...

Kelly is a Yoga Ayurvedic Living Educator and senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals.   Kelly works from  her Yoga Ayurveda Living Centre based in Setu Studio Space, Bungalow 7, Clarinbridge.   Kelly says “Ayurveda and Yoga balance what you need vs. what you want. This is your medicine, you can call it stress relief, stress management, work life balance.  It is relaxation and mental...

A trailer for series 2 of the podcast Simply Holistic Living - Feeding the mind, body and soul. The series will be released on April 4th 2024 and will feature topics such as connecting with sources of food; how can we enjoy good mental health; changing the conversation around mental health; caring for our bodies; connecting with nature and there will be a guided meditation episode. Presented by Ju...

Fiona is a Success Coach – she believes we all have the “power to do and be whatever we choose, once we decide, commit, believe, and take action!“ Through her business Inspire, Action, Success Fiona works with female business owners and individuals to help them transform their lives.   Fiona is based in County Clare. She chats about the power of having a vision for your life and she gives us some...

Clare Grady is a qualified Nutritional Therapist (NT) and advocate for healthy eating and lifestyle medicine.  She is owner of ANU Wellness a Galway based holistic Nutritional Therapy practice in Oranmore, County Galway.   She discusses that food is energy for our bodies and get us to think about what we eat and how we eat. She suggests some simple changes we can make today in our food.   https://...

Yvonne Daly is the Skincare Developer and Educator at Mervue Natural Skincare in Galway City.    Mervue Skincare is a certified organic skincare brand launched in 2021. Yvonne chats about the basic principles for healthy skin and some good simple daily self-care habits to create - promoting healthy skin.    https://www.mervuenaturalskincare.com/

Kelly is a Yoga Ayurvedic Living Educator and senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals.   Kelly works from  her Yoga Ayurveda Living Centre based in Setu Studio Space, Bungalow 7, Clarin bridge.   Kelly says “Ayurveda and Yoga balance what you need vs what you want. This is your medicine, you can call it stress relief, stress management, work life balance.  It is relaxation and mental...

Siobhan Moylan is a well-established yoga teacher over many years.  Her yoga studio is called SETU and is based in Kilcornan, Chainbridge. County Galway.   Siobhan talks to us about her Yoga journey and work and the difference Yoga can make in our everyday lives.   We finish the podcast with some tips from Siobhan on what listeners can do today to start practising some Yoga.     https://flowyoga.i...

Mairtin Og is a mindset coach based out of Kinvara in County Galway.  Mairtin uses his experiencing of overcoming loss and rebuilding his life to work with clients who are struggling or stuck in their own lives.   He set up Mind over Mountains in 2020 – it is an initiative combining coaching, mentoring and the great outdoors.   Mairtin chats about mindset, overcoming struggles and coming out the o...

A trailer for the upcoming podcast series Simply Holistic Living - Feeding the mind, body and soul. The series will be released on September 28th 2023 and will feature topics such as creating a vision for your life, how food is medicine, self care and healthy skin, calm, relaxation and mental health, Yoga for everyday and mindset and overcoming struggles. Presented by Julie Clarke This podcast ser...