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.

With Love,

Susan

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.

Enjoy!

Susan

Know Thyself.

How do we get to know ourselves? Why do we want to even want to know ourselves? I discuss five key ways to get to know ourselves in this episode. All gleamed from my own experience. And I also offer a word to the wise - to discern, to ensure you know you have sovereignty to choose, to dive in, be curious, embody it and then discern again what is for you. I hope this offers you some kernel of wisdom and options. Thank you for being here. For listening.

With Love,

Susan

Myers-Briggs Personality Test

https://www.16personalities.com/

Ayurveda Dosha Constitution test

https://www.susansheehan.com/what-is-ayurveda

In this weeks episode I merge science, my own experience and the detrimental effect that alcohol has on our brain and hormonal health. It is without judgement, information so that you can know.

I talk about what it does to the brain, how we have memory gaps, more stress, poor sleep and disrupted endocrine system. Which of course shows up in our menstrual cycle, and fertility.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did researching and recording it.

Why is Mary Magdalene rising now? The Gospel of Mary was hidden for centuries. What does it significance mean to all of us, knowing that Mary was an equal discipline. Its huge to all of us, how women are viewed, how we view ourselves and our bodies. I explore this and more in this weeks episode.

With love,

Susan

Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson. https://www.megganwatterson.com

Anna, Grandmother of Jesus by Claire Heartsong.

Patricia Fitzgerald, Healing Creations, Mandala Artist.

https://www.healingcreations.ie/store/p105/RedEggoftheMagdaleneLimitedEditionPrint.html

Have you felt the pull of the full moon when she is asking you to come out and play or feel the slower dark moon energy asking you to move inwards. The moon influences us, especially women, our emotions, and physical energy. This episode is an introduction to the moon cycle and how to connect with her. Enjoy! With Love, Susan

The need and desire to be heard and express ourselves as women is deeply desired and can seem insurmountable. It is possible to find your unique voice with integrity and authenticity. In this weeks episode I share how chanting, Bhakti yoga, sound healing and singing all helped open my Throat chakra and allowed me express myself. As usual there is lots of useful knowledge, experience and stories along the way.

With Love,

Susan

Healing Chant

Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat

Githa Ben David - Sound Healing https://githabendavid.dk/en/services/vocal-sound-therapy

Sophia Efthimiou - Singing Ourselves Home

https://www.singingourselveshome.com/

We are all looking for a place to feel loved, to hear kindness and often for certainty and belonging. It can be difficult then when we stand back and see the same dogma that we were moving away from. How do you navigate that? What do you trust? And how to you keep from getting lost again in another system or fixed way of living while also not wanting to go "back" to the old way.

Every single cell and tissue receives it nourishment from the Rasa Dhatu, the first of 7 tissues in every human.

Rasa is responsible for menstruation, lactation and the top layer of our skin. The seven dhatus are nourished one by one, the seventh being our reproductive tissue!

This is a fascinating topic! And if you have an interest or love of your body and Ayurveda then you will love this weeks episode.

Book Recommended: Dr Vasant Lad - Textbook of Ayurveda, Vol. 1: Fundamental Principles of Ayurveda

With Love,

Susan

Your menstrual cycle will influence what you read, listen to, eat, how you exercise, your appetite for sex, choice of clothes. Everything. And this week I go round the cycle as you change in each season over and over. Listen in to see if you recognise the shifting energies and your own pattern. Have fun listening!

With Love,

Susan

Why don't we associate feminine and power, short answer is because we can't see it in the current systems. But that is changing and women are yearning for change. The phase "the feminine is rising" is the desire to live another way. We want to express ourselves fully. The wild, soft, creative, nurturing, passionate, receptive feminine as well as the logic and action of the masculine. First we need to swing over to the feminine and this weeks episode explores how to navigate that journey and much more.

Enjoy!

With Love,

Susan

This is a story about ending a marriage, overwhelming grief (but not for what you might think it would be for), the letting go and ultimately hope and love. This is my story. I share it with the hope that it helps you or someone you love that is on the precipice of a marriage ending and knowing you are stronger than you know and you can start afresh.With Love,Susan

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.

Enjoy,

Susan xxx

Why do we blow up at our loved ones? Why does life out of control at times or does it feel like it is smothering us? All of these emotions are natural but can build up leading us to respond in ways we don't want to. In this episode I discuss why these build up, how to recognise them in advance and how to come back to harmony.

This is for you if you experience mood swings, cramps, sore breasts, cravings, hormonal acne. If you have an irregular or missing cycle or want to come off hormonal contraception. Seed cycling can be a vital part of nourishing yourself. https://www.susansheehan.com/seed-cycling-to-soothe-your-menstrual-cycle

Welcome to this weeks episode which is an introduction into Ayurveda's, the three doshas - Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Find out why your physiology, mental and emotional tendancies are uniquely yours from conception. How to recognise signs of dis-ease according to each dosha and how to reduce those signs. You can find the dosha test on my website https://www.susansheehan.com/what-is-ayurveda

When we make decisions that are aligned to our values we are happier, less stressed and overwhelmed and our nervous system is smiling. This applies to all areas of your life - relationships, work, health, family, social occasions, social media aka everything! This episode explains how to identify your core values and how to live with them. Happy exploring!

Welcome to this weeks episode which is about your fertile window and how to avoid or pinpoint when you are ovulating. I share all the stuff we should have been told when we were growing up so that we could make the best decision for ourselves. Enjoy! With love, Susan

I know when I started out I had no idea there were so many different options that just the medical route. Something innate in me knew there was another way, little did I know there are many options. This week I share all the different types I have tried. Enjoy! Love, Susan

When we celebrate something we create beautiful lasting memories, the that moment is ignored or shrouded in secrecy so does that transition and the threshold into which we step into. This weeks podcast is about the rite of passage of menarche and why it is so important to celebrate girls and ourselves and our menstrual cycle. With tips on how to hold a family celebration and circle with friends.

Ovulation is the summer phase of our cycle. We are our most sensual, social and strongest in this phase. We are hopefully living a full and fertile life at this time of the month, if we haven’t burnt ourselves out before now. With love, Susan

As we arise from our bleed time, our period, the veil lifts and we return, hopefully rejuvenated. In this weeks episode I discuss this phase of growth, creativity, the kapha time of our cycle. As ever it is packed with stories and experiences of women and our innate wisdom and cyclical nature.

This weeks episodes explores and journeys through our menstruation time. Whether it is a smooth or rocky journey we detox, release, vision our new world and much more. I weave in Ayurveda, our ancestors and the climate when choosing our period products. I hope it is a lovely companion to you for your next bleed time.

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.

Thank you for listening.

Susan

Post ovulation and pre period is a tricky time for many women. In this episode I walk you through all the common patterns that you may notice in your body and mind, and some ah ha moments that you recognise. This tricky time is a mindful of beautiful and challenging moments. The trick is to find the gift in it. Maybe not during it, but after it! Thank you for listening.

With Love,

Susan

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Cramping is common but not necessary and I believe 95% of us can alleviate period cramping. I have experience this myself and dozens of other women I have worked with. In todays episode I share with you 5 ways to soothe or eliminate period cramping. Let me know how it helps you and which one was particularly soothing! There are a few minutes of interference that around minutes 13-17 apologies as I didn’t hear that before uploading. New podcast learnings!

This week I am sharing the Circadian Rhythm, ancient wisdom from Ayurveda, which is more necessary now than it has ever been. We circle our internal body clock which sync's with the day night cycle and influences hormones and therefore our mood, sleep, menstrual cycle, heart health and so much more. And of course tips to soothe our life and body.

Welcome to the first Susan Sheehan Podcast. Today Susan shares the reality and gift of the Menstrual Cycle and how our culture has impacted our view of it. Now though we get to choose how we want to be with our body. She refers to the book Wild Power by the Red School owners Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, in addition to Claire Baker who trained with the Wild Power creators.

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.

Thank you for listening as always.

With Love,

Susan

This week I explore contradicting truths, our need for certainty and whether we need to choose.Do you find yourself not wanting to choose amongst all the opinions and yet another part of you wants to. Can we live with all the colour in between the light and dark? Is there any answer, does there need to be?

Enjoy!

With Love,

Ssuan

Welcome to this special episode with our first guest Amber Sawyer talking about birth and the story we all need to hear, but rarely do. Amber is a mother, partner, birth assistant and doula, prenatal and postpartum yoga teacher and pregnancy yoga retreat leader. She is also an amazing and light hearted human. 

Amber informs, inspires and empowers us in this conversation about birth, what are body is capable of, the oxytocin or love hormone and how when it flows, oh baby does it flow (pun intended). We talk about the lack of knowledge we have about birth and our options, how important our birth partners are and so much more. You might listen to this more than once! 

You can find Amber on her own website ⁠www.ambersawyer.com ⁠. The retreats she holds are with ⁠www.momz.eu⁠ . 

And she is on instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/amber.a.sawyer/⁠ and ⁠https://www.instagram.com/embodied.woman.yoga/⁠

The website she referred to was ⁠www.evidencedbasedbirth.com⁠

I also referred to The Midwives' Cauldron podcast which has a wealth of knowledge if you want to find out more yourself.

Thank you so much to Amber for her time, wisdom and compassion. 

With Love,

Susan 

Trends come and go. They are not trends for some but ways of living and for others they are part of an ongoing journey. In this weeks episode I discuss veganism and vegetarian in a balanced way and especially how it is more women that appear to adopt veganism. I hope you enjoy!

With Love,

Susan

The Dirty Dozen was the top 15 I referred to but which my brain couldn't remember. https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php

And Amber at Mythic Medicine Podcast I referred to during the episode. https://mythicmedicine.love/

Our intuition is our power. It is how we make decisions that we knowing without thinking or analysing what is right for us. But our society values thinking and analysing more than trusting ourselves.

I invite you to listen to your intuition, to trust yourself, your body (ass and all, you will know what I mean when you listen to this weeks episode :-) )

Enjoy and thank you for listening.

With Love,

Susan

Contentment and consciousness is a state of mind, known as Sattva. Rajas and Tamas disrupt that state of being, how do we balance that state of inner peace with taking action in the world but not getting burnt out of becoming heavy and stuck. I think you will love this episode and the incredible wisdom of Ayurveda.

Dr David Frawley is the name of the Ayurvedic Dr and Author I mentioned. His books is Ayurveda And The Mind https://www.vedanet.com/bookspubs/ayurveda-and-the-mind-the-healing-of-consciousness/