Episode 28 with Claire Walsh on feeling her fears & finding herself through her breath.

This week on the pod I have Claire Walsh who is free diver in one of the most dangerous sports in the world.

Claire talks about suffering with depression in her 20's and not feeling like she was ticking any boxes and wanted to find her own self. That is when she went travelling in her thirties and found the world of breath work and free diving.

Claire shares how sea swimming and the ocean has helped her through some of the toughest times in her life, how she gets into the headspace of holding her breath for 5 minutes and 59 seconds and the place she goes to in her mind 'Going under water there is nothing, no chatter , no judgement'. If you can regulate your self, emotions and life in the present moment we have the power to do anything.

Diving has given Claire a new lease of life and has thought her how to navigate herself through connecting her mind and body.

'Fear is like a phoenix it burns a thousand times and still they will return.. you have to face your fears'.

Claire talks about it in her new book ' Under Water' which is out now.

Follow Claire on instagram @clairewalsh

Me @emmakehoe / @empowerwithemma