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🌟Award Winning Integrative Mind-Body Therapist
🌟Mindfulness, Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy, Meditation, Reiki, Author
🌟'The STORMPROOF MINDSET Podcast'

06/03/2026

✨️ My heart is sooo full after my 'Full Moon Eclipse in Virgo Healing Circle' last Monday evening ✨️🌚

This Virgo Eclipse brought solid, grounding energy but yet there was a very powerful and empowering energy in the air!!

We enjoyed a very peaceful evening of:
🌚 Chakra Cleansing and Alignment
🌚 Gentle Nervous System Regulating Breathwork
🌚 Meditation
🌚 Journaling
🌚 Yoga Nidra
🌚 Hypnotherapy
🌚 A Forgiveness & Release Fire Ceremony
🌚 Energetic & Soul Connection

Thank you to everyone who joined me from near and afar 🙏😊

My next Full Moon Circle (in Libra ♎️) is on Thurs 2nd April at 7.30pm!! Booking link will be open in my bio over coming weeks!!

Wishing you all a beautiful weekend

Leona 💚

05/03/2026

✨ S2EP02 – Run ..... and Don’t Look Back ✨
🎙️ The STORMPROOF MINDSET Podcast

I watched one sheep turn and run.
Within seconds, every other sheep followed.
No one stopped.
No one checked.
They just ran.

And it made me wonder…
How often do we do the same?
How often do we run from discomfort, fear, anxiety, trauma, difficult conversations, or change — without ever pausing to ask why?

In this episode, we explore:
🐑 The biology of fear and the fight-or-flight response
🐑 Herd mentality and social conditioning
🐑 How anxiety spreads collectively
🐑 Trauma-driven avoidance patterns
🐑 The difference between instinct and intention

Sometimes running keeps us safe.
But sometimes it keeps us stuck.

A STORMPROOF MINDSET doesn’t eliminate fear — it teaches us to pause, regulate, and choose consciously rather than react automatically.

Maybe the power isn’t in running.
Maybe it’s in pausing long enough to look back.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify – link in bio.

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🌕 Earth & Eclipse: A Virgo Full Moon Release Meditation (LINK TO LISTEN IN BIO)This Full Moon Eclipse in Virgo is not ab...
03/03/2026

🌕 Earth & Eclipse: A Virgo Full Moon Release Meditation (LINK TO LISTEN IN BIO)

This Full Moon Eclipse in Virgo is not about doing more.
It’s about releasing more.

Eclipses are powerful turning points — moments where what’s been hidden rises to the surface, asking to be acknowledged… and gently let go.

Virgo energy is devoted, thoughtful, and grounded.
But when out of balance, it can become self-critical, perfectionistic, and caught in overthinking.

This meditation is an invitation to:
✨ Soften the inner critic
✨ Release pressure and over-responsibility
✨ Ground your nervous system
✨ Return to simplicity and self-compassion
✨ Trust the natural rhythm of your life

Under this eclipse, imagine laying down the weight you’ve been carrying.
You do not need to be perfect.
You do not need to hold everything together.
You are allowed to rest. 🌿

After the meditation, you may wish to journal with these prompts:

🖊 1. Where in my life am I being too hard on myself right now?

🖊 2. What am I ready to release under this eclipse — a belief, habit, or expectation?

🖊 3. If I trusted the natural timing of my life, what would I stop forcing?

Let this be a moment of refinement — not criticism.
Release — not pressure.
Grounded renewal — not burnout.

The Earth is steady beneath you.
The Moon is guiding you.
You are already enough. 🌕✨

02/03/2026

🔊 Have a listen to this week's 'STORMPROOF Mindset' Rooted Reminder 🍃

Use this 'Rooted Reminder' as an anchor to calmness and as a mental, emotional and physical regulator and reset as you move throughout your week 🧘‍♀️ 🧘‍♂️

The 'STORMPROOF Mindset' by Leona McDonnell - learning to weather the storms of everyday life.

If you like these 'Rooted Reminders', check out my 'STORMPROOF Mindset' Podcast 🎙 Available on Spotify & Link to Listen In Bio!

Wishing you all a grounded, peaceful and present week ahead 😊 🙏

27/02/2026

I PROMISED myself that I would buckle up and hop on the Fire Horse Energy this year!! 🔥 🐎 🏋️‍♀️

What a way to start the day !! Do these sessions challenge me?

YES!!!!

On so many levels!!

Put me in front of a group to Public Speak for hours or hold group trainings/workshops anyday!!

But in these gym sessions, I definitely feel I am stepping way out of my comfort zone! Mostly because I am visible in a different way and a little unsure of some of the equipment but I have to say, stepping out of my comfort zone and committing to embrace the uncomfortable this year is incredible!!

I asked for help when I needed direction and I took the words of encouragement and advice that a lovely lady gave me on board to throw on my ear phones, go into my own zone and train how feels right for me, not at the same weight level as others but at a level that feels good for my body! I was grateful for this advice and it has really empowered me during the sessions 💪

So, if you are unsure or uncertain about something in your life but you also have a ni**le or fire in your belly to do it:

✨️ Trust yourself
✨️ Nurture yourself
✨️ Have patience with and understanding for yourself
✨️ Embrace your whole self

You will never regret trying and you just might fall in love with the feeling of gifting yourself time and doing something that ignites your heart and fills your soul ✨️ ♥️

Wishing you all a beautiful day

Leona 💚

25/02/2026

✨ S2E01 – “Mammy… Aren’t We Lucky That We Don’t Have an Angry Mammy?” ✨
🎙️ The Stormproof Mindset Podcast

Recently, my youngest daughter said something that stopped me in my tracks:

“Mammy… aren’t we lucky that we don’t have an angry Mammy?”

And in that moment, I realised how much had changed.

This episode opens Season 2 with something deeply personal — my journey over the last 13–15 years from being an overwhelmed, reactive, emotionally stretched Mammy… to becoming a more connected, emotionally aware, and co-regulating mother.

This isn’t about perfection.
It’s about growth.
It’s about awareness.
It’s about repair.

Because “angry Mammy” was never about anger.
It was about stress.
Overload.
A dysregulated nervous system.
Unmet needs.
Inherited patterns.

In this episode, I share:
🌿 What was really underneath my reactivity
🌿 How the nervous system shapes parenting
🌿 The power of co-regulation
🌿 Why repair matters more than getting it right
🌿 How becoming stormproof begins within

If you’ve ever snapped and felt guilt.
If you’ve ever wanted to parent differently.
If you’ve ever thought, “I want to break this cycle”…
This conversation is for you 💛

✨ A stormproof mindset isn’t about never getting angry.
It’s about learning how to pause, regulate, and reconnect — again and again ✨️

🎧 Listen now on Spotify – link in bio.

22/02/2026

One of my favourite ways to ground and anchor myself in each moment when I'm out walking is to listen to the bird-song and to the beat and rhythm of my feet as they meet the ground on each step 🚶‍♀️🐦‍⬛ 👂

From when we humans used to live in caves, hunt and be hunted ..... birdsong was interpreted asa sign of safety and that no danger or predators lurked around.

I always feel instantly at ease and very present and aware when I hear the birds singing, maybe this is an inbuilt primal instinct we still have today!!

Tuning into the sound and rhythm of our feet as we walk and as we take each step helps to ground us into the universal rhythm of the earth, in turn grounding and anchoring us into each moment 😊

Why not give it a try the next walk you take and see how it feels!!

Wishing you all a beautiful day

Leona 💚

Join me for my bespoke Full Moon Eclipse in Virgo Healing Circle on Mon 2nd March '26 at 7.30pm! Book Now:https://leonam...
19/02/2026

Join me for my bespoke Full Moon Eclipse in Virgo Healing Circle on Mon 2nd March '26 at 7.30pm! Book Now:
https://leonamcdonnell.com/.../lunar-serenity-embrace.../

Under the powerful Full Moon Eclipse in Virgo, we gather in sacred space to pause, soften, and realign. Eclipses are profound energetic turning points — moments of completion, clarity, and release. This Virgo lunar eclipse invites us to gently let go of perfectionism, pressure, over-responsibility, and the quiet self-criticism we so often carry.

This is your space to exhale, to put down what feels heavy, to return to your body, to reconnect with what truly matters.

🌿 What this Virgo Eclipse Represents
Virgo energy is devoted, thoughtful, and deeply caring — but when out of balance, it can become over-analytical, self-critical, and tied to constant doing.

This eclipse offers:
✨ A release of outdated habits and patterns
✨ A softening of control and overthinking
✨ A clearing of emotional and energetic clutter
✨ A return to grounded self-compassion
✨ A powerful reset for your nervous system

This is not about fixing yourself.
It is about refining gently and realigning lovingly.

🌕 What to Expect in this Healing Circle

During this deeply nurturing evening, you will experience:
🌿 Grounding breathwork to settle the body
🌿 A guided Full Moon Eclipse Yoga Nidra & Hypnotherapy journey
🌿 Subconscious release work around perfectionism and self-pressure
🌿 Forgiveness and letting-go ritual
🌿 Affirmations to anchor new intentions
🌿 Quiet reflection and integration time

You will leave feeling lighter, clearer, calmer, and deeply supported.

✨ The Benefits of Joining
* Release emotional heaviness and mental overwhelm
* Reset your nervous system and reduce stress
* Let go of patterns that no longer serve you
* Reconnect to trust and inner steadiness
* Cultivate self-compassion and balance
* Feel held in safe, supportive community

Eclipse circles are powerful because they create space for closure and conscious renewal. What you release here creates room for what is meant for you next.

💫 This Circle Is For You If…
* You feel tired of holding everything together
* You notice perfectionism or self-criticism creeping in
* You are ready to release emotional weight
* You want to reconnect with grounded calm
* You crave sacred time for yourself

No prior experience is needed — just a willingness to soften and receive.

Come as you are.
Leave lighter.

🌕 Embrace what is.
🌿 Release what isn’t.
✨ Renew who you are becoming.

Each Full Moon brings an opportunity for forgiveness and to move on, to come to terms with something and to make peace with it. It is all about ‘surrendering’! Surrendering is truly life-changing as it releases us from all hurts, pains, upsets and resentments that may be blocking us from moving forward in our lives.

Some key words and ideas for this lunation are:
* Repetition – Where are you repeating thought and behavioural patterns in your life? Do you need more or less repetition?
* Second Chances – Grab any second chances with open arms. * Good Luck – seek out and embrace your good luck or create it if you haven’t got it!
* Corrections – Take this opportunity to right and wrongs that you are struggling with in your life. Forgive and Release.

When & Where?
📍 Location: Dúlra Therapy Centre, Lurganboy, Dromone, Oldcastle, Co Meath, A82 D2R8
👩‍🏫 Facilitator: Leona McDonnell (www.leonamcdonnell.com)
📅 Date: Monday, 2nd March ’26 from 7.30pm-9.30pm
💰 Energy Exchange: €25 per person (once booked and paid, bookings are non-refundable)

*Please note that prior booking is essential to reserve your place*

Full Moon in Virgo Healing Circle - Mon 2nd Mar '26! An immersive journey under the full moons transformative energy, supporting your personal healing journey.

🔥🐎 Year of the Fire Horse - FREE Guided Meditation (Link in Bio!)The Year of the Snake invited shedding.Reflection. Tran...
17/02/2026

🔥🐎 Year of the Fire Horse - FREE Guided Meditation (Link in Bio!)

The Year of the Snake invited shedding.
Reflection. Transformation.
Now… we rise.

With the Lunar New Year on February 17, 2026, we enter the Year of the Fire Horse — a year of courage, momentum, passion and bold aligned action.

This meditation will help you:
✨ Release what no longer serves you
✨ Ground your inner fire
✨ Reclaim your confidence
✨ Move forward with clarity

This is embodied fire.
Steady. Powerful. Intentional.

🔥 How To Use
• At sunrise to set intentions
• Before journaling or vision planning
• During a Full Moon release ritual
• After yoga or breathwork
• Before sleep for subconscious integration

Light a candle. Hand on heart. Repeat weekly to anchor the energy.

📝 Journal On This:
✨️ What am I ready to shed from the Snake year?
✨️ Where am I being called to move boldly forward?
✨️ If I fully trusted my inner fire, what action would I take next?

🔥 Affirm:
I trust the fire within me.
I move forward with courage and clarity.
I am grounded. I am powerful. I am ready.

Comment 🔥 if you’re stepping into your Fire Horse year.





🌑✨ New Moon Eclipse in Aquarius – 17th February 2026 - FREE Guided Meditation (Link in Bio!)This isn’t just a New Moon. ...
17/02/2026

🌑✨ New Moon Eclipse in Aquarius – 17th February 2026 - FREE Guided Meditation (Link in Bio!)

This isn’t just a New Moon. It’s an eclipse portal.
A moment where old timelines dissolve and new possibilities quietly begin forming beneath the surface.

Aquarius calls you to evolve.
To think differently.
To honour your uniqueness.
To step toward the future version of you that already exists.

This meditation will guide you to:
🌿 Ground into nature
🌬 Release outdated beliefs
⚡ Connect with your future self
🌌 Plant powerful eclipse intentions

There is nothing to force under an eclipse.
Simply witness. Trust. Allow.

🌙 How to Use This Meditation
• Listen within 24–48 hours of the New Moon (or anytime/daily in the next 2 weeks).
• Create a calm space — candle, journal, quiet moment.
• Set one clear intention before pressing play.
• Journal straight after while insights are fresh.

✍️ Journal Prompts
✨️ What part of me is ready to evolve?
✨️ Where am I being called to think or live differently?
✨️ What small aligned action can I take this month toward my future vision?

You are not behind.
You are becoming.

Enjoy 😊

Leona 💚

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Dúlra Therapy Centre, Lurganboy, Dromone
Oldcastle
A82D2R8

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