Pink is Power

We are honoured to have Denise Walsh join us on Pink is Power. Denise is a highyl experienced hair professional with over 30 years in the haridressing industry and the founder of Rustiq Salon. Known for her passion for healthy and beautiful hair, Denise has built a strong reputation for her expertise, dedication to her clients, and commitment to quality in the salon industry. This led Denise to create Curly Co, a treatment solution for curly and frizzy hair. Alongside her successful business Denise is a dedicated mother of three and a wife. She balances family life with entrepreneurship and both Angela and Karen got to sit down with Denise and her the resilience it requires to keep the success alive and the ups and downs of business life.

BIG NEWS What began as a powerful podcast conversation is now becoming something even bigger… Pink is Power is officially in Season 2 — and we are beyond excited.Our very first guest is the incredible Claire O’Sullivan At 50, Claire made a courageous leap — leaving behind a secure career of over two decades supporting women experiencing homelessness to follow a deeper calling. She journeyed to Spain to rediscover herself, and from that space of truth and transformation, she now empowers other women to reclaim their own power.This conversation is raw, inspiring, and a beautiful reminder that it is never too late to begin again. Pink is Power is about real stories, real women, and real transformation. It’s about rising, reclaiming, and remembering who you are. Join us for the very first episode of this powerful new chapterBecause your story… your voice… your power… matters.

Why do we love the way we love?Why do some of us cling, some withdraw, and some seem to move through relationships with steadiness and ease?In this powerful episode of Pink Is Power, Karen Whelan Imrie and Angela Doyle Stuart — two experienced psychotherapists and health experts — take a deep dive into attachment.Blending personal reflection with therapeutic insight, they explore:• What attachment really is• How attachment styles are formed• Anxious, avoidant, secure, and disorganised patterns• How these styles play out in adult relationships• Why we react the way we do when we feel triggered• And most importantly — how healing and change are possibleThis is an honest, grounded, and compassionate conversation about the relational patterns that shape our lives — and how awareness is the first step toward freedom.If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Why do I keep repeating this dynamic?” — this episode is for you.Listen in and begin to understand your relationships through a new lens. 

In this deeply nourishing and honest conversation, hosts Karen and Angela are joined by two powerful women and guides, Anne-Marie Southcombe and Rachel Jackson, to explore the often-unspoken terrain of perimenopause — not as a problem to fix, but as a sacred initiation into a new phase of womanhood.Together, we speak about the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual shifts that many women experience during this liminal time. From nervous system regulation and embodied wisdom to Ayurvedic insight, intuition, identity, and self-trust, this episode invites a re-framing of perimenopause as a threshold — one that calls women home to themselves.This is a conversation rooted in compassion, education, lived experience, and reverence for the female body. Whether you are in perimenopause, approaching it, supporting someone through it, or simply curious to understand your cyclical nature more deeply, this episode offers grounding, validation, and hope. Expect themes of:• Perimenopause as initiation rather than pathology• Listening to the body’s intelligence• Nervous system support and embodied practices• Ayurveda, intuition, and hormonal wisdom• Reclaiming voice, power, and self-trust in midlifeAbout our guests:Anne-Marie Southcombe is a holistic facilitator whose work is grounded in nature, presence, and embodied wisdom. She weaves life coaching, shamanism, energy healing, yoga, and meditation to support women in reconnecting with their intuition and inner strength. Website: https://annemariesouthcombe.comRachel Jackson is an Ayurvedic and Lifestyle Therapist specialising in women’s health and hormonal balance. Trained in India and Europe, her work supports women in understanding their sacred, cyclical bodies through the lens of Ayurveda and conscious living. Website: https://www.anadiayurveda.com This episode opens our 2026 season — and we couldn’t imagine a more important, timely, or soul-led conversation to begin the year with.

In this powerful episode of Pink is Power, Karen and Angela unpack micro-cheating—those subtle boundary crossings that quietly erode trust long before full betrayal occurs.Karen shares a personal story of how micro-cheating snowballed into devastating infidelity, and the painful self-betrayal of ignoring her inner knowing. Angela reflects on her own teenage patterns and wounds. Together, they explore toxic masculinity, distorted feminine energy, and the deeper emotional wounds that drive cheating behaviour.A raw and insightful conversation on intuition, boundaries, and reclaiming your power.

In this heartfelt and honest episode, Karen Whelan Imrie and Angela Doyle Stuart open up about their own insecurities — the hidden fears, self-doubt, and old narratives that once shaped how they saw themselves and the world around them.Together, they explore how insecurity can quietly influence confidence, self-belief, and relationships, and how healing begins when we stop seeking safety in what hurts and start trusting our own worth.

In this deeply moving and transformative episode, hosts Angela Doyle Stuart and Karen Whelan Imrie sit down together for a raw and inspiring conversation on forgiveness.Angela interviews Karen as she opens up about her own extraordinary journey — sharing how, at just 19 years old, she faced her abuser and chose the path of forgiveness. What unfolds is a story of courage, healing, and profound spiritual transformation.This episode invites listeners to reflect on the true meaning of forgiveness — not as forgetting, but as freeing ourselves to reclaim peace, power, and love. Listener discretion is advised: this episode contains discussions around sexual abuse.

In this powerful episode of Pink is Power, we sit down with Kathleen Funchion, Sinn Féin MEP for Ireland South, to explore her incredible journey in politics and public life. Kathleen opens up about her career, her passion for creating change, and her deeply personal reflections on coercive control. With honesty and courage, she shares both the challenges and the triumphs that have shaped her voice as a leader, a mother, and a woman of strength.Listener advisory: This episode discusses coercive control and related sensitive topics.

In this episode Angela shares the loss of her sister to a relationship and the impact this loss had on the family. Angela offers powerful truths and insights into red flags in relationships by sharing with listeners how the relationship her sister was in resulted in her death and a family's loss. Listeners are advised this episode talks about murder, coercive control and bereavement.

Why is Self Love Important? Because teh relationship you have with yourself shapes how you experience and manifest everything in your life. in this episode hosted by Angela and Karen they open up about their own journeys with self love - the struggles, the breakthroughs and the lessons.

In this deeply powerful and heartbreaking episode both Karen & Angela sit down with an incredible young woman called Destiny. Her story speaks of childhood trauma and how her trauma is now her purpose to uplift and be in service. Please be advised the content of this episode speaks on violence and abuse

Today we explore and discuss boundaries as we explore how boundaries are not walls - they are sacred acts of self-love. In this episode of the Pink is Power Podcast Karen and Angela dive deep into the power of boundaries.