Ready To Be Real by Síle Seoige

Topics covered : The Traitors, growing up in Direct Provision, football career, injury, grief, Lupus diagnosis, faith, 2023 Dublin riots, racism.This week, I’m joined by one of the winners of the very...

28 Nov 20251h 35min

Make sure little ears aren't listening!Topics covered : Unpacking 'calm' parenting, navigating meltdowns (for adults and kids)​, the power of play in building connection with kids, dropping the threat...

21 Nov 202551min

This is The Real Take — a glimpse into the honesty, wisdom and connection at the heart of every episode of Ready to be Real.Today, I’m revisiting a conversation I recorded six years ago with the incre...

17 Nov 20255min

Topics covered : AI in today's world, awareness.In this episode, I speak to technology consultant and author Joanne Griffin.She's married to Mark, they have two teenage boys, and they live in Navan.Sh...

14 Nov 202539min

Topics covered : Leukaemia, blood transfusions, bone marrow transplant, pregnancy, birth story, positive mindset, exercise, faith, gratitude. This episode is in partnership with giveblood.ie — a serv...

10 Nov 202555min

Topics covered : rape, trauma, living in fear, self harm, PTSD, reclaiming. Bláthnaid Raleigh is from Mullingar, and her world changed forever after a night out in Galway in July 2019, when she was at...

7 Nov 20251h 6min

This is a Ready to be Real revisit from 2020 — recorded during the height of the Covid restrictions.In it, I speak to folklorist, artist and musician Dr. Billy Mag Fhlionn (Pagan Rave) about Samhain a...

3 Nov 202547min

Topics covered: Gaeilge, music, heritage, culture, shame, colonisation, Irish Americans, Samhain, An Chailleach​.In this special Oíche Shamhna episode, I speak with musician, broadcaster, academic and...

31 Okt 20251h 5min