In this powerful and deeply honest episode of the WORD Podcast, the hosts sit down with the incredible Jen Healy — spiritual mentor, manifestation coach, and former “Yin Yang Yoga Jen.”
Jen opens up about her transformative healing journey, from early trauma and addiction recovery to becoming a guide who helps others manifest purpose, abundance, and emotional freedom.
This episode is raw, real, emotional, and inspirational — a must-listen for anyone on a healing or spiritual journey.

🕒 Timecodes / Chapters
00:00 – 00:01 — Opening Banter
The hosts kick off with jokes, chaos, and welcoming listeners back after a week off.
00:01 – 00:03 — Introducing Guest Jen Healy
Who she is, how she arrived, and the story behind her former brand “Yin Yang Yoga Jen.”
00:03 – 00:05 — Reinventing Identity & Moving Beyond Labels
Why Jen dropped the yoga-only identity and stepped into coaching, energy work, and personal development.
00:05 – 00:07 — What Reiki Really Is
Energy transfer, levels of attunement, and what makes someone a Reiki master.
00:07 – 00:09 — Jen’s First Experiences with Healing
Receiving Reiki during incredibly dark years, trauma, emotional release, and the first feeling of safety.
00:09 – 00:12 — Addiction, Anxiety & Entering Cocaine Anonymous
How addiction showed up, blackout drinking, and discovering spiritual awakening through CA.
00:12 – 00:15 — Empaths, Intuition & Frequency
Understanding empath energy, audience energy, and intuition awakening.
00:15 – 00:18 — Manifestation Explained Simply
Bob Proctor, visualisation, the mind as energy, and why imagination is the key.
00:18 – 00:21 — When Your Brain Blocks Your Manifestation
Why people can’t attract what they want and the tool Jen uses to break the pattern.
00:21 – 00:24 — The Universe, Parallel Selves & Higher Consciousness
How Jen personally defines “the universe” and how it links to identity and purpose.
00:24 – 00:27 — The Science of Energy & Mushrooms
DMT, consciousness, elements of the universe, and healing through psychedelics and microdosing.
00:27 – 00:31 — Microdosing, Mental Health & Rewiring the Brain
A raw discussion about mushrooms, emotional numbness, and reconnecting to joy.
00:31 – 00:34 — Lifelong Healing & Ancestral Work
Why healing never fully ends and what changes after the personal layer is cleared.
00:34 – 00:41 — The Big Question: Are You Always “An Addict”?
A powerful conversation on the identity of addiction and whether you can ever truly outgrow it.
00:41 – 00:45 — Trauma, Generational Wounds & Learning to Feel Love
Jen’s emotional breakthrough where she felt maternal love for the first time.
00:45 – 00:50 — Shadow Work: The Part Nobody Talks About
What shadow work is, why it's essential, and how it changes identity and behaviour.
00:50 – 00:55 — Abuse in Healing Spaces
A vulnerable reveal: predatory behaviour she experienced from a therapist during early recovery.
00:55 – end — Closing Thoughts

Join Joe and Sherin Hughes as they welcome the one and only Mary Byrne - the Tesco worker who became an X Factor sensation and captured the hearts of Ireland!

In this powerful episode, hosts Joe and Sherin Hughes sit down with Úna Ennis, founder of Archie's Army and mother to 8-year-old Archie, who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy just ten months ago.

About Archie's Army:
Archie's Army has raised €1.2 million towards the €3.5 million needed for gene therapy treatment in America. But the fight continues - not just for Archie, but for 110 boys in Ireland who need Translarna approved and available through the HSE.

GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/4s5t9y-please-help-our-boy

Sponsored by: Active Lams (10/10 party tray review!)

This is a story of hope, community, and a mother's unwavering determination to save her son's life. 💚

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In this episode, Sherin and Joe sit down with Jason Byrne — founder of Rise Above It and Ballymun Running Club — to talk about his powerful journey through addiction, recovery, and how he’s now helping others through fitness, mindset, and community work.

Jason opens up about his 16-year struggle with addiction, the moment that changed everything, and how he’s now inspiring people across Ireland to “rise above it” — literally and figuratively. There are plenty of laughs too, from stories of wild nights to jokes that close the episode with a smile.

Welcome to Episode 11 of The Joe Irish Podcast with Sherin Hughes.
In this episode, Sherin chats with Kiera Dignam, the talented singer and daughter of the late Christy Dignam, frontman of Aslan.

Kiera opens up about her life growing up in Finglas, her journey as a musician, becoming a mother at 17, balancing family and career. She also speaks candidly about her father’s illness, his passing, and how she continues to honour his legacy through her own music.

This episode is full of laughter, emotion, and raw honesty - a heartfelt conversation about life, family, and finding your voice.

#JoeIrishPodcast #KieraDignam #ChristyDignam #Aslan #IrishPodcast #IrishMusic #DublinPodcast #MusicPodcast #Ireland #FemaleArtists

🎙️ The JoeIrish Podcast with Sherin Hughes – Episode 10: Coach Ken
Welcome to a powerful and unfiltered episode featuring Coach Ken from the Cherry Orchard Running Club. From childhood in Bluebell to addiction, crime, and redemption, Ken shares his journey with brutal honesty, humour, and heart. This one’s a story of survival, community, and transformation.

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💬 Let us know in the comments what part of Ken’s story hit you hardest.

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In this episode, Joe Irish and Sherin Hughes welcome Shauna “Mama B” Bannon - the Dublin-born strawweight contender in the UFC - for an honest, behind-the-scenes conversation about life inside and outside the cage.