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Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 18 - BealtaineWelcome back after an unfortunate sos beag, our host, Amanda, is mostly able to talk and breathe at the same time, just in time for the official start of Summer, Bealtaine festivals and traditions are our topic for today, so grab your bag o’cans and join us by the (Bon) fire for a quick chat. 2025-05-0206 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 14 - Conquest of the Tuatha Dé DanannThe episode covers the story of the Tuatha Dé Danann's invasion of Ireland, as documented in the Book of Invasions. It details how the Tuatha Dé, having learned magical arts in the northern islands, arrived in Ireland to confront the resident FirBolg people. The narrative describes diplomatic exchanges between the two groups, led by their respective champions Sreng (Firbolg) and Bres (Tuatha Dé), and the subsequent four-day Battle at Moytura. Key events include the Tuatha Dé Dé's arrival in magical mists, their initial offer to share the island, the Firbolg's refusal, and the eventual defeat of the Firbolg. The b...2025-01-1534 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 11 - The FirBolgThis podcast episode discusses the fourth wave of mythical immigration to Ireland, focusing on the Fir Bolg. Host, Amanda, provides a detailed account of the Fir Bolg's origins, their journey from Greece to Ireland, and their reign over the island. Tonight’s story is based on various historical and mythological sources, despite the differences and inconsistencies between these accounts. The Fir Bolg were descendants of Nemed, who had previously fled Ireland due to Fomorian oppression (check out episode 10). After 200 years in Greece, where they we...2024-12-0325 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 10 - The Third Invasion of IrelandNemid and his descendants were the next brave, or foolhardy bunch to occupy our island, though it seems as though she had some thoughts about that, and some help from the Fomorians (who probably did not cartwheel around, but may have been addicted to puffins…)Join Amanda on her death bed (man flu) as she recounts the tale of Nemid’s invasion… 2024-11-2617 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 9 - The Second Invasion of IrelandA murderer, some (possibly) cartwheeling giants, and the worst hidden affair in Ireland before Terry Keane, welcome to the invasion of partholon! This episode of Whisper of the Winds Podcast covers the second invasion of Ireland according to Irish mythology, focusing on Parthalon and his followers.It discusses the origins of the legend, its various sources, and how it evolved over time. The story details Parthalon's arrival in Ireland, his establishment of various 'firsts' in the country, conflicts with the Fomorians, and the eventual demise of his people due...2024-11-1920 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 8 - The First Invasion of IrelandWhy not start at the very beginning, I hear it’s a very good place to do so. Tonight’s episode is the story of the First invasion of Ireland, adapted from the book of invasions for your illumination and delight! Also, Amanda has had some cough medicine… you’ve been warned! This is the shortest of the invasions, so make yourself a small cuppa, maybe just the one biscuit, or three, and enjoy this bite sized story of the bite sized, and somewhat soggy invasion of Cessair.Amanda Cunningham delivers...2024-11-1313 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 7 - Its All Fun and Games…Winter has come! And winter is all about story telling, games, and maybe some mistaken identity …For sources, resources and a legible transcript, check out www.cogarnagaoithe.wordpress.comNovember’s night is absolutely rife with lore and tradition. It is impossible to attempt to fit it all into one episode. But we did try!This podcast episode, hosted by Amanda Cunningham, discusses Irish folklore and traditions associated with the winter season. AC begins by explaining the Celtic calendar and its importance in Irish culture. The calendar divi...2024-11-0618 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 6 - Ghosts, Sweets & HellfireEpisode 6 Ghosts, Sweets & Hellfire - for information, sources, further reading and a legible transcript check out the episode guide here. https://cogarnagaoithe.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/episode-6-ghosts-sweets-hellfire/ Happy Haloween! To wrap up our Samhain Series on this auspicious night, Amanda talks about the origins of some Haloween Traditions, some traditional Irish Piseogs, food, games, and fortune telling, and of course, it wouldn’t be spooky season without a trip up Montpellier Hill to the Hellfire Club.November’s night is absolutely rife with lore and tradition. It is impo...2024-10-3123 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 4 - The PúcaBonus episode featuring two stories for the price of one (so, still free…) this week’s episode is all about the Púca. This wonderful shapeshifter comes around at Halloween, or Samhain, but also has their very own day in November, and much like all the best mythical beasts, it’s a pure messer! These stories are taken from the duchas.ie schools collection, and links can be found on the episode guide at www.cogarnagaoithe.wordpress.com 2024-10-2124 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 3 - The BansheeSticking with Halloween for this episode, let us introduce you to the much maligned Banshee. Should you enjoy these stories and want to find out more about the mythology behind them, check out our new website, www.cogarnagaoithe.wordpress.com2024-10-1514 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 2 - Stingy JackStingy Jack and the first Jack o’lantern.
We are staying with the theme of Samhain / Haloween for this week’s episode.
A more modern myth than most, Jack, a scoundrel and a cheat finds himself in front of the devil himself, and a decades-long battle of trickery ensues.
You’ll have to listen to find out where the pumpkin comes into it!
Episode Guide: https://cogarnagaoithe.wordpress.com/2024/10/16/episode-2-stingy-jack/2024-10-1013 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 1 - A bit of a preamble, and then, go tobainn, Cailleach!A bit of housekeeping and explaining myself!
And a short first episode, all about the cailleach, or winter hag, and just how very hard done she is by the reputation we have given her!
Episode guide: https://cogarnagaoithe.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/episode-1-the-hag-of-beara/2024-10-0809 min
Whisper of the Winds, Irish Mythology and FolkloreEpisode 0 - IntroductionAn introduction to the podcast, Irish mythology and story telling.
For more content and resources to check out : https://cogarnagaoithe.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/content-to-check-out/2024-10-0301 min
We Have Hope72. Beyond Diagnosis: The Power of Parental Advocacy in Special Needs Education with Amanda CunninghamIn this empowering and uplifting episode of We Have Hope, Amanda Cunningham shares her personal journey as a mother of three, including her daughter Rory, who was born with Down Syndrome. Amanda candidly reflects on the surprise of Rory's diagnosis at birth and the learning curve that followed. Through her story, Amanda emphasizes the importance of inclusion and how societal perceptions have evolved with greater visibility and acceptance in everyday life.Amanda shares the challenges they've faced in navigating the educational system, particularly in the complexities of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) process for children with special...2024-08-1357 min
So Can IAmanda Wilbanks on Turning a Hobby Into a Business + Celebrating Life with PieToday I am joined by Amanda Wilbanks! Although she grew up in an Appalachian family where recipes were traded like heirloom plant cuttings, Amanda never envisioned herself as the CEO of one of America’s premier pie companies. Her legacy of delicious Southern baking became a career in 2011, when her mother-in-law taught her how to make an incomparable, melt-in-your-mouth, all-butter pie crust. Within a few months, baking turned from a hobby into an obsession, and Amanda’s husband - whose waistline was rapidly expanding - demanded she either stop baking or start selling her delicious creations.As a re...2024-05-0747 min
Room for LovelyE085: Modeled By the Maker [Learning Who God Is and Rebuilding Who We Are] -- Amanda CunninghamAbout AmandaAmanda Cunningham is a former model/actress who left her career behind when she became a mom. Subsequently, she spun into an identity crisis and was later stunned to find her true identity in Christ. Amanda is a current writer, speaker, wife of a Fire Deputy Chief, and the mother of two teenage girls. She is currently working on a book about overcoming a past of body dysmorphia, eating disorders, poor body image, and a superficial view of what Christ's supernatural body means for ours.Connect with Amanda2024-03-0539 min
Perinatal Wellbeing - The Podcast about Prenatal, Pregnancy & Postpartum HealthChanging the Narrative Around Motherhood with Amanda GurmanContent Warning: c-section, medical procedures, swearing, rage, mental illnessOn today’s episode I am talking with Amanda Gurman who hosts the podcast Honest as a Mother, about her introduction to motherhood and the impact on her mental health. Amanda shares honestly and openly about her experiences with postpartum anxiety, depression and rage as well as how her recent diagnosis with ADHD impacts her parenting. Amanda also talks about her recovery and how she supports new parents by talking about the realities of parenting and how she is trying to change the narrative around motherhood. Amanda is an...2023-10-181h 12
Bare Minimum BabeTaking a Break & Reevaluating, Ep. 50Today’s episode is to fill you in on what’s been going on with my life the last month that I haven’t been putting out episodes. Sometimes you start stuff just to see what happens and if you like it. And that’s what this podcast is, a fun project, or at least that’s what I thought it was supposed to be at first until I tried to turn it into something else. If it’s no longer fun, sometimes a reevaluation needs to take place and things are put on hold. I feel totally okay with this, a...2023-09-1246 min
Bare Minimum BabeYou Don’t Need To Be Extraordinary, Ep. 49There’s too much pressure to be “the best” at something—at everything really. You can do things just for fun and explore. You can just enjoy living your life and doing what makes you happy. You don’t need to be the president, a Nobel Laureate, an astronaut, or an Olympic Gold Medalist.In this episode, we discuss:Lessons from Barbie 🎀The extreme pressure to be great at something all the timeBONUS: I sing a little bit of the Billie Eilish song “What Was I Made For?” for fun at the end 🙂Related Episodes...2023-08-0813 min
Bare Minimum BabeHaving Self Compassion For Changing Your Mind, Ep. 48We often get overwhelmed by our own schedules, commitments, relationship requirements—basically our lives. But it’s okay to change your mind and move things that no longer work for you. Busy schedule? Reschedule or cancel what you can until you feel more comfortable. No longer want to go to that Happy Hour you said you’d go to? Then don’t. We make our own choices and create our own lives.In this episode we discuss:Extending the same understanding and compassion to ourselves that we extend to othersCreating a schedule that works for you, when it...2023-08-0114 min
Bare Minimum BabeNot Everything Is a Priority, Ep. 47.It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when everything seems equally important and urgent. If this often seems to be the case for you, then all this lack of focus and sight of THE singular priority means that everything will flail with only increments of progress, fueled by lots of stress and anxiety. If everything is the top priority…then none of it is.In this episode, we discuss:How we can only have 1 priority at a time. Priorities, plural, isn’t a real thing.It's easier to juggle multiple things at different points of your life than i...2023-07-2528 min
Bare Minimum BabeWhere You Start vs. Where You Finish. Ep. 46It’s easy to lose sight of how far we’ve come because we’re always searching for the next rung in the ladder. But where you’re standing right now could be the exact place that someone looking up at you is inspired to be.In this episode, we discuss:The power in being able to look back and be proud of how far you’ve comeIt’s okay to not have an end goal in mind and to follow the curiosity of things you THINK you might likeThere are usually distinct learning stages in every journe...2023-07-1829 min
Bare Minimum BabeGet Over Yourself, with Laura Aura. Ep. 45It’s our default to take every decision so freaking seriously. But really, 99% of the time it’s not that big of a deal and we need to just get over ourselves. Even if it’s a “failure,” WE are not failures, we just have fail moments and the indecision and fear will stop us quicker than anything else so it’s best to just make a decision and run with it — You change your mind if you want to later, no biggie.Join me and my guest Laura Aura as we discuss:How much “we underestimate ho...2023-07-1158 min
Bare Minimum BabeLong Term Thinking Over Short Term Feelings. Ep. 44.swap2023-07-0430 min
Bare Minimum BabeYou Should Quit, and Quit Often, Ep. 43“It’s easier to be mediocre than it is to confront reality and quit”— Seth Godin. Today we talk about how freeing it feels to finally quit something that no longer serves you, never truly worked for you, the reward is no longer worth the effort, or you’re just plain average at.It means you can shift your energy to something else, something better suited to you. But quitting is hard. It’s easier to ignore the truth that it’s better to quit and just continue hustling down a path you’ve already put so much effort into...2023-06-2727 min
Bare Minimum BabeAre You Making Moves You’ll Be Proud of? The Key to Building Long Term Success, with Fitz Koehler. Ep. 42You can’t take shortcuts. Long-term thinking and decision-making for your career, business, and life are easy if you stay in line with integrity and your values– which means no shortcuts or selling out. My guest, Fitz Koehler, and I chat about making moves in your life that you’ll be proud of tomorrow, 6 months, 5 years, a decade+, from now because you did what was right, for yourself and to others that you serve.In this episode, we also discuss:Overcoming fear of rejection and having the courage to pursue opportunitiesPutting yourself in the position to bring...2023-06-2050 min
Bare Minimum BabeShowing Up Even When You’re Unmotivated & Uninspired, Ep. 41Sometimes, the motivation just isn't there. Today, I showed up to the microphone with no real idea of what to say. I lacked inspiration, motivation, and creativity. I was simply there, existing. The problem was that I still needed to record an episode because I promised myself, and you, that I would release a new one every Tuesday morning. I HAD to show up and uphold the commitment I made to myself.In this episode, we discuss:Showing up consistently looks different. Every. Single. Day.How to honor our own commitments so we don’t lose tr...2023-06-1330 min
Bare Minimum BabeHow to Be “Enough:” Living a Life of Curiosity, Not Expectations, with Vicky Nguyen. Ep. 40We often live our lives full of expectations instead of with curiosity. Because of this, we often feel like we're failing or not doing "enough." Being unattached to certain outcomes and leaving ourselves open to try different things and learn from them is the key to being more fulfilled, instead of feeling like we never can be, have, or do "enough." In this episode, I chat with Vicky Nguyen, about how she prioritizes her time, making curiosity a top priority, and how to compete with yourself in a fun way.In this episode, we discuss:"You...2023-06-0652 min
Allison in WonderlandAmanda Cunningham: Host of the Bare Minimum Babe PodcastAllison Frye and Amanda Cunningham got together and had an awesome chat about marketing, mental health, and podcasting. They even dove into Amanda's gig as a marketing operations manager and Allison's life coaching business. 🎙️💼💻During this episode, Amanda spilled the beans on the struggle of juggling multiple tasks and how to market a podcast. She also opened up about her own journey with Bipolar Two and how she's learning to show up for herself despite feeling overwhelmed. Allison joined in with an understanding of taking on too many things and feeling overwhelmed. Both Allison and Amanda work in marketin...2023-06-0332 min
Bare Minimum BabeFollowing Your “Passion” Is Overrated BS. Ep. 39It’s normal not to have a singular all-encompassing passion that you’d suffer years for. This is completely contradictory to the advice that hustle culture shoves down our throats of, “if you just follow your ‘passion’ you’ll make loads of money and never work a day in your life.”What if you dabble and your life isn’t a linear line? What if you don’t have a SINGULAR passion…? News flash: like 99% of people don’t have a singular passion that they would die to do their entire lives. Even the greats that we think of, like Leonard...2023-05-3036 min
Bare Minimum BabeCoping with the Unpredictability of Bipolar II. Ep. 38This episode is a bit different in that I just sat down to the microphone and recorded what I was feeling and where I was mentally/emotionally during a depressive episode thanks to Bipolar II life. I chat about some of the things that happen on a rotating basis without any warning: insomnia, listlessness, lethargy, disconnectedness, agitation and anxiety, feeling guilty for how this impacts my family, etc. There’s no real “point” to this episode other than to share how I’m feeling in the hopes that my sharing and thinking through things might be helpful to someone else.2023-05-2327 min
The Content Queen Podcast176: How to do the bare minimum with your content marketing | Amanda CunninghamConsistently on the content creation hamster wheel for your business?
Feel like you are going all the time?
Babe, it is time to do the bare minimum.
It is time to get CLEAR on what works for your marketing! This week on the podcast @bareminimumbabe is here to give you a pep talk (and reality check) you need to do less but still get traction for your business!
If you LOVED the episode, make sure you share this on...2023-05-2343 min