Give Me A Minute

Welcome back girlies 🖤

This week it’s just Robyn and Jess back on the couch, and as usual, the conversation starts somewhere sensible before quickly descending into absolute chaos 🤌

We kick things off with car trouble, tyre drama and a series of questionable decisions that may or may not have involved insurance fraud.

We also get into friendship dynamics, personal boundaries, and why Jess has somehow developed the reputation of being everyone’s honorary gay best friend. We have a really honest conversation about mental health, with Robyn opening up about her experience with anxiety, medication, and the events that led to finally seeking help.

We chat about recovering from a completely burnt-out nervous system, friends stepping in when things get tough, and why asking for help is sometimes the bravest thing you can do.

There’s also plenty of life updates, including Robyn’s laparoscopy journey, Electric Picnic outfit dilemmas, podcast editing disasters and some very extra birthday planning.

One minute we’re discussing serious life lessons and the next we’re exposing just how unhealthy our friendship might actually be.

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TW - suicide

Welcome back girlies, gays & the GMAM gang 💜

This week we’re joined by Producer and Social Media Manager Kayleigh Marie, who’s back on the couch to help us unpack the incredible response to last week’s episode with her mum, Maggie.

We reflect on some of the powerful conversations that came from sharing Maggie’s story and hear Kay’s perspective on what it was like listening back to such a personal and emotional episode. We chat about generational trauma, family dynamics, and how our childhood experiences can continue to shape us long into adulthood.

As always, the conversation takes a few unexpected turns as we dive into OCD, intrusive thoughts, mental health, family alcoholism, medication journeys and navigating life’s challenges while trying not to completely lose the run of ourselves.

We also chat about grief, finding love, appreciating the people who show up for you, and some of the lessons life has taught us along the way. Naturally, we somehow end up discussing X Factor auditions, future live podcast dreams and what might be next for Give Me A Minute.

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This week we’re joined by the incredible Maggie -Producer Kay’s mam, for what is undoubtedly one of the most powerful and emotional conversations we’ve ever had on the podcast.

Maggie opens up about her childhood growing up in an incredibly difficult home environment, navigating family addiction, poverty, neglect and trauma from a very young age. She shares what it was like caring for her younger siblings, the involvement of social services throughout her childhood, entering foster care, and the lasting impact those experiences had on her life.

We talk about becoming a mother at just 16 years old, her struggles with mental health over the years, and the challenges she’s faced while trying to build a different life for herself and her family. Maggie also speaks honestly about her complicated relationship with her own mother and how love, forgiveness and family can exist alongside pain and difficult memories.

This is a conversation about survival, resilience, motherhood and finding strength in the most unimaginable circumstances.

It’s a deeply moving episode, but as always, there are laughs, honesty and moments of warmth throughout.

We laughed, we cried, and by the end of it we were completely in awe of Maggie.

This is one of the most important conversations we’ve had on Give Me A Minute, and we’re so grateful she trusted us with her story.

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⚠️ Content warning: This episode contains discussions of childhood trauma, addiction, neglect, foster care, sexual abuse and mental health struggles which some listeners may find distressing

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This week we’re joined once again by everyone’s favourite Ballyfermot icon, Paige Behan, for what might be our most educational and chaotic episode yet.

After last week’s conversation about Paige’s journey, this episode gets into all the questions people are usually too afraid to ask. Paige opens up about her gender-affirming surgery, recovery, what life is like afterwards, and answers the questions she’s been asked a million times over the years.

We discuss the extensive assessment process required to access gender-affirming surgery, including the multiple psychiatric assessments and medical approvals that trans people are often required to undergo before receiving treatment.

We also have a really honest conversation about fertility, with Paige speaking about finding out as a teenager that she was infertile, how that affected her growing up, and the wider conversations around fertility and family planning within the trans community.

As always, it’s not all serious - there’s plenty of laughs, oversharing, questionable questions, and absolutely no topic left untouched 💅 (understatement of the year)

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GIRLS WE LOSE VIDEO TEMPORARILY DUE TO A BUG WHEN DOWNLOADING 😭😭 5-10 mins of a blank screen audio stays and then we come back SO SORRY. (Robyn’s dogs are her WiFi box)

Welcome back girliesss 💅

This week we’re joined by our pal Paige Behan and it’s one of the most honest, emotional and important conversations we’ve had on the podcast so far.

Paige opens up about growing up in Ballyfermot, being diagnosed as intersex, and her journey transitioning from male to female in Ireland. We talk about identity, friendship, dating while trans, and the reality of navigating relationships while dealing with fetishisation and misunderstanding from men.

We also get into the realities of trans healthcare in Ireland, including Paige’s experience travelling to Germany for surgery, undergoing two separate SRS procedures, and the emotional and physical impact that came with it all.

Paige shares the story of being refused medical care in St James’s Hospital after surgery and how she ultimately took a court case and won - after being denied treatment based on gender discrimination.

Alongside all of that, we also chat about Paige’s MANY lives and careers 😭 from years working in The George to going back into medicine and her dreams of medical school (she’s gonna change the world of trans healthcare in Ireland) 💅💅

As always, even with the heavier conversations, there’s still loads of laughs, chaos and completely unhinged moments throughout.

We love you divas, thank you always for the love 💘
Xoxo The GMAM gang 💋