211 {Jacinta Tynan} Navigating personal challenges in the public eye

About this episode

Jacinta Tynan shares her journey of navigating personal challenges while in the public eye, discussing her career in journalism and the impact of her decisions on her family.

Try our FREE burnout quiz. Grab your burnout workbook HERE.  Today’s episode is a deeply honest and powerful conversation with Jacinta Tynan, journalist, author, presenter, podcast host and creator of The Spiritual Book Club. With a background in mainstream journalism, she’s also not afraid to explore concepts like spirituality and meditation, helping to make them more relatable and attainable. She has written articles and columns for the likes of Sunday Life, Body+Soul and Stellar and is passionate about using her platform to help others feel more connected and ‘seen’. Jacinta spent more than 30 years in the media, including a long career as a news anchor, but behind the scenes she was navigating profound personal challenges. These resulted in her having to make the big decision to leave a dysfunctional relationship with her young children. In this episode she shares: -      The journalism stories that stay with her -      A challenge that impacted who she is today -      Why she had to leave the father of her children -      How she bargained with…

People in this episode

Host: Ali Flynn

Guest: Jacinta Tynan

Topics covered

• personal challenges
• journalism
• spirituality
• mental health
• relationships
• parenting

Keywords

• burnout
• journalism
• spirituality
• dysfunctional relationships
• parenting challenges
• self-reflection
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Spiritual Book Club, Sunday Life, Body+Soul, Stellar

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