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Episode 296: Ask Trisha: Therapy Fatigue, Family Conflict & Emotional Boundaries

After how popular our first Ask Trisha episode (episode 293) was, Trisha is back.

In this Ask Trisha, we answer the questions you sent in — the ones about feeling drained after therapy, navigating family dynamics, supporting others without taking everything on, and making sense of the emotions that show up after loss.

It’s an honest, practical conversation about protecting your energy, setting emotional boundaries, and learning how to care deeply without burning yourself out.

As always, Trisha brings clarity, warmth, and common sense to topics that can feel heavy, helping you understand what’s normal and how to look after yourself through it all.

About Trisha
Trisha is a Psychotherapist and Manager of Mind & Body Works Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre, based in Galway, with centres in Galway and Dublin. Their team of over 50 Psychotherapists and Psychologists work with adults, couples, adolescents, and children, offering therapies including CBT, EMDR, and Art Therapy. They also run a low-cost counselling service.

To contact the Galway centre:
091 725750
galway@mindandbodyworks.com

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Episode 295: Advice I’ll Never Give You Over Christmas

Every Christmas, well-meaning advice gets thrown around like confetti.
Swap wine for gin. Skip meals so you can enjoy later. But this advice isn’t helping.

In fact, it’s the reason so many women stay stuck in the same December–January cycle year after year.

In this episode, I talk about the advice I will never give over Christmas — and why quick fixes, swaps, and control-based thinking don’t work long term. We’ll look at how diet culture sneaks in during the festive season, why all-or-nothing thinking ramps up, and what actually helps you stay steady, grounded, and well.

This isn’t about being perfect over Christmas.
It’s about breaking patterns, staying connected to yourself, and moving through the season without losing your footing.

If you’ve ever thought, “I’ll just get back on track in January,” this episode is for you.

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Episode 294: I Got Sick of My Own Bullshit — And That Pain Became Rocket Fuel

In this episode I’m chatting about how I only changed when the pain of my own habits got too big to ignore.

I was tired of feeling sluggish, bloated, unfit, anxious, trapped in excuses, trapped in cycles I kept promising myself I’d break.
And instead of pretending everything was fine, I finally used that pain as fuel.

That pain wasn’t a weakness — it became my turning point.

Today, I’m breaking down how I turned the pain of my old habits into power…

and how you can use your own pain as the push that gets you out of the patterns you’re stuck in.

If you’re fed up with your own bullshit, if you’ve hit a point where you can’t keep living the same day on repeat, this episode is for you.

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Episode 293: Ask Trisha: Sabotage, Adult Kids & Routine Struggles

How do you get out of old patterns and cycles that you’re stuck in?

How do you talk to your adult children?

And how do you stop self-sabotaging on a Thursday when you’ve been healthy all week?

These are the questions I put to psychotherapist Trisha McHale on my latest podcast episode. Trisha has a real gift for getting straight to the root of things and explaining it in a way that actually makes sense — it’s why she’s been on the podcast so many times.

Contact Trisha:
www.mindandbodyworks.com

Phone: 091 725750
Email: galway@mindandbodyworks.com

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Episode 292: If You Always Start January Feeling Like Crap…This Is for You

Are you done eating crap and drinking too much over Christmas?

This will be my 4th Christmas having a healthy one — enjoying myself in ways that aren’t food or alcohol related. I’m blessed. I feel like I’ve broken free from a toxic part of our society that gets pushed on us the second Halloween is over.

The idea that we need to spend, eat, and drink to have a good time — and if we don’t, there’s something wrong with us or we don’t know how to have fun.

Nobody feels good after overeating and over-consuming, so why do we keep doing it?

If you’re sick of how you feel at the end of every December, this episode is for you.

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Episode 291: How I Broke My Old Patterns and Took Back Control

I used to feel so bad, stuck and trapped in so many unhealthy habits. It felt like no matter what I tried to do, I couldn’t get out of these patterns. I hated it. In this episode, I’m sharing how I went from feeling so stuck in these unhealthy habits to becoming fit, strong, centred, and calm.

If you’re feeling stuck in old patterns and you want to take back control, this episode is for you.

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Episode 290: You Can Rebuild — No Matter What You’ve Been Through, with Rachel Gotto

When life breaks you open, how do you find the strength to rebuild?

In this powerful episode, I talk with Rachel Gotto — a woman who has faced unthinkable loss, illness, and recovery, and somehow found her way back to peace, purpose, and strength. Her story is raw, real, and deeply inspiring.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, lost, or like you’re starting again from zero, this conversation will remind you that you can rebuild — no matter what you’ve been through.

You can find Rachel at rachelgotto.com and on Instagram at @rachelvgotto.

Her book, Flying on the Inside, shares her full story of survival, healing, and transformation.

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Episode 289: My Phone Was Running My Life — Until I Took It Back

On holiday, I got the wake-up call I didn’t know I needed — not from my phone, but from the silence that came when I finally put it down.

Somewhere along the way, I’d let my phone run my day — checking, scrolling, reacting, repeating. And I realised just how much energy, focus, and peace it was stealing.

In this episode, I’m sharing what I learned from stepping back, the signs that your phone might be running you, and the simple changes that helped me take my focus and calm back.

If you’ve ever said, “I don’t have time,” but spend hours checking your phone without realising it — this one’s going to hit home.

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Episode 288: Why Diet Culture Is Still Controlling You (Even When You Think You’ve Moved On)

Are you struggling to get fit and healthy?

If you’ve got one foot in diet culture and the other half of you is telling yourself you don’t agree with it, you’ll keep going around in circles — because both of your feet are pointed in opposite directions. You need to make a choice. 

Do you agree with diet culture — weighing yourself, tracking your food? Or do you disagree with it and stand against it? 

This podcast episode will help you decide, and maybe help you finally become free from diet culture once and for all — so you can move forward and become fit, healthy, and strong. 

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Episode 287: Stop Overcomplicating Fitness — Here’s How to Keep It Simple and Get Results

If you’ve been overcomplicating your workouts, this episode will help you strip it back to what actually works.

I’ll walk you through why so many women over 40 struggle to stay consistent, what’s really getting in the way, and how to simplify your routine so you feel fit, strong, and mobile again — without burning out or giving up.

Here’s why you need to listen:

1. You’ll learn what doesn’t work for women over 40 — and what to stop wasting time on.
   
   
2. You’ll understand exactly how to train for strength, mobility, and energy that lasts.
   
   
3. You’ll walk away with a simple plan you can start using straight away.
   
   

This isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing what works — and keeping it simple.

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