The Susan Sheehan Podcast

Penny Moyses
ep54. Menopause - Less Fear Spreading & More Pausing Please!

I welcomed Penny Moyses to our community of women this week . Penny shared with us the pivot she made post covid in how she was mothering her first child. She challenges the definition of balance, and what that means every day, how she lives and works cyclically not in the linear fashion that society is mainly built on but in a way that works for her children, herself and her business. 

We talked about indecision (where I had a breakthrough!) and how much energy that takes up, about getting to know yourself, celebrating yourself and knowing when enough is enough. 

I loved this conversation and as you will hear from Penny she is very open and curious so if you want to reach out to her about any of this please do. All are welcome to her event Home Life & You in October London, UK.

Discount code SUSAN25 for £5 off.

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Links & References

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@homelifeandyou

Instagram Home Life And You ⁠https://www.instagram.com/homelifeandyou/⁠

Website ⁠https://homelifeandyoulive.seetickets.com/event/home-life-you-2025/excel/3284647

Linkedin ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennymoyses/⁠

Time Hackers https://www.timehackers.xyz/

Susan Sheehan
ep53. Menopause - Less Fear Spreading & More Pausing Please!

The current conversation about menopause is lopsided. While it’s great it is finally getting air time and we are all getting more information about it - there is too much fear around it. For the women that are entering or in this time please listen to this weeks episode and choose for yourself how your want your journey to be. 

It isn’t all symptoms and doom and gloom. Far from it, it offers so much more this time of pause, change, transformation, being the wise woman and so much more. Let's face it with a gentleness, an openness and see what happens. Nothing is 100% predetermined. You have a choice how you wish to go through it. 

Links and references 

Claudia Welch - Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life.

https://drclaudiawelch.com/shop/books/balance-your-hormones-balance-your-life/

ep41. Morwenna Buck. Thriving Beyond MS, Embracing Emotional and Spiritual Health

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hb6o2pYN7eHJURrO6d9X2?si=efd966e7f2324337

ep23. Alcohol & Its Effects On Our Brain & Hormonal Health

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NttzllP9fR1QIaQMAlOSa?si=2b155b212fa54303

Nilema Bhakta-Jones
ep52. Addiction To Working, Giving Back & Starting Over At 50

Welcome to this week's conversation with Nilema Bhakta-Jones. Nilema shares with us her addition to overworking for year's, missing out on the younger years of her two girls and family and how she course corrected after the loss of her parents.

She reset her life once she hit the invitation around 50 to pause and reassess what she really wanted to prioritise. All her life she has given back and setting up Courageous Leaders event has now led to 13,000 young girls being supported in their education in Zimbabwe. She is a compassionate and caring woman with a clear purpose. You will find nuggets about letting go of regret, getting clear on what is important, making huge life changes and so much more in our conversation. 

Thank you Nilema for your honest share. It was an absolute pleasure. 

Links

Linkedin ⁠https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nilema-bhakta-jones-she-her-bbb9b114⁠

Courageous Leaders Event ⁠https:/www.courageousleadersevent.com⁠

Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/bhaktajones/

Rosemarie Bennis
ep51. Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis, Holistic Health & The Heart Of Community

Rosemarie Bennis joins us this week to talk about living and managing rheumatoid arthritis. Rosemarie has a lightness and playfulness about her while also being candid about how rheumatoid shows up in her life every day. 

We talk about how difficult it was to accept RA especially being deeply embedded in holistic health and all things natural. We explored cold water therapy, asking for help, pilates, healthy eating and more.

This is a conversation about chronic illness, connection, and showing up anyway. Community as you will hear is at the centre of her life and she is at the centre of her community. I was also intrigued as to how she set up her thriving business and community.

Rosemarie is a mother, deeply involved in the community and the owner of a Sonas Health shop a community health shop, which is a gift to the local area. 

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Links & Recommendations

Website: ⁠https://www.sonashealthfoods.ie⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/sonashealthfoods/⁠

⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087908021921

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Rosemarie mentioned Aileen Dillane, Nora O’Grady for Pilates, Jim McNamara and the Organic College in Dromcollagher ⁠https://www.organiccollege.com⁠ and the Kilmeedy Community Group. 

Claire O'Neill (Re-release)
ep50. Home Birth for a First-Time Mum: Overcoming the Odds

Claire O'Neill is the first woman to share her story on The Susan Sheehan Podcast. At 16 weeks pregnant Claire decided that she needed another alternative to birthing in a hospital. It set her on a mission to become the first woman in her trust to birth at home as a first time home. This is a story of inner strength, preparation, trusting your body, hypnobirthing and a mother birthing herself and her baby into this world the way she knew she needed to.

Claire's Instagram The Mother Sphere 

Laura Phillips
ep49. A Marriage Betrayal That Turned Into A Life I Dreamed Of

Laura Phillips joins us in conversation today. She shares with us a marriage betrayal that brought her to her knees. But that ultimately brought her to now living life in full colour. We discuss living in a blended family, divorce, a spiritual awakening, destiny, sliding doors, learning gaeilge, tarot and much more. Laura is the creator and curator of The Barley Moon. She is an artist, reiki and tarot practitioner.

You can find Laura here

Website ⁠https://thebarleymoon.ie/⁠

Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thebarleymoon/⁠

Marina Kesso
ep48. Grounded In the Natural World And Being Comfortable In Yourself

Marina Kesso takes us on an incredible journey during this weeks episode. She discusses being held by the natural world, and always feeling safe, exploring the spiritual connection of plants, friendships and how to let go of them, being comfortable with yourself and letting go of others expectations. 

I loved this conversation with Marina. As you will hear I had soooo many reframes and aha moments. You will love it. 

Marina Kesso is a herbalist and owns and runs Ivywood Apothecary with her husband Ross. You can hear from her how deeply embedded her life is in the natural world and the plants around us. Enjoy this week’s episode! 

Marina's website ⁠https://www.ivywood.ie⁠

Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ivywood_apothecary/

Lucia Guerin
ep47. Looking Back At Her Fertility Journey & Finding Wholeness Without Children

Lucia Guerin joins us this week to share her fertility journey that she went through ten years. Lucia reflects back on her journey with the gift of hindsight which we often don't hear. It is also her first time sharing this story which is at times emotional, of course how could it not be, and is very gently unfolded. 

This is for all the women who have been through this, are going through this and for anyone who wants to understand what it is like to go through this. 

Lucia's Website ⁠https://www.listeningfield.ie⁠

Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/listeningfield/⁠

Susan  Sheehan
ep46. Change Your World With One Step & One Year On

You can change your world with one step. This week I am flying solo to share and reflect back on the past year of The Susan Sheehan Podcast and how one step leads to another and another when it comes to changing your life. 

Marian Keyes - Back Yourself

Danielle La Porte. 

Patricia Fitzgerald
ep45. Post Cancer, The Power Of Our Thoughts & Accepting Support

Patricia Fitzgerald joins us this week to share her dance with life, so far. She doesn’t go into the detail of her cancer, Patricia owns her story of learning to accept support, she helps us understand how tough the time is after the treatment ends and what questions we can ask when supporting someone with an illness and grief. 

We talk about the magic of mandalas, consciousness and Artificial Intelligence and much more! 

Thank you Patricia. 

Links

Patricia’s Website ⁠https://www.healingcreations.ie⁠ Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/healingcreations/?hl=en⁠

Patricia recommended Muscle Relaxation Therapy and the Lady Magnet

Ciara O'Malley
ep44. Share Your Magic & Grounding The Soul's Journey

Ciara O'Malley encourages us all to recognise the magic within. After losing her partner to a drowning accident in 2017, Ciara discusses the importance of allowing identities to loosen and shift, to listen to your soul, the power of manifestation, and the significance of grounding yourself in the physical body. Ciara is a ray of sunshine and I know you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did. 

Ciara's instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ciara__omalley/⁠

Ciara's Book - ⁠Miracles Appear When Loved Ones Are Near ⁠

Podcast -⁠ Mind.Less.Full⁠

Mary Jo Meehan
ep43. On Being Adopted, Dyslexic And Finding Solace In Poetry

Mary Jo Meehan joins us this week to talk about how she walks 

through life against the backdrop of being adopted as a baby, and being dyslexic and not learning to read until she was 12. Both wrapped with shame and stigma and how she has worked through that, aided by being a psychotherapist, hard work and most of all love. Mary Jo shares her moving poetry with us throughout the podcast. 

If you wish to contact Mary Jo - mjmeehanryan@gmail.com

Susan Sheehan 
ep42. Owning Your Regrets While Choosing Happiness

Welcome back to The Susan Sheehan Podcast, after a brief break, I am delighted to be back and discussing regrets. As anyone who has been through big transformations or grief, and everyone who is living on this planet, we all have regrets. They may be significant regrets, or you may have too many small regrets. In this episode I discuss how they will cast a shadow over our life if we don't let them go, with tips on how to do that and allow the light back in. 

Bonnie Ware Book the Top 5 Regrets Of The Dying. 

⁠https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/⁠

The Susan Sheehan Podcast website ⁠https://www.susansheehan.com/the-susan-sheehan-podcast

Morwenna Buck 
ep41. Thriving Beyond MS, Embracing Emotional and Spiritual Health

Morwenna Buck joins us on The Susan Sheehan Podcast this week. Wenna brings a human, practical and positive light to the face of MS, multiple sclerosis. She choose to make immediate changes to her life, her diet and stress when she was diagnosed. However it was her emotional and spiritual journey that has brought her the greatest impact. She talks us through the scary diagnosis of MS, an auto immune disease that now affects women predominantly, and how she is now healthier than ever.
Links & Recommendations
You can contact Wenna on Linkedin.

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Anna Knapik
ep40. Breaking Away From Expectations, Intuition and Leaps Of Faith

Actively choosing another way of living has been part of Anna Knapik’s life. Our guest this week, Anna joins The Susan Sheehan Podcast. She had a moment in her teenage years that brought her clarity and a clear message to tune into her inner knowing.

This is an inspiring story of a woman turning her life upside down, leaving a relationship and a steady job for a whole new life. 

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Anna Knapik website and instagram 

Maria Diehn
ep39. Unseen Grief: Late Pregnancy Loss and the Power of Compassion

Maria Diehn shares her experience of late pregnancy loss with an openness that is powerful. This is a deeply personal and devastating experience and one that while unique to Maria is more common than we hear about.

At least 1 in 4 women experience pregnancy loss, Maria's is less heard about as it is a late loss. Maria is offering us the opportunity to understand what this is like to go through this from conception to post loss.

Maria is clear in her desire in sharing her story, support is key to women going through this. Ranging from absence of support, to being under discussed, the need for more compassion and more health and community professionals specialising in post loss support.

Maria Diehn's Website

Marias Instagram  and Facebook

Susan Sheehan
ep38. Why Daily Routine's Give You More Energy & Life Flows

Why do we feel better when we have daily practices, when we move, breathe, do yoga, go out in nature or meditate. Or even when we do one or two of these? In this episode I share with you about the five layers or koshas that we all have and how they work. This episode will change your mind about how you view your daily routines, habits and rituals. The Five Koshas. 

Susan Sheehan
ep37. Lighten The Burden Of Fear

Fear freezes us, it weighs us down and makes us stay in our head with so much stories, our own and other people’s expectations. This weeks episode I discuss how to recognise fear, how it can catch you unexpectedly, what to avoid and how to live in your heart (in the main!)

Susan Sheehan
ep36. Closing Off One Cycle (2024) Before Starting Anew

In this final episode of 2024 I share different ways to reflect and round up the year, to listen to people around you, the angels that are dropping nuggets of wisdom. All so you can start to sow the seeds as we step into a new calendar year while staying in wintering mode. A big thank you from me for all the love, support, listens and sharing. And wishing you and yours a healthy, lots of joy filled moments and prosperity.
 

Norma O'Kelly
ep35. The Shadow of Endometriosis: Loss and Letting Go of Motherhood

From the age of 11 Norma O’Kelly lived with undiagnosed endometriosis. In this week’s episode Norma tells her story and journey with endometriosis through the decades. She shares navigating grief, acceptance, and finding new purpose outside of motherhood.
Norma Instagram 

Claire O'Neill
ep34. Home Birth for a First-Time Mum: Overcoming the Odds

Claire O'Neill is the first woman to share her story on The Susan Sheehan Podcast. At 16 weeks pregnant Claire decided that she needed another alternative to birthing in a hospital. It set her on a mission to become the first woman in her trust to birth at home as a first time home. This is a story of inner strength, preparation, trusting your body, hypnobirthing and a mother birthing herself and her baby into this world the way she knew she needed to.

Claire's Instagram The Mother Sphere 

Susan Sheehan
Announcement - The Podcast Is Evolving!

I have some exciting news for you The Susan Sheehan Podcast is evolving! After an amazing 33 episodes flying solo, with the exception of one wonderful guest, I am inviting ordinary women to share their stories. We will hear personal lived experiences that are shaping women lives.
Women like you and me.
You will hear from women who have gone through life changes and who have changed how they are living because of their experience. It will include everything from love, loss, illness, addiction, body choices, fertility journeys, divorce, adoption, pregnancy loss and much more, changing the course of their life or perspective of life.
The stories will be personal. 
They are the stories we are missing.
And I invite you to hear and be heard. To see and been seen.

Susan Sheehan
ep33. Emotional Needs We All Have & How To Meet Them

As humans we have three fundamental emotional needs. In this weeks episode I ponder our way through our need;
To Be Seen
To Be Heard
To Belong
And importantly how we can meet our own needs while accepting that in no one area of our life can they all be met.

Susan Sheehan
ep32. Healthy Daily Habits To Feel Better

Do you want to feel better, make better choices, respond rather than react and feel empowered by yourself and your choices.
This week we discuss fundamental daily habits that allow us to feel good, even when the chips are down. Otherwise DinaCharya - Day Activities or Daily Habits and practices set the scene each morning. And we get to choice those scenes every day. I share great tips to create these top five habits for your life.

Susan Sheehan
ep31. The Root Causes Of Disease (Part II)

One of the key causes of dis-ease is our emotions and our ability to express and release them. When they get stuck, fester or are stuffed down we create pain, illness and recurring symptoms.

We know this but often life gets so frantic or it is too scary to slow down and face them. In this week episode I talk about this, how we need to normalise correlating our physical health with speaking and expressing how we are feeling.
I referred to Louise Hay and her work and book You Can Heal Your Life.

Susan Sheehan
ep30. The Root Causes Of Disease (Part I)

We need to go beyond the symptoms to break patterns of disease. In this episode I dive into ancestral patterns of disease, karma from past lives, epigenetic and more. I am defiantly curious about my health, mental, physical and spiritual. I know you are also, and do not accept that it is just genetic or that you are lucky or unlucky. You have choices.