{"podcast":{"title":"Understanding Ourselves with Sarah","slug":"understanding-ourselves-with-sarah-6733980","podcast_index_feed_id":6733980,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/83fb6250/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.sarah-egan.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/22042900/22042900-1746130095658-ab1acbcf62342.jpg","author":"Sarah Egan","episode_count":91,"summary":"As we embark on the journey of understanding ourselves, I delve deep and upend all angles related to our healing and pain, insecurities and confidence building, spirituality and humanness and our daily wins and battles.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T04:17:40.154626+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/understanding-ourselves-with-sarah-6733980"},"episode":{"title":"Ireland's Most Ancient Divine Goddess","slug":"ireland-s-most-ancient-divine-goddess","published_at":"2026-01-29T10:44:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/understanding-ourselves-with-sarah-6733980/ireland-s-most-ancient-divine-goddess","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/understanding-ourselves-with-sarah-6733980","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/understandingourselves/episodes/Irelands-Most-Ancient-Divine-Goddess-e3ebmh9","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/83fb6250/podcast/play/114726889/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-29%2F417064372-44100-2-34a2acf2cb0a1.mp3","summary":"Long before Christianity arrived in Ireland, many goddesses and gods were worshiped, especially one very special triple-goddess associated with poetry & inspiration, healing & transformation, smithing, sacred wells, and fire. I'm so excite for this episode, especially dedicated to one of the greatest goddesses of pre-christian Ireland, and just in time for her very own festival on February 1st, the turn of the seasons. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have, Sarah.💚 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Ireland's Triple-Goddess, Brigid 00:01:30 February 1st & Imbolc 00:02:37 St.Brigid's recently new public holiday in Ireland, Biddies's Day 00:03:30 The Rise of the Divine Feminine 00:04:14 A tribute to Brigid 00:07:24 Kil Dara, Brigid's sacred place 00:10:44 Embodied acts to honour Brigid 00:11:20 CARE, creativity and nature 00:12:00 A ritual dedicated to Brigid Academic & Historical resources *Proinsias Mac Cana: Celtic MythologyA foundational academic overview of Celtic myth, including land goddesses and sovereignty traditions. *Miranda Green: Celtic Goddesses: Warriors, Virgins and MothersAn authoritative study of Celtic goddesses. *Dáithí Ó hÓgáin: Myth, Legend and Romance: An Encyclopaedia of the Irish Folk TraditionA well-regarded reference covering Irish gods, goddesses, and folklore. *Contact me , Sarah on my website: https://www.sarah-egan.com.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saraheganempoweringyou/ *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saraheganempoweringyou/ *Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1odbBVLwKy2MFwSah9qqT5?si=e4dd7daa147c4716 *Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-ourselves-with-sarah/id1714608666 *LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-jane-egan/ *TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@saraheganempoweringyou…","meta_description":"Long before Christianity arrived in Ireland, many goddesses and gods were worshiped, especially one very special triple-goddess associated with poetry &am…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":915,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/understanding-ourselves-with-sarah-6733980/episodes/ireland-s-most-ancient-divine-goddess/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/understanding-ourselves-with-sarah-6733980/ireland-s-most-ancient-divine-goddess.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}