My guest on the show this week is Catherine Hale is a nervous system coach and founder of Culture of Care Training, helping changemakers, coaches, and leaders unlock their potential through trauma-informed facilitation.

With over a decade of experience, she guides people into deeper authenticity and resilience, weaving personal healing with collective cultural repair.

In this episode we dive deep into:

• The transformative power of nervous system regulation for emotional healing.
• The pervasive impact of shame on self-perception and relationships.
• The importance of doing personal work outside of relationships to access emotions.
• The role of collective healing in dismantling oppressive social systems.

More info on Catherine:

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

Website: https://catherinehale.co.uk/

Field Facilitator Training Online: https://www.the-field.com/online

Niall:

Framework of Wholeness: https://youtu.be/RMcHWViy_FU

Shame is one of the most powerful emotions we carry. It keeps us small, disconnected, and afraid to show up as who we truly are.

In this episode, I reveal the 4 levels of shame:

Cultural – The legacy of being Irish and colonized.

Religious & Childhood – Wounds from the church and school.

Masculine – The fear of stepping up as a man.

Inherited – The ancestral weight passed down through generations.

Shame is an aspect of a greater framework that I teach. If you would like to know more click the link below

A Contemporary Framework for Wholeness

We hear this question being echoed in society, a calling forth of a different type of man. But often we do not look at the greater cultural shifts that have left men confused about how what it actually means to be a man, we have lost the traditional roles and now there is a new man needing to emerge.

In this podcast I dive into what is shifting in culture and that a different type of man needs to emerge now. We are being called by women and society to level up as men.

I cover:

- This difficulty and confusion we are faced with as men in todays society

- How many of us have abandoned our masculinity because of the backlash against men

- How men give up their own power to feel safe and acceptable

- How the rising and healing of women is calling us into being greater men

There is a new era of man emerging, who is not only deep within himself but he has worked through his wounds around the feminine and women. This man lives beyond the narratives of culture and lives by his own rules.

There are a few men who have done some work and realise there is more to go. If this is you setup a chat here to see how my method of working with men is changing peoples lives and relationships. Book here

Many men have the experience ‘I feel like im living in my head.’ Yes we are functional and getting by but there is an underlying restlessness or stuckness. Getting into the body and facing the reasons we have become disembodied supports us to become grounded and open men feeling connected to life.

In this podcast I go into:

• Why ‘the longest journey a man can take is to his heart,’ is only half the story.
• How trauma and childhood sets us up for living in our heads
• 3 levels of consciousness, head, heart, Hara
• Steps to becoming more embodied.

Grounding and co-regulation practice here

Interested in doing this work 1:1? Book a call

We have been lead to believe that as an individual we can gain personal power but it is becoming clear that we as men are intimately linked to much greater forces from our past and society that directly impact our sense of personal power.

In this podacst i go into the reasons why even though men have done so much personal work they are still feeling disempowered, stuck and like they cannot move forward in life. I look at the 4 main reasons around my personal journe yof empowerment you may not be aware of:

• The influence of religion on mens empowerment
• Non-seperation from mother
• Colonial trauma
• Financial/energetic authority

Ready to do this work?

If you are ready to face all of you including your ancestral and familial traumas to emerge whole able to build the life you want contact me and we can have a short conversation if i can help you here

This is beautiful conversation with my good friend and elder Robin Botley. He has been involved in Mens work for over 25 years. A member of both Mankind Project and one of the founding Members of A Band of Brothers. His wisdom is both rich a deeply touching as he shares the journey of his life.

In this podcast we cover:

- How Wounds are a pathway of learning about who we are

- The impact of not having elders in the world

- How having a Mission & Vision is essential for men

- Asking the deepest question - 'Who am I?'

If you are a man and are ready to do this work recognise the need for a guide on this journey I run 3 & 6 month programmes leading men from Boyhood stepping into their full Manhood. Book a free call here to see how I can support you.

As men we cannot step into full maturity until we develop deep relationship with our inner child. He must feel safe and protected for us to be able to step into full maturity, otherwise we will experience reactivity, shutdown and real difficulty in romantic relationships.

In this solo podcast I discuss:

• 3 ways you can help regulate this inner child
• How tending to the inner child becomes the foundation of building a lives that we want
• How its not only important to love our inner child but also that he feels safe.

Want to step more into your maturity as a man?

1:1 Mentoring - If you are ready to bring this inner child home and integrated into you my 1:1 work builds deep safety and relationship with the inner child so that you can start building a life instead of struggling and shutdown. Book a free discovery call here.

Fir Mná weekend Immersion. Men & Womens work in Wicklow in June Full details here

The battle of the sexes is such a big issue in culture. Women not feeling safe or protected in society and men feeling unsure of how to step up for fear of being judged or critiscised. This is not a new story but it is a story being talked about more and what we can do about it. In this podcast Michaela and I dive headlong into this subject.

We Cover:

- What are the origin stories of this divide between men & women?

- What are the hurts, fears and projections men and women have about eachother?

- What do men & women actually want in relationship?

- How we can become allies and start to do this healing together.

Unity | A FREE workshop for men & women | Wed 30th April 7-9pm - Rebuilding trust and deep connection between men & women. Register here

Fir Mná Weekend Immersion | 26th-29th June | Wicklow - Full details and booking for this Immersion here

Michaela - If you are interested in connecting more with Michaela you can check out her work here