Empathic Exchange
Welcome to Empathic Exchange, a podcast hosted by a qualified therapist and made to give listeners easy-to-understand insights on important mental health challenges.
Each episode centres around an honest and thought-provoking conversation with guests sharing their stories and experiences — From mental health professionals & advocates to people with lived experiences.
Our goal is to help break the stigma & foster empathy by creating a platform for authentic discussions about mental health challenges, triumphs, and everything in between.
Join us as we explore the human side of mental well-being, helping you to better understand the complexities of mental health in today's world.
Our podcast is hosted by Dan O'Mahony a qualified Counsellor & Psychotherapist & lecturer at PCI College - Ireland's leading provider of education in the fields of counselling, psychotherapy, & mental health.
To find out more visit: www.pcicollege.ie
Empathic Exchange
Ep. 19 | Silent Seasons: A Mother’s Story from Ireland’s Hidden Past
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In this deeply moving episode, Dan sits down with Anne Marie who shares her experience of being an unmarried mother in Ireland over 40 years ago. She reflects on the societal pressures, stigma, and institutional forces that led to her baby being taken for adoption. Through her story, we explore a time when silence was expected, shame was imposed, and countless women were left to carry a lifelong loss in private.