The Health Hun Podcast

Orla Swan
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I'm Orla Swan, also known as, The Health Hun. I’m a Health Coach / Nutritionist, specialising in helping women transform their lives by improving their relationship with food & body, Hormonal issues (such as PCOS, HA, PMS etc.) & Gut health issues (such as IBS & general digestive issues). I’m on a mission to redefine what health means to all. In The Health Hun podcast, I discuss all of these topics and more - including body image, spirituality, trauma, relationships and an overall holistic approach to health. I hope you love it & can’t wait to hear your feedback! Orla, x www.instagram.com/thehealthhunwww.thehealthhun.com

  1. 2d ago

    57. Emotional Regulation: You're Not Overthinking, You're Underfeeling

    f you've ever been told you're 'too emotional', struggled to process an emotion or let things go, overthought every situation or tried to act unbothered while your body says otherwise - this episode is for you. In this episode, we break down what emotional processing actually is - because replaying conversations, analysing every possibility, venting to everyone around you or trying to think your way out of an emotion isn't processing. It's often another form of avoidance. We explore why emotional regulation isn't about never getting triggered - it's about building the capacity to pause, regulate your nervous system & choose how you respond instead of reacting from survival. We also discuss why suppressing your emotions disconnects you from your body, intuition & even positive emotions, how trauma, people pleasing & gaslighting teach us to distrust ourselves, and why learning to accurately identify what's happening in your body is one of the most powerful skills you can develop. This episode will help you stop living in your head, reconnect with your body & finally move through your emotions instead of carrying them. Because when you learn to process your emotions: you trust yourself instead of questioning everythingyou respond instead of reactyou stop carrying unresolved emotional weightyou create healthier boundaries & relationshipsyou feel calmer, clearer & more emotionally resilientFeeling your emotions isn't weakness. Stop suppressing. Start expressing. Timestamps: 03:40 Why the 'unbothered' trend isn't emotional regulation 05:00 What emotional processing actually is 07:00 Overthinking is underfeeling - wontrolling it with your mind is not processing. 11:40 Emotionally overwhelmed vs Emotionally avoidant coping mechanisms 16:00 How your body wants to express Emotions to prevent burnout & nervous system dysregulation 20:00 Are you self-aware or are you avoiding your emotions by Intellectualizing them? 25:00 Masculine & Feminine energy in emotional regulation 29:00 My 4-step framework - Pause, Regulate, Express & Release 32:00 Hypervigilance, people pleasing & emotional reactivity 41:20 Identifying Emotions & building Interoception The Health Hun Instagram Click here to book a free call with Orla This episode covers: emotional processing, emotional regulation, emotional suppression, overthinking, nervous system regulation, embodiment, intuition, interoception, trauma healing, people pleasing, hypervigilance, self-trust, burnout, boundaries, vulnerability, emotional resilience, feminine energy.

    49 min

  2. May 28

    56. Devotion: Why women lose themselves in relationships, attachment & people pleasing

    If you regularly lose yourself in other people’s energy, overthink relationships, obsess, people please or feel disconnected from yourself - this is self-abandonment. In this episode, we break down how to fix that through self-devotion - becoming deeply connected to your own body, emotions, needs, standards & internal world instead of consumed by everyone else externally. Most women were conditioned to monitor others instead of themselves. So you learned to fawn, adapt, over-give, suppress your truth, disconnect from your body & abandon yourself to feel safe, loved or chosen. I share my own journey from disordered eating, body image struggles, anxious attachment & emotional shutdown into embodiment, pleasure, feminine energy & self-responsibility - and why true healing is not just understanding yourself intellectually, but becoming devoted to how you actually feel. We talk about limerence, controlling strategies, emotional suppression, trauma, resentment, nervous system dysregulation & why your past pain keeps infecting your future reality when it goes unprocessed. This episode will help you understand why being deeply devoted to yourself is not selfish or arrogant - it’s the thing that stops you losing yourself, betraying yourself & searching for yourself in other people. Because when you stop abandoning yourself: you stop obsessing over people who are not right for youyou trust your body instead of controlling everythingyou stop needing validation to feel worthyyou experience more pleasure, intimacy, joy & self-expressionand you finally feel safe being fully yourselfBeing self-centred is not ego. It’s self-respect. Timestamps: 04:13 My shift from disordered eating into embodiment & self-devotion 07:00 Why women are conditioned to fear being ‘self-centred’ 16:50 Losing yourself in other people’s energy 13:20 Self-abandonment, people pleasing & anxious attachment 18:30 Limerence, obsession & emotional hyperfixation 20:00 Controlling strategies used to manage emotions 22:00 Self-abandonment, people pleasing & anxious attachment 26:45 Trauma, resentment & suppressed emotions 37:15 How your past pain infects your future reality 39:30 Feminine energy, receiving & self-devotion 42:05 Teaching people how to treat you through your standards 47:12 Becoming fully expressed, sensual & emotionally free The Health Hun Instagram Click here to book a free call with Orla This episode covers: self-devotion, self-abandonment, anxious attachment style, limerence, people pleasing, feminine energy, embodiment, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, emotional regulation, sensuality, pleasure, self-worth, boundaries, food freedom, body image healing, emotional suppression, intimacy, self-expression

    53 min

  3. Apr 29

    55. Stop reacting as your Inner Child: How to heal your Relationship with your Parent(s)

    If you say you’re ‘over’ your parents but still get triggered, shut down, over-explain or feel like a reactive child in seconds - this is the parent wound. In this episode, we break down how you’ve been wired to react from your inner child - where you had no power, no boundaries & had to manage emotions to stay safe - instead of leading from your adult self.  You’re not ‘too reactive’ or ‘too sensitive’ - your body is still running patterns built in childhood, where you learned to tolerate, adapt, seek approval & hold onto hope that they would change.  This shows up as feeling responsible for their emotions, reacting instantly then replaying it later, over-explaining to be understood, staying in dynamics longer than you need to & holding onto potential instead of responding to reality.  This episode will help you understand the pattern, how your ego & inner child are blocking you from leading from your adult self, and what actually needs to shift so you can stop reacting from the past. Stop waiting for them to change & learn how to reset your relationship with your parents so you can take your power back. Timestamps: 04:00 Ego insecurity & how it blocks you 06:20 Inner child triggered reactivity 10:21 The heavy grief of breaking generational cycles 12:22 Clearing past emotions, pain & trauma you carry that keep you stuck 14:10 Resetting your perspective of your parents 16:45 Reparenting yourself & your core wounds 20:44 Modeling change in your relationship with your parents 23:07 Communication & setting boundaries to break the cycle 27:00 Taking back your power The Health Hun Instagram Click here to book a free call with Orla This episode covers: parent wound, emotional triggers, inner child, reparenting, boundaries with parents, generational patterns, emotional regulation, self-leadership, relationship dynamics, nervous system conditioning

    34 min

  4. Apr 9

    54. The Mother wound: Your mother shapes your Body Image, Relationship with Food, Intimacy & Control issues

    If you feel constantly judged, disconnected from your body, stuck in control around food, or intimacy feels tense instead of natural - this is the Mother wound. In this episode, we break down how women become wired to monitor themselves - shaping their body, emotions & behaviour to avoid criticism, rejection or emotional withdrawal. You’re not ‘too controlling’ or ‘too sensitive’ - you were conditioned to feel safe through self-surveillance, people-pleasing & managing other people’s emotions. This shows up as perfectionism with your body, control around food, difficulty receiving love & a constant underlying tension in relationships - where you’re scanning, bracing & adjusting instead of actually feeling safe. This episode will help you understand the pattern, how it’s impacting your nervous system, body image, relationships & intimacy - and what actually needs to shift to stop micromanaging your life, your partner & your body, and start living from self-trust instead of control. Timestamps: 03:15 Criticism & projection - how this shaped your body image, relationship with food & control patterns 06:25 Emotions as manipulation - guilt, walking on eggshells & why you now read everything as a threat 13:10 How your mother shaped your relationship with men, intimacy & feminine energy 16:30 Creating a new adult relationship with your mother - grief, boundaries & breaking old dynamics 21:00 Why mothering & nagging your man kills attraction - control, libido, cortisol & letting him rise (or not) The Health Hun Instagram Click here to book a free call with Orla This episode covers: mother wound, body image, relationship with food, control patterns, people pleasing, emotional regulation, intimacy issues, feminine energy, relationship dynamics, nervous system conditioning

    34 min

  5. Mar 25

    53. The Father wound: Are your daddy issues causing Burnout, low self-worth & unfulfilling Relationships?’

    If your success still feels flat, you can’t switch off, you have low libido & your relationships never quite feel secure - this is the ~Father wound. In this episode, we break down how high-achieving women become wired to perform for love - tying their worth to achievement, struggling to rest & ending up in relationships where they feel like they have to prove themselves. You’re not just driven for success, you were conditioned to feel safe through control, performing & achieving - blocking your feminine energy & keeping you stuck in cycles of burnout.  This episode will help you understand the pattern, how it’s impacting your nervous system, relationships & self-worth - and what actually needs to shift to break the burnout cycle & rebuild your identity from real self-worth. Timestamps: 05:22 Breathing exercise 08:16 How the masculine shapes your low self-worth 17:20 How he impacted your emotional foundation & relationships 26:00 You were trained to abandon yourself  32:00 Your value is not conditional - break the burn out cycle 35:00 How to take your life back & heal  The Health Hun Instagram Click here to book a free call with Orla This episode covers: father wound, daddy issues, high-achieving women, burnout, overworking, nervous system regulation, self-worth, relationship patterns & emotional regulation.

    46 min

  6. Mar 17

    52. Lessons on fear & trauma under missile attacks

    After a year off the pod, this is a real-life update from being in Dubai during missile attacks - and what it revealed about fear, control & resilience. When threat becomes real, your nervous system doesn’t care about what you know - it shows you what you’re built for. We get into external vs internal regulation, collective fear, media influence & why you don’t have to shrink your life - even in uncertainty. Timestamps: 05:19 Life under attack in Dubai  12:30 Scanning for threats to feel in control  18:16 Collective fear & traumatic experiences  24:32 Nervous system foundation & your identity  33:00 Biggest lesson from war so far  36:40 How you can work with me  The Health Hun Instagram Click here to book a free call with Orla This episode covers: nervous system regulation, fear & control, trauma response, resilience, external vs internal regulation, collective fear, media influence, anxiety, safety in uncertainty & emotional regulation.

    41 min

  7. 02/10/2025

    51. Dating with Intentional Feminine energy

    This episode is centred around all things dating, with the intention of meeting your ideal partner. Many women are currently fed up in dating, experiencing fear, anxiety & low self-worth. This episode helps you shift from that state into your feminine energy & your heart space, so that dating can be a fun experience that keeps you aligned with your higher self & your vision for your love life! The Health Hun Instagram Work with Orla

    39 min

  8. 12/09/2024

    50. Discovering AuDHD led to deeper self-acceptance

    In this episode I dive deep into how I realised I am part of the Neurospicy gang with AuDHD (ADHD & Autism). It's been a journey over the last 1.5 years with both acknowledging how it has shaped me, and also integrating changes to support myself. I chat about: Sensory issuesOverwhelm & energy crashesHaving a loud inner critic, that often resorts to shame for feeling 'different'The grief journey experienced when processing life through this new lenseUnmasking & authenticityFriendships & connectionsProcessing information differentlyNervous system supportThe Health Hun Instagram Work with Orla

    37 min
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I'm Orla Swan, also known as, The Health Hun. I’m a Health Coach / Nutritionist, specialising in helping women transform their lives by improving their relationship with food & body, Hormonal issues (such as PCOS, HA, PMS etc.) & Gut health issues (such as IBS & general digestive issues). I’m on a mission to redefine what health means to all. In The Health Hun podcast, I discuss all of these topics and more - including body image, spirituality, trauma, relationships and an overall holistic approach to health. I hope you love it & can’t wait to hear your feedback! Orla, x www.instagram.com/thehealthhunwww.thehealthhun.com

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  • Creator
    Orla Swan
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    57
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Health Hun Podcast
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