#70 Merle O'Grady

The 80% with Esther O'Moore Donohoe

EPISODE 70: IT’S ALL GRADY, BABY!

Back when I started The 80%, in 1875, Merle was kind and brave enough to come on and talk to me. I had no clue what I was doing but took the chance to put out a show on a digital station so I could then podcast it. Back then it would take me at least a week to edit one episode. I use to get so frustrated and felt like giving in all the time, but week by week I got a bit faster and now it only takes a mere 6 days to make each one-JK! I’ve included the link to my old chat with Merle below if you want to listen back.

In the five years since she’s we first met, a lot has changed in Merle’s life. She moved home to Dublin from London where her career was in its ascendancy. She then had her fabulous daughter Vega and well, her life blew up! She talked to me about how she suffered with post-natal depression and how then had to put herself and career back together. Merle threw out all the ideas she had about what her life should look like and instead moved into a new, different version of herself.

During my chat with Merle, something I heard Jane Fonda say in an interview came to me ‘I can’t make my life longer but I can make it wider and deeper.’ We all have to reimagine ourselves endlessly throughout our lifetimes as we lose bits ourselves and then recreate new incarnations of us in response. Merle is a living example of this.

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LINKS FOR THINGS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:

See all the beautiful things Merle makes here https://merleogrady.com/

My first chat with Merle https://play.acast.com/s/the-80-with-esther-omoore-donohoe/tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F150739333

The counselling service Merle mentioned https://nurturehealth.ie/

The link to pre-order Sophie White’s forthcoming book Filter This: https://tinyurl.com/y4vvye8x

Designer, Melinda Lee Holm https://tinyurl.com/y49ry6mk

Ruby Warington: Material Girl, Mystical World https://tinyurl.com/y4vos62q

My book club book: Fake Like Me https://tinyurl.com/yxg4ba2e

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