Mindful Poetic Stories Podcast

In this heartfelt episode, Patricia shares wisdom from her Dad, centred around his favourite phrase, “Time waits for no man” and the paradoxical advice: “Hurry up and take your time.”

Reflecting on his calm, witty nature and her own journey from burnout to balance, Patricia explores how rushing often leads to mistakes, exhaustion, and missed moments.

Key takeaways include embracing mindfulness, presence, and intentional pacing to p...

Embracing Self-Love and Healing Emotional Wounds

Episode Description:

In this deeply personal episode, Patricia reflects on what she would tell her 20-year-old self — a time marked by feelings of worthlessness, confusion, and silent battles with depression. Join Patricia as she explores the powerful journey of reconnecting with your younger self through unconditional self-love, compassion, and emotional healing. She dives into th...

Time, Energy & Self-Love: Turning Crisis into Clarity

In this deeply reflective and empowering Part 2 episode of Where Does The Time Go, Patricia explores the profound value of time, energy, and health, and how these three life currencies shape our wellbeing, success, and happiness. Drawing on insights from Jay Shetty, Elizabeth Gilbert, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Bronnie Ware, and Bonnie Annis, this episode is a heartfelt c...

Time, Energy & the Sage Within – Living with Intention

In this reflective and empowering episode, Patricia explores two transformative themes: Time and Energy. Drawing from personal insights, coaching experiences, and ancient wisdom, she shares how understanding and protecting these vital resources can help listeners live more intentionally, overcome self-sabotage, and thrive from within.

Listeners will be inspired to:

• Re...

Letting Go of the Old Self: A Journey of Inner Transformation

In this deeply personal and powerful episode, Patricia explores the transformative journey of letting go of the parts of ourselves that no longer serve us. From the inner struggle with saboteur self sabotage influence to cultivating radical self-love, this conversation is an honest reflection on how true healing begins with awareness, forgiveness, and compassion.

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The Power of the Pause: How Mental Fitness Transforms Emotional Reactions into Empowered Responses

In this powerful episode, Patricia dives deep into the stories that live in our minds, the ones that hold us back, trigger our emotional reactions, and influence how we show up in the world. From understanding the difference between emotional reactions and responses, to learning how mental fitness and positive intelligence can help us...

From the Train of Life – Embracing Vulnerability, Rejection, Boundaries & Self-Love

In this heartfelt episode, Patricia shares a deeply personal reflection on the power of vulnerability, healing from rejection, and the transformative journey toward self-acceptance and emotional resilience. With gratitude to her listeners, she reflects on the courage it takes to share real and relatable stories, exploring how her past fears an...

In Part 2 of Blossoming Of The Black Sheep, Patricia explores the powerful intersection between being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), empathy, and generational trauma, and how these influence brain function, emotional responses, and personal identity. Drawing on the research of Dr. Elaine Aron, Dr. Gabor Maté, and Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin, the episode offers a compassionate lens on how sensitivity and trauma may shape individuals a...

What if being the “black sheep” was never something to fix, but something to honor?

In Part 1 of this deeply personal 2-part series, Patricia explores what it means to stop quitting on ourselves, even in our darkest chapters. From the emotional weight of judgment, criticism, and blame, to growing up in emotionally repressive environments, this episode shines a light on the misunderstood experience of being sensitive, different, and...

In this powerful and thought-provoking episode, Patricia explores the timeless parable The Blind Men and the Elephant, originally penned poetically by 19th century American poet John Godfrey Saxe, and used as a metaphor for personal development, emotional intelligence, and coaching. Drawing from psychology, coaching frameworks, and personal stories, Patricia examines how limited perspectives, unhealed distress and trauma, and entre...

Challenging People Challenging Behaviours

“Beyond the Behaviour: From Judgment to Understanding in Our Relationships”

Today in episode 15, Patricia shares her deep reflection, wisdom, and vulnerability in this transformative and thought-provoking episode, she explores the layered complexity of human behaviour, judgment, and emotional awareness. Through personal storytelling, poetic insight, and powerful analogies, Patricia takes ...

In this deeply personal and reflective episode, Patricia explores the profound, complex, and transformative nature of friendship, how it shapes us, how it can hurt us, and how, ultimately, it can lead us back to ourselves.

Through heartfelt stories from her childhood in the Irish countryside to her adult years navigating emotional growth, boundaries, heartbreak, and healing, Patricia shares how her friendships have mirrored her inn...

From Faking It to Living Authentically: Embracing Your True Self

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In today’s episode, Patricia takes you through her transformative journey of healing, self-discovery, and the shift from faking it to living authentically. Reflecting on personal conversations with friends who’ve witnessed her inner transformation, Patricia dives deep into how our perceptions shape the way we see others and ourselves. She shares powe...

Recognizing and Overcoming Emotional Manipulation

Episode Summary

In this powerful episode, Patricia explores the complex world of emotional manipulation, what it is, how to recognise it, and most importantly, how to protect yourself through mental fitness, positive and emotional intelligence. In this episode Patricia shares a very personal story of when she believes she was emotionally manipulated and persuaded into joining a very...

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Perfectionism – A Journey to Self-Acceptance

Episode Overview: In this deeply reflective episode, Patricia shares a poetic story about her personal battle with imposter syndrome and perfectionism in her professional career. From feeling like a fraud despite external success to embracing the power of self-acceptance, Patricia explores how these limiting beliefs impacted her mental and emotional hea...

Overcoming Self-Doubt, Building Confidence & Embracing Fear

In today’s episode, Patricia explores how self-doubt affects our lives and how to overcome it. We discuss the relationship between fear, confidence, and self-belief, and how understanding and managing fear can lead to personal growth and empowerment.

Key Topics:

• What is Doubt?

Exploring the meaning of self-doubt and how it impacts our decisions and mindset....

Embracing Self-Love & SAGE Energy with My Mum

In today’s episode, Patricia discusses, how her self-love journey, rooted in SAGE energy, positively impacted her relationship with her mother. She shares how her mum, at 88 years old, is embracing self-care and shifting her mindset from self-sabotage to positive self-talk. Patricia highlights the power of kind words, self-compassion, and how they can improve our well-being, health,...

Overcoming Childhood Conditioning & The Pleaser Saboteur

In this episode, I explore how childhood programming may unconsciously fuel negative patterns in our adult lives, due to our perceptions. The focus is on the Pleaser Saboteur, a program that can manifest as people-pleasing tendencies, driven by a fear of rejection and a deep need for love, acceptance and validation. I delve into:

• Understanding childhood conditioning...

The Power of Self-Love: Reconnecting with Your True Essence In this episode, Patricia dives deep into the transformative power of self-love and shares how she understands it to be the greatest foundation to build a fulfilled happy life.

Patricia starts by reflecting on the heartfelt Rumi quote, "Why are you knocking at every other door? Go, knock at the door of your own heart," and then shares her journey of when she decided to kno...