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Girl, Choose Yourself!
Girl, Choose Yourself!
Hosted by Eimear Zone, author of The Little Book of Good Enough and the newly released Choose Yourself, Girl, Choose Yourself! is the podcast for women ready to reclaim their power, break free from the expectations that have held them back, and live life on their own terms. Each week, Eimear shares heartfelt conversations and gritty truths that challenge the stories we've been told by society, our families, and even ourselves. This podcast is all about reconnecting with the truth of who you truly are, embracing your powerful magnificence, and boldly creating a life that reflects your dreams, not your fears. If you're ready to choose yourself, show up fully, and live unapologetically, hit play and join the movement.
Episodes
60 episodes
Anxious, Exhausted, Always People Pleasing? The One Root Cause.
We spend our lives building elaborate systems to avoid feeling certain things. And we don't even realise we're doing it. We call it being organised, being responsible, being careful. We call it managing. But underneath all that managing is some...
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From Cloudy to Clarity: One Woman's Journey to an Alcohol-Free Life
Maybe it's the Tuesday night drink that became two. Maybe it's the glass you pour before you've even thought about it. Maybe it's the question you push away before it fully forms - Is this still serving me?Nia Thomas used to be ...
Be With What Is: What a Breast Biopsy Taught Me About Peace, Presence and Letting Go
This is a personal one.Earlier this week, I went in for a targeted ultrasound and left with a breast biopsy scheduled for the following morning. It was my third. And what happened in the hours between that appointment and the result, par...
Enough Already: From Self-Rejection to Self-Acceptance
What if the voice in your head telling you that you're not enough isn't actually yours?Most of us have been in self-rejection mode for so long that we don't recognise it as a choice. It feels familiar. It feels like reality. It's t...
Choosing to Be the Change: Amy Watson, Founder of Hassl on Tackling Harassment at Its Root
Over 70% of women in the UK report experiencing sexual harassment in public spaces. Globally, it's higher than that. And yet the message to women remains the same — be careful, stay safe, it's your responsibility.Today's guest is done wi...
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What Do You Want? Reclaiming Desire After Years of Putting Everyone Else First
If someone asked you right now what you want — truly want, for yourself, not for anyone else — could you answer? For so many women in midlife, that question lands like a small panic. Not because life is bad. But because somewhere in the years o...
She Quit at 47, Chose Herself, and Built a Life She Loves
What does it look like to walk away from a nearly decade-long career — no backup plan, no degree, just a gut feeling that something had to change? For Sarah Magnoni, it looked like burnout, a text sent on a Saturday morning, six months of nappi...
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The Cost of Being Easy to Be Around: The People-Pleasing Pattern Nobody Talks About
Are you the one who volunteers first? Who over-delivers without being asked? Who smooths the awkward silences, anticipates what everyone needs, and makes herself indispensable — in friendships, at work, in her family?Most of us were neve...
All We Want Is Everything: Soraya Chemaly on Male Supremacy, Power & Decentering Men
What happens when we finally name the system?In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by award-winning journalist, activist, and author Soraya Chemaly, whose latest book All We Want Is Everything: How We Dismantle Male Sup...
What Is Mindfulness? A Simple Introduction + Guided Meditation
We live in a world where stress, anxiety, and burnout have become normal. According to the World Health Organization, workplace burnout alone was officially recognized as a legitimate occupational phenomenon — and it continues to rise year afte...
The Comparison Trap: What Social Media Is Really Costing You (And One Protocol That Actually Works)
Scrolling through social media and feeling that familiar sinking feeling? That's not accidental—it's engineered. But the real cost of comparison goes way beyond just feeling bad for a few minutes. In this solo episode, Eimear reveals three hidd...
Women Building the World Women Need With Vanessa Karel, Founder of Greether
What happens when a woman experiences a problem firsthand — and decides not to tolerate it?In this powerful conversation, Eimear is joined by Vanessa Karel, founder of Greether, an award-winning, global travel platform buil...
The Light Returns: Brigid, Imbolc & the Season of Becoming
January asks us to reinvent ourselves overnight.But our bodies, and the natural world, tell a different story.In this episode, Eimear invites you into the quieter turning point that arrives in early February, when the light begins to...
The Defaults We Never Question (and How They Shape Women’s Confidence)
Confidence doesn’t disappear by accident.It’s shaped, slowly, quietly, by what we grow up surrounded by and taught to accept as “normal.”The voices we’re used to hearing in charge.The roles women are expected to play without c...
Procrastination: How to Stop Putting Off What You Want Most
If you’ve been circling the thing you really want — the book, the business, the bold new chapter — but you keep putting it off, this episode is for you.In today’s episode, I break down what behavioral science actually says about...
Nothing Is Wrong With You: Living Well in a World That Wasn’t Built for You
Many women move through life with a quiet, persistent thought in the background: something is wrong with me.Not loudly.Not dramatically.Just enough to keep self-acceptance slightly out of reach.In this episode, Ei...
A Case of Mistaken Identity: Unlocking Your True Self
As a new year begins, many women rush to set goals, habits, and resolutions — and yet so little actually changes.Why?Because most change doesn’t fail at the level of effort. It fails at the level of identity.In thi...
The Dark Night Before the Breakthrough: Letting Go of the Self You’ve Outgrown
There comes a moment in every woman’s life when the identity she has carried for years simply no longer fits. The patterns, roles, and ways of being that once kept her safe begin to fall away, creating a period of deep inner uncertainty. Becaus...
The Courage to Be Disliked — The Permission Slip You’ve Been Avoiding
In this episode, Eimear explores what it truly means to choose yourself, even when that choice disappoints people. Drawing on the ideas from "The Courage to Be Disliked," she breaks down approval addiction, boundaries, life lies, and the deeper...
Aligned, Not Overwhelmed: A New Way to Approach Your Goals
Feeling scattered as the year ends? This episode gives you a calmer, clearer way to approach goals — without pressure or perfectionism.We explore the simple shift that helps you move from overwhelmed to aligned: getting cle...
The Dark Side of Grit and Why Quitting Might Be the Real Power Move
We’ve all been told to “never give up” — but what if that mindset has a dark side? This episode breaks down new psychological research, highlighted in New Scientist, showing that relentless grit and pushing through at all co...
PJ Nation: Women Choosing Comfort & Honoring Rest
A simple TikTok question about pajamas turned into 25,000+ views in less than 24 hours and hundreds of comments — and revealed something big: women everywhere are choosing comfort first. Not as giving up, but as tuning in. This week, Eimear exp...
Holiday Boundaries That Actually Work (Even with Difficult Family)
The holidays are magical… and also emotionally complicated. You can do all the therapy, coaching, and mindfulness — but the moment you walk back into family dynamics, old patterns resurface fast.In this episode, I’m sharing ...
From Embarrassment to Expansion: Crossing the Cringe Hurdle
This week we look at embarrassment—how it quietly shapes our choices, limits our visibility, and holds so many midlife women back from doing what they truly want.We explore why embarrassment feels so threatening, how it gets hardwired ea...
Beyond Coping: A Pathway to Cultivating Inner Resilience
So many of us are coping — getting through the day, holding it together, ticking boxes, but feeling quietly stretched to the limit or just empty.The world keeps telling us to “be resilient,” which often translates to “keep pushing no matter...