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Wise Yourself Up

Carla McGreevy

62 episodes

1 month ago

JOIN THE 21-DAY BREATHWORK CHALLENGE STARTING ON MONDAY! Whether you never express the emotion of anger or you are angry all the time, this is a powerful emotion that is sending you a signal as to what your needs are. This is the final episode of this season. Carla is chatting about the very misunderstood power of anger and explains how breathwork helps us process it instead of suppressing it. She uses real examples from clients to look at the different ways people respond to anger and ...

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JOIN THE 21-DAY BREATHWORK CHALLENGE STARTING ON MONDAY! Whether you never express the emotion of anger or you are angry all the time, this is a powerful emotion that is sending you a signal as to what your needs are. This is the final episode of this season. Carla is chatting about the very misunderstood power of anger and explains how breathwork helps us process it instead of suppressing it. She uses real examples from clients to look at the different ways people respond to anger and ...

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Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/62)

Wise Yourself Up

Ep. 61- Healing Your Relationship with Anger

JOIN THE 21-DAY BREATHWORK CHALLENGE STARTING ON MONDAY! Whether you never express the emotion of anger or you are angry all the time, this is a powerful emotion that is sending you a signal as to what your needs are. This is the final episode of this season. Carla is chatting about the very misunderstood power of anger and explains how breathwork helps us process it instead of suppressing it. She uses real examples from clients to look at the different ways people respond to anger and ...

4 months ago

39 minutes

Wise Yourself Up

Ep. 60-Why We Struggle to Feel Our Emotions and How Breathwork Can Help

JOIN THE OCEAN HEALING COMMUNITY AT FOUNDER PRICING Carla is back with part 2, speaking about all things emotions. If you’ve ever wondered why sitting with emotions like sadness, anger, or grief feels so uncomfortable, Carla is going to explain it all in today’s episode and share how slowing down and breathwork can transform the way we heal. Carla shares what she’s learning through her Compassionate Inquiry training with Gabor Maté, alongside her own work in somatics and therapy. She ...

4 months ago

34 minutes

Wise Yourself Up

Ep. 59- Stop Thinking and Doing & Start Feeling and Being

SIGN UP TO THE WAITLIST FOR CARLA’S NEW OCEAN HEALING COMMUNITY This week, Carla’s talking emotions- why they’re at the root of everything, how most of us either avoid them or get overwhelmed by them, and what can actually help. She shares what she’s learned from her Compassionate Inquiry training with Gabor Maté, plus years of breathwork and body-based work. There’s chat about how childhood shapes us, why we keep falling into the same patterns, and how slowing down to breathe (literally thre...

5 months ago

38 minutes

Wise Yourself Up

Ep. 58- Retiring from Boxing, Finding Comedy, and Facing Racism with Tommy McCarthy

Carla sits down with professional boxer turned comedian, Tommy McCarthy. Tommy shares the highs and lows of his boxing career and what led him to hang up his gloves. He opens up about dealing with grief after the loss of his mother, growing up as one of the only Black kids in West Belfast, and living between London and Belfast. Tommy has now stepped into the Irish comedy scene and speaks about his creative process and his goal of becoming the number one comedian in Ireland. Timestamps 00:00 J...

5 months ago

1 hour 14 minutes

Wise Yourself Up

Ep. 57- How to Heal After an Abusive Relationship

Abuse isn’t always obvious. It can show up in small everyday behaviours. This is part two of this topic so if you haven’t listened to part 1, head over to last week’s episode! Trigger warning: This episode includes discussions of abuse, child trauma, and femicide. Helplines and resources are linked below. Today Carla is focusing on owning our own harmful patterns, and understanding how to heal from being in an abusive relationship. Carla chats about the societal conditioning that teaches wome...

5 months ago

36 minutes

Wise Yourself Up

Ep. 56- Recognising Abusive Behaviour in Your Relationships

Trigger warning: This episode includes discussions of abuse, child trauma, and femicide. Helplines and resources are linked below. Carla is discussing the complexities of abusive relationships, exploring how abusive behaviours often go unnoticed and how we can begin to recognise them in our own lives. She reflects on the signs of abuse and how we can break free from these destructive patterns. Timestamps: 00:00 Heatwave and festival updates 02:55 Trigger warning and what to expect in this e...

5 months ago

30 minutes

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Ep.55- If You’ve Ever Said “I Have No Trauma”, Listen to This

If you’ve ever felt waves of emotion in response to a situation with no obvious explanation, it might be linked to unprocessed trauma. Carla is back and chatting today about the work she does with her clients. She shares a client’s story about how the trauma of being separated from her parents at birth showed up in her life, even though she believed it hadn’t affected her. Carla explains how somatics, breathwork, and compassionate inquiry help us access the trauma our minds can’t reach. Times...

6 months ago

38 minutes

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Ep. 54- How to Read Body Language on a Date and Tell if They’re Into You

You can tell how someone is feeling just based on their body language, no words needed. Carla is going into the power of body language in this week’s episode and what your posture, gaze, and tone are revealing about what’s going on inside (and how to read these signs in others), particularly when it comes to dating! Your body is SO powerful. It will sense things before your mind does, so it’s time to learn to surrender and trust it. If you want to be more open when it comes to dating or...

7 months ago

32 minutes

Wise Yourself Up

Ep.53- What Surfing Is Teaching Me About Healing

Trigger Warning: This episode touches on themes of suicide and grief. If this topic feels too heavy right now, skip this one or come back when you're ready. If you’re finding things difficult, you are not alone, please reach out for support. ❤️ Carla is back with a reflective solo episode from her time in Portugal and what she’s learned since being here. She reflects on a recent mushroom trip taken on her dad’s birthday, which unexpectedly cracked open her unprocessed grief around the suicide...

7 months ago

31 minutes

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Ep. 52- Why You Get Attached So Quickly When Dating

Sign up here for Carla’s retreat in Donegal, where you are guaranteed craic, connection and incredible food! If you find yourself changing your plans, constantly waiting for a text, and neglecting the things that make you feel good when you start dating, Carla is chatting all about this in this week's episode. She goes through dating patterns, attachment styles, childhood wounds, and why we often abandon ourselves when we start seeing someone new. Carla shares her own experience of rushing re...

7 months ago

36 minutes

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Ep. 51- Let’s Talk About Sex, Masturbation and Female Pleasure

Carla’s speaking today about a topic we all need to be talking about more – sex. In this episode, she opens up about her own journey with pleasure and how yoga, breathwork and slowing down have changed her relationship with sex. She chats about what we were never taught about female pleasure growing up, and how every woman needs to be masturbating! Timestamps 00:00 Life catch-up – retreat, weddings, WellFest 07:29 Jenny Keane's sex tips 09:00 Cultural shifts in sex, consent and female pleasur...

8 months ago

32 minutes

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Ep. 50- 5 Things Blocking Your Healing (and What to Do Instead)

Carla rushed her healing like Sonic the Hedgehog, and if you’re the same, don’t worry, Carla’s here to share how you can overcome the resistance to healing. In this episode, she shares the top five most common forms of resistance that come up for her clients during the healing process. She unpacks how we try to rush the journey, how we demonise emotions like anger, how our body’s reactions reveal our core beliefs, and why rest is a form of activism. Timestamps: 00:00 Life update and retreat 0...

8 months ago

42 minutes

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Ep. 49 You Don’t Need Another Ice Bath, You Need to Sit With Your Emotions

Carla is back with a long-overdue solo episode, sharing everything that’s been going on over the past month! She answers some listener questions on the best way to meet someone, how to give yourself space and time to grieve, and allowing yourself to truly feel your emotions. She chats about why so many women struggle to process anger and the different ways it can manifest. And finally, she shares how your body already holds all the answers. You don’t need more yoga classes, ice baths, or saun...

8 months ago

34 minutes

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Ep. 48 Regulate Your Nervous System and Feel Safe in Your Body with Paul McAllister

We’re back! And Carla is chatting with Paul McAllister, a breath work practitioner and former pharmacist who shares his journey of healing, seeking safety internally, and getting into somatic work. They chat about trauma, the nervous system, and some of the flaws of the pharmaceutical industry. This was a fantastic conversation, and if you found it helpful, please share it on your social media and rate the show 5 stars! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro to Paul 05:11 Transition to breath work and somat...

9 months ago

1 hour 6 minutes

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Ep. 47 PCOS, Yoga, and Reconnecting with the Irish Language with Yoga Le Naoise

Carla sits down with the gorgeous Naoise (Yoga le Naoise), the founder of Tabhair Aire, which translates to "give care" in Irish. Her events focus on integrating the Irish language into yoga practices. They chat about everything from reconnecting with your body through yoga, finding balance between wellness and drinking, and the beauty of the Irish language. Naoise opens up about her personal health journey with PCOS, how she took her healing into her own hands, and the way her body regenerat...

10 months ago

56 minutes

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Ep. 46 Red Flags, Love Bombing, and Dating in 2025

Carla’s dating life is going about as well as her luck with her phone this year...… not very good. In this episode, Carla shares her two most recent dating experiences, getting love bombed (not for her looks, but by being hooked in with trauma talk) and also being told 'Belfast isn't real Ireland'. She reflects on what she’s learned from dating, how she’s taking the pressure off it, and gives you six things to focus on if you’re single and looking to date. She also finishes with your hilario...

10 months ago

40 minutes

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Ep.45 Advice on Heartbreak, Dating, and Love with Emma Neill

Carla is joined by the lovely Emma Neill for a special V-Day episode where they chat about their relationships, past heartbreaks, getting ghosted, and give their best advice on love. Whether you’re spending this V-Day single or with a partner, there’s something in this ep that everyone will learn from! Timestamps: 00:00 Catch up with Emma Neill 13:52 Hour-long orgasms 16:51 How many great loves have you had? 21:40 Dating story 25:12 How many times have you had your heart broken? 35:29 Advic...

11 months ago

1 hour 32 minutes

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Ep. 44 Cry Baby

It can be hard to invest money into a retreat when your mind is telling you, ‘I could go on a holiday for this money,’ ‘Is it really worth it?’ etc… but Carla wanted to share her experience at the retreat she attended in Wales over the weekend and the changes she’ll be making in her life as a result of this. Carla FINALLY had a much-needed cry, had time to process the grief that was being held in her body, and gave herself space to reflect on her career, relationships, and how she was living ...

11 months ago

35 minutes

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Ep. 43 Why You’re Attracted to Emotionally Unavailable Men

JOIN CONNECT TO SELF- https://www.carlamcgreevy.com/connect-to-self In this week’s episode, Carla discusses a topic so many of us can relate to—dating emotionally unavailable men. Sharing her own experiences, she looks at why we keep finding ourselves in these patterns, how our core beliefs shape the relationships we choose, and what’s really going on underneath all of this. Carla also chats about the resistance that comes with doing inner work, what she’s learned from over a decade of healin...

11 months ago

34 minutes

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Ep. 42 'Just Get On With It’

Carla reflects on the concept of "just getting on with it" and how it relates to inner child work, emotional healing, and embracing life’s challenges. In this episode Carla looks at the ways childhood experiences shape us, the importance of dissolving untrue core beliefs, and how healing can reduce emotional burdens, improve relationships, and create space for more joy and freedom. Time stamps: 00:00 Life updates 02:49 The Happy Childhood Challenge 08:09 Understanding Internal ...

12 months ago

31 minutes