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Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD

Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD

Written by: Eve Menezes Cunningham
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Fáilte! Welcome! This used to be Feel Better Every Day but my PDA (Persistant Drive for Autonomy) has kicked in and I'm like, Stop telling me how to feel! I'm Eve Menezes Cunningham, author of 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing, columnist, trauma therapist (and survivor), AuDHDer, senior accredited supervisor, and Self care coach (integrating psychosynthesis, NLP, yoga, meditation, EFT and more) at Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD - www.solestosoul.ie Through solo and interview episodes, I share trauma-informed and neuro-affirming (especially for ADHD and AuDHD) self-care and Self care (for that highest, wisest, truest, wildest, most joyful, brilliant and miraculous part of yourself) ideas, practices and rituals. Reconnect with your Self. Learn self-care practices and rituals to help you regulate, create a life you don't need to retreat from, and help build a world in which everyone feels safe, welcome, and loved. Ready to thrive? The Feel. Love. Heal. framework This framework evolved from decades of pain, exploration and recovery. I’m happy it’s helping making things easier for other trauma survivors, ADHDers and AuDHDers: • Feel: Take better care of yourself with active self-care to regulate your nervous system, work with your energy, and connect with your Self. • Love: Create a life you don’t need to retreat from with Self care to help you accept yourself completely with love, compassion, and kindness. Remember, you're already whole. Peace is within you. • Heal: Help build a world in which everyone feels safe, welcome, loved and able to thrive. Collective care to turn what hurts your heart into action, coregulate and heal with others. New episodes every Tuesday morning (Ireland time). Subscribe for notifications. For previews, bonuses, polyvagal-informed journal prompts and more, sign up for my Míle Buíochas Mondays newsletter at https://feelbettereveryday.kit.com/f7f730d651 Is Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD helping you? Please share and leave a ★★★★★ rating and review. Your support helps me reach more trauma survivors and people with ADHD or AuDHD. Learning to care for, love and accept yourself is a radical act. Your healing creates ripples and helps others remember peace and ease is everyone’s birthright too. Míle buíochas (a thousand thank yous).Copyright 2026 Eve Menezes Cunningham Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Self-Help Spirituality Success
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  • CommuniTEA and Qi Gong with Claudia Cahalane: Episode 112 of Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD with Eve Menezes Cunningham

    CommuniTEA and Qi Gong with Claudia Cahalane: Episode 112 of Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD with Eve Menezes Cunningham
    May 26 2026

    I met Claudia Cahalane nearly 20 years ago on an online forum for freelance journalists. I had started my coaching and complementary therapy practice at the same time as going freelance as a journalist with no contacts and, pre social media, it was a brilliant forum to get (and give) encouragement and support.

    Since then, I’ve added loads more therapies, counselling and supervision and Claudia has retrained as a Qi Gong instructor.

    It was such a joy to reconnect and catch up and I hope you find our conversation helpful.

    You can watch or listen wherever you get your podcasts and access full transcript, show notes, links and more at https://solestosoul.ie/2026/05/26/communitea-and-qi-gong-with-claudia-cahalane-episode-112-of-soles-to-soul-care-for-trauma-and-audhd-with-eve-menezes-cunningham/

    When you think about your own communiTEAs (geddit?), where do you want to put in more energy and time? Who’s most important to you? What’s most important to you?

    le grá (with love),

    Ev3

    #traumarecovery

    #qigong

    #claudiacahalane

    #teaceremony

    #solestosoulcarefortraumaandaudhd

    LINKS

    Claudia’s website:

    https://vitalityqigong.org/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vitalityqigong/

    If you enjoyed this, check out:

    Episode 83: Community as Self Care (with Elizabeth Potts)

    Episode 87: Movement as Medicine with Gwen Williams

    Episode 59: Meditation (with trauma and ADHD) isn’t impossible

    Book your free telephone consultation and access 100s of body-mind practices at https://solestosoul.ie/free-downloads

    CHAPTERS

    (0:00) Introduction

    (1:57) Welcoming Claudia Cahalane

    (2:48) Silent retreats and early experiences

    (7:24) Discovering Qi Gong and the power of silence

    (10:29) Burnout and becoming a Qi Gong teacher

    (14:37) The Feel. Love. Heal. framework

    (16:18) Ideal self-care and daily practices

    (21:26) Essential self-care for low energy

    (22:59) Self-love, meditation and tea rituals

    (25:44) Tea ceremony and cultural roots

    (30:00) Community, loss and life transitions

    (35:19) Rethinking friendships and belonging

    (40:06) Nature as community and connection

    (42:44) Creating and holding community

    (44:35) Advice to a younger self

    (46:05) Where to find Claudia and closing reflection
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    49 mins
  • Survival for Sensitive Souls with Zeenat Ahmed-Peto

    Survival for Sensitive Souls with Zeenat Ahmed-Peto
    May 19 2026

    FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EV3RYTHING - email eve@solestosoul.ie

    It’s an utter delight to share my interview with the fantabulous Zeenat Ahmed-Peto for this week’s episode. The cognitive hypnotherapist and author (Too Kind: A Survival Guide for Sensitive Souls) shares her journey to extreme self-care.

    I met Zeenat through Suzy Walker (see links for her interview and gorgeous Heartleap community) and hope you are as inspired by her story about learning to receive care and love as I’ve been.

    le grá (with love),

    Ev3

    CHAPTERS

    (0:00) Burnout and learning to care for yourself

    (2:23) Introduction and welcome to episode 111

    (2:34) Meet Zeenat Ahmed-Peto

    (3:40) Zeenat’s work and background in hypnotherapy

    (5:18) Too Kind: A Survival Guide for Sensitive Souls

    (6:13) Personal healing journey and chronic illness

    (9:21) Feel: Ideal and essential self-care

    (11:32) Sleep, stretching and walking as essentials

    (14:07) Love: Learning to rest and receive care

    (18:20) Heal: Community, connection and belonging

    (21:17) Message to a Younger You

    (23:18) Closing reflection and body scan

    LINKS

    Website:

    https://zeenatahmedpeto.com/

    Substack:

    The Authentic Connection

    I'm Zeenat, a cognitive hypnotherapist & teacher. I love running communities to empower as many people as I can. Expect increased self-love, connection and joy through personal development & community. 🌟

    By Zeenat Ahmed-Peto

    Heart Leap:

    Heart Leap

    Building a simple, happy, creative life that makes your heart leap. Join our Heart Leap writing community

    By Suzy Walker

    Book your free telephone consultation and access 100s of body-mind practices at https://solestosoul.ie/free-downloads

    RELATED EPISODES

    If you enjoyed this, check out:

    Suzy Walker on meditation and more: Episode 14 of The Feel Better Every Day Podcast https://solestosoul.ie/podcast-feed/former-psychologies-editor-suzy-walker-talks-big-leaps-heart-leaps-meditation-and-more-as-she-shares-her-ideal-and-actual-self-and-self-care-practices/

    Gill Fennings on taking things slow: Episode 15 of The Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    Sarupa Shah on the art of doing nothing: Episode 6 of The Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    Too Sensitive? Too Much? Says Who? Episode 78 of the Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    HASHTAGS

    #zeenatahmedpeto

    #sensitivesouls

    #sensorydifferences

    #audhd

    #solestosoulcarefortraumaandaudhd
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    25 mins
  • Allan Frater on Waking Dreams and Imagination

    Allan Frater on Waking Dreams and Imagination
    May 12 2026

    It was so lovely to revisit my London Bridge psychosynthesis training roots and talk to the delightful Allan Frater for Episode 110 of Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD with Eve Menezes Cunningham.

    He shares some of the ways in which he honours his imagination and integrates self-care, Self care and community care into his whole life.

    LINKS

    Buy Allan’s latest book here https://amzn.to/4d5XSmk (affiliate link)

    Website:

    https://wildimagination.uk/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Allan-Frater/100073610989149/

    The Psychosynthesis Trust:

    https://psychosynthesistrust.org.uk/

    Related episodes

    If you enjoyed this, check out:

    Shake, Cry and Let Go with Emily Rosenkranz: Episode 104 of Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD

    Community as Self Care (with Elizabeth Potts): Episode 83 of the Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    Own Your Privilege, Change the World: Episode 80 of the Feel Better Every Day Podcast

    Book your free telephone consultation and access 100s of body-mind practices at https://solestosoul.ie/free-downloads

    CHAPTERS

    (0:00) You are important, valuable and worthy

    (1:53) Introduction and welcome to episode 110

    (2:02) Meet Allan Frater and their shared training history

    (3:46) Allan’s new book and imagination in therapy

    (5:48) Waking Dreams and being imaginative

    (7:30) Feel: principles of self-care and embodiment

    (10:54) Attention and protecting focus in modern life

    (13:11) Love: connection through relationships

    (17:00) Heal: community, differences and polarisation

    (22:13) Responding to world events and collective context

    (25:18) Message to a younger self

    (28:48) Closing reflection and body scan

    HASHTAGS

    #allanfrater

    #imagination

    #psychosynthesis
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    30 mins
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