You Keep Me Sane

About You Keep Me Sane

For 10 years, Aileen and Julie have been each other's sounding board from opposite sides of the globe – Aileen in London and Julie in Melbourne. They have navigated everything – motherhood, relationships, menopause, health, grief, and everything in between – through daily voice messages. These exchanges often became lifelines, and now they share that space with their listeners. In You Keep Me Sane, Aileen and Julie hold honest conversations on life's challenges, growth, and connection. They lend an ear and share heartfelt insights, creating a space that allows both them, and you, to be human. Listeners are encouraged to write in with their own experiences and topics, becoming part of the conversation that feels like a chat with close friends.

Publisher

Aileen Harvey and Julie Fahy

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Oct 2024

Latest episode

5 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

124 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Aug 2026

   Rejection Sensitivity: When Rejection Feels Like Proof You’re Not Enough

   Episode Overview Why can a delayed reply, a critical comment or a relationship ending feel so emotionally overwhelming? In this episode, we talk about rejection sensitivity — the tendency to strongly react to real or perceived rejection, criticism or exclusion. We explore why rejection can feel less like a single disappointing moment and more like proof that you’re unwanted, unimportant or not enough. We also look at how this can lead to overthinking, over-explaining, apologising, withdrawing...

2. 

   22 Jul 2026

   Optimisation Culture : Why We Never Feel Enough

   Every scroll tells us there is something else to improve - our body, sleep, health, productivity, appearance or mindset. In this episode, we talk about how self-improvement can quietly become another form of pressure, especially in midlife. When every part of life becomes something to fix or track, we stop feeling like people and start feeling like projects. We discuss: Why wellness can feel like another full-time jobHow tracking can disconnect us from our bodiesThe difference between self-c...

3. 

   8 Jul 2026

   The Difference Between Who You Are and How You React Under Stress

   Episode Overview Have you ever caught yourself snapping, shutting down, feeling flat, or reacting in a way that doesn’t feel like you? In this episode, we talk about how stress can make us feel like we’ve become a different person - less patient, less warm, less fun, more defensive, more resentful, or simply unable to enjoy things we usually would. We explore the difference between someone’s personality and their stress response, especially when life has been stretching them for too long. Thi...

Who has been a guest on You Keep Me Sane

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Monica Maldonado
• Kate Daly
• Vanessa Marie Dewsbury
• Nitika Chopra

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

4,716

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

69

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

81