Life and Death with Ruth McGill

Episode 27 and my guest this week is the beautiful Ruth McGill, an acclaimed actress, classically trained singer, vocal and singing coach and a death doula. Combining these skills and attributes to alchemise vocal embodiment and healing. She is also the Mum to 11 year old Charlie.  A beautiful conversation with Ruth about finding her joy in life as a child and facing the inner critic, both lessons to be remembered in adulthood when faced with making decisions that would affect the course of your life. Listening to the people that love and encourage you to go for what feeds your joy and helps you develop your creativity as Ruth's parents did. Learning to be yourself and knowing you are enough. Ruth beautifully expresses herself with The evertides and also in her role as a singing coach in helping others to find their own voice and transform the feeling within of being heard and expressing the song in your heart. We chat about someone we love becoming unwell, managing life around that and facing the impending death of your loved one.  Ruth shares with me the support She and her family received from her Aunt Phil - a soul midwife who held them in a loving space to just be, to heal, to grieve, to say thank you to her Mum and her Grandfather before that. This has led Ruth to train as a death doula and set up death Cafés in person and currently online to start the conversation about dying and death.  Check out Ruth on www.theholdingspace.ie www.theevertides.com and on Facebook  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sharonfitzmaurice.substack.com