Variation Equals Resilience: HRV, Breathwork & Nervous System Health
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) isn’t about how deeply you breathe, it’s about rhythm, regulation, and safety in the body.In this episode, Verity Jo Coonan breaks down what HRV actually measures, why it’...
8 Feb 12min
Permission to Move On: Grief, Dreams & the Breath That Holds Us
Grief doesn’t end, it expands.In this deeply personal episode, Verity Jo Coonan shares a raw reflection on living with grief fourteen years after the death of her partner. She speaks to what it means ...
1 Feb 16min
Safety Over Intensity: Why Regulation Heals More Than Peak Experiences
In this episode, Verity Jo Coonan explores a powerful reframe in healing and Breathwork: intensity does not equal transformation, safety does.In a wellness world that often glorifies peak experiences,...
25 Jan 16min
Certification Doesn’t Make You Safe: The Truth About Trauma-Informed Breathwork
In this episode, Verity Jo Coonan speaks openly about one of the most important and often avoided conversations in the breathwork space: safety.- Not safety as a checkbox.- Not safety as a certificati...
18 Jan 19min
The Lighthouse Principle: Why Powerful Leaders Stop Chasing and Start Holding
In this threshold episode of The Dark Side of Verity, Verity Jo Coonan invites you to slow down, breathe, and meet yourself in stillness.Inspired by the Lighthouse Principle, this is not a “how-to” co...
11 Jan 18min
Mum Rage, Shame & Nervous System Healing: The Truth About Modern Motherhood
Motherhood, mum rage, guilt, grief and… Breathwork.In this episode, Verity sits down with shadow work + Breathwork coach Steph Beers, mum of three, to talk honestly about what really happens behind cl...
4 Jan 34min
End-of-Year Clearing: Rage, Reflection & Rewriting Your Future
In this episode, Verity guides listeners through her end-of-year ritual, a powerful process of releasing, reflecting, and preparing the body for what’s next. As 2025 comes to a close, she shares the m...
28 Dec 202516min
Why Nothing Actually Triggers You: The Mirror Episode
In this episode of Dark Side of the Verity, we dive deep into one of the most powerful teachings you can integrate into your life:Nothing actually triggers you, everything simply reflects what’s askin...
21 Dec 202516min
