Live Wild

This special episode of Live Wild turns its attention to the podcast’s YouTube community. Hosted by Hilary Rose, this episode reflects on the five most watched moments on the Live Wild YouTube channel in 2025 – the conversations that viewers returned to, shared, and sat with again and again.

From shadow work and somatic healing to intuition, spirituality and deeply human humour, these moments stood out not because of numbers alone, but because of depth. They capture curiosity, vulnerability, laughter, and the kind of conversations that stay with you long after the screen goes dark. This episode is both a thank you and a reflection – a reminder of the power of slowing down and really listening.

The Top 5 Moments of 2025
5. Pat Divilly – Authenticity, Presence & Living From the Heart
4. India Rakusen – Everyday Magic, Intuition & Spirituality
3. Charlie Goldsmith – Integration, Presence & Emotional Healing
2. Hamilton Souther – Consciousness, Ceremony & Awakening
1. I’m Grand Mam – Humour, Queerness & Everyday Joy

This episode is a celebration of curiosity, honesty and the conversations you chose to spend time with. Live Wild exists because of this community and these moments are a reflection of what resonated most.

Thank you for watching, listening, sharing and supporting the show.
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Key Links
Watch Hilary’s TEDx Talk here.
Follow Hilary here: @thehilaryrose
Follow Live Wild here: @livewildpodcast
You can contact Hilary on LinkedIn here

Thank you for listening to the show, I hope you found it fun and inspiring. Please help us bring you the best quality content by rating, liking and sharing the show with others.

If you’d like to show your support we would be delighted! You can buy me a coffee by following this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/livewildpodcast

As always the Live Wild podcast, its CEO and host Hilary Rose emphasis that this podcast is for entertainment purposes only.

Thank you! Xxx
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As a new year begins, this special episode of Live Wild takes a moment to pause, breathe and reflect. Hosted by Hilary Rose, this end-of-year episode revisits the ten most listened-to conversations of 2025 - moments that challenged beliefs, cracked hearts open, invited rest, sparked courage and stayed with listeners long after the microphones were turned off.

Rather than rushing into resolutions or what’s next, this episode honours what has already been lived. Across wellness, mental health, relationships, identity, embodiment and meaning, these ten moments capture what it means to be human in a modern world, and why slowing down to reflect is sometimes the most powerful place to begin.

Whether you’ve been part of the Live Wild community from the start or you’re just discovering the podcast now, this episode is an invitation to revisit the conversations that shaped the year and resonated most deeply with listeners.

The Top 10 Moments of 2025
10. Yvonne O’Shaughnessy – Stress, Hormones & Burnout
9. Jason Byrne – Comedy, Fathers & Letting Go of Worry
8. India Rakusen – Finding Meaning in the Everyday
7. Sinéad Brady – Unpaid Labour, Work & Redefining Balance
6. Pat Lordan – Romance Fraud & Online Scams
5. Joanne McNally – Performance Anxiety, Fame & Being Human
4. Robert Sheehan – Fame, Meditation & Self-Compassion
3. Karen Egan – Embodied Consent & Listening to the Body
2. PJ Gallagher – Mental Health, Survival & Speaking Out
1. Pat Divilly – Authenticity, Presence & Living From the Heart

This episode is a reflection, a thank you, and a reminder that growth doesn’t always come from pushing forward, sometimes it comes from looking back and honouring what shaped us.

If you’d like to hear any of these moments in full, all episode links are available in the show notes, or you can search the Live Wild podcast to dive deeper.
Thank you for listening, for supporting the show, and for being part of the Live Wild community
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Key Links
Watch Hilary’s TEDx Talk here.
Follow Hilary here: @thehilaryrose
Follow Live Wild here: @livewildpodcast
You can read more about us or contact us at www.livewild.ie

Thank you for listening to the show, I hope you found it fun and inspiring. Please help us bring you the best quality content by rating, liking and sharing the show with others.

If you’d like to show your support we would be delighted! You can buy me a coffee by following this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/livewildpodcast

As always the Live Wild podcast, its CEO and host Hilary Rose emphasis that this podcast is for entertainment purposes only.

Thank you! Xxx
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In this powerful solo episode, Hilary Rose shares The Rest Manifesto, a deeply personal reflection on healing, nervous system recovery and reclaiming rest in a world that rewards exhaustion. This episode is not about laziness or giving up, but about rehabilitation after years of surviving, bracing and pushing through. It’s an invitation to soften, slow down and listen to the body’s wisdom.
Through poetic language and honest truth, Hilary reframes fatigue as evidence of resilience, rest as an act of courage, and softness as survival reimagined. The Rest Manifesto speaks to anyone who has lived in fight-or-flight, mistaken productivity for worth, or felt disconnected from their own needs. It is a reminder that healing happens at the pace of trust, and that rest is not something to earn, but something to honour.
Thank you for listening to this episode. If The Rest Manifesto resonated, you’re invited to sit with it, return to it, and take what you need from it, gently.
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Key Links
Watch Hilary’s TEDx Talk here.
Follow Hilary here: @thehilaryrose
Follow Live Wild here: @livewildpodcast
You can read more about us or contact us at www.livewild.ie

Thank you for listening to the show, I hope you found it fun and inspiring. Please help us bring you the best quality content by rating, liking and sharing the show with others.

If you’d like to show your support we would be delighted! You can buy me a coffee by following this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/livewildpodcast

As always the Live Wild podcast, its CEO and host Hilary Rose emphasis that this podcast is for entertainment purposes only.

Thank you! Xxx

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From cult comedy fame to carving out a more grounded creative life, Owen Colgan joins the podcast for an honest, funny and deeply reflective conversation. Best known as Buzz from Hardy Bucks, Owen chats about live performance nerves, the highs and lows of comedy, stepping into solo work, and what success looks like now. This episode explores creativity, slowing the nervous system, and why laughter remains one of the most powerful tools we have.

Key topics we discuss:
Life after The Hardy Bucks and navigating solo work
Comedy nerves, performance anxiety and stage fear
Why laughter is Owen’s anchor in life
Creativity, imagination and staying playful as an adult
Fame, ego and staying grounded back home in Mayo
Social media burnout and focusing on the work instead
Language, learning Irish and creativity in the brain
Redefining ambition, success and a meaningful career

You can find Owen here: YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok
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Key Links
Follow Hilary here: @thehilaryrose
Follow Live Wild here: @livewildpodcast
You can read more about us or contact us at www.livewild.ie

Thank you for listening to the show, I hope you found it fun and inspiring. Please help us bring you the best quality content by rating, liking and sharing the show with others.

If you’d like to show your support we would be delighted! You can buy me a coffee by following this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/livewildpodcast

As always the Live Wild podcast, its CEO and host Hilary Rose emphasis that this podcast is for entertainment purposes only.

Thank you! Xxx

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From lecture halls to nightclubs, Professor Louise Crowley’s work is reshaping how we respond to sexual violence, harassment and harmful behaviour. In this episode, we explore how Louise developed the Bystander Intervention programme at UCC, why education is key to cultural change, and how ordinary people can safely step in when something isn’t right. Louise shares powerful real-life stories, practical tools like the “4 Ds” of bystander action, and a compelling vision for creating safer, more respectful communities - one intervention at a time.

Key topics we discuss:
What bystander intervention really means and why it matters
How the programme began at UCC and scaled nationally
Recognising microaggressions and everyday harmful behaviour
The “4 Ds” - Direct, Distract, Delegate, Delay
Why safety is always the first rule
Empowering men as allies and challenging lad culture
Supporting victims through validation, not silence
Education as the foundation for long-term culture change
Louise’s work with universities, schools, sports clubs and workplaces
The All Right, All Night campaign and keeping people safe in the night-time economy

You can find Louise here: LinkedIn | Bystander Intervention Website | Bystander Invention UCC IG | All Right All Night Website
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Key Links
Follow Hilary here: @thehilaryrose
Follow Live Wild here: @livewildpodcast
You can read more about us or contact us at www.livewild.ie

Thank you for listening to the show, I hope you found it fun and inspiring. Please help us bring you the best quality content by rating, liking and sharing the show with others.

If you’d like to show your support we would be delighted! You can buy me a coffee by following this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/livewildpodcast

As always the Live Wild podcast, its CEO and host Hilary Rose emphasis that this podcast is for entertainment purposes only.

Thank you! Xxx

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