The Earthly Delights Podcast

This week we chatted with Environmental activist Manuel Salazar who has been associated with the organisation Extinction Rebellion in Ireland since its inception in 2018. Extinction Rebellion is a global environmental movement, with the aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and...

Ronni Abergel is an author and founder of the Human Library Organization, where real people with real stories are on loan to readers instead of books. At the Human Library, people have the opportunity to talk with others who are often discriminated against to find out about their lives and to get a better idea of what’s it like to be them. A man who is deeply committed to facilitating communicatio...

Our guest this week is Dr Iseult Twamley, who is a Clinical Psychologist and Open Dialogue Trainer/Supervisor. She is Clinical Lead of the Irish Open Dialogue implementation in West Cork, which she initiated with a successful implementation grant. Since 2012 she and the team there have been implementing Open Dialogue as part of the Adult Mental Health Service. This project has been very well recei...

Sarri Gilman is a psychotherapist, author, and speaker and has over 35 years of experience as a marriage and family therapist. She also has decades of experience as a community worker starting organisations such as Cocoon House and One Childhood lasts a lifetime before deciding to focus totally on people's development. Her 2014 book ‘Transform Your Boundaries’ highlighted how acknowledging, settin...

This week our guest is Lee Teresa Moore who is an advocate for raising awareness about dissociative disorders and complex PTSD. We are also joined by her lovely partner Paul. In this podcast, Lee discusses some of the major events in her life that now, can be viewed retrospectively as trauma resurfacing. As our previous guest Dr Mike Lloyd mentioned in our conversation a few months ago, some brain...

Milo O’Shea had a very significant impact on my development in my teenage years and beyond. He was a unique figure in my secondary school who never shied away from showing his students how he really felt. This wasn’t always pretty but it was human. This aspect of humanity is crucial to the growth of young people, in my opinion. Milo was one of the few teachers in my life that really demonstrated a...

Matthew Thompson is an entrepreneur, host of two podcasts, a father, a husband and a friend. You might remember our interview last year with Dr Steve Ilardi, who is the author of the mega-famous book “The Depression Cure, the 6 step programme to beat depression without drugs- Well, Dr Steve linked myself and Matt together and since then I’ve learned a lot from him. This is a long conversation but...

Jill Vialet is the founder of Playworks, the leading American non-profit leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school every day. Playworks creates a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. Playworks partners with schools, districts, and after-school programs to provide a service or mix of services including...

Our recent conversation with Valentina Auliso is not the easiest to concisely describe. Perhaps the best way is to indirectly start with the fact that myself and Seb see and experience the world quite differently. This can be difficult for both of us but I also think it helps us generate an intriguing conversation for a wider group of people. Seb is often sceptical of people who work in the world...

Elisa and I first bonded over our love of Gabor Mate. Yes, it happened like that. I met her during my summer trip to Italy and have kept in touch ever since. I wanted to have her on the podcast to discuss the practice of yoga’s potential to calm our nervous system and help us reduce the impact trauma might have on our life. Trauma is a heavy, complicated and multi-faceted concept but amongst top t...

Before I started recording this powerful conversation Rosaleen McDonagh, she rightly bashed me for not reading her book ‘Unsettled’ which was published last year. I can now say that I have read it and I’m blown away. Commenting on a piece of work like this is so hard because so often I was left speechless but the manner in which she describes the injustices she experienced as a traveller woman wit...

When I first moved to Belfast, my housemate mentioned The Belfast Friendship Club to me. He told me this club hosted a weekly event where the sole purpose was the connection with other people in the room. No registration fee, no data collecting – just your first name and where you are from and you’re away. I finally got to visit The Belfast Friendship Club a few months ago and I was struck by how...

Dr Mike Lloyd is a Clinical Psychologist, specialising in dissociative disorders and trauma. He is also the Chairman of the Complex Trauma and Dissociation Clinic based in Cheshire As well as running this clinic, Mike recently left his NHS post in a community adult mental health team in Cheshire to begin work as a consultant for the Ministry of Defence, offering mental health support to serving mi...

Hello Friends, our guest this week is Florence Scialom. Flo is a mother, speaker of Dutch as a second language (Not many of those out there) and Communications and Events Manager for the organisation Network of Wellbeing (NOW). Flo’s core passions lie in connecting people and communities and supporting others to make a positive difference in their own lives and in the wider world. In this podcast,...

We start this year with the wonderful guest that is Dr Cassie McVeigh. Cassie is a mother of 4, a freshwater swimmer, and an experienced female GP. Originally from Co. Fermanagh, she went to Trinity and UCD and undertook her GP specialist training in Sligo. She has a special interest in women's health issues and has undertaken additional training in menopause care. This podcast provides a lot of i...

Janette Beetham is the Founding Director of Right Resources - an organization striving for a thriving and productive neurodiverse workforce. Having struggled with certain tasks without knowing why, Janette discovered she had dyslexia in her 30’s. This inspired her to learn more about the neurodivergent world and to support those with neurodivergent conditions (I.e. those that process information d...

Rakesh Rootsman Rak is an activist, reggae DJ and bona fide permaculture expert. This conversation covers Rakesh’s definition of permaculture and how we might go about implementing it as part of our daily lives. At its essence, permaculture is a holistic approach to living in accordance to our needs and I’m sure by now, you guys know I’m pulled by holistic perspectives. This podcast is a light int...

For thirty years he was a Scottish police officer and Chief Investigator specialising in criminal investigation, drug investigation, training and crime prevention. For the last eight years of his policing career, he was a Chief Inspector and a key member of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit . Respected across the world for its work in reducing violence and has taken this mantra to tackle domest...

Frank Mullane MBE set up AAFDA in 2008 following the murders of his sister Julia and nephew William in 2003. Frank helped ensure Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) became law and helped develop the Home Office DHR Guidance. He is a Home Office appointed reader of DHRs and a member of the national Victims’ Panel chaired by the Justice Minister. He was on the assessment panel for the recruitment of th...

This week we talk to Jim’s good friend, Darragh Potts about male pattern baldness and hair transplants. Darragh started to notice his hair loss in his early twenties and by his mid-twenties, he had got a hair transplant! Darragh was really open about the insecurities caused by hair loss and talks us through the hair transplant procedure, step by step. This podcast is a really valuable source of in...

Adam Starr. What a man. I know this person means a lot to Seb and me. Our first guest to appear 3 times on the podcast and if we’re lucky we’ll get a 4th next year. Adam guides us towards a perspective that can open us up. When I say this I mean, your mind may disagree with some of the ideas he’s putting forward and that’s absolutely fine. But I’m confident that will facilitate an internal dialogu...

This week we talk to Dolapo, Seb’s old school friend about cultural heritage and racism in the US and U.K. Dolapo explains how pride in his Nigerian heritage has helped him feel centred and given him a sense of belonging amongst all the turmoil. We talk about the realities of life as a Black man and what can be done to improve the current situation and that of the future!

Dr Kailas Roberts is a psychiatrist with over ten years of experience in the field of old-age psychiatry. His recent book ‘Mind Your Brain’ takes a deep look at what we know concerning Dementia. Dr Roberts stresses the importance of exercise to brain health, minimising alcohol and sugar consumption in order to prevent or delay the onset of this debilitating condition. We also talk about the impact...

Fiona Bowman is a successful businesswoman who has spoken publically about overcoming domestic abuse. Fiona was in an abusive relationship in Scotland and it took her years and the help of her colleagues to flee her abusive partner and start a new life down south. Ever since she has taken every opportunity to speak about domestic abuse and inspire others who may be suffering to believe that things...

Roisin Kiberd is an author, journalist and internet traveller. This year her book “The Disconnect: A Personal Journey through the internet” was published to widespread acclaim. We asked her on the podcast to discuss some of the big issues we face collectively with the internet and to learn more about Roisin’s personal relationship with the internet and its impact on her physical and mental health....