Vogue Williams tells Ryan Tubridy she needed therapy after becoming obsessed with death

While she is known for hosting a podcast called My Therapist Ghosted Me, it was thoughts of death that brought Vogue Williams to a therapist herself.

The presenter, podcaster and DJ opens up to Ryan Tubridy on his new podcast series The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy about her fear of death, living life to the full and going to a therapist through the prism of three books: her favourite childhood book, the book that made her cry, and the book that changed her life.

In a wide-ranging chat which includes everything from the importance of reading to her children, swapping books with her mam and how losing a parent has affected her life, Vogue gives an honest and in-depth insight into how reading has helped her with anxiety and has even convinced her of an afterlife.

As Vogue admits she has never read a self-help book, their chat turns to manifesting, with Ryan bringing up how Academy Award nominee and Dubliner Barry Keoghan wrote a list of his goals for his career which has reached astounding heights since he first starred in gritty crime drama Love/Hate.

Vogue said: “I’ve started rewatching Love/Hate! Spenny is watching it with me. He actually understands the Irish accent now but he thinks everyone is from Cork – he’s like ‘are they all from Cork?’ – ‘No that’s inner-city Dublin!’”

And while she doesn’t necessarily believe in manifesting and self-help books, she has found going to a therapist has helped her offload in life and also helped her conquer a fear of death.

“I went through a phase when I went through thinking about death, about a year ago. I had to go see a therapist about it. I was like, ‘I can’t stop thinking about death’. It was every old person I walked past in the street. Still now the odd time when I see an old person I’m like ‘oh, Jaysus’. I know it’s insane. I feel so sorry for them because they must be so scared… I would literally go to bed at night thinking about my own demise. And it just kind of came from nowhere. I had never really thought about it. And I needed to figure out what to do so I started to read books to confront death.”

Vogue introduces Ryan to the book that changed her life Many Lives, Many Masters written by psychiatrist Dr Brian Weiss who investigates past lives which helped her overcome her worries.

“It gave me a level of comfort that there was something else. I actually believe again in life after death and one part of it was souls reconnect in another life. I was worried about my kids but you stay in the same circles so I’m going to see you in the next life Ryan!” 

To hear more of Vogue’s book choices and for Ryan’s own segment Ryan Recommends, don’t miss The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy, sponsored by Eason, available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major audio platforms and to watch on YouTube.

All the books discussed on the podcast are available now in your local Eason store or online from Easons.com before 6pm for same-day dispatch, with free delivery when you spend over €10.