And What Else?
Welcome to 'And What Else?', your source for thoughtful and meaningful conversations about personal and professional growth. Host Wendy O'Beirne is an internationally recognised coach and consultant with a passion for exploring the layers of topics surrounding self-development. Together, we'll dig beneath the surface of subjects, stories, and possible solutions to uncover new perspectives we may not have seen before. With curiosity and open minds, let's embark on an adventure of self-discovery and uncover the possibilities of 'and what else'. Stay Curious!
Episodes
86 episodes
Sixways: A Founder's Journey
Georgie, co-founder of Six Ways, shares her journey from struggling with PCOS and celiac disease to creating a functional mushroom and wellness brand that helps people find balance in their health journeys.• Six Ways started after Georg...
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34:05
What If Your Strength Is Actually Holding You Back?
I'm exploring my dislike for the word resilience and making the case for using "agility" instead. Most people who describe themselves as resilient mean they'll be strong, take anything thrown at them, and weather any storm—regardless of whether...
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The Energy Gap: When Values and Actions Don't Align
Our energy and nervous system drive our behavior far more than the values we claim to hold, creating a disconnect between what we say matters and where we actually spend our time and focus.• Stated values often contradict actual behavio...
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23:10
Shattering Unwritten Rules
We explore the unwritten rules and conditioning that shape our behaviors and identities without our conscious consent. Most of us play life by rules we never agreed to, continuously diminishing ourselves to appear more acceptable to others and ...
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17:45
Where You Are Defensive, You are Rigid
This episode explores the deep connections between emotional agility, thoughts, beliefs, and personal value. Wendy highlights how being rigid about ANYTHING limits our growth, desires, and real connections. • Importance of emotiona...
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Getting out of the Language that let's you say Nothing
This enlightening episode addresses the challenges of communicating genuine emotions in a world overflowing with therapeutic language, urging listeners to embrace self-honesty and authenticity. By dissecting the gap between learned jargon and r...
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Rewriting the Narrative of Disappointment to get out of All or Nothing
Disappointment shapes our lives in ways we may not fully understand, leading to cycles of all-or-nothing behaviour and hyper-independence. This episode addresses the emotional weight of disappointment, the importance of trust in relationships, ...
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Embracing Intentional Meditation: Transform Your Life with Intention
This episode explores the profound impact of intention and habitual thought on our identities and lives. By discussing how setting daily intentions can shift our mindset, the conversation encourages listeners to engage in purposeful living rath...
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Cultivating Connection & Building Trust
This episode explores the vital relationship between self-development and genuine connection, urging listeners to prioritise the inner work that fosters deeper connections with themselves, others, and the world. The discussion highlights the im...
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24:59
Breaking Free from All-or-Nothing
This episode dives into the all-or-nothing mindset, exploring how it traps individuals in cycles of excitement and disappointment. Wendy discusses the transformative power of embracing bare minimum actions, stressing the importance of consisten...
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Rediscovering Insights: Embracing Old Lessons for New Growth
This episode centres around the transformative power of revisiting past learnings and experiences instead of always searching for something new. Wendy encourages listeners to engage with previous content through their current selves, highlighti...
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Cultivating Self-Trust and Personal Agility in 2025
This episode focuses on setting intentions for 2025, exploring the concepts of discipline, risk, and self-trust. We highlight the importance of defining a word for the year, tracking progress, and understanding the interplay between internal sa...
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23:28
Purpose, Meaning, Love, and Experiencing Life
Is it possible that we've been misleading ourselves about life's single, straightforward purpose? Join me as I challenge this notion and open a conversation about embracing life's unpredictability and complexity. Reflecting on the film "Wicked,...
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Pause The Push - stop doing and understand how to be still
What if the relentless pursuit of busyness is actually keeping you from discovering your true self? Join me as we explore the hidden motivations behind our hyperindependent lifestyles and how early experiences can lead us to value productivity ...
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13:55
Moving from Self Sufficiency to Interdependence
Feeling trapped in a cycle of emotional whiplash, where the fear of relying on others keeps you isolated? Discover how childhood experiences with emotionally unavailable caregivers shape our adult lives, creating a barrier to forming deep, mean...
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Letting go of 'I have to do it or no-one will'
What if your worth isn't just tied to how much you can do for others? Join me as we unravel the belief that we must keep everything together or risk it all falling apart. This episode explores how childhood experiences with unreliable or emotio...
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Beyond Logic Embracing the Emotional Self
Ever felt like you're hitting a brick wall when trying to use logic to solve emotional problems? You're not alone. Many of us have been conditioned to lean on logic, yet emotions don’t abide by the same rules. We explore how childhood sto...
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Unlocking Inner Wisdom: Cacao, Plant Spirits, and the Journey to Self-Discovery
Curious about the transformative power of cacao and plant medicines? Join me, as I chat with the remarkable Ifey a doctor-turned-herbalist who founded Eight Within, an online apothecary. Ifey's journey from a conventional medical career t...
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The Strength in Being Open
What if the very armor you wear to guard your emotions is what’s holding you back from true connection? Join me, as I challenge the misconceptions around vulnerability and hyper-independence. Many caregivers and fixers, like myself, often find ...
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From Survival Mode to Thriving: Embracing Agility for Lasting Change
Have you ever felt trapped in a cycle of just getting by, always in survival mode? Join me as I unravel the journey from surviving to thriving. In this episode, we tackle the distinction between these two states and explore how embracing emotio...
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Moving Beyond Resilience to True Strength
Think resilience is the ultimate strength? Think again. Discover why clinging to rigid behaviors in the name of control might be stunting your personal growth and limiting your emotional experiences. Join me as I challenge the glorification of ...
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Vulnerability is Honesty in Action
What if avoiding our true desires is just another way of avoiding vulnerability; because we fear vulnerability as weakness? When in reality if we shift and reframe vulnerabilty to honesty, we can see where we are kidding ourselves, being ...
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Uncovering the Emotional Roots of Type A Personalities
Can the relentless drive for success actually stem from childhood loneliness? In this eye-opening episode, I dig in the to the lesser-talked about emotional roots of Type A personalities. We'll trace the origins of these traits back to the 1950...
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17:30
Reigniting Passion and Overcoming Burnout Through Clarity and Self-Care
What happens when clarity and passion slip through your fingers? Join me as I recount my battle with burnout and feeling suffering both personally and professionally. Discover how paralyzing it can be to lose sight of what you want and need, an...
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