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If you want to share your thoughts, feelings, or ideas about today's episode, or maybe you'd like to come on the Pod, please email, text or send a voice note to:
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Welcome to the Health and Society podcast. I'm Sinéad, your host, each week I will have a guest on where we will chat about health society and culture in Ireland

**Press play OR tap/click one of the icons listed below to stream today's episode .

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We had Kiera Dignam on the pod we discussed her life a mammy and a musician and she talks about how her connection to music and writing and how this has helped her with processing trauma and grief.

Find Kiera on:

Instagram and TikTok - @Kieradignam

Send us a text

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Kiera Dignam - how writing music helped me process trauma and grief

Episode Description

Never lose your place, on any device