Our podcast explores women’s relationships—from mother-daughter to leadership—and how they shape lives, aiming to support and empower women across all relationship experiences.
This week on How's Your Ma, we're joined by Amy Miller — Hippy Hun, one of Dublin's most recognisable DJs.
Amy takes us through her life growing up in the flats, coming out as gay, finding her identity, becoming a DJ and going from practicing on decks in the flats to playing Electric Picnic and gigs in Australia.
We also chat about how Dublin's nightlife and drug scene has changed, why Amy stepped away from DJing every weekend, becoming a mum, her relationship, her lifelong friendship with her best friend and the spiritual journey that led to the Hippy Hun we know today.
It's funny, honest, chaotic and full of Dublin stories.
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Meet Amy Miller aka Hippy Hun
01:01 – Why Amy stepped away from the DJ scene
02:11 – Amy's experience on TV
03:21 – Growing up in the flats
03:42 – Coming out as gay
04:28 – Being a tomboy and fighting back
05:32 – Coming out to her friends
06:11 – Growing up with a single mum
07:21 – Looking back on childhood
08:15 – Music as Amy's escape
09:01 – How Amy started DJing
09:44 – Amy's first DJ gig
10:06 – From empty dance floors to Electric Picnic
10:59 – DJing in Australia
11:23 – Manifesting her dream gig
12:06 – How Dublin's nightlife has changed
12:52 – The changing drug scene
14:19 – Drugs, danger and modern nightlife
16:32 – Drug use in Dublin today
17:16 – Addiction and recovery
18:05 – The clubs Dublin has lost
19:17 – Where can older people go out now?
20:00 – Bringing back the old-school party
21:17 – The death of Dublin's free festivals
22:02 – Why Amy wants to DJ again
23:19 – Why she took a break from DJing
24:24 – How Amy met her partner
25:39 – When Amy finally met her
26:23 – Their first kiss
27:31 – Becoming a mum
28:23 – “She'll heal me”
29:27 – The Dublin accent
30:08 – Growing into yourself
31:13 – Amy's lifelong best friend
32:14 – Hangovers aren't what they used to be
33:19 – Can you still enjoy a night out without drinking?
34:19 – Finding her own style
35:34 – How Amy became Hippy Hun
35:58 – Spirituality, 11:11 & her nanny
36:18 – Tattoos, dreads and finding herself
37:18 – Learning not to care what people think
38:04 – Hormones, motherhood & mental health
40:24 – Life as a mum
41:49 – Advice for new mums
42:28 – The reality of parenthood
43:51 – Balancing family and work
45:41 – What does the future look like?
46:22 – Manifestation, faith & karma
48:07 – Getting back behind the decks
48:44 – Travel plans & family holidays
49:25 – Amy's dream of owning a mobile home
50:20 – Childhood holiday memories
51:41 – Stories from growing up in Dublin
How's Your Ma brings real people into the room for honest, funny and sometimes chaotic conversations about life.
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8 Oct 2026
Callie & Bella | Episode 24
In this powerful episode of How's Your Ma, we sit down with Callie and her mum Bella as they openly share their experiences with addiction, alcohol, drugs, homelessness, toxic relationships and recovery.
Their stories are deeply connected, but both women had to find their own way out of addiction. Bella speaks about years of alcohol addiction, how it affected her family and the moment she finally realised she needed help. Callie shares her experience with addiction, abusive relationships, homelessness and becoming a mother while struggling with substance abuse.
Most importantly, they talk about what happened after recovery — rebuilding their lives, rebuilding their relationship with each other, and breaking the cycle for the next generation.
This is an incredibly honest conversation about addiction, family, trauma, recovery and finding yourself again.
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction: Meet Callie & Bella
01:11 – Callie opens up about addiction
02:29 – Drinking from a young age
04:07 – Callie's addiction gets worse
05:34 – Becoming a young mother
08:47 – Bella's story begins
10:35 – Moving to Tallaght and starting a family
11:45 – Bella's relationship with alcohol
13:07 – “I wanted to die”
14:35 – The moment everything started to change
16:17 – The friend who was one year sober
18:19 – Bella decides to go to AA
20:47 – When drinking became antisocial
22:15 – Trying to hide addiction from the kids
23:42 – Trying to control drinking
25:14 – Drinking, money and addiction
26:05 – Callie's journey into recovery
27:44 – Addiction, pregnancy and motherhood
28:30 – Homelessness and drinking
30:00 – Living in a family hub
31:35 – Choosing sobriety
32:22 – Toxic relationships and abuse
34:08 – Leaving addiction and rebuilding her life
34:47 – Two years sober and a new relationship
35:30 – Mother and daughter finally reconnect
36:29 – Breaking the family cycle
39:00 – Addiction affects the whole family
40:13 – When drinking takes over your life
41:12 – The financial impact of addiction
43:17 – Losing friends and finding new ones
45:08 – Getting professional help
47:18 – Finding yourself in recovery
48:30 – New friendships and healthy relationships
49:13 – The importance of sponsors
50:37 – What does the future look like?
51:01 – Discovering a new passion
53:06 – Finding a career later in life
55:21 – Callie's future after recovery
57:19 – “What if I can?”
57:46 – Breaking the cycle
58:13 – Final thoughts & seven years of recovery
How's Your Ma brings real people into the room to tell their stories, in their own words.
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1 Oct 2026
Emma & Bala | Episode 23
In Episode 23 of How's Your Ma?, we’re joined by Emma and Bala, two social workers originally from India who now live and work in Dublin.
They share their experiences of moving to Ireland, finding their feet in a completely different country, building friendships, dealing with the cost of living and working in social care.
We also get into their lives back in India, growing up in close-knit families and communities, education, migration, arranged marriage and how their experiences growing up shaped the people they are today.
Emma and Bala also talk about the kindness they've experienced since arriving in Ireland, the importance of paying that kindness forward, and what the future might look like for them.
A fascinating conversation about family, culture, migration, social work and finding your place in a new country.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Meet Emma & Bala
01:04 – Finding their feet in Ireland
02:12 – Growing up in India and moving abroad
03:42 – Emma's journey to Ireland
05:19 – Why Dublin?
06:31 – Experiences of kindness and discrimination
08:16 – The challenges of starting over in Ireland
09:04 – Similarities between Irish and Indian culture
09:51 – Bala's arranged marriage
11:12 – How arranged marriage works today
13:20 – Meeting a potential partner
15:14 – Finding the right person
17:25 – The "Tinder" of arranged marriage
18:12 – What happens on a matrimonial website?
19:12 – What they looked for in a partner
21:00 – Bala's husband and the journey to marriage
23:09 – Long-distance relationships and communication
24:37 – Studying social work in India
25:17 – Getting social work qualifications recognised in Ireland
27:22 – Education in India
30:08 – Learning through practical experience
31:23 – Growing up speaking different languages
33:21 – Migration and the "brain drain"
34:09 – Why professionals leave India
37:09 – Why there are Indians all over the world
38:14 – Sending money home and supporting family
38:59 – The reality of the cost of living in Dublin
40:41 – What they love about social work
41:39 – Why Emma became a social worker
42:57 – Bala's experience of receiving help growing up
44:02 – Paying kindness forward
46:08 – The impact of social work
47:29 – The challenges of social work in Ireland
48:11 – What does the future hold?
49:04 – Could they settle in Ireland?
50:14 – Growing up in big Indian families
52:19 – Life skills learned from living abroad
52:45 – Breaking generational patterns
53:23 – Gender expectations growing up
55:03 – Challenging traditional expectations
56:26 – Family, community and the importance of kindness
57:12 – The legacy of people who helped them
59:05 – Family back home in India
01:00:36 – The importance of family
01:02:41 – Final thoughts
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