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Katriona O’Sullivan : Real Take
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Episode Katriona O’Sullivan : Real Take
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 ways she felt hungry in childhood.
Despite experiencing extreme poverty, addiction, abuse and homelessness growing up, Katriona went on to completely transform her life.
Today, she uses her voice, her position and her privilege to help lift others up and advocate for inclusion, opportunity and education.
She also reflects on what helps her now, the importance of affirmations and learning how to value yourself with greater compassion.
Born in Coventry to Irish parents, Katriona later moved to Dublin where she entered Trinity College through the access programme and went on to earn a PhD in psychology. She is now a professor at Maynooth University, is married to Dave, has three sons; John, Seán and Tadhg and is also a proud grandmother.
You can hear my full conversation with Katriona now on Ready to be Real, where we discuss body image, hypervigilance, self-worth, privilege, diet culture, life under patriarchy and Katriona’s powerful new book Hungry: A Biography of my Body.
You can also listen back to our first conversation together from November 2023.
Books:
Poor
Hungry: A Biography of my Body
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