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  • Fall In Love With Life this Bealtaine

    Fall In Love With Life this Bealtaine
    2026/04/29

    Am feeling a bit morto – two mistakes with this episode:

    · Bealtaine is pronounced be-al-ten-ah (not be-al-tayne as I was saying) and· I GOT MY WEEKS MUDDLED UP

    The Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD normally goes out Tuesday morning 7am Irish time but because I just realised (AuDHD brain), next week’s ep – this one – is OUT NOW so you can actually make USE of it in 2026!!!

    Self-compassion, giving myself grace, a thousand DOH!s etc…

    Still, I hope you enjoy it as we welcome the start of summer. As I write this, I have washing drying outside, have cycled into town and back and am feeling the seasonal shift which I’m looking forward to honouring more in the coming days – and with the Full Moon this Friday too.

    Let me know how you get on with these simple ideas for celebrating and see you in nearly two weeks now!

    le grá (with love),

    Eve

    LINKS

    Book your free telephone consultation and access 100s of body-mind practices at https://solestosoul.ie/free-downloads

    Bhangra Joy with Aakriti Kaushik: Episode 108 of the Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD Podcast

    Related episodes

    If you enjoyed this, check out:

    Love your inner Smelly Cat this Bealtaine and beyond Episode 56 of The Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    More Joy, Less Angst: Trauma-Informed Yoga for AuDHD Episode 93 of the Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    Shake, Cry and Let Go with Emily Rosenkranz: Episode 104 of Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD

    Own Your Privilege, Change the World: Episode 80 of the Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Bealtaine and choosing love in challenging times

    1:05 Podcast intro and self-care for trauma and AuDHD

    2:39 Feel: Let it all out

    3:49 From pain to joy: Using joy as your GPS

    5:26 Why joy matters for stress and resilience

    6:41 Love: Connecting with your highest Self

    7:47 Heal: Community, co-regulation and connection

    8:57 Practising mudita and celebrating others

    10:09 Bealtaine tradition: Flowers, blessings and neighbours

    12:17 Choosing joy as an act of care and resistance

    13:08 Closing reflections: Feel. Love. Heal.

    HASHTAGS

    #bealtaine

    #mayday

    #mudita

    FULL TRANSCRIPT

    Happy Bealtaine, happy May Day. That’s going to be this Friday with the Full Moon, and I thought I’d do a special episode to celebrate the Celtic festival of love, lust and fertility.

    And I really want to focus on ways in which you can help yourself fall in love with yourself, fall in love with your life, fall more in love with your loved ones and fall in love with the world.

    We’re living through very challenging times, and if we tell ourselves that the world is going to hell in a handbasket, then it’s really depressing and it disempowers us and we forget about all the amazing people in the world, under insanely horrific conditions, who are still attempting to do the right thing and caring for others and creating good works and being forces for love and joy and peace.

    Read the full transcript at https://solestosoul.ie/blog
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  • Bhangra Joy with Aakriti Kaushik

    Bhangra Joy with Aakriti Kaushik
    2026/04/28

    At time of writing, am aching in the best possible way from the first of Aakriti’s regular Bhangra dance classes at Grit Fitness and Dance – if you’re local enough to Westport, check them out. I’m planning to be there as many Wednesday evenings as possible because SO MUCH JOY!

    And, to my astonishment, while feeling like a monster during one of the moves last night, I did improve. I’d loved the taster workshop in February (before this interview was recorded) but had no confidence in my ability to actually manage the (simple!) steps but… I have some hope now (and even if I don’t, it’s a great workout and So Much FUN).

    Dance is so good for trauma and AuDHD. And the bilateral movement in some of the steps, while feeling tangled up in my brain, is, I know, contributing to healthy neuroplasticity as well as fitness. And did I mention the joy?

    The fact that I’m learning an Indian dance style in my new home country (over 7 years since I immigrated here now!), Ireland and being Indian Irish definitely contributes to the joy but Bhangra is a joyful Punjabi dance form from the north of India, associated with feasts and celebrations of harvest.

    The expansive, heart opening upper body movement as well as the gorgeously grounding lower body movements … am still beaming writing this.

    I hope you love listening to my interview with Aakriti as much as I loved talking to her. She is such a great teacher, modifying it for those of us who were struggling as well as a superstar there at the front who was managing the more advanced steps with seeming ease.

    So Much Fun.

    Do you dance?

    What style?

    What advice do you have for beginners?

    Let me know in the comments or by email.

    le grá (with love),

    Eve

    CHAPTERS

    (0:00) How dance connects us to emotion and something deeper

    (0:25) Introducing Aakriti and the joy of Bhangra

    (1:50) Movement as pleasure rather than something we have to do

    (4:04) Meeting Aakriti and finding connection through community

    (5:12) From engineering to meditation and Bhangra

    (9:31) Why dance evokes emotion and joy

    (11:46) Self-care practices shaped through challenge

    (16:06) Letting go of perfection and adapting your routine

    (18:39) The one essential practice: meditation

    (23:16) Interconnection, purpose and supporting others

    (27:01) Starting small with meditation and building consistency

    (32:35) You are already worthy just as you are

    (34:10) Closing reflection and invitation to care for yourself

    LINKS

    Aakriti Kaushik: https://www.instagram.com/bhangra_westport/

    https://solestosoul.ie/book
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    35 分
  • Cleaning Your Car with ADHD

    Cleaning Your Car with ADHD
    2026/04/21

    Episode 107 is a really unusual episode of the Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD because my guests for this one are Peadar and Danny, a couple of very young entrepreneurs from Atlantic Valets. Not technically self-care professionals and yet, when I met them recently, something they said made me realise they’d be delightful guests and they were.

    I love their energy, enthusiasm and desire to help their customers. If you’re in or near Achill, check out Atlantic Valets and wherever you’re based, I hope this episode reminds you that you deserve clean, organised and welcoming environments. It can especially challenging to create and maintain them with ADHD but supports do exists.

    What helps you keep your car clean (enough)?

    le grá (with love),

    Eve

    LINKS

    Atlantic Valets

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/61587721393866

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atlanticvaletsanddetailing

    Jayne Leonard on cooking as self care: Episode 28 of The Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    The book https://solestosoul.ie/book

    Book your free telephone consultation and access 100s of body-mind practices https://solestosoul.ie/free-downloads

    CHAPTERS

    (0:00) The gap between wanting to care for ourselves and finding it hard

    (0:30) Atlantic Valets’ Danny and Peadar and their approach to car valeting

    (4:21) Making car cleaning feel more doable for ADHDers, one step at a time

    (6:26) Finding a simple system to support focus and reduce overwhelm

    (8:13) The power of small details and taking pride in what we do

    (9:57) Everyday self-care and coming back to the present moment

    (15:41) Connecting with love through dogs, family and close relationships

    (17:34) Feeling held by community and giving back

    (20:08) Gentle advice to a younger version of ourselves

    (21:28) A moment to reflect and offer yourself care

    FULL TRANSCRIPT

    Many people listening, they will have AuDHD or ADHD and there’s the gulf between basic self-care in terms of what we would like to be doing for ourselves and what is more of a challenge. So I will ask you a little bit about that, like how might listeners make it easier for themselves to clean their own cars?

    Welcome to episode 107 of the Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD podcast. I thought they were so adorable when I met them at a local networking event.

    I wanted them to come on and help all my ADHDers to clean your car, know that you deserve a delicious car to drive around in.

    They are Danny and Peadar from Atlantic Valets and they are so new to business and they’re doing so much amazing work so quickly. I’ve been going for like over nearly 22 years now and they are so on message and just so joyful and delightful.

    I hope that they’ll inspire you to keep your environments clean, to outsource it where that’s an act of self-care for yourself. They’re based in Achill but wherever you are you might have similar and I really hope you enjoy this very unusual episode.

    Read the full transcript and access free downloads and more at https://solestosoul.ie/2026/04/21/cleaning-your-care-with-adhd-episode-107-of-the-soles-to-soul-care-for-trauma-and-audhd-with-eve-menezes-cunningham-podcast/
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    23 分
  • Working with the Divine Feminine

    Working with the Divine Feminine
    2026/04/14
    Have you ever wondered how we’ll ever have peace, freedom, justice, SAFETY and equality when half the population has been systematically erased from what most people in this society consider divine?Since hearing from much younger women that the Divine Feminine – such a healing force in my own trauma recovery and life these last 30+ years – has been co-opted to be used against women as “Divine femininity”, this episode shares some self-care, Self care and collective care ideas for people of ALL genders to experiment with.There are SO many Goddess archetypes, from around the world, that have helped me with my trauma recovery and for the graphics for this episode, I chose (to honour my Indian Irish roots):· Kali who reminds me of Divine Detox. Letting go. Diving deeper into life’s crashing waves instead of arguing with reality. Her tongue sticks out to represent her catching drops of blood and absorbing evil in order to transform and heal.· A photo I took at Uisneach of Eiru (for whom Eire, Ireland, was named).· The Greek Goddess archetypes were the first I came across and I adored Persephone’s transformation from traumatised into Queen of the Night and a guide for others. As I’ve learned more over the decades, her mother, Demeter, who fought for her freedom, represents our need to heal in connection. To coregulate.· and a Cosmic Egg with some hopeful looking sperm.With all that’s going on in the world, it’s always worth remembering that none of us choose or do anything to deserve who we happen to be born to, wear, what gender, etc etc etc.We’re all connected. And by connecting to the Divinity (as well as humanity!) in ourselves and others, we can hopefully find more compassion and give ourselves and others more grace.Le grá (with love),EveIf you’re a trauma survivor and AuDHDer like me, or you simply find self-care more of a “should” than a joy, this podcast is for you.I’m Eve Menezes Cunningham, a trauma therapist, AuDHD and self-care coach, senior accredited supervisor, columnist and author of 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-Care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing.Each Tuesday I share a mix of solo episodes and conversations with other self-care professionals. From other therapists, coaches, yoga teachers and authors to neuroscientists and medical professionals, many of them neurodivergent themselves and all honest enough to share the gap between their own ideal and their ACTUAL self-care.Find Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD with Eve Menezes Cunningham every Tuesday on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts.Learn to love and care for all your parts, from the soles of your feet to your soul.And for bonus content, polyvagal-informed journal prompts and more, sign up for my free newsletter, Míle Buíochas Mondays, plus 100s of free body mind practices, at solestosoul.ieLINKShttps://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/the-choice-of-sperm-is-entirely-up-to-the-egg-so-why-does-the-myth-of-racing-sperm-persistFree Downloads https://solestosoul.ie/free-downloadsPolyvagal Purrs https://solestosoul.ie/felineMeggan Watterson https://www.instagram.com/megganwatterson/Jean Shinoda Bolenhttps://www.jeanbolen.com/Sally Kemptonhttps://www.sallykempton.com/Moon Mnáhttps://moonmna.ie/Laura Dowlinghttps://lauradowlingofficial.com/Dr Karen Wardhttps://drkarenwardtherapist.ie/Clodgah O’Connorhttp://clodaghoconnor.com/Chapters0:00 Systemic oppression and the red thread0:42 Podcast introduction and rebrand1:44 Introducing the Divine Feminine2:56 How Divine Femininity has been hijacked4:53 Reclaiming balance and receptive energy5:42 Personal journey with the Divine Feminine7:33 Erasure of women in spiritual history8:25 The red thread and reconnecting inward9:42 Polyvagal theory and empowerment10:06 Feel. Love. Heal. framework overview10:36 Feel: exploring your relationship with the Divine Feminine13:00 Love: healing, acceptance and reclaiming power15:20 Heal: connection, circles and co-regulation16:33 Closing reflection and inner connectionFULL TRANSCRIPTTo recognise that it is systemic oppression, I got a little thread, a little red thread tattoo a few weeks ago after I had gum surgery and found out I couldn’t swim for an extra week or so, so it’s just my little reminder about that thread that connects us back thousands and thousands of years and that divine love is within all of us, all our genders, like whatever gender we are and that women, we just need to go inwardHi, you’re listening to Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD. Learn to love and care for all your parts, including your trauma and AuDHD, from the soles of your feet to your soul. So this was previously the Feel Better Every Day Podcast.I hope you’re enjoying exploring the rebranded site solestosoul.ie, accessing all the free resources at www.solestosoul.ie/free-downloads - finding out how you might work with me.I’m Eve Menezes-Cunningham, I’m your host, I’m ...
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    18 分
  • SuPURR! Cats Are Divine and So Are You

    SuPURR! Cats Are Divine and So Are You
    2026/04/07
    Today’s episode builds on Episode 48: Cattitude: Purr! Hiss! Freeze! and the Polyvagal Purrs approach I developed years ago to include MORE of the Divine. More of what inspires awe, love, hope and other transpersonal – beyond the person – qualities. Nature? (Cats are part of nature and so are you!) Great art? What helps you connect with suPURR (super ventral) energy?How can you do more of these things on purpose?If you’re a trauma survivor and AuDHDer like me, or you simply find self-care more of a ‘should’ than a joy, this podcast is for you.I’m Eve Menezes Cunningham, a trauma therapist, AuDHD and self-care coach, senior accredited supervisor, columnist and author of 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-Care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing.Each Tuesday I share a mix of solo episodes and conversations with other self-care professionals. From other therapists, coaches, yoga teachers and authors to neuroscientists and medical professionals, many of them neurodivergent themselves and all honest enough to share the gap between their own ideal and their ACTUAL self-care.Find Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD with Eve Menezes Cunningham every Tuesday on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts.Learn to love and care for all your parts, from the soles of your feet to your soul.And for bonus content, polyvagal-informed journal prompts and more, sign up for my free newsletter, Míle Buíochas Mondays, at solestosoul.ieLINKSDeb Danahttps://www.rhythmofregulation.com/Stephen Porgeshttps://www.stephenporges.com/365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing https://solestosoul.ie/bookCattitude: Purr! Hiss! Freeze! Episode 48 of Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD with Eve Menezes Cunningham watchCHAPTERS0:00 Not about spiritual bypassing1:07 Podcast introduction and rebrand1:28 Background with polyvagal theory2:18 Introducing a fourth state2:59 Purr! ventral vagal safety and connection3:25 Hiss! sympathetic survival stress response3:58 Freeze! dorsal vagal shutdown4:26 Naming and understanding nervous system states5:22 Introducing suPURR (super ventral)6:01 Feel: self-care practices to access suPURR8:07 Love: connecting with your inner self9:43 Heal: collective care and co-regulation10:53 Awe, DHEA and reducing stress11:39 Focusing on hope and positive stories12:29 Closing and reflection promptHASTHAGS#polyvagalpurrs#newpodcastepisode#traumainformed#yourepartofthedivine#evemenezescunninghamFULL TRANSCRIPTIt’s not about spiritual bypassing, very much not. If you take the example of yoga, if you have a yoga practice or any kind of psycho-spiritual practice, I’m always struck, because I’m a yoga therapist as well, watching people when I’m teaching, doing it myself. I know that I can be going through an emotional rollercoaster and look very serene.I also know that feeling all the feelings, allowing what’s coming up for to come up is so, so powerful. This is not about pretending super, awe, pride, joy, all the things, love. It’s about really connecting with all your parts and knowing that there’s so much more to you than all of the angst, everything you’ve survived, everything you’re worried about, challenges you might be facing, being able to connect with that more than, but also recognising the reality, recognising what is.You’re listening to Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD with Eve Menezes Cunningham. It used to be the Feel Better Every Day Podcast and I’m still getting used to the rebrand after so long. Here’s little Meadbh and it feels appropriate for today’s episode where I’m introducing a fourth state.I’ve been working with Polyvagal Theory since I learned about it in 2011. From 2013, when I adopted Rainbow Magnificat, I started using her to help me with my own inner critic, with my own healing of my nervous system and trauma recovery. Then as the other cats came into the picture, I learned more and more, did more and more training, got more and more experience, saw just how effective all these ways of working are with clients.I’ve been presenting on it. I’ve written about it in journals. I love being paid to find pictures of the rescue cats to illustrate quite a heavy theory.It really does help people understand it better. More recently, I’ve added a fourth. Deb Dana, who made polyvagal theory so much more accessible, it’s Stephen Porges’ baby and she made it more accessible to clinicians.She does phenomenal work. She talks about super ventral. For ventral vagal, I call it Purr! because in an ideal world, we have that feeling of safety and connection.We’re like a cat at ease, able to purr, enjoy life. We’re curious. We’re happy.It’s safe to connect. Life feels good. It’s all purry.That doesn’t mean cats aren’t able to change their state, just as we do. We’re not in ventral vagal or what I call Purr! the whole time, but the more we can have that curiosity, that compassion, whatever’s ...
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    14 分
  • Shake, Cry and Let Go with Emily Rosenkranz

    Shake, Cry and Let Go with Emily Rosenkranz
    2026/03/31

    ACCESS 100s OF FREE BODY-MIND PRACTICES, POLYVAGAL-INFORMED JOURNAL PROMPTS AND SO MUCH MORE AT HTTPS://SOLESTOSOUL.IE

    What does self-care look like when you’re 25, newly independent, and realising that taking care of yourself is up to you? In this week’s episode, I’m joined by one of my favourite yoga teachers and youth worker, the delightful Emily Rosenkranz.

    As with all my guests, we get into the ideal and ACTUAL daily self-care, Self care and collective care.

    Since recording this episode, I (twice her age) was inspired to keep MY phone outside the bedroom. Having got over my concern that a serial killer would break in (and my partner suggesting I ask to borrow theirs), I remembered the decades I walked the earth before phones were a thing (in my life at least).

    My first Phone Free Night, I spent half an hour standing in the hallway scrolling before making it to the bedroom BUT it’s worth it.

    Other topics include the simple morning journaling practice it took three years to actually start, shaking for trauma healing, the magic of collective healing through women’s circles, co-regulation, and what it feels like to cry in a room full of people without anyone needing to fix a thing.

    Do you sleep with your phone in the bedroom? Let us know in the comments or email eve@solestosoul.ie

    le grá (with love),

    Eve

    CHAPTERS

    0:00 In an ideal world my days would revolve around self-care and self-love

    0:14 Podcast introduction and Eve’s background

    4:26 Introducing Emily Rosenkranz

    5:08 Emily’s work in yoga and youth work

    6:13 The Feel. Love. Heal. framework explained

    8:03 Ideal self-care and building supportive daily routines

    10:03 Keeping the phone out of the bedroom for better wellbeing

    17:04 Self-love, yoga practice and connecting with the body

    18:39 Shaking, crying and releasing the stress cycle

    22:09 Breathwork and pranayama for nervous system regulation

    24:30 Community, co-regulation and women’s circles

    28:15 Advice to a younger self about healing and change

    30:44 Reflection and closing thoughts

    LINKS

    https://www.instagram.com/emilyrosenkranz/

    https://moonmna.ie/

    Dr Karen Ward on energy work and Sacred Ireland

    https://solestosoul.ie/book

    #stresscycle

    #emilyrosenkranz

    #traumainformedyoga

    #neurodivergence

    #evemenezescunningham
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    32 分
  • My ADHD Medication Journey (Part 2)My ADHD Medication Journey (Part 2)

    My ADHD Medication Journey (Part 2)My ADHD Medication Journey (Part 2)
    2026/03/24
    Are you curious about how ADHD medication might work for you? Maybe you’ve already tried it? Or you’re happy with your prescription and it’s changed your life for the better? I’d love to hear from you.My journey with ADHD medication (and ADHD and AuDHD) is still very much unfolding but here’s Part 2 of my evolving journey and some of the ways in which I’ve been using self-care practices as medication on days I can’t take it.Both AND.If you can take it daily, brilliant. If you’re not taking it at all, brilliant. We’re all different and this is purely my experience now (likely different to if I’d tried it decades ago).I hope you’ll find it helpful and connect with (if you haven’t already) others to learn from their experiences too.le grá (with love),EveCHAPTERS0:00 Considering ADHD medication and sharing personal experience0:30 Podcast introduction and Eve’s background4:47 Why it was time for an ADHD medication update5:28 Starting medication and adjusting the dosage6:05 Side effects and why I don’t take it every day7:20 What medication changed about my daily life8:59 Using the Feel. Love. Heal. framework9:11 Movement, exercise and regulating ADHD symptoms12:45 Accepting medication and letting go of shame14:01 Community, neurodivergence and shared experiences15:37 Reflecting on whether medication is right for you17:01 Reflection and closing thoughtsLINKSWill ADHD Medication Work for Me?https://solestosoul.ie/2025/07/29/will-adhd-medication-work-for-me-episode-69-of-the-feel-better-every-day-podcast/HASHTAGS#adhdmedication#adhdsupport#selfcareforadhdFULL TRANSCRIPTAre you curious about whether ADHD medication might work for you? I’m not a pharmacist, I’m not a psychiatrist, but I shared my initial eight days diary of medication last year (Episode 69: Will ADHD Medication Work for Me?), and there’ll be a link to that episode in the show notes, and that was the very early days, and I realised that it was probably due an update.If you’re a trauma survivor and AuDHDer like me, or you simply find self-care more of a “should” than a joy, this podcast is for you.I’m Eve Menezes Cunningham, a trauma therapist, AuDHD and self-care coach, senior accredited supervisor, columnist and author of 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-Care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing.Each Tuesday I share a mix of solo episodes and conversations with other self-care professionals. From other therapists, coaches, yoga teachers and authors to neuroscientists and medical professionals, many of them neurodivergent themselves and all honest enough to share the gap between their own ideal and their ACTUAL self-care.Find Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD with Eve Menezes Cunningham every Tuesday on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts.Learn to love and care for all your parts, from the soles of your feet to your soul.And for bonus content, polyvagal-informed journal prompts and more, sign up for my free newsletter, Míle Buíochas Mondays, at solestosoul.ieAre you curious about whether ADHD medication might work for you?I’m not a pharmacist, I’m not a psychiatrist, but I shared my initial eight days diary of medication last year, and there’ll be a link to that episode in the show notes, and that was the very early days, and I realised that it was probably due an update, because I’m recording this in February 2026, so it’s been a good while, and my relationship to medication has changed.I was put on Tyvense, it’s a stimulant medication, aka Vyvanse, and initially I felt like I was cheating at life, it felt amazing, and it was, it still is, but especially at that time, there was an enormous amount of stress behind the scenes that I had no control over, so I wasn’t put up to the full dose, because I didn’t want to go up.And I actually then, with side effects, went back down to a lower dose, so my current dose is 30mg, and I don’t take it every day, because as much as I love it, it doesn’t agree with me, so it agrees with me in the ways in which it really helps, but it doesn’t agree in terms of, I’ve developed skin conditions, it impacted my digestion, and I had worse hot flushes than I’d had when I was perimenopausal and so there were other things as well, a lot of dry mouth, but I think it was really the skin conditions that really scared me a bit and I was lucky I didn’t have heart issues around it, because that had been a delay initially with beginning it, because an abnormality had shown up, but I was told that was fine after having additional tests.And my journey is going to be different to yours or anyone else’s, but my hope is that by me sharing some of what has helped me and what continues to help me, it will give you ideas, and also the more we all share, the more we learn from each other, it’s really reassuring to hear other people’s experiences.And I miss it, like I now take it once or twice a week and I arrange my workload around ...
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    18 分
  • Navigating Dental Treatment with Sensory Differences

    Navigating Dental Treatment with Sensory Differences
    2026/03/17

    This week, for the Spring Equinox and World Oral Health Day, I’m sharing some self-care ideas for supporting yourself through dental treatment with sensory differences.

    I’d been feeling quite proud of myself for handling the gum surgery and all it brought up (flashbacks etc) but then, boom, dental claim rejected.

    So this whole episode about advocating for yourself, with sensory differences and other AuDHD traits and symptoms, while helpful, didn’t help me with the finances of it all as I’d thought I had been advocating for myself and don’t know enough about dentist language to be able to discern in the same way that the insurance people do. I’d never had to deal with it before. So while I’m improving with the self-compassion but am feeling pretty frustrated that am €500 short and need to pay out loads more in two weeks!

    And that’s life!

    Progress not perfection!

    Healing being far from linear!

    And, with my ongoing aim to not argue with reality and ask how any problem is actually trying to help me, I guess I needed the gum surgery and couldn’t have made it happen had I known it wouldn’t have been covered.

    What I really notice is that even with my lack of dental and periodontal jargon knowhow, my attitude towards myself is kinder. For most of my 50 years, I’d have been, “I should have somehow KNOWN” whereas now I’m like, you know what? I’m not a dentist. I have no idea what any of the labels mean and that’s on them for being misleading and not at least having a glossary with lay terms.

    How about YOU?

    As you watched or listened and scanned all your parts (including your teeth!) from the soles of your feet to your soul, what needs YOUR attention?

    Are you fobbing yourself off in any way?

    Look after yourself and let me know what helps you do the far less pampery and indulgent but very important types of self-care in terms of looking after your teeth, your finances and this one and only body you have for your entire life…

    Le grá (with love),

    Eve

    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Finding support and community around sensory differences

    0:43 Podcast introduction and Eve’s background

    5:09 World Oral Health Day and anxiety about dental care

    6:03 Neurodivergence, shame and struggles with dental hygiene

    8:49 Advocating for sensory needs during dental treatment

    11:42 Healing after surgery and the impact of long-term infection

    15:04 Using the Feel. Love. Heal. framework for medical anxiety

    17:52 Self-compassion and asking for support during treatment

    23:10 Collective care and involving others in your healing

    25:06 Encouragement to seek treatment and share experiences

    27:18 Reflection and closing thoughts

    LINKS

    World Oral Health Day -

    https://www.worldoralhealthday.org/

    Book bonus videos - https://solestosoul.ie/book/yoga-videos/

    Metta meditation - https://solestosoul.ie/2019/10/02/self-care-metta-meditation-for-when-the-news-is-especially-challenging/

    #worldoralhealthday

    #audhd

    #trauma

    #dentist

    #solestosoulcarefortraumaandaudhd

    #evemenezescunningham
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    28 分