The wound is where the light exits | Niamh Devine

Niamh Devine squatted on a strawberry farm for hours. When she stood, her left foot was dead, and no doctor could tell her why her body had done it. Their best guess was nerve damage. Their best timeline was probably a year or two. She didn't like the word probably. Her body had been speaking long before that. Years of sore throats while she swallowed what she actually wanted to say. An infection that arrived mid-broadcast, at the peak of a week she describes as nothing but pressure. She had no language for any of it yet. Sherry and Niamh talk about what happens when you stop trying to fix your body and start listening to it. Fifteen years in Irish television, a career she reached the top of and felt nothing about, a Buddhist meditation hall she walked into knowing nothing, and a single word that dropped into her head on the fifth day and pointed the way out. Her answer to what soft power means is one word long. Where she ends up is nowhere she set out for. TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Fifteen years in Irish television 9:16 - What the sore throats were saying 11:20 - The foot that stopped working 19:41 - Conditioning and the eight week test 28:51 - Know that you're choosing it 34:09 - Compassion, not spiritual superiority 53:30 - Soft power is intuition 1:00:42 - Finally landing home MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Niamh Devine, Devine Mind Body: https://niamhdevine.com/ Listen to your body, Niamh Devine, TEDxTraleeWomen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNFKpMMMyk4 The Language of the Body: https://niamhdevine.com/language-of-the-body Dr. John E. Sarno: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Sarno The Beth Israel Deaconess mind-body back pain research Niamh cites: https://bidmc.org/news-stories/all-news-stories/news/2021/09/researchers-mind-body-program-outperforms-other-chronic-back-pain-treatmentABOUT NIAMH DEVINE: Niamh Devine is a TEDx speaker, meditation teacher, and somatic and energy practitioner. She spent more than fifteen years in Irish television and media before a health crisis no doctor could explain turned her towards the mind-body connection. She now works in emotional healing through Devine Mind Body, where her course The Language of the Body helps people read what chronic symptoms may be asking of them.https://niamhdevine.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/devinemindbody/#SoftPowerProject #MindBodyConnection #Healing #SelfDiscovery Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm5etbvm00a1i01sl6k6h99de/commentsYoutube Instagram Would you like to share your life stories? Please fill out this form. See you there~