In this personal solo episode, I speak to you from the road in Connemara, reflecting on shame, motherhood, identity, and healing.

This is an unfiltered glimpse into the vulnerable spaces of my life — from navigating single motherhood and shame spirals to reconnecting with community, therapy, and the sea.

I explore what it means to parent through pain, carry ancestral wounds, and search for grounding amidst life's messiness.

This episode is for any mother (or parent) who’s ever felt overwhelmed, ashamed, or alone — and who needs the reminder that repair is always possible, and joy and sorrow are two sides of the same coin.

✨ Topics Covered:

• The emotional complexity of solo (or "double") parenting

• Shame in motherhood — personal, societal, and ancestral

• Reflections on Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet: Joy as unmasked sorrow

• The impact of Catholic Ireland, slut shaming, and generational trauma

• Somatic responses to emotional pain (solar plexus tension, nervous system dysregulation)

• IFS therapy and connecting with a practitioner for support

• Epigenetics: the science behind inheriting trauma

• Letting go of perfectionism in conscious parenting

• Screen time, single parenting survival, and flexibility

• The importance of repair and nervous system regulation

• Holding space for big feelings — in ourselves and our children

• A prayer for mothers to be grounded in their full expression

✨ I’d love to hear from you—how are these episodes landing with you? Would you like to share your story on the podcast? Contact me ⁠⁠lauraguinnane@gmail.com⁠⁠

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If you’ve experienced a caesarean birth, I offer 1:1 online support to guide you in your healing journey. Through birth story listening, scar tissue remediation, and somatic reconnection, we work together to support your return to wholeness and embodied presence. You can email me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠lauraguinnane@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

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