In Episode 22 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks with poet, activist and healer, Laura Murphy, whose work centres around the ancient Irish practice of Imbas Forosnai - the gift that speaks truth to power and brings healing to society. As well as discussing their own journeys with the divine feminine energy and what led them to becoming healers, Laura and Dr Anthony discuss how women can heal their wombs and what safety in this space looks and feels like. The womb is typic...

Trigger warning: This episode references suicide, bereavement and divorce.In Episode 21 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks with Dr Darragh Stewart about men's healing work. Darragh is co-founder of Inward Bound and lead facilitator of men's retreats.We all carry masculine and feminine energies inside of us, regardless of gender or identity. Yet, many of us are living in imbalance as a result of wounding and conditioning. For men, this can show up as physical injury and ailments...

In Episode 20 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony explores regret. Many of us hold regret in our body - regret about relationships, regret about jobs, or just decisions we made when we didn't have the tools to make different choices. This episode is about understanding how carrying regret can manifest as physical disturbance in the body and what you can do to bring healing.From 25 minutes onwards, Dr Anthony takes listeners through a short meditation to meet their younger self and see...

Trigger warning: This episode references HIV, aids and violence. In this Pride-special of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony invites Anne Marie Tool from psychotherapy service, Insight Matters, to talk about the journey with self. They explore what it's like to feel shame and fear in the body and their hopes for moving towards a culture, not of tolerance but of the celebration of queer people. This episode is especially relevant for anyone from the queer community but also those wh...

In Episode 18 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks about how to raise your energetic vibration. We are all magical, energetic beings buzzing at a certain frequency, which can be influenced positively and negatively by many things - from the foods and drinks we consume, to who we spend our time with or what we watch on TV or social media.Dr Anthony explains how to cultivate high vibrational powerful thoughts so you can transform your relationship to yourself and the world around y...

Limiting beliefs are stories we tell ourselves that hold us back from living a full life. Whether it's something about you, the world, men, women, or something else entirely; limiting beliefs are how we get in our own way. In Episode 17 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks about limiting beliefs, how you can identify them and ways to retrain your perspective. Dr Anthony Rafferty is a doctor, reiki healer, shaman and intuitive healer based in Dublin, Ireland. Throughout this ...

Grief is something we will all experience many times during our human lives and we can never be prepared for the loss of a loved one. In Episode 16 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks with his long-term friend, Orlagh, who lost her husband, Fraser, to Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2024. Orlagh bravely shares her and Fraser's story, from his diagnosis to his art, fundraising for MND, his journey with spirituality and getting to spend his final moments with him. In th...

In Episode 15 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony shares his journey with the wounded masculine and how it shows up in his relationship to other men. He references the Carl Jung (or Jungian) Archetypes and specifically the Warrior, representing strength, courage and the ability to overcome obstacles. Wounding in this energy can look like avoiding conflict and consequently not having your needs met, or being uncomfortable with, or unable to access vulnerability in relations...

Episode 14 of The Intuitive Health Podcast features meditation teacher, spiritual guide and coach, Conor Creighton. We all grew up with a perception of what love is based on how our parents loved us and each other. However, as many of us evolve, we seek a love that is accepting of us on all levels but we don't know how to break free of our patterns. Ahead of Conor's 'Summer of Love' course, Conor talks with Dr Anthony about how we get in our own way when it comes to love and what ...

In Episode 13 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony takes a deep dive into the third chakra, the Solar Plexus. Given its proximity to the stomach, stagnancy in this system can physically manifest as problems in the gut. On an emotional and relational level, disruption to the energetic flow through the Solar Plexus can show up as control and micromanagement of people and situations. Tune in to find out how to spot potential stagnancy in this system and to hear Dr Tony's top 10 tips for r...

In Episode 12 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks with compassion expert and coach, Dr Nilesh Satguru about the meaning of self-mastery and how to make choices that are aligned with your future self. In addition to exploring how blocks and conditioning can limit us from living our soul's purpose, Dr Nilesh shares his method for shifting old beliefs: presenting the body with new ones; persistent, emotive thought, and learning how to relax the body.Dr Anthony Rafferty is a d...

In Episode 11 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks about the fear we hold in the body and how it can keep us from living a full life. Whether it's fear of rejection, fear of failure or fear of abandonment, we all carry fear. The work is in understanding where you hold it, shining a light on it and investigating whether it belongs in the present or whether it's based on an anticipated outcome that may never come to fruition. Tune in to hear about how you can journey with you...

Episode 10  of  The Intuitive Health Podcast is in honour of Earth Day on April 22.  From deforestation to overfishing, meat consumption to plastics; the planet is buckling under the pressure of human existence. In this important episode, Dr Anthony delves into some of the factors that are contributing to climate change and what we can do about it. In addition to shining a light on some important facts, he shares his own journey with veganism and regaining connection to the land.  Tune in to...

In episode ​9 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony ​talks to Breathwork Teacher, Trauma Release Facilitator and Author, Pat Divilly.  ​Pat talks about his journey with breathwork and how it can be helpful for mapping the nervous system, releasing tension and quieting the inner critic.  They also discuss what true self-care looks like and how to release shame around not meeting expectations, either self-imposed or imposed on you by other people. Feel free to visit Pat's website to...

In episode 8 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony explains what boundaries are and where you might be missing them or overstepping them with other people.  When we do things we don't want to do or over give to a person, situation or job, we can start to feel resentful, anxious and depleted. This usually means a boundary is needed. Boundaries help protect our time, energy, emotional health and at times, physical safety.  Having strong boundaries with yourself can look like making good...

In episode 7 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony discusses shame and what it was like growing up in Catholic Ireland as a gay man. He talks about the internalised homophobia that many LGBTQ+ people face, inwards misogyny experienced by women, and feelings of shame around body image and sexuality that can be experienced by all genders and identities.  Often these feelings do not belong to us and are taken on as the projections of others and as a result of societal conditioning, As...

Regardless of gender, we all carry the divine masculine and divine feminine energies in our bodies. When there is balance in these polarities, people can show up with good boundaries but also with openness, vulnerability and support for themselves and others. However, when there is wounding of the divine feminine energy, people can demonstrate behaviours of neediness and manipulation or have a victim mentality. When there is wounded masculine energy, there can be elements of competitiveness...

Content warning: This episode references suicide, depression, bereavement, pregnancy loss, the holocaust, and 911. In episode 5 of the Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks about ancestral trauma and how the experiences of our lineage imprint on the genes of generations to come. This is due to epigenetics - an emerging area of scientific research that looks at how behaviours and environment can affect the way our genes work. As well as explaining the science behind generational trauma,...

In episode 4 of the Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony takes listeners on a journey through our energetic bodies. He explains what the chakra system is and how stagnancy can manifest in the body as physical ailments or how your body reacts when the energy of a place or a person feels off.  This episode also includes a guided meditation from 30 minutes onwards where Dr Anthony helps listeners tune into where there might be energetic blocks in the body and identify what might need some...

In episode 3 of the Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony talks all things menstrual cycle. From the follicular phase to the luteal phase,  the female body goes through the same cascade of hormones every single month.  Tune in to find out what happens in the physical body during each stage, what to look out for and how to optimise your energy through food and nutrition during your entire cycle. Throughout March, Dr Anthony will cover a range of topics around women's health from fertility and...

In episode 2 of the Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony takes listeners on a journey around self-love.  We all hold core beliefs and conditioning that can inform how we speak to ourselves and the choices we make. In this episode, you'll find out how to shine a spotlight on beliefs that may not be reflective of who you truly are. You'll also hear about ways to act and speak more kindly towards yourself - from a place of self-love. The meditation Dr Anthony references is Metta Bhavana. The...

In episode 1 Dr Anthony introduces The Intuitive Health Podcast and what led him on his journey to becoming a doctor, reiki healer, shaman and intuitive healer. He explains the link between science and holistic healing along with how energetic blocks can manifest in the physical body through disease and unexplained pain, as well as impact a person's mental health and emotional wellbeing.  Throughout this podcast series, Dr Anthony bridges the gap between science and holistic healing by...