Girl, Choose Yourself!

Eimear Zone
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Girl, Choose Yourself!Hosted by Eimear Zone, author of The Little Book of Good Enough and the newly released Choose Yourself, Girl, Choose Yourself! is the podcast for women ready to reclaim their power, break free from the expectations that have held them back, and live life on their own terms. Each week, Eimear shares heartfelt conversations and gritty truths that challenge the stories we've been told by society, our families, and even ourselves. This podcast is all about reconnecting with the truth of who you truly are, embracing your powerful magnificence, and boldly creating a life that reflects your dreams, not your fears. If you're ready to choose yourself, show up fully, and live unapologetically, hit play and join the movement.

  1. 6D AGO

    Anxious, Exhausted, Always People Pleasing? The One Root Cause.

    We spend our lives building elaborate systems to avoid feeling certain things. And we don't even realise we're doing it. We call it being organised, being responsible, being careful. We call it managing. But underneath all that managing is something much simpler — pain we decided a long time ago we couldn't afford to feel. And it costs us everything. Our energy, our relationships, our sense of aliveness. We were not put here to protect ourselves from feeling. We were put here to live. I re-read Michael Singer's The Untethered Soul this week, and I'm sharing one of the most powerful lessons that has stayed with me since I first encountered it. If something in you recognises what I just described — this episode is for you. The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer is widely available wherever you buy books. Share Your Thoughts CONNECT WITH EIMEAR  Free Resources and More: https://stan.store/eimearzone Explore Working With Eimear:  Book a Call: https://eimearzone.as.me/breakthrough 📱 Instagram: @eimearzonecoach  💻 Website: eimearzone.com 📧  Email: hello@eimearzone.com  Subscribe to Girl, Choose Yourself on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  © 2025 Eimear Zone Coaching. All rights reserved.

    13 min

  2. APR 23

    From Cloudy to Clarity: One Woman's Journey to an Alcohol-Free Life

    Maybe it's the Tuesday night drink that became two. Maybe it's the glass you pour before you've even thought about it. Maybe it's the question you push away before it fully forms - Is this still serving me? Nia Thomas used to be the woman with the glass of bubbles in her hand. It was part of her identity, the glue she believed held connection and celebration together. Until it wasn't. In this conversation, Nia and I - two old friends, two former drinking buddies, both now alcohol-free - talk honestly about what it really looks like to quietly put the glass down. Not from rock bottom. Not with a dramatic intervention. But from an ordinary Tuesday night, a question you can no longer ignore. We talk about what you actually grieve when you stop. About perimenopause and why midlife women are the highest-risk group nobody's discussing. We talk about the shame carried in silence, and what becomes possible when you finally set it down. Nia is now a certified sober coach and founder of Cloudy to Clarity, where she works with women who are drinking more than they want to, and who deserve a safe, judgment-free space to figure out what comes next. If you've ever looked at your glass and wondered, then this one's for you. Connect with Nia: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cloudytoclarity/ Visit her website: https://www.niathomas.co.uk/ Share Your Thoughts CONNECT WITH EIMEAR  Free Resources and More: https://stan.store/eimearzone Explore Working With Eimear:  Book a Call: https://eimearzone.as.me/breakthrough 📱 Instagram: @eimearzonecoach  💻 Website: eimearzone.com 📧  Email: hello@eimearzone.com  Subscribe to Girl, Choose Yourself on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  © 2025 Eimear Zone Coaching. All rights reserved.

    44 min

  3. APR 17

    Be With What Is: What a Breast Biopsy Taught Me About Peace, Presence and Letting Go

    This is a personal one. Earlier this week, I went in for a targeted ultrasound and left with a breast biopsy scheduled for the following morning. It was my third. And what happened in the hours between that appointment and the result, particularly on a walk I took on a cold Monday evening under a very blue New Mexico sky, felt important enough to bring straight to you. The result was clear. I'm fine. But that's almost not the point. This episode is for anyone sitting with something they cannot control right now. A medical result. A relationship. A decision. A conversation they're dreading. Or just that low hum of anxiety that follows you around and waits for the quiet moments to get loud. If that's you, this one is for you. Not because I have it all figured out, but because this week reminded me of something I think we all need to hear more often. It's something that no productivity hack, no self-improvement programme, no optimisation strategy will ever give you. Come take a walk with me! Share Your Thoughts CONNECT WITH EIMEAR  Free Resources and More: https://stan.store/eimearzone Explore Working With Eimear:  Book a Call: https://eimearzone.as.me/breakthrough 📱 Instagram: @eimearzonecoach  💻 Website: eimearzone.com 📧  Email: hello@eimearzone.com  Subscribe to Girl, Choose Yourself on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  © 2025 Eimear Zone Coaching. All rights reserved.

    27 min

  4. APR 9

    Enough Already: From Self-Rejection to Self-Acceptance

    What if the voice in your head telling you that you're not enough isn't actually yours? Most of us have been in self-rejection mode for so long that we don't recognise it as a choice. It feels familiar. It feels like reality.  It's time to wake up. In this episode: The billion-dollar industry that profits from your not-enoughness, and why you cannot win a game designed for you to keep playing How your attention was colonised from the time you were old enough to absorb a message The real fear underneath the striving, and why it makes complete sense Why you cannot unfold into who you truly are from a place of self-rejection What self-acceptance actually is, and what becomes possible when you stop being at war with yourself Rumi, War Games, and the Universe in ecstatic motion Free Resource: If you'd like the free resource mentioned in this episode, simply send your request by email to eimear@eimearzone.com  Share Your Thoughts CONNECT WITH EIMEAR  Free Resources and More: https://stan.store/eimearzone Explore Working With Eimear:  Book a Call: https://eimearzone.as.me/breakthrough 📱 Instagram: @eimearzonecoach  💻 Website: eimearzone.com 📧  Email: hello@eimearzone.com  Subscribe to Girl, Choose Yourself on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  © 2025 Eimear Zone Coaching. All rights reserved.

    21 min
  5. Choosing to Be the Change: Amy Watson, Founder of Hassl on Tackling Harassment at Its Root

    APR 2

    Choosing to Be the Change: Amy Watson, Founder of Hassl on Tackling Harassment at Its Root

    Over 70% of women in the UK report experiencing sexual harassment in public spaces. Globally, it's higher than that. And yet the message to women remains the same — be careful, stay safe, it's your responsibility. Today's guest is done with that narrative. Amy Watson is the founder of Hassl, a social impact organisation launched just over a year ago that is tackling harassment at its root. It's shifting the focus away from what women should do to stay safe, and onto the culture and systems that make them unsafe in the first place. This is a conversation about the invisible mental, emotional, and financial load women carry just to move through the world. About what it takes to bring men meaningfully into the conversation without pushing them away. About bystander culture, the manosphere, tech-enabled harassment, and why progress over perfection might be the most radical thing we can choose right now. Amy is doing something rare — building a movement that is angry enough to matter and strategic enough to actually work. In this episode: →The mental load women carry every day that most men don't even know exists  →Why Hassl is focused on prevention rather than aftermath, and why that distinction matters  →How Amy is bringing men into the conversation without shaming them out of it →The drink driving analogy that perfectly captures the culture shift we need   →What bystander intervention actually looks like, and why showing up at all is enough  →The contradiction campaign that went viral, and why it resonated so deeply   →Progress over perfection as a philosophy for change Connect with Amy and Join the Movement! Website: https://hassl.uk/ Buy Hassl Merch! https://hassl.uk/collections/shop-all Follow Hassl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hasslofficial/ Discover Workplace Training Programs: https://hassl.uk/products/remote-hassl-training-available-globally Share Your Thoughts CONNECT WITH EIMEAR  Free Resources and More: https://stan.store/eimearzone Explore Working With Eimear:  Book a Call: https://eimearzone.as.me/breakthrough 📱 Instagram: @eimearzonecoach  💻 Website: eimearzone.com 📧  Email: hello@eimearzone.com  Subscribe to Girl, Choose Yourself on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  © 2025 Eimear Zone Coaching. All rights reserved.

    57 min

  6. MAR 26

    What Do You Want? Reclaiming Desire After Years of Putting Everyone Else First

    If someone asked you right now what you want — truly want, for yourself, not for anyone else — could you answer? For so many women in midlife, that question lands like a small panic. Not because life is bad. But because somewhere in the years of partnering, mothering, working, and showing up for everyone else, the thread back to yourself got very thin. This episode is about finding it again. There is a belief at the heart of this conversation — that we arrive in this life already knowing something. That our desires, the ones that persist even when we try to silence them, are not random or selfish or self-indulgent. They are the soul's way of remembering. Whispering — look over here. This belongs to you. This is an episode about desire as something sacred. About the difference between what numbs us and what calls us forward. About the muscle that atrophies when we spend too long leaving ourselves out — and what it takes to bring it back. You didn't lose yourself. You just got very practiced at ignoring yourself. That is something you can unlearn. Mentioned in this episode: Choose Yourself — available at https://eimearzone.com/books/ Share Your Thoughts CONNECT WITH EIMEAR  Free Resources and More: https://stan.store/eimearzone Explore Working With Eimear:  Book a Call: https://eimearzone.as.me/breakthrough 📱 Instagram: @eimearzonecoach  💻 Website: eimearzone.com 📧  Email: hello@eimearzone.com  Subscribe to Girl, Choose Yourself on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  © 2025 Eimear Zone Coaching. All rights reserved.

    21 min
  7. She Quit at 47, Chose Herself, and Built a Life She Loves

    MAR 19

    She Quit at 47, Chose Herself, and Built a Life She Loves

    What does it look like to walk away from a nearly decade-long career — no backup plan, no degree, just a gut feeling that something had to change? For Sarah Magnoni, it looked like burnout, a text sent on a Saturday morning, six months of napping, and eventually... a sold-out trip to France in 18 hours. Sarah is the founder of Cobblestones and Castles, which runs small-group trips to Europe for women — curated around historical feminism, literary icons, and the kind of immersive travel that changes how you see yourself. In this conversation, we talk about the long, slow drain of doing everything right on the outside while running on empty inside, and what it actually took to choose differently. In this episode: Why burnout can look like "having it all" — and what finally made Sarah actThe golden handcuff feeling, and how she moved through itHow a healing journey into intuition and self-love became the foundation for a businessWhat makes women-only group travel so different — and why it mattersThe trips she has scheduled in 2026 (there are still spots!)Her answer to what "choosing yourself" really meansAbout Sarah: Sarah Magnoni is a travel advisor and writer who creates small-group women's trips across Europe. Her immersive journeys blend historical feminism, literature, and culture. After a career in leadership development, she began coaching women — and it was that career change that led to hosting retreats and ultimately founding Cobblestones and Castles. Sarah is a pilot wife, mom to 4 amazing adults and 2 furbabies, and Mimi to 3. Connect with Sarah: https://www.cobblestonesandcastles.com/Facebook Community: The Cobblestone CollectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cobblestonesandcastles/Resources mentioned: Mary Magdalene Revealed by Megan WattersonHow to Kill a Witch by Claire Mitchell, Zoë Venditozzi (featured on the Scotland trip)Ready to stop waiting for your own life to begin? Done Waiting is a 14-day audio course designed to help you finally take the leap — on your own terms. https://stan.store/eimearzone/p/done-waiting- Share Your Thoughts CONNECT WITH EIMEAR  Free Resources and More: https://stan.store/eimearzone Explore Working With Eimear:  Book a Call: https://eimearzone.as.me/breakthrough 📱 Instagram: @eimearzonecoach  💻 Website: eimearzone.com 📧  Email: hello@eimearzone.com  Subscribe to Girl, Choose Yourself on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  © 2025 Eimear Zone Coaching. All rights reserved.

    46 min

  8. MAR 12

    The Cost of Being Easy to Be Around: The People-Pleasing Pattern Nobody Talks About

    Are you the one who volunteers first? Who over-delivers without being asked? Who smooths the awkward silences, anticipates what everyone needs, and makes herself indispensable — in friendships, at work, in her family? Most of us were never taught that being easy to be around is a pattern worth examining. It looks like warmth. It looks like generosity. But underneath it, for a lot of women, is something much older — a quiet fear that if we stop performing, we might not be chosen. In this episode, I get honest about where this pattern comes from, what it's really costing us, and how to start telling the difference between giving from genuine abundance and giving from fear. We explore: Why the "easy to be around" pattern often starts in childhoodWhat it's quietly costing you beneath the surfaceThe difference between generosity and self-protectionOne small experiment to try this week"You never find out if people would show up for you — because you never give them the chance." If this resonated, The Elegant No was made for you — a short audio course with practical scripts for showing up differently. → https://stan.store/eimearzone/p/the-elegant-no-set-boundaries-without-guilt Share Your Thoughts CONNECT WITH EIMEAR  Free Resources and More: https://stan.store/eimearzone Explore Working With Eimear:  Book a Call: https://eimearzone.as.me/breakthrough 📱 Instagram: @eimearzonecoach  💻 Website: eimearzone.com 📧  Email: hello@eimearzone.com  Subscribe to Girl, Choose Yourself on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  © 2025 Eimear Zone Coaching. All rights reserved.

    18 min
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Girl, Choose Yourself!Hosted by Eimear Zone, author of The Little Book of Good Enough and the newly released Choose Yourself, Girl, Choose Yourself! is the podcast for women ready to reclaim their power, break free from the expectations that have held them back, and live life on their own terms. Each week, Eimear shares heartfelt conversations and gritty truths that challenge the stories we've been told by society, our families, and even ourselves. This podcast is all about reconnecting with the truth of who you truly are, embracing your powerful magnificence, and boldly creating a life that reflects your dreams, not your fears. If you're ready to choose yourself, show up fully, and live unapologetically, hit play and join the movement.

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  • Creator
    Eimear Zone
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Girl, Choose Yourself!
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