Are your days mad busy yet you are grappling with a gorta mór—a gnawing, hollow hunger?
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Ravenous for a new narrative, to nurture your self-love?
Dying to feed your self-belief because your mind’s imagination is malnourished and your croĂ—heart feels like it’s on hunger strike?
Desperate for a súil eile—another perspective before your authenticity and creativity wither away?
Starving for the eco-wisdom and the Mnáology—land lore of your ancestors?
Thirsty for a collective remembering of ancient SĂ—spirit wisdom?
Pining for Mná-tra meditation and Mná-ifesting rituals rooted in feminine energy, self-trust, and in sync with the slow and seasonal Celtic Wheel.
Yearning for sacred scéalta—tales as well as tools, where Psychology & Mythology are fite fuaite—intertwined?
Craving a mór—expansive, otherworldly existence?
But First She
But First She provides coaching, courses, corporate workshops and community events to enable you to cultivate self-love and instinctual self-trust by tapping into the ancient feminine wisdom of Ireland.
Sadly, many of us remain subjects of the same patriarchal systems of old—first under Big Colonial power, then Big Church authority, and now Big Tech domination. The outdated framework we live by is far from MARVEL-ous! It serves us recycled wars, performative parenting, the hyper-fatigue of bro-wellness, and toxic productivity. Enough with the hero’s journey! We are in desperate need of stories of compassion, creativity, and collaboration. And we are in dire need of leaders who embody these these fierce feminine strengths or superpowers.
The good news is, just as the high priestess Enheduanna crafted new myths to unite the vast Sumerian Empire, my Mnáology stories are new myths for today’s world, enabling all of us to reclaim our inner feminine authority.
Through my new myths, you will feel uplifted from the daily grind and learn to become crĂłga croĂ—brave of heart—so you can put your needs first and live your kindest, most expressive life.
Even more importantly, I seek to do this as a community, a collective SHE.
The time is anois—now.Â
Let’s come le chéile—together, while we are active mothers and leaders, colleagues and community members, instead of waiting for aha moments in crone or elder years.
Grounded in the healing power of Gaeilge, my mother tongue, But First She empowers you to break cycles of self-doubt and people-pleasing by reconnecting to the wisdom of my Irish ancestors who meditated in Ireland’s sacred cairns and caves over 3,000 years ago.
His-tory must make way for HER-story as we ALL decolonize our minds. For history isn’t necessarily fact; it is biased. It’s a story, most often told by those who rule or win. And honesty and accuracy in the era of colonialism are questionable. I think we can all agree on that now. Right?Â
Let’s become more oscailte—open to possibility, and respect and recognize the value of forgotten feminine wisdom from marginalized mná-women and colonised communities via endangered or extinct ancient languages.
The Irish language is as ancient and as deep as Indian Sanskrit. Irish myths are not the work of savages but are of deep spiritual significance, which can empower us to harness our inner Goddess and serve humanity as a whole.
With But First She, I am on a mission to elevate Irish mythology to its rightful place within the storytelling traditions of the world, on a par with Greek and Indian myths. I aim to restore the Irish Goddesses to their rightful place within our society and our daily lives by offering a profound yet playful path to self-awareness and resilience.
After all, we are the scĂ©alta—stories we tell ourselves and our collective curiosity can fuel our inner feminine authority to help us find a way forward.Â
Or as we say as Gaeilge, in Irish:
Doras Feasa FiafraĂ—The door to wisdom is to ask.
Tá gliondar i mo chroĂ—I’m delighted to connect with you.Email me [email protected]
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Grá mĂłr—BIG love đź’śMary EllenÂ
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Mary-Ellen Saha
BA. MA. BSc. LCH Dip
Mary Ellen Saha is a dynamic force in the realm of meditation, coaching, and positive psychology, celebrated for her vibrant and holistic approach to well-being. Her coaching combines evidence-based practices, goddess spirituality with her active listening style, honed over many years on the phone lines of the UK’s suicide prevention charity, the Samaritans.
Hailing from the sacred heart of Ireland, near the mythic hill of Uisneach, a farm girl from Co. Westmeath. She inherited the work ethic of her Irish parents and also their deep Celtic spirituality. The masculine and feminine energies of doing and being intertwined in her heart from the beginning.Â
On the farm she built her resilience, resourcefulness, and belief in the restorative power of nature, a saviour during family mental health struggles. These early influences shaped her focus on mental well-being and an appreciation for Irish storytelling, earthy honesty and the season’s cycles. A dopamine dresser with an enormous zest for life, she never does anything half-heartedly.
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One-on-one meditation coaching with Mary Ellen was a soothing and enriching experience. She empowered me to take time for myself, tune in to my instincts and establish a daily meditation habit. I also joined her weekly online mother’s meditation circle and really enjoyed the community vibes and stories on the Irish Goddesses, as it really facilitates tapping into my feminine energy, which nourished me. Being from Northern Ireland I found it deeply peaceful to use mantras in the Irish language, to connect to my ancestry and feel grounded using the ancient feminine wisdom of Ireland.
