Kelly Donovan and the Staggering Cost of Integrity In a world that claims to value transparency, we often treat whistleblowers like heroes in movies, but like pariahs in reality. This week on The FEMCAST, as part of our Gaslit Brain series, we sat down with Kelly Donovan. Her story is not just a critique of…
… and Why It’s Costing Women Their Lives When we talk about workplace bullying, most people picture an overbearing boss or a toxic colleague making life miserable. What we don’t picture is a 28-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police, a counter-terrorism officer, a senior professional trusted with national security, being systematically bullied, gaslit, and pushed…
How Narcissism is Shaping Our Workplaces, Politics, and Lives Ever met someone who feeds off admiration, but feels nothing for anyone else? Someone who can ruin lives and still play the victim? Have you ever worked with someone who seemed magnetic — confident, charming, persuasive — until you saw what lay beneath? The…
Following in the Footsteps of Greatness – Connolly Carries the Torch from Michael D Michael D. Higgins leaves behind an extraordinary legacy, a hard act to follow by any measure. For fourteen years, he led with empathy, and profound humanity. His lifelong advocacy for social justice, vision, equality, and the arts reshaped this nation. It…
When the Workplace Becomes a Warzone What happens when manipulation becomes a management style? When truth-telling is punished, and chaos is the language of control? In this week’s episode of The Gaslit Brain, we share a real story from a listener who endured severe psychological abuse and gaslighting in her workplace, a…
When Empathy Wins This weekend, empathy won. We voted in a president whose leadership is grounded not in power, but in empathy. Catherine Connolly’s calm courage, her compassion, and her clarity of thought give us hope — hope that humanity, empathy, and integrity still have a place at the head of the table. And it…
Integrity Won. Smears Lost. Ireland Has Spoken. Today, Ireland chose calmness over chaos. Compassion over cruelty. Class over smear. At the heart of that choice stands President Catherine Connolly, a woman who has shown that leadership can be bold and gentle, principled and accessible, courageous and kind. Catherine brings steadiness. She has…
Last night in Citywest, chaos erupted. A Garda officer was injured. Public property was destroyed, and once again, we witnessed the kind of thuggery that’s becoming disturbingly familiar – violence disguised as protecting women and children. No one carrying out their duties should ever be at risk of injury or harm. Gardaí, firefighters, emergency…
There’s a moment in every survivor’s story where confusion gives way to clarity. When you realise what you thought was love, care, or even mentorship, was actually control. That moment of recognition can shake you to your core, and that’s where The Gaslit Brain Series begins. In this episode of The FEMCAST podcast, we…
What happens when you report abuse… and suddenly you become the problem? When the spotlight swings away from the perpetrator and lands right on you — questioning your tone, your behaviour, your clothes, your motives? That’s not an accident. It’s a tactic. And it has a name. DARVO: Deny. Attack.…