Sinead MacCana

Sinead MacCana I Guide Women to Achieve the Strength, Confidence & Health they deserve by working from The Ground U

03/06/2026

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Happy Global run day!!! I hate to be doomy & gloomy but with the rise in running, you would assume reports of women’s sa...
03/06/2026

Happy Global run day!!! I hate to be doomy & gloomy but with the rise in running, you would assume reports of women’s safety would be increasing??? More numbers on the ground??? Men to protect & all that jazz??? Alas no.

I find it absolutely ridiculous that it’s 2026 & more than once a week I hear stories of women being harassed, assaulted & stalked whilst running.

I personally have been mugged, chased by a motorbikes & cars, repeatedly yelled at, stalked by car, bike & on foot.

Mainly by men from a first world country, who I can safely assume would have been taught respect, laws, & what harassment is & have enough financial security to be driving an N-Max with a fresh fade coming straight from Finns.

Yet somehow, perhaps due to drugs, alcohol, a feeling of ‘laws don’t count in another country’ all of this gets forgotten.

And if we just accept it. Have a ‘boys will be boys’ mentality. ‘Laugh’ it off or ‘take it as a compliment’ then I’m allowing it to happen. That’s disgusting, lazy, irresponsible.

Safety shouldn’t be optional. It’s a right.
WE can do better.

And better isn’t stopping women from running in the dark.

Better is a multi-faceted approach of talking about it, calling it out, having consequences, a firm stance on behaviour & thinking how can we make our environments & the people in it SAFER instead of make women, once again, adjust.

18 months ago I was described as a ‘black cloud’ 🌧️ when I entered the room. That comment hit me hard. I felt awful. Ins...
25/05/2026

18 months ago I was described as a ‘black cloud’ 🌧️ when I entered the room. That comment hit me hard. I felt awful. Insulted, guilty, angry.

“WELL NO S**T SHERLOCK MAYBE ITS BECAUSE IM GOING THROUGH A REALLY FRICKEN HARD TIME & IF YOU JUST ASKED ME THEN YOU’D KNOW, YOU *insert word of choice here*”

I wanted to yell & soooOOo nearly did.

Because I WAS going through a hard time.
And I was finding myself accepting it; indulging in the hardness of it all.

When I was in the dating world, a fun question to ask & answer is ‘what characteristic do you find the least attractive in people’ & my answer was always ‘when people are stuck in a negative story of themselves’

When this person (not Jordan, don’t worry 😅 he’s more tactile) called me out on being a dark cloud, I was caught red handed.

Like shares in her quote: Joy is contagious. But so is sadness, anger, a lack of willpower, slight narcism, shame.

I felt so ashamed of how sad I felt, how much of a fake smile I put on, that when I was at home, I couldn’t hide it. I wanted to soak in the s**tty ness of it all: and I did, but I was forgetting to wash it off.

I was forgetting that life outside of the hardness existed & how I handle my own emotions - DO impact other people.

Fast forward to Jordan & I’s recent thailand holiday. A few ‘black cloud’ days came back. The guilt & shame came back too. But instead of using them to dig a further whole. I dragged my self out. I did the annoying stupid things that take us out of our head.

I made a commitment to myself that I can be congruent with my values; see the bliss in the hard times & that I am the only one that controls the story I tell myself.

Admitting my mindset was a big part of the problem was hard & felt like s**t. But it was the only way I could honestly change my actions to create the life i want, & be the person I’m proud to be.

Lesson? Act as if your emotions are contagious.
Bonus lesson? Feeling ‘black cloud like’ is often due to a difference in your values & how you’re living.

24/05/2026

My reliance on exercise as a coping mechanism challenged my relationship to the point of breakdown. It made me panicked, selfish, short sited. Honestly, a very unreliable partner in crime. To be honest, I’m quite ashamed to admit the impact it had on my relationships & view of my self.

I called it dedication though, because that sounds nicer. But what happens when the event ends, or there’s a scheduled holiday… and I’m still refusing to rest?

It’s hard to say it’s JUST dedication because if I was truly respecting my training, I’d have understood the importance of rest & recovery & off-seasons.

There’s a difference between being dedicated to your routine VS being controlled by it. The easy way to tell what is what, is how you respond to change, new environment & new situations.

Relationships are a great way to force all of those in on you 😅😬🤣

I used my job, passions & stress levels as an excuse to over train. Hard to be anxious when you’re too tired & distracted to feel any emotions.

I share this because I see it all the time; exercise was once someone’s saving grace - and then it becomes their ONLY safety net. It starts to take away from everything else in their life & loved ones, friendships get pushed aside.

It happened to me. And I was luckily enough to have someone brave enough to call me out on it, whilst risking me literally running away 😅💃🏼 (which I did a few times 😬😅🥲 )

For those that relate to me. You already know I’m talking to you. I want you to know that it’s hard, but not as hard as you think & you can get through this. I know deep down, you’d really love to just ‘be normal & rest’.

And to those that are concerned about someone, don’t stay quiet. Be kind but firm. Understand they’re not trying to hurt you. Educate yourself, encourage them & don’t tell them what to do, but SHOW them how much more there is to life outside of food & exercise control 💞

For those with questions or concerns, my DM’s are always open.

Full podcast episode is out on - link in bio ❤️

Feathers = rustled.When I first realized that I perhaps MAY of been just tying up exercise reliance as ‘dedication to tr...
22/05/2026

Feathers = rustled.

When I first realized that I perhaps MAY of been just tying up exercise reliance as ‘dedication to training’ BOY did I get angry.

“NO NO NO NO IM JUST REALLY COMMITTED *& also internally really stressed & really sad so please don’t take my only coping mechanism away from me*

I wanted to scream I WAS healthy & strong. Because I looked healthy & I was strong.

But I couldn’t take a rest day without anxiety, didn’t have a regular period & had no other forms of stress relief other than exercise.

Doesn’t sound so healthy hey?
Doesn’t sound so mentally strong either, right?

Only when I re-learned how to rest, sit with discomfort, acknowledge emotions, deal with stress - did I then also stop relying on external sources to validate me, & I can now exercise for enjoyment & true strength - not from a place of control or dependence, or sense of feeling ‘enough’.

If I can, you can too ❤️

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