An Chailleach agus Samhain
In this special Oíche Shamhna Real Take, I'm revisiting a conversation I had this time last year with musician, broadcaster and academic Doireann Ní Ghlacáin.We spoke the day after I'd seen her perfor...
31 Okt 11min
Dr. Shefali : Parenting in a digital world
Topics covered: Conscious parenting, raising daughters and sons, childhood conditioning, patriarchy, people-pleasing, strong-willed girls, self-worth, body image, modelling, boundaries, boys' emotiona...
28 Okt 49min
Overwhelmed? : Sanity Versus Standards
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 convers...
24 Okt 8min
Declan O'Rourke : Masculinity, Empathy & the Simple Life
Topics covered: Family, childhood, emigration, love, fatherhood, masculinity, patriarchy, Palestine, empathy, apathy, humanity, community, collective action, LSD, anxiety, panic attacks, creativity an...
20 Okt 1h 7min
Adolescence : Boundaries and Connection
Topics covered: Adolescence, preteens, parenting, boundaries, connection, communication, friendships, resilience, smartphones, internet access, childhood development and growing independence.For this ...
16 Okt 19min
Mick Moran : Protecting Our Children Online
Topics covered: Online safety, childhood, parenting, smartphones, social media, gaming, Roblox, algorithms, manipulation, digital autonomy, grooming, sextortion, exploitation, CSAM, pornography, harmf...
13 Okt 1h 20min
Majella O'Donnell: My Ten Weeks in a Psychiatric Hospital
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 depressi...
9 Okt 18min
Majella O’Donnell: Completely Herself
Topics covered: Childhood, family, fear and safety, motherhood, relationships, depression, psychiatric care, medication, ADHD, breast cancer, mental health, identity, vulnerability, recovery, love,...
6 Okt 1h 34min
