My Podcast

Our Emerging Future
with Monica Haughey

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About Our Emerging Futures

I launched Our Emerging Futures because I believe we are living through a truly significant evolutionary moment. When I look at the turbulence in today’s world - the wars, environmental crises, and collapsing systems - it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. However, I see these challenges as a necessary signal that old structures are breaking down to make space for something new.

For over 20 years, my work as a psychotherapist, social worker, and coach has been about helping people navigate change, blending therapeutic awareness with forward-looking action. Throughout my life, I’ve felt a deep drive to initiate and support projects that plant seeds for the future - from community and peace-building initiatives in Northern Ireland to food co-ops and conscious living conferences here in Dublin.

In this podcast, I’m building on that lifelong pattern of "inner yes" projects. Drawing on the astrological framework of our current shift from Pluto in Capricorn to Pluto in Aquarius, I see us collectively moving away from rigid, top-down systems and toward something more resilient: bottom-up, non-hierarchical, and community-led solutions.Our Emerging Futures is my way of spotlighting the inspiring, hopeful people who are already on the ground, creating sustainable, community-focused projects. This is a space to explore how we can consciously shape what comes next, together. I invite you to join me as we learn from these change-makers and envision the world we want to inhabit.

EPISODE ONE

Rediscovering Value: Gold, Community, and Financial Resilience with Mark O'Byrne

In this episode, psychotherapist and conscious coach Monica Haughey kicks off the second series of her podcast by exploring new ways of living in a changing world. She is joined by Mark O’Byrne, an international authority on gold and silver, founder of Goldcore (2003), and current CEO of Tara Coins.Mark shares his personal journey—from his Dublin upbringing and questioning authority to his academic study of history, which revealed recurring patterns of imperial overstretch and currency debasement. Following a period of global travel and personal reflection, Mark began exploring the practical realities of money and resilience, eventually leading him to the world of precious metals. Join us as we dive into:

  • The Reality of Fiat Currency: Why inflation and money-supply expansion are steadily eroding purchasing power.

  • Gold as "Monetary Insurance": Understanding why central banks are buying gold and why diversification is key.

  • Building Resilience: How to navigate the risks of cashless systems and grid failures.

  • Community and Barter: Why rebuilding local connections, family, and sustainable local economies is more important than ever.

Whether you're looking to rethink your financial strategy or find ways to build long-term stability, this conversation offers a thought-provoking look at the future of money and community.

EPISODE TWO - SOLO EPISODE WITH MONICA

Embracing Who You’re Becoming: Lessons from the MindBody Event at Dublin’s RDS

Monica Haughey recounts exhibiting and speaking at the MindBody event at the RDS in Dublin, where she promoted her work and explored with attendees themes of feeling stuck, leaving behind what no longer fits, and embracing who they are becoming.

She describes how many people resonated with this turning-point narrative, sharing dissatisfaction with corporate roles or successful businesses that no longer felt authentic, including one woman seeking courage to shift from a digital company into wellbeing.

In her talks on empowerment and money, Haughey encouraged shifting focus from fear-driven news and external events to what can be controlled - energy, choices, thoughts, and inner guidance - while also discussing self-worth, receiving value, abundance, and how affirmations and EFT were supported in conversation by neuroscience.

She invites listeners to reconnect with themselves and notes an upcoming workshop on 14 November at The Fumbally, with details on monicaaughey.ie.