Yoga with Louise George

06/09/2026

A few pics from a fun weekend on the little island of Inishmore - with the gang from the Circles of Friends 🙌

31/08/2026

28/07/2026

Just saw a video on shame and wanted to chime in.

Shame is often understood as something we need to overcome or get rid of - i”hence the

But I also think shame is often a protective part.

Shame might have learned that making us smaller, more acceptable, less visible, or more critical of ourselves was the safest way to protect us from judgement, rejection, and/or abandonment.

The problem is that a strategy we developed usually as a child to help us to fit in and to belong eventually begins to disconnect us from ourselves.

And then it doesn’t serve us so well anymore.

Shame might be trying to protect us - but it protects us by asking us to hide. And that eventually stops us from living our lives fully and freely….it also takes a LOT of energy!

So I think mid-life is the absolute perfect time to stop hiding and to let shame have a break.

Thanks for starting the conversation 🙏

23/07/2026

Super excited for this event in August 🙌

Lipoedema Support Network Ireland

The impact of lipoedema goes far beyond the physical symptoms.

We’re delighted to welcome Louise George | Holistic Psychotherapist | Yoga Teacher | Coach , Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapist and Senior Yoga Teacher, to the National Lipoedema Conference 2026.

Louise will explore “The Psychological Impact of Lipoedema,” highlighting the emotional challenges many people face and why psychological support is such an important part of lipoedema care.

29th August 2026
Cork International Hotel, Cork

Join us for Ireland’s first national conference dedicated to lipoedema.

Tickets are available via the link in our
bio.

22/07/2026

If you’ve spent years dismissing your own feelings, ignoring your needs, or looking to everyone else for reassurance, getting to a place of self-love can feel almost impossible.

But maybe the first step isn’t loving yourself.
Perhaps it’s validating yourself.

Saying:
“It makes sense that I feel this way.”
“My experience is real.”
“My needs matter too.”

Self-validation helps reduce our feelings of shame and creates a sense of safety within ourselves that is needed for self-compassion to begin to grow.

And from self-compassion comes self-trust and then, over time, self-love.

💛 Self-love doesn’t begin with believing you’re amazing. It begins with believing yourSELF.

17/07/2026

Thanks for listening!
I’ll shut up now 🤣

17/07/2026

Part 5

What do my sessions with teens with eating problems look like?

16/07/2026

Part 4

When a teen is entering a difficult period in their life it’s often the case that the parent is too.

Obviously the priority is on helping the teen to recover from the eating issue but one of the benefits of working together with a teen and their parent is that I can address nervous system dysregulation in both parties, rather than putting all of the focus exclusively on what’s happening with the teen.

This can be very enlightening and creates mutual understanding of their own and each other’s coping.mechanisms.

14/07/2026

Recovery from an eating problem like anorexia isn’t just about eating more or just about weight restoration.

Those things do matter enormously, especially in the early stages, but recovery is often about something much bigger.

Many of the young people I work with have become experts in everyone else’s needs.

They’ve learned to keep the peace.
To please.
To adapt.
To avoid being a burden.

And somewhere along the way, they may have lost sight of themselves.

So recovery becomes about more than food.

It’s about identity.

Who am I?
What do I feel?
What do I enjoy?
What do I believe?
What do I need?
Can I say no?
Can I disappoint someone and still be loved?
Can I take up space?

This is one of the reasons I often work with parents and teenagers together, because recovery doesn’t happen in isolation.

When families begin to understand each other’s nervous systems better something will often shift.

It’s a slow process, but alongside recovery, a stronger sense of self gradually begins to emerge.

12/07/2026

Many teenagers with eating problems, especially restrictive ones like anorexia, are trying very hard NOT to be difficult.

They’re trying to be easy and to not be a “burden”.

Maybe there’s illness, divorce or stress in the family.

Maybe they’re simply very sensitive and perceptive.

Some children become emotional weather forecasters and become experts in everybody else’s feelings before they even understand their own.

They notice the sighs.
They notice the tension in the room.
They notice Mum’s exhaustion.
They notice Dad’s withdrawal.
They notice that their sibling needs more care or attention.

And so they adapt.

And the child who notices everything often becomes the child who learns not to ask for much. Not to take up too much space. Not to add to the burden.

So the question is often something like:

“How did this particular nervous system adapt to this particular environment?”