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10/06/2026

When you treat the real root cause, symptoms disappear.

A young woman came to see after breaking up with her boyfriend. She was terrified she would not be able to move because he was so controlling. She was crippled with worry and feelings of anxiety, so much so she struggled to sleep, eat and function day to day.

What emerged was a story about repeated relationship patterns. Each piece of the story revealed feelings of grief, a lack of boundaries, low self-worth and feelings of carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. She couldn’t shake the feeling that somehow this just didn’t all add up; it felt so heavy to carry and at 19 it just didn’t seem right.

Many women I work with arrive believing they have an anxiety problem. They have learned to believe this is who they are. They have adopted the label that society has given them - that they’re anxious. And they have learned to forget that they haven’t always been this way.

When we work together, they begin to remember life before anxiety took over. A life before stress and burnout and overwhelm and exhaustion. They remember a time when life felt easier, freer, happier.

So what happened?

Stress, anxiety, overwhelm, exhaustion… these are symptoms. In the same way that a bucket with a hole in it can’t hold water - you fix the hole in the bucket (root cause) instead of trying to add more water (symptom). So you see, symptoms are like messengers, they point towards the problem - something that needs to be seen, acknowledged and healed. It’s not the anxiety that is the problem, you need to uncover the cause of the anxiety in the first place.

When we stop focusing solely on the symptoms, we open ourselves up to understanding what is actually going on at a deeper level. This is when everything changes. Not just for you, but perhaps for your whole family.

What if the thing causing you the most pain right now is actually trying to teach you something?

DM me if this story resonates with you at a deeper level.

Bláithín x

02/06/2026

2 simple breathing exercises for managing stress, panic, anxiety and overwhelm.

1) imagine blowing up balloon and elongate out-breath
2) box breathing remembering to put hand on lower abdomen

Finally, remember exams do not define you. Results will not define you. What you do after the exams does not define you. How you treat yourself, how you treat others and simply being kind will always say far more about you and the person you are than any result, degree or job title ever will. There is never only one path; at 46 I’m still finding mine! There is never only one way. I like to believe there is always A way. And there is always another way too.

B x

25/05/2026

Summer time means more evening appointments!

DM to book your peaceful evening and guarantee yourself a great night’s sleep

25/04/2026

Life lately has been soooooo busy!!!

02/04/2026

2 last minute appointments this evening
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10/03/2026

21 years married
29 years together
4 children
46 years old

Has it been easy? Hell NO. Not even close. I can’t count the number of times I didn’t think we’d make it. There were even times I almost didn’t want to. I felt it would be easier on my own. At least then I’d have no one else to blame.

And I’m not the same person I was back then. I’ve changed in ways I thought I never would. I’ve come face to face with the depts of myself such that I’ve had no alternative but to bend and twist and flex and grow into the person I am today. And I’m still learning and still growing and hopefully still changing for the better.

My perspectives and values and priorities have all been tested time and again. There was an innocence and naivety about my 25 year old self. She thought you had to work hard in life to be happy. She thought marriage would be easy. She wanted children and having grown up 1 of 7 she thought it would be a doddle. But she didn’t know that life tests you. Marriage tests you. Children test you. She didn’t know about struggles or hardships or miscarriages or illness. She didn’t know about financial worries and death and grief and grieving. She didn’t know about hitting rock bottom and the ‘dark night of the soul’. She didn’t know that there are so many levels to rock bottom. She really didn’t know anything.

But she did know how to survive. She did know how to persevere. She knew the value of hard work and persistence. She was one hell of a resilient kid. And that got her through. The ups and downs, the twists and roundabouts. Marriage.

It got her through marriage with that 1 person who chooses to see the good in her no matter what, warts and wrinkles and grey hairs and all. We met when we were 10. Kids. In so many ways we grew up together and in so many ways we still are. But what I know for sure, is that if nothing was to change, I’d choose him every single time no matter what. He grounds my flightiness, he steadies the ship and he provides me and our children with more love than even I deserve. X

07/03/2026

Wha if you knew that the emotions, illnesses, anxiety, feelings of rejection/abandonment/loss etc you experience, are not even yours to carry?

What if you knew you could hand them back to where they belong?

What if you knew there was a reason why you’ve had to feel all of these feelings?

What if by feeling them you could finally heal them and let them go?

This is the work I help you do in 1:1 appointments.

If this resonates and you’re eager to let go of the emotional baggage you carry, send me a private message to book a 1:1 energy healing and nervous system reset appointment with me.

You don’t have to do this alone - you were never meant to.

Bláithín x

05/03/2026

Some of the most exhausted mothers who come to see me are not exhausted from life.

They are exhausted from worrying about their child.

They have brought them to doctors.
They’ve done the tests.
They’ve tried to understand what is happening.

And yet something still doesn’t feel right.

A mother’s instinct is powerful.

My work is about listening deeply, asking the right questions and gently uncovering what might be sitting underneath what you’re seeing, what you’re sensing.

Because behaviour, exhaustion, overwhelm and anxiety always have a reason.

When we begin to understand that reason, everything starts to shift.

For the child.
And for the mother too.

If this resonates with you, my 1:1 appointments are where this work begins.

You can message me privately to make a plan personalised for you.

Bláithín x

26/02/2026

Life isn’t straight-forward, often it’s not easy and sometimes we might even veer off track but I do believe that what is meant for us will never pass us by.

And that’s what this page is all about.

If you’re new here, you’re so welcome.

I’m Bláithín, a 46 year old mother, wife and healer who believes fervently in the transformative power of real wellbeing. Not the ‘nice nails and fresh blowdry’ type of wellbeing, nor the ‘let’s jump on the latest trend’ type of wellness. I mean truly being well. ON THE INSIDE. Being able to sit with yourself and feel at peace. Not having to busy yourself to the point of distraction. Wellbeing that brings you on a journey of transformation so become the best version of you. That type of wellbeing.

And I truly believe that we are all capable of this. Sometimes, we need someone to hold our hand along the way, or help us through a sticky patch, but ultimately I want all of my clients to feel empowered to do what I do with them, for themselves.

I’m here to support you and your children to reach your potential in a way that feels safe and creates lasting results.

Let’s get to know each other a little better.

👉🏻Tell me in the comments what’s your vision of wellbeing and I’ll share a few things about me you might not know.

- I started this business on the back of multiple signs. I used to go walking to clear my head and every day for over a year I would walk a trail of pure white feathers. After a while, I began to see them as signs. I began to notice that if I was thinking about my ‘idea’ almost instantly I would see the feathers. Then the day we started building works, there was a massive cloud formation in the sky exactly over where my healing rooms are now!
- The first time I was on a plane was when I was 16 to go the world Irish Dancing Championships in Ayr, Scotland. I came 4th!
- I lived in France on 3 separate occasions (Poitiers, Tours and Paris) and twice in Geneva just so that I could learn French.
- My dream holiday destination is French Polynesia.
More in comments.

I’m really glad you’re here.
Bláithín x

25/02/2026

I started out on IG in 2019 feeling so deeply out of my comfort zone. I’m a private person and have ever only shared snippets about me online even though I share far more in person! I was never a social media buff but friends pushed me to start because I’d a story to tell, I’d a bucket load of dreams and I wanted to inspire people that it’s never too late to start over.

I’ve met the most amazing people on here. You have supported me and my business, you have shared your deepest stories, fears and worries with me stories and most importantly, you have encouraged me to keep going when times were tough.

You are those people and thank you for trusting in me and the energy healing work that I do. Without you, I wouldn’t be still on here. You have shared what I do with your friends and families. You have returned for my help when times got tough. And a true testament to the faith you have in me, you have trusted me with your children. This is what fills me up, knowing that the work I do makes a real difference in your lives. Thank YOU 🙏

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