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Ready To Be Real by Síle Seoige

Síle Seoige

300 episodes

In this podcast series, Síle Seoige chats to people of all walks of life; those who are well known, along with those who have extraordinary stories to tell and she also features topic lead conversations with a particular expert in their field.

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A skilled interviewer and avid listener, Síle’s warm approach encourages her guests to be as open and honest about their lived experiences as possible. This refreshing approach has made for some truly special conversations that she hopes will at times inspire, challenge, educate, comfort or simply entertain her listener.

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  1. Dr. Shefali : Parenting in a digital world

    · 49 min

    Topics covered: Conscious parenting, raising daughters and sons, childhood conditioning, patriarchy, people-pleasing, strong-willed girls, self-worth, body image, modelling, boundaries, boys' emotional regulation,…

  2. Overwhelmed? : Sanity Versus Standards

    · 8:19

    How often do we push ourselves to the point of exhaustion, trying to do everything and keep everyone happy? For this week's Real Take, I'm dipping into the Ready to Be Real archive to revisit a conversation I had with…

  3. Declan O'Rourke : Masculinity, Empathy & the Simple Life

    · 1 h 08 min

    Topics covered: Family, childhood, emigration, love, fatherhood, masculinity, patriarchy, Palestine, empathy, apathy, humanity, community, collective action, LSD, anxiety, panic attacks, creativity and music. This…

  4. Adolescence : Boundaries and Connection

    · 20 min

    Topics covered: Adolescence, preteens, parenting, boundaries, connection, communication, friendships, resilience, smartphones, internet access, childhood development and growing independence. For this week's Real…

  5. Mick Moran : Protecting Our Children Online

    · 1 h 21 min

    Topics covered: Online safety, childhood, parenting, smartphones, social media, gaming, Roblox, algorithms, manipulation, digital autonomy, grooming, sextortion, exploitation, CSAM, pornography, harmful content,…

  6. Majella O'Donnell: My Ten Weeks in a Psychiatric Hospital

    · 18 min

    In this week's Real Take, Majella O'Donnell shares her personal experience of the ten weeks she spent as an inpatient in St John of God Hospital in 2024, when she became seriously unwell with depression. She speaks…

  7. Majella O’Donnell: Completely Herself

    · 1 h 34 min

    Topics covered: Childhood, family, fear and safety, motherhood, relationships, depression, psychiatric care, medication, ADHD, breast cancer, mental health, identity, vulnerability, recovery, love, marriage and life…

  8. Harrison Gardner: Have a Backup

    · 6:05

    In this short extract from my conversation with eco-builder and author Harrison Gardner, he talks about the systems we rely on every day, why convenience so often wins, and the value of having a backup when the systems…

  9. Harrison Gardner : Are you prepared?

    · 1 h 09 min

    Topics covered : Housing, shelter, self-building, self-sufficiency, security, agency, sustainability, consumerism, capitalism, convenience, our reliance on systems, power cuts, extreme weather, energy, practical…

  10. Kyla Cobbler on Ageing & Premenstrual Rage

    · 12 min

    If you enjoy this snippet, check out the full conversation with Kyla, anytime now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  11. Kyla Cobbler: Taking up space

    · 53 min

    Topics covered : Gratitude, self-belief, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, mother-daughter bond, coercive control, patriarchy, beauty standards, ageing, women’s cycles, strength training, healthy love, taking up space.…

  12. Why is it so hard to rest? : Dr. Malie Coyne

    · 50 min

    Topics covered : Rest, nervous system regulation, connection, guilt, awareness, balance, parenting, burnout, self compassion. For my final episode before the summer break, I'm joined by chartered clinical…

  13. Declutter & Organise : Real Take

    · 10 min

    In this week's Real Take, I'm sharing a short snippet from my conversation with professional home organiser and founder of The Home Reset, Hazel Burton. Hazel explains why asking simple questions can be a game changer…

  14. Hazel Burton : Declutter your home

    · 1 h 01 min

    Topics covered: Career change, decluttering, guilt, shame, organisation, consumerism, sustainability, sentimental items, children's toys, labelling, habits, letting go, mental wellbeing, calmer homes. This week's…

  15. Zoe Holohan : Honeymoon tragedy (revisit)

    · 1 h 18 min

    Topics covered : Tragic death, complex grief, severe injuries, PTSD. This is my conversation with the incredible Zoe Holohan from March 2021. On the 23rd of July 2018, Zoe and her husband Brian were on their…

  16. The true cost of cheap food : Kenneth Keavey, Green Earth Organics

    · 49 min

    Topics covered : Vulnerability, heritage, organic farming, biodiversity, food waste, value, climate, connection. This week's guest is Kenneth Keavey, co-founder of Green Earth Organics, one of Ireland's best-known…

  17. Great Blasket island : Real Take

    · 15 min

    No electricity. No hot water. The best sleep of her life. In this week's Real Take, taken from my recent conversation with public historian and author Lesley Bond, we explore what it was really like to spend six…

  18. Lesley Bond: Life on the Great Blasket

    · 1 h 19 min

    Topics covered: island life, living without modern comforts, heritage, community, postnatal depression, writing and healing. This week, I’m joined by public historian and author Lesley Bond. In 2019, Lesley and her…

  19. Helen Ogbu : Community is everything

    · 56 min

    Topics covered : her upbringing, her late husband, grief, mourning, rebuilding her life, fostering, community, belonging and public service. This week, I'm joined by Helen Ogbu - Labour councillor, the newly elected…

  20. Bardic storytelling with Aindrias de Staic

    · 25 min

    In this weeks Real Take from my conversation with musician, performer and storyteller Aindrias de Staic...he talks about the ancient Irish bardic storytelling tradition and why play is so good for our mental health.…

  21. Aindrias de Staic : The Wildness Within

    · 1 h 26 min

    Topics covered : ADHD, addiction, recovery, nature, bardic storytelling, performing. My guest this week is musician, performer and storyteller Aindrias de Staic, who many of you will know online as 'Smalltown…

  22. The Raw Reality of Grief : Tara Rafter

    · 10 min

    In this week's Real Take, Tara Rafter reflects on her mother's final days living with COPD and the heartbreak of saying goodbye to the woman who had been her anchor throughout life. If this excerpt resonates with you,…

  23. Tara Rafter : Hypervigilance to Healing

    · 1 h 39 min

    Topics covered include: Alcoholism, domestic violence, hypervigilance, compassion, motherhood, self-abandonment, being a carer, death and loss, grief, faith, spirituality, forgiveness, love, safety, self-worth,…

  24. Susan Bennett : 17 countries, One van, One year

    · 54 min

    Topics covered : Multiple sclerosis, childfree by choice, travel, freedom, simple living. This week, I sit down with author Susan Bennett to chat about her memoir, One Year. Susan and her husband Chris live in…

  25. Siobhán O'Hagan : Real Take (solo pregnancy)

    · 35 min

    In this snippet I speak to online fitness coach and content creator Siobhán O'Hagan about being pregnant with her second child and her decision to become become a solo parent through IVF. Siobhán lives in Dublin with…

  26. Siobhán O'Hagan : Solo Motherhood

    · 1 h 09 min

    Topics covered : Building a career in the fitness industry, solo travel and the search for freedom, holotropic breathwork, solo motherhood through IVF, pregnancy and preparing for baby number two, navigating criticism…

  27. Marie Gleeson on baby Ciarán : Real Take

    · 19 min

    Former Navy Captain Marie Gleeson speaks about the most profound and heartbreaking experience of her life. During her pregnancy with her son Ciarán, Marie and her husband John received devastating news about his…

  28. Marie Gleeson : Be like the sea

    · 1 h 42 min

    Topics covered : life in the Irish Navy, leadership, being a woman in a male-dominated environment, drug interdiction operations, UN peacekeeping missions, traumatic pregnancy, child loss, grief, motherhood, mental…

  29. Katriona O’Sullivan : Real Take

    · 17 min

    This week’s Real Take, is a powerful moment from my recent conversation with Professor of Psychology and bestselling author Dr. Katriona O’Sullivan. Katriona speaks about growing up feeling deeply unloved and the many…

  30. Dr. Katriona O’Sullivan : The many meanings of hunger

    · 1 h 15 min

    Topics covered: Body image, diet culture, good girl conditioning, life under patriarchy, poverty, trauma, hypervigilance, affirmations, self-belief, healing, ageing, motherhood, connection, privilege. In this episode…

  31. Misan Harriman : Real Take

    · 6:40

    Today’s Real Take comes from a powerful conversation I recorded in October 2024 with photographer, filmmaker and activist Misan Harriman. Misan is Chair of cultural hub, the Southbank Centre, an ambassador for Save…

  32. Brian Pennie : The neuroscience of addiction

    · 43 min

    Topics covered : Addiction, shame, awareness, compassion, recovery. In this week’s episode of Ready to Be Real, I speak to Dr. Brian Pennie - neuroscientist, podcast host and former heroin addict. I first met Brian…

  33. Tony 10 : Real Take

    · 22 min

    This is The Real Take and in this snippet, Tony O’Reilly — co-author of the bestselling book 'Tony 10: The Astonishing Story of the Postman Who Gambled €10,000,000…and Lost It All' — speaks about the point where his…

  34. Tony O'Reilly : Gambling €10 million and losing everything

    · 2 h 05 min

    Topics covered: insecurities, psychology of addiction, secrecy, manipulation, shame, suicide ideation, finding meaning. My first guest of this brand new season of Ready to be Real is someone I’ve wanted to sit down…

  35. Deirdre Nicole Hegarty : An adoption story

    · 1 h 20 min

    Topics covered : Mother and Baby home, adoption, grief, faith, taboo, shedding shame, transgenerational trauma, therapy, holotropic breathwork, motherhood, inner child healing, compassion. In the final episode of this…

  36. Change and answers with Niamh Ennis : Real Take

    · 6:21

    In this snippet, business mentor and change coach Niamh Ennis speaks about the power of change, whether it arrives suddenly in our lives or is something we choose and how both can lead us closer to the life we truly…

  37. Niamh Ennis : How grief changes you

    · 1 h 06 min

    Topics covered : Pancreatic cancer, grief, sympathy, therapy, good girl conditioning, life changes, intuition, journaling. This week, business mentor and change coach Niamh Ennis is my guest. She lives in Galway with…

  38. Sheela's (Síle's) Day and the Divine Feminine : The Real Take

    · 7:25

    In this week's Real Take, I'm sharing a short snippet of my recent conversation with Celtic wisdom teacher and guide Mari Kennedy. Here she talks to us about the coming days, Síle's day on the 18th and later in the…

  39. Mari Kennedy : Sovereign Queen

    · 1 h 18 min

    Topics covered : The dark feminine/An Chailleach, infertility, grief, good girl conditioning, masculine and feminine forces, patriarchy, menopause, 4 (not 3) stages of womanhood - Maiden, Mother, Sovereign Queen and…

  40. Michael Harding : Real Take

    · 23 min

    I'm dipping into the Ready to be Real archive for this week's Real Take. In this snippet, I speak with the wonderfully reflective Michael Harding, as he shares his love of religion and spirituality...from Buddhism to…

  41. Iza Clarke : Strength training, nutrition and recovery

    · 41 min

    This week I'm joined by personal trainer and online coach Iza Clarke. Originally from Poland, Iza has been living in Ireland for the past 18 years. She’s married to Odhran and they have two tween daughters, Lanah and…

  42. Family Dysfunction : Real Take

    · 17 min

    Topics covered : toxic family systems, boundaries, living grief, healing. For this week's Real Take, Josh Connolly talks about the unspoken truth of family dysfunction and how toxic systems are often invisible to the…

  43. Josh Connolly : Family Dysfunction

    · 1 h 06 min

    Topics covered : Alcoholism, toxic family systems, boundaries, living grief, compassion, healing. This week I speak to author Josh Connolly about family dysfunction. Josh is a father of six and his book 'It’s Them,…

  44. Tommy Tiernan : The Real Take

    · 39 min

    For today’s Real Take, we’re dipping into the archive. Back in May 2020, during the height of COVID restrictions, I recorded a remote conversation with comedian, actor and broadcaster Tommy Tiernan...he was in Galway,…

  45. Toys and Aggressive Play : What's healthy for kids?

    · 32 min

    This episode is aimed at parents of young children through to preteens and I’m speaking with child and adolescent psychotherapist Debbie Cullinane. Debbie lives in Mayo with her husband James and their two children,…

  46. The Real Take : Brother Richard on dying

    · 19 min

    In today’s Real Take, Brother Richard speaks about death in a deeply comforting way, drawn from his years of accompanying people at the end of their lives. If this resonated with you, I’d love to hear your thoughts…

  47. Brother Richard : Calming the Storms

    · 1 h 30 min

    Topics covered : Meditation, religion, spirituality, distractions, boredom and creativity, authenticity, discernment, validation, forgiveness, death, living fully, gratitude, compassion. This week I’m delighted to…

  48. The Real Take : Nicola Tallant

    · 16 min

    In today’s Real Take, we step beyond the headlines with crime journalist Nicola Tallant and get a real sense of what makes her tick. If you’re enjoying these conversations, I’d love you to follow, rate and share...it…

  49. Nicola Tallant : True Crime Insider

    · 56 min

    Topics covered : Crimeworld, fraudsters, the Regency Hotel shooting, The Kinahans, Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, being a mother, resilience. I'm joined by crime journalist, author and podcaster Nicola Tallant. Nicola is a…

  50. Gavin Meenan : Actions Have Consequences

    · 1 h 07 min

    Topics covered: Addiction, porn, car accident, death, family dynamics, shame, guilt, grief, forgiveness, therapy, support, compassion, healing. In this episode, I’m joined by men’s coach and author Gavin Meenan.…

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