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Grow Yourself Up

Grow Yourself Up

By: Catherine Counihan
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Grow Yourself Up is a podcast to support all of us in our adult lives.


Many of us did not get our needs adequately met in childhood. The devastating legacy of childhood trauma, wounding and traumatic stress lives on in our brains, our bodies, our nervous systems and our behaviour/reactions. Which in turn impacts the way we turn up to our lives in many ways.


We are going to unpack all of this on Grow Yourself Up. This podcast will be a companion as you travel on your own road of healing and recovery.


You will learn you are not alone.


Someone has been where you are.


There is hope.


We will break down shame together and learn to cultivate self compassion.


There is always the possibility for change.


And regardless of what has happened in our past, as adults we have to take responsibility for our own lives. We have to tend to our pain, our sadness and our dysfunction so that we can live a life we love and shift toxic patterns for our children.


If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it. To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to www.cathcounihan.com or @cathcounihan on Instagram.


Follow Cath on social media here:

Instagram: @cathcounihan

Substack: Nurture.Heal.Grow

Facebook: Cath Counihan


The podcast is produced each week by the wonderful Audio Café.


Thanks for listening. Cath.


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Catherine Counihan Hygiene & Healthy Living Parenting & Families Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships
Episodes
  • Ep 154: Fantasy, Family Nervous Systems, Stress Responses and Success

    Ep 154: Fantasy, Family Nervous Systems, Stress Responses and Success
    Dec 16 2025

    In this episode Cath talks about how many of us go into peak fantasy at this time of year and set ourselves up to have a tricky time. She talks about getting clear about what your fantasy is and to notice that and stop comparing to it.


    Cath talks about planning ahead to set your family up for success in the holiday time and what that might look like. She also talks about stress responses, recognising these and how you might support the various stress responses.


    We will be back on Tuesday 6th Jan 2026.


    The workshop mentioned in the podcast both last week and this week, can be found here: www.cathcounihan.com/triggers-workshop


    If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it.


    To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to www.cathcounihan.com or @cathcounihan on Instagram.


    Follow Cath on social media here:

    Instagram: @cathcounihan

    Substack: Nurture.Heal.Grow

    Facebook: Cath Counihan

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    36 mins
  • Ep153: Rage, Shame, Terror and Making Space for your Inner Baby

    Ep153: Rage, Shame, Terror and Making Space for your Inner Baby
    Dec 9 2025

    In this episode Cath reflects on how rage may be one of the most common experiences in motherhood (particularly if we have had childhood trauma). She speaks about getting to know our own rage, the shame we might feel and how that might derail us and trying to understand what our rage might be protecting us from. She uses one of the books she talked about last week to springboard into this conversation and highlights psychological patterns by telling a couple of anecdotes.


    If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it.


    To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to www.cathcounihan.com or @cathcounihan on Instagram.


    Follow Cath on social media here:

    Instagram: @cathcounihan

    Substack: Nurture.Heal.Grow

    Facebook: Cath Counihan

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    34 mins
  • Ep 152: Bibliotherapy: Books for a Healing Journey

    Ep 152: Bibliotherapy: Books for a Healing Journey
    Dec 2 2025

    Therapy is necessary for many of us as we heal from childhood trauma and therapy is typically 1 hour a week. That leaves 167 other hours where we may be depressed, anxious, spinning out, criticising ourselves, living in fear or stressed about our own emotions. In this episode Cath shares some of the books that have helped her move from living in fear, books that have helped dealing with grief, despair, relationship patterns and books that have helped with compassion, understanding addiction and more. This episode contains personal stories from Cath to illustrate these points.


    Cath also talks about mirroring and containment and how many of us have to learn to do this for ourselves when we have not had this sufficiently done in childhood. Let us know if you would like more episodes like this.


    If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it.


    To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to www.cathcounihan.com or @cathcounihan on Instagram.


    Follow Cath on social media here:

    Instagram: @cathcounihan

    Substack: Nurture.Heal.Grow

    Facebook: Cath Counihan


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    37 mins
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I was going through a period of multiple stressors in life, while managing my emotional regulation and my 2 year old’s big feelings to the changes. I found myself feeling more and more depressed and depleted, lost and unsure how to get out of the rut. Along with some extra loving support, I discovered this podcast and it seems too simple, but I genuinely felt validated, understood and held, listening to some amazing insightful and passionate women speak upon their wisdom, strategies and raw humanness. It’s a beautiful podcast and I’m so grateful for the psychotherapeutic threads throughout the diverse knowledge and real experiences.

So so beneficial for the regular woman and mother

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My goodness, this has been the best podcast for me! I’m so thankful to Cath Counihan for being open, vulnerable, resourceful and kind to create something like this, where we can be ourselves, we can be authentic, honest and supportive of each other in motherhood. I can not express enough my joy and gratitude for the existence of this podcast. I’m nourished and validated hearing authentic stories of parents just like me, hope this podcast helps and supports many others! Thank you Cath, Anastasia

Nourish yourself!

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I highly recommend this podcast! I appreciate the insights that Cath shares, as well as the experiences from her own life and family. Great podcast for anyone who is interested growing in maturity, growing in their relationships, and understanding how their own family of origin and upbringing can influence how they manage relationships in the present

Fantastic and Insightful Podcast!

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