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Season 4 is BACK!
Season 4 Ep 1
Lessons loading... with Aisling Power
Molly is back with a brand new season of Healing Gals Podcast. This week Aisling Power is also back to discuss their updated lessons from living as Healing Gals.
Topics discussed:
-Increase in racism
-Triangle of Violence against women
-Addressing misogyny
-Protecting our peace at different Healing stages
-Being perfectionistic in our Healing
-Starting a new job and avoiding burnout
-Being free from toxicity for the first time in a decade; nervous system is exhausted
-Difficulty navigating supporting your child through difficult relationships
-Difficulty navigating the court system and getting your child's voice heard
-Gratitude
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Molly chats with Aisling Power about some really important topics at the start of this episode then a fun little chat about all the time Molly and Aisling were Toxic Little Bitches in their time before they knew better lol!
Topics covered:
Healing Gals Podcast Season 3 is sponsored by Lashdolls Academy of Beauty. Follow them on Instagram @lashdolls_ireland and explore their courses on www.lashdolls.ie
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Trigger warning for this episode: suicide is discussed in detail. Molly sits down with Kasia, a woman on a serious healing journey. Kasia is brave and vulnerable and was generous enough to share her experiences and lessons. Kasia discusses the following topics with Molly:
- Childhood trauma
- Suicide
- Being parentified
- Relationship breakdown
- Healing the relationship with yourself
- Healing the relationship with your child
- Depression
- Self regulation
Season 3 of Healing Gals is sponsored by Lashdolls Academy of Beauty. For more information on their beauty courses visit www.lashdolls.ie
The apology poem was written by Whitney Hanson.
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Molly sits down with Rosaleen Dunphy, holistic therapist, and Gemma McHugh, psychotherapist, to discuss the Inner Child. Rosaleen and Gemma are co-facilitators of Inner Child Workshops that support people (men too) in connecting to their inner child, learning about their inner child and healing their inner child. Molly experienced the workshop, which she paid for herself, and subsequently asked Gemma and Rosaleen to come on the podcast to discuss all things Inner Child.
The start of the episode explores Rosaleen and Gemma's path to this work and then further into the episode, we delve into Inner Child work and Molly's experience of the workshop.
You can contact Gemma or Rosaleen on Instagram. Go to the Healing Gals Podcast page and you'll see they are tagged in this week's episode post.
The next Inner Child Workshop will be taking place on Sunday 16th February. Message Gemma or Rosaleen on Instagram to book your place .
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Karen Grehan, CEO of Lashdolls Academy of Beauty, has a powerful discussion with Molly in which she shares one of the biggest betrayals imaginable: her husband had been having an affair for five years with her friend. Karen shares her story of strength and resilience in the face of such adversity and her advice for women in a similar situation. I'm very grateful for Karen's vulnerability and strength.
Enjoy the episode gals!
Healing Gals Podcast Season 3 is sponsored by Lashdolls Academy of Beauty. Follow them on Instagram @lashdolls_ireland and explore their courses on www.lashdolls.ie
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Molly and reguslar contributor, Aisling Power, continue to discussion on the experience of being an independent parent and give advice based on what they have learned. With a few laughs throughout, enjoy the episode!
Healing Gals Podcast Season 3 is sponsored by Lashdolls Academy of Beauty. Follow them on Instagram @lashdolls_ireland and explore their courses on www.lashdolls.ie
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Independent parents are those who do all or most of the work when it comes to raising children. Molly sits with Aisling to discuss the many facets of being an independent parent; highs, lows and it wouldn't be a Healing Gals episode if we didn't knock a bit of craic out of it too. Enjoy the episode!
Healing Gals Podcast Season 3 is sponsored by Lashdolls Academy of Beauty. Follow them on Instagram @lashdolls_ireland and explore their courses on www.lashdolls.ie
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Healing Gals Podcast Listeners sent in their dilemmas to healinggalspodcast@gmail.com and on social media. So Molly sat down with one of the gals, Aisling Power to discuss the dilemmas and share their thoughts. If you have any dilemmas or topics you'd like to be discussed on the podcast send them in and they may be discussed on the next episode of Healing Gals Podcast!
Healing Gals Podcast Season 3 is sponsored by Lashdolls Academy of Beauty. Follow them on Instagram @lashdolls_ireland and explore their courses on www.lashdolls.ie
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Molly has Aisling Power on this episode to discuss Dysfunctional Relationship Dynamics. Molly and Aisling use Love is Blind Season 7 to discuss examples of dysfunctional relationship dynamics. You don't have to have watched the series to listen to the episode. Molly and Aisling give enough context in the episode for you to be able to follow along. As usual, Molly extracts the lessons from the series, and both Molly and Aisling discuss similar situations they have been through and what they have learned.
At the end of the episode a clip from Drivetime on RTE Radio 1 is played which discusses the topic of "Can men and women be friends". There is also a discussion about absent fathers and women who enter relationships with them. And finally, ensuring you are your authentic self when starting a relationship to save time and pain. Enjoy the episode!
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Sinead Crowe and Shauna Gibson from Intuitive Eating Hub join Molly for an incredible discussion around how to improve our relationship with food. Topics covered:
Sinéad is an Intuitive Eating Counsellor, Nutritional Therapist and Perinatal Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, other expertise includes, training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Strategic Intervention and Behavioural Family Therapy. She has also completed a Masters in Mindfulness Based Interventions in UCD.
She experienced binge eating for over 20 years and enforced rigid food rules for her eldest two children. She has since had two more children and has raised them as intuitive eaters.
Shauna Gibson is an Intuitive Eating Counsellor and Psychotherapist who specialises in the treatment of Eating Disorders and disordered eating. A dieter from a young age she became a Slimming Consultant, for several years. Disillousioned by the slimming industry Shauna embarked on training in Eating Psychology.
She moved into private clinical practice in Belfast in 2013 and found that weight management approaches do not work and can actually cause harm. But actually working in a weight neutral way where the focus is on health promoting behaviours is better for long lasting effective change. Intuitive Eating is the main evidence based weight neutral approach and, Shauna is passionate about this self care framework.
Music played was Famine by Sinead O'Connor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZIB6MslCAo
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The conversation with Psychotherapist Aoife Edwards continues.
Topics covered:
Recommendations:
Instagram Page @sitwithwhit
Tiktok on Unmothered Mothers; Creator EVITA PK
Aoife Edwards is also an artist and uses art as a form of expression. Her pieces are very interesting. They explore themes that come up in therapy. If you're interested, give her art page a follow on Instagram @maala.studio
Enjoy the episode!
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Aoife Edwards is an integrative humanistic psychotherapist who specializes in childhood trauma.
Topics covered:
Aoife Edwards is also an artist and uses art as a form of expression. Her pieces are very interesting. They explore themes that come up in therapy. If you're interested, give her art page a follow on Instagram @maala.studio
This episode will be continued next week...
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Molly sits down with her friend Sinead Walsh from the Health and Society Podcast to discuss Female friendships. As usual, the topic traveled on to other interesting topics such as Irish Funerals and the concept of Unconditional Love.
Topics covered:
Brooke Shields documentary "Pretty Baby".
Exercising for health versus exercising to be "skinny"
Periods
Misogyny and internalized misogyny
Learning the value of female friendships
Outgrowing friendships
Being the villain in someone else's story
RSD Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
PMDD
Emotions versus feelings
Generational gifts
Boundaries
Jonah Hill boundaries scandal (google it)
Making up stories when other people treat us badly
Enjoy the episode x
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Inspire HER is a women's Christmas event in The Betsy, Swords on 15th December Molly is a guest speaker and in this episode, she speaks to the organisers of the event as well as the guest speakers. You'll get a chance to hear where these inspiring women came from and how they grew their business' against the odds. Inspire HER is the appropriate name for this reason.
You can follow the gals below:
Karen Grehan @lashdolls_ireland
Chloe and Sarah @femmeclub_irl
Andrea Kirwan @drewayacademyclinic
And of course Molly @healinggals
You can purchase the last few tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/femme-club-irl-x-lash-dolls-ireland-presents-inspire-her-christmas-event-tickets-1050892436567?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*ekkg2k*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTc5Nzk0MzMyLjE3MzA1NjI4NDc.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*MTczMDU2Mjg0Ni4xLjAuMTczMDU2Mjg0Ni4wLjAuMA..
If you have any questions or dilemmas for Healing Gals listener's episode, send them into healinggalspodcast@gmail.com
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Big Brother Star Trish comes on to discuss her experience in the Big Brother House and her struggle with PTSD when she came out. Trish discussed openly the mental health crisis she experienced as a result and discussed her healing. Trish explores the usual Healing Gals topics with Molly i.e. the messaging she received which formed her beliefs about herself, how she cares for Little Trish and lessons she learned from her unique life experiences.
We discuss racism and the harmful stereotypes put on black women and how we can be allies. Trish is an incredible woman and Molly was grateful to have this important discussion with Trish.
Enjoy the episode!
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Molly sits down with a friend, Aisling Power, to discuss lessons we wish we knew when we were younger. Their conversation covers a multitude of topics from deconditioning what we learned as children to body image and much more. This is a really great episode!
Molly recommends:
Beyond Men and Masculitnity on Netflix
Normal People with Paul Mescal (she couldn't remember his name)
Molly speaks about inappropriate touch from an employer when she was 16 so be aware this discussion might be difficult for some listeners.
Healing Gals has been nominated for TWO Irish Podcast Awards:
If you could vote, that would be amazing. Click on this link here: https://irishpodawards.ie/listeners-vote
ALso if you want to go to the Christmas Event that Molly is speaking at in December here is the link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/femme-club-irl-x-lash-dolls-ireland-presents-inspire-her-christmas-event-tickets-1050892436567?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*1y0f4gh*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjA2OTg1MjQzMC4xNzI5MzY1MTMx*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*MTcyOTM2NTEzMS4xLjAuMTcyOTM2NTEzMS4wLjAuMA..
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Molly discusses Acceptance which is a huge part of her healing process. Molly sits with Aine Uninfluenced to catch up with all of the big moves Aine is making of late! They discuss Aine's planned trip to the jungle in South America to learn how to deliver Kambo, an indigenous medicine to South America which AIne will be delivering here in Ireland. Then Molly and AIne discuss how to find healthy love after relationship trauma. Molly discusses her biggest lessons from being with Karl with a K and two near misses before she met Kev!
Enjoy the episode gals x
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In this episode, Molly discussed gratitude and doing things afraid. Then Molly and Ash have an enlightening and empowering discussion with sex and intimacy specialist, Grace Alice O'Shea. The discussion covers so many topics and themes:
-Vaginismus
-Saving the compliments we receive for when we feel low or doubt ourselves
-The lack of sex education in our country
-How core beliefs affect our feelings about our body
-How to question core beliefs
-You'll never see you, how others see you
-Normalising ageing
-Foreplay: what it is and what it isn't
-Sex is not just penetration
-Making a sex menu
-Appreciation in day to day life promotes desire
-Non sexual intimacy
-Using your imagination
-Using imagination and creativity to remove complacency
-How division of labour affects sexual desire
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Trigger warning: Discussion about gender based violence. Molly attended the protest in Dublin on 22/06/2024 in solidarity with Natasha O'Brien and discussed the experience of being at the protest. Molly had a difficult incident out for lunch on her own where a man took a photo of her and discussed this.
Molly then has a discussion with Steph Meagher from the Instagram page Babes Without Beers. In this discussion both Steph and Molly discuss how Steph came to create Babes Without Beers, the journey to cutting down drinking, What to say (or not) when one person in the group is not drinking, how core beliefs affect decision making and other important parts of this discussion.
Two books mentioned in the interview with Steph were Mindful Drinking by Rosamund Dean and The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle.
Enjoy the episode gals x
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