The Mind Yourself Podcast

This week we had the absolute pleasure of being joined by Dr. Deirdre O'Shea on the podcast. Deirdre is a Work and Organisational Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in University of Limerick. She is one of top specialists in her field in Ireland with numerous publications. She also spoke on the RTE Documentary 'Stressed' as well as writing a number of articles for RTE. During the episode Deirdre and...

Christy sits down with James Leonard, from The Two Norries Podcast, for a hard hitting conversation on the challenges of drug addiction and its impact on your mental health. James is very open and honest about his own battles with Heroin and gives a fascinating insight into the life of an addict. This is definitely an episode you don't want to miss! James is from Cork City’s northside and spent ov...

Eoin and Christy are back for the final instalment of their Stress discussion. Today they look at Stress Management and how we can all look to better regulate our stress. They cover anger management, the difference between coping methods and emotional regulation, the 5 Ways of Wellbeing and lots more. This episode provides a satisfying summary of the Stress series and should give you actionable ti...

In this episode Christy and Eoin bring their stress conversation back to the root topic of Mental Health.  What is the impact of stress on our mental health both in the short term and longterm?  How does stress make mental health assessment easier? What mental illnesses can be linked to excessive stress? Learn all of this and more in this informative and far reaching chat. Joseph LeDoux...

In this episode Eoin sits down with Cormac Byrne from BlueZone Fitness for a far reaching conversation covering aspects of the fitness industry and mental health. Cormac is refreshingly open about his views on the fitness industries role with mental health, his own challenges with stress and mental health after setting up his own business during Covid-19 and his battle with Crohns Disease and also...

Christy and Eoin continue their conversation on Stress and this week they expand on last weeks episode with David Kavanagh and consider the link between stress and sex and how this can impact our mental health. They tackle topics such as sex education, pornography, social media and how we can better discuss our sexual health. The lads try to show how the taboo nature of discussing sex and the lack...

This week Christy sits down with David Kavanagh to discuss relationships, sex therapy and how this relates to our mental health. David Kavanagh is a qualified sex therapist that specialises in relationship counselling and sex addiction.  After working with hundreds of couples, David gives insight into how to improve relationships during lockdown, the new digital age of online dating and the n...

Stress, Pregnancy and Child Development - How are these connected? Learn how the experiences of the mother both physically and mentally can be passed on to the child and also Christy tells Eoin an interesting story about how Peter Pan is connected to a childhood traumatic experience. All this and much more; a great insight into the impact of stress and very informative for parents. Mental Health F...

Siobhan Murray is a qualified psychotherapist and resilience, burnout and stress coach. When not working with adults, Siobhan is also a parent and a consultant for teachers at US charter schools.   In this far reaching conversation, Siobhan explains the relationship between stress and personality, perfectionism in parenting and teacher burnout. If you would like to follow Siobhan’s work close...

Nobel prize races, drinking bacteria and poo, this week's podcast involves Eoin and Christy sitting down to begin their discussion on stress. Eoin gets a biology lesson and the boys discuss what stress is and how it can impact heart disease, diabetes and suppressed immunity. Check out our website and follow us on social media for more tips and advice: Website - motuslearning.com Instagram - @motus...

Dr. Sharon Lambert is a senior lecturer and researcher at UCC, with a specific research interest in the impact of trauma on development and its links with addiction. Dr. Lambert has been interviewed on the Blindboy podcast and has given talks to an Gardai Siochana and the Metropolitan police. During the podcast, we touch on topics such as school closures, addiction, trauma, racism and much more. T...

Eoin and Christy are delighted to be back for Season 2 of The Mind Yourself Podcast. In this short intro they discuss what they've been up over the last 7 months with Motus. They also give a you a flavour for the guests to expect in this coming season. Mind Yourselves! Check out our website and follow us on social media for more tips and advice: Website - motuslearning.com Instagram - @motuslearni...

Eoin and Christy discuss and debate some of the extraordinary events that have taken place so far in 2020. They look into how some of these events can impact our mental health and how we can deal with them using different psychological techniques. This will also be the final episode in Season 1 of The Mind Yourself Podcast. We plan to put our heads together to come up with new and exciting for the...

Eoin and Christy are back to discuss the importance of social skills and how it's linked to emotional intelligence. They cover how social media and technology is impacting our social skills, active listening, self compassion and debating culture, relationships as well as much, much more! We hope the key tips we highlight can help you improve your social skills. *Apologies for any sound issues. We...

Keira Keogh is a private Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) consultant who specialises in children with autism. In this wide ranging conversation, we talk about the current position of autism in society. She also discusses how to detect autism and what has been found to be effective for parenting autism.  With over eight years working as a Behaviour Analyst, Keira has gained valuable skills w...

This week Eoin and Christy go in depth into the whole area of Empathy. Who would have known it would be such a complex topic. We discuss areas such as: - Neuroscience of Empathy - AI - Empathy vs Sympathy - Altruism & Why Empathy mightn't always be a good thing Links: - https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen?language=en - https://www.theguardian.co...

This week Eoin and Christy are back to talk about Emotional Regulation. They discuss helpful tips and strategies to help you regulate negative emotions such as Sadness, Anger, Envy/Jealousy, Shame/Guilt and Worry. This episode will give you easy to adopt techniques to help you manage the feelings associated with these emotions. The techniques are suitable for anyone, young and old. Make sure to su...

Niamh has a BA in Psychology, an MA in Clinical Psychology and an MSc in Sport Management Specialising in Sport Psychology ans is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).  She runs her own practice, in which she works in two main areas: Optimum Mental Health and Optimum Performance (for sports, business, music etc.) Due to Covid-19 her book release has been pushed back until around the...

This week, Eoin and Christy discuss the hot topic in childhood emotional intelligence education, which is Resilience.  This is also Step 5 of our classroom workshop. They discuss specific areas such as failure, loneliness and bullying and how we can‘t avoid this avoid this adversity and therefore must develop the ability to manage them and overcome them to become stronger. A great listen with...

This week’s podcast welcomes Martin Leonard, who founded Mountain a Months for Mental Health, which is a non for profit that organises hikes for groups of people to deal with their mental health and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health.  Martin explains the journey of mountain a month for mental health, the mental health benefits of hiking and his advice on parenting mental health. We...

This week, we have personal trainer and founder of EFitness, Emma Bowden.  With a degree in exercise science, Emma gives us insight into the relationship between exercise and mental health, eating disorders and the mental strain of bikini modelling. Follow Emma to get top fitness tips: Facebook - Efitness Carlow Instagram - efitness_emma Check out our website and follow us on social media for...

This podcast concludes the five ways of well-being, looking at the importance of learning, giving and taking notice. This coincides with step 4 in our workshop and the final sections of how to maintain the WOW challenge. Enjoy! Some links mentioned: Martin Seligman : Positive Psychology - https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_the_new_era_of_positive_psychology/transcript?language=en Carol Dwec...

Breege Leddy is a sleep physiologist and Director of The Insomnia Clinic Ltd.  Due to lockdown effecting lots of peoples’ sleep, we felt it was a good time to release this. Breege explains the relationship between sleep and mental health, what effects our sleep and how to sleep better.  Breege hosts clinic at Cremore Clinic in Glasnevin, Dublin and McDaids Pharmacy in Cavan. She also run...

This week’s podcast explains 2 of the 5 ways of well being in detail. We discuss exercise, sleep and diet under the term of being active, and social media under the umbrella term of staying connected. Check out our website and follow us on social media for more tips and advice: Website - motuslearning.com Instagram - @motuslearning Facebook - @MotusLearning1 Twitter - @MotusL And as always Mind Yo...

This week’s post is with registered dietitian Paula Mee. There is plenty of misinformation in circulation surrounding nutrition so it’s essential that we only intake education from experts. In the podcast, we discuss the science of microbiota, the benefits of the Mediterranean diet and inclusion of all diet types, including vegans, coeliacs and those with Irritable bowel syndrome. Check her out at...