Here For The Craic with Emma Neill

Everyone has a creative side, but a lot of us learn to block it off from a young age, or maybe you're like me and consider yourself quite a creative person but often have creative blocks that get in your way and seem impossible to overcome. I started reading Julia Cameron's, The Artist's Way, and her first tip of writing your 'morning pages' could be life changing... Journalling favs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/emmaneill/list/36FA155GR5LHL?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_XD7GN76HSN2VYTRCYZKD Link to The Artist's Way and previous book club books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/emmaneill/list/1D1EZETSMIIB9?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_3B5WYTTFC01K6DY9A3D8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A lil episode to update you on what I've been up to and recent events, what I've been watching, reading and listening to, as well as my current food, fashion, face and fitness favs

Lots of you guys requested that I do a Thailand dedicated episode like I did with Vietnam and the Philippines, so here it is! Everything you need to know about travelling Thailand from budget to food, getting around, my fav places, and where I'd stay clear of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We constantly talk about how we just want celebrities to be honest and transparent about what they've had done, but in the same breath will jump down someones throat when they open up about getting cosmetic surgery. Do we really want transparency? And would transparency about these things have a net positive or net negative effect on us as a society? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a qualified yoga instructor, I guess I'm qualified to talk about the cultiness of yoga? Are all yoga instructors one step away from losing their minds? I mean, maybe, yeah, but who am I to judge? It looks like a pretty nice way to live life if I'm being honest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Solo travel looks a lil different when you're older and in a relationship. Recommendation of the week is my beloved travel pillow https://www.boots.com/boots-travel-deluxe-pillow-10321354 ❤️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A little travel update for you guys from my cabana in Koh Tao! As always I welcome critical engagement and healthy debate on any of the topics I discussed, please feel free to message me your thoughts I'm always open and willing to learn

The internet HATES influencers.. and I get it. We're one viral story time away from just cancelling every influencer to ever exist. When did the word influencer become such a dirty word and why are we sick of them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A lil St Patricks Day celebration episode❤️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Here For The Craic this week we've got Imogen on the pod! Imogen is the founder of her iconic brand, Imi Studios, and today I'm picking her brains about everything to do with running your own fashion brand and working in the fashion industry, we discuss whether it's important to stand up for things you believe in through your work, and she spills the tea on her recent scamming situation that happened with a supplier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I used to get my back up a bit when it came to religion, I guess it was hard to see past the negatives and the beliefs I was strongly against, but in recent months I've been thinking about religion and spirituality a lot more, and being in churches has forced me to think about it in a way that wasn't pushed on me like it tends to be in school growing up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We saw our 'have it all' mothers do EVERYTHING and thought emmm absolutely not, whilst our brothers thought, if my mum can do it, why shouldn't my wife do it too? Surprisingly enough, that doesn't work too well when dating men today... https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGddaXwnj/ the tiktok I refer to naming it the 'lost generations theory' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

sometimes I just need to catch you up on everything I'm loving atm from what I'm reading, watching and listening to, to my food, fashion and fitness favs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our phones are making us LAZY. We have everything at the touch of a fingertip, we don't have to learn or remember as much as we use to, we don't need to be as clued in or present when getting public transport or travelling anywhere, we quite literally just live in this constant floating state with our brains switched off, it's time to clue in babes

On this week's Valentines themed episode I'm joined by my lovely sister to talk all things Valentine's day, from expectations to horror stories, gift ideas, and everything in between. We couldn't be more opposite when it comes to love and romance so spoiler alert, we pretty much disagree on everything

I think it's really important to train yourself to be more comfortable in your own skin and detach yourself from this idea of always 'looking your best' because let's face it, that's not realistic. The winter uglies are in full swing, and that's ok!!!! Sometimes you just need a few inner pick me ups and a realisation that paying for constant beauty treatments isn't all that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Small towns seem to breed a certain kind of mentality that don't always like to see people thrive or stepping outside of the norm, let's dive into it... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes adulting just hits you like a tonne of bricks and you think how tf did I end up here???? I'm just a baby??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to set realistic goals that you will actually achieve this year. Listen to the end for details on the giveaway❤️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy New Year my darlings!!!!❤️ First episode of the year of course had to be my ins and outs for 2025. Let me know what yours are in the comments! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of last weeks upload calamity+ your hilarious stories of times you've accidentally done something that's made a tit of yourself in the hope of making me feel better

the snow queen has returned! this time to answer all your christmas related dilemmas❤️ apologies for the previous unedited version ahhh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

weird and wonderful christmas traditions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode of Here For The Craic with Emma Neill I am joined by my gorgeous friend Carla! We discuss somatic therapy, yoga, cold water swimming, yoga, London in your 30's, kin keeping and struggles at Christmas. Make sure to check out Carla's Wise Yourself Up podcast❤️ Carla's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DGc41DvT4vpXfd2RYWhfi?si=8209468a10b5404f Donate to Mission Christmas: https://cashforkids.org.uk/mission https://linktr.ee/emmaneill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's December!!! Let the festivities commence (and the christmas chaos that comes with it). It's so easy to lose the run of yourself and end up getting run down, sick and getting the big bad burnout. Let's talk about some things we can do that to avoid that whilst still doing everything we want to do over the festive period. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How have we got to a place where we don't trust women to make decisions for themselves regarding their own bodies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump winning the US presidential elections is a huge lose for women across the globe. Women's rights are up in the air across America, and already Trump has signed an international declaration of not supporting abortion. The US has such a huge influence on the rest of the world, and coming from Northern Ireland, this all feels very close to home considering how recently abortion was decriminalised. In this weeks episode I thought I'd explain the history of abortion laws across the UK and Ireland, as it's a topic I feel so passionate about and hate the thought of us, too, taking steps backwards. Approved abortion clinics UK (gov.uk): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clinics-authorised-to-carry-out-abortions/list-of-independent-clinics-and-hospitals-approved-to-carry-out-abortions BBC panorama investigation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64751800 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today I'm joined on the podcast by my gorgeous friend Robyn❤️❤️❤️ strap in guys, this one's a bit chaotic lol in true Robyn and Emma style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I've really been in my journalling era and I'm absolutely LOVING it. On today's episode I'm telling you how I finally formed the habit, and about different styles of journalling and their benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thank you to Georgina Elliott for inspiring this episode, you can read her article for Dazed here https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/63149/1/why-dont-straight-men-read-novels-fiction-masculinity-influencers-sigma#:~:text=By%20creating%20%E2%80%9Ca%20safe%20space,yourself%20to%20a%20meditative%20end Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A long overdue big chat with my wee sister❤️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's so easy to fall into the mindset of "I'd have no problems if... I bought that bag, or looked like that person, or had that house..." the list is ENDLESS, but is it ever true? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oh the vaping epidemic really got me for a hot minute but it's OVER, me and vapes are DONE. How tf did I get here you may ask... today I will be spilling all from start to finish. To get an exclusive NordVPN deal, head to https://nordvpn.com/craic to get an extra 4 months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I recently went sober for 10 weeks and really made an effort to push myself out of my comfort zone socially as well as making time for doing lots of the things I wanted to. On this week's episode I'm telling you guys how that actually went for me and everything I've learned along the way. To get an exclusive NordVPN deal, head to https://nordvpn.com/craic to get an extra 4 months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big up Eva Adamson for joining me on this week's episode of Here For The Craic with Emma Neill. I'm so interested in the filming of reality TV shows so it was so cool to get an insight and ask the questions I feel like I've always wanted to know and don't hear others ask. We talked all about the filming of I Kissed A Girl as well as just about everything else under the sun

Finally back with a girly chats episode

I had faith in the cat gods that she would return to me, my precious angel is home! This is the story of how she returned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The capitalist society that we live in requires us to live very structured and rigid lives that often means picking between routine over community. Is there a way we can build community into our routine? Or does that completely defeat the purpose of community and disregard the spontaneity required to truly be apart of a community? Credit to Jordan Stacey's TikTok that sparked this conversation: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGewdVvBk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week I'm joined by the lovely Mila and KK, the founders of Sunflower Sessions, to discuss sober curiosity, drinking culture in Ireland and the UK, sober events, and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. Keep an eye out on their Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sunflowersessions_/ for their next live music x yoga event! Vote for me in the bCreator awards 2024 for podcast of the year❤️❤️❤️ https://www.bcreator.co.uk/awards/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hellooo my lovelies, back this week with a little life update, house update, reading update, and of course part two of last weeks 'face dysmorphia & perception drift: the cost of beauty trends' episode. In this second part I take a deep dive into my want from a young age to get a nose job, as well as how hyper-fixating on things can result in having a cognitive bias that only makes our hate towards that thing even even more extreme and irrational. Vote for me in the bCreator awards 2024 for podcast of the year❤️❤️❤️ https://www.bcreator.co.uk/awards/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some beauty trends are just a bit of fun regardless of how much we might cringe at them further down the line, like with the 'blush-blind' trend we're now seeing all over TikTok, but other beauty trends can actually be extremely damaging, and cause serious issues with body and face dysmorphia, perception drift, and put pressure on people to alter and manipulate their natural features. Hyper-fixating on features that don't fit the current beauty fads can cause us to negatively spiral and make permanent changes to fit temporary trends, which begs the question, should features or body types ever be trends? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When did it become ok to globally debate someones gender? Put yourself in this woman's shoes and imagine your gender was getting publicly questioned and scrutinised, with people hurling abuse at you and telling you you're evil and not deserving. Gender is not as black or white as we have all been taught growing up, DSD is a lot more common than you think. Let's call this 'controversy' out for what it is, sexist, racist, and transphobic. Links mentioned in episode: Girls Will Be Girls by Emer O'Toole https://amzn.to/3WwlUNM IOC framework on 'Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations' https://olympics.com/ioc/human-rights/fairness-inclusion-nondiscrimination Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joined today by the lovely Zara @whatzaraloves for this week's episode of Here For The Craic with Emma Neill, hosted in the gorgeous Spotify studios. We discuss the ever changing landscape of social media, the death of the Instagram influencer, the shift in the media we're consuming personally and whether the constant want for TikTok virality is affecting the space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

who doesn't love a good bed rot... but there's rules to the bed rot, let's not let it get self-sabotaging and find ourselves in cycle of avoidant, unhealthy behaviours, let's allow ourselves to be horizontal in PEACE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode I'm spilling my thoughts on some unspoken rules when it comes to flying as well as a few unhinged airport stories and how crazy some of the luggage allowance rules have got. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

if you were looking for your sign to dump him... this is it :) today we're talking fairytale romance, having high standards and not settling, being 'high maintenance' and weaponised incompetence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

catching you guys up on everything going on in my life and my head atm, the yapper be yapping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here it is people, a full episode dedicated to telling you the ins and outs of travelling The Philippines. Everything from the route we took, transport, budget, highlights, food, activties, the LOT. For specific recommendations on each place we stopped at make sure to head over to my instagram and check out my Philippines highlight where I've listed them.❤️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My biggest fear has become a reality after years of convincing myself that intrusive thoughts are just that... they're now legit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's wedding season! And with seeing another wedding every day on my Instagram feed, it's got me thinking, what do all these wedding traditions mean and where have they come from? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices