My beautiful Dad died last week.

A few hours later, I went swimming in the sea.

In this episode of The Nerve of You, I’m sharing the interconnectedness of it all in those early days of grief, why I found myself drawn to the sea and the unexpected ways my Dad still felt very close.

• The first hard thing I did after losing my Dad
• Where solace was found
• Something I love about the Irish language

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Ever booked a ticket searching for a magic fix or a big life revelation, only to find the real answer waiting somewhere else entirely?

In this episode of The Nerve of You, a last-minute red-eye flight to London turns into an unexpected encounter with an icon, a pair of stilettos, and an accidental masterclass in what happens when we stop trying so hard.

In the episode:

• The unexpected detour that stole the show
• Marilyn, Ferragamos and the woman behind the icon
• What happens when you stop looking for what's wrong and start noticing what makes you come alive

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If you haven't seen the exhibition do yourself a favour, go: https://www.npg.org.uk/tickets

To see Peter Crone live: https://www.petercrone.com/events

You fix one thing and something else starts complaining. You stretch it, rest it, rub something on it, get it checked and still it keeps coming back.

For 26 years, I vacillated between thinking my problem was my hamstring. Then my butt. Then sciatica. Then piriformis. And I kept trying to fix whichever bit was shouting the loudest.

Then I discovered fascia.

In this episode of The Nerve of You, I’m sharing how a night out during the World Cup in 1994 - where a few too many Guinnesses might have been had (yes, I'm that vintage!) - eventually led me to a completely different way of understanding my body, and why the place that hurts isn't always the whole story.

In the episode:

• Why the body can’t always be understood one painful bit at a time
• How my 26-year-old pain in the butt became a lesson in connection
• What changed when I stopped trying to fix my body and started getting curious about it

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We’ve all written a picture-perfect script for how a trip, a milestone, or a chapter of life is supposed to go - only for real life to rewrite the entire plot.

Ever planned a dream holiday - only for your teenager to be, well, a teenager in full flight? Leaving you standing on a balcony, wondering how somewhere so idyllic could feel so utterly miserable?

In this episode of The Nerve of You, I’m sharing an unfiltered story from a girls trip to Greece and the realisation in a rooftop café that changed how I show up for my own life.

In the episode:

• The picture-perfect holiday versus the real-life fallout
• The sheer exhaustion of trying to manage the unmanageable
• Finding the nerve to let the story rewrite itself

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Have you filled notebooks and your notes app with ideas, recorded endless private drafts, and are always busy doing everything around your goal—except actually putting it out into the world? How often do we let the demand for perfection keep us hiding in the background?

In this episode of The Nerve of You, we're looking at what happens when the fear of being seen has had you in a headlock for too long.

In the episode:

• Doing "around" the goal vs. actually stepping up
• The physical toll of perfectionism and hiding in plain sight
• Finding the nerve to be bad at something—because it's fun and you're done not fully living

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I'm Niamh, a mum in my 50s and this podcast is me doing something new.

I'm delighted you're here following along. 

Bye for now

Love Niamh