Rebecca Horan

A Little Birdie Told Me

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A Little Birdie Told Me is a family and parenting podcast and every episode we’ll be bringing you insights, advice and our own personal experiences, along with some great guests. Brought to you by Rebecca Horan and Rollercoaster.ie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rebecca Horan

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Kids

Latest episode

Jun 25, 2026

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Episodes

#119 Hazel Burton On Her Life-Changing Career Change And How It Improved Family Life 25.06.2026

On Season 10 Episode 12 of A Little Birdie Told Me, the final episode of this season, Rebecca talks to Hazel Burton. Hazel started the HomeReset.ie after working in corporate finance for over a decade and wanting more from her life, more joy, more balance and to do more of what she loves. The Home Reset is a home organising business, Hazel and her team do everything from sorting, decluttering to f...

#118 Isabel Gleeson On Finding Her Style And Voice After The Birth Of Her First Child 18.06.2026

On Season 10 Episode 11 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Isabel Gleeson. Isabel is a stylist and personal shopper, known as styledbyisabel on Instagram. Isabel has had a very busy few years; she moved back from working in retail in London, got married to her college love, moved house from the city to the country and gave birth to her first baby, baby Cohen. Isabel gave Rebecc...

#117 Psychotherapist Debbie Cullinane On Letting Go Of Her Past And Finally Living Her Best Life 11.06.2026

On Season 10 Episode 10 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Debbie Cullinane. Debbie is a leading child and adolescent Psychotherapist, she also hosts a podcast with Hayley Rice called "Is it just us?" and is a mum to two children. Debbie chats to Rebecca about her happy family life in Mayo and learning from her challenging past. Debbie also discussed what makes a home calm and...

#116 Nutritionist Samantha Forrest On Her Back To Back Pregnancies And The Birth Of Her Business 04.06.2026

On Season 10 Episode 9 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Samantha Forrest. Samantha is a nutritionist, the owner of the Irish business Fussy Food Plates and mum of three. Samantha spoke to Rebecca about her shock at having two pregnancies back to back and how she coped. Her and her husband then went on to have a third child years later. She also opened up about her training in...

#115 Kelly Donegan From Tallafornia To Two Under Two And Finding Her Joy As A Mother 28.05.2026

On Season 10 Episode 8 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan speaks to Kelly Donegan. Kelly is a former reality TV star and featured in two seasons of Tallafornia, she is a podcaster, pilates coach and mum of two. Kelly and Rebecca had a very open and fun chat about parenting two children under 2, how she met her Hungarian boyfriend, her modelling career and pivot into fitness and her birt...

#114 Becca Mehigan On Her Struggles With Colic And Breastfeeding And How She Found Her Calm 21.05.2026

On Season 10 Episode 7 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Becca Mehigan. Becca is a yoga practitioner, has a Masters in mindfulness based intervention and she loves to help people recover their busy brain. Becca is based in Dublin and is married to Dave Carney and they have a baby boy Zach. Becca opens up to Rebecca about her journey to motherhood, her struggles with colic, br...

#113 Tanaiste Simon Harris Opens Up About His Childhood, Family Life And Hopes For The Future 14.05.2026

On Season 10 Episode 6 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Tanaiste Simon Harris. Simon sat down to talk to Rebecca about his childhood, the birth of his brother Adam Harris who was diagnosed with Autism at a young age and his sister who he said is the glue in the Harris family. Simon spoke about how his parents battled to advocate for Adam and how this forced them all to grow u...

#112 Sarah Catterson On Helping Women Live Their Best Lives 07.05.2026

On Season 10 Episode 3 of A Little Birdie Told me host Rebecca Horan talks to Sarah Catterson. Sarah Catterson boasts over half a million instagram followers and a massive engaged online community where she coaches and advises. Sarah is the leading female voice in Ireland on fitness, nutrition and health. On this episode Sarah opens up about her teen years and struggles with her weight to where sh...

#111 Debbie Dwan Opens Up About Divorce, Remarrying And Raising 4 Children In A Blended Family 30.04.2026

On Season 10 Episode 4 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Debbie Dwan. Debbie is a content creator, a renovations influencer, full-time worker and mum of four. Debbie has an open and honest conversation with Rebecca about her experience of divorce as a woman in her thirties and with three young children, Debbie talks about the emotional and financial strain on her and the famil...

#110 Model Sarah Morrissey On Saying Goodbye To Her Mother During Covid And The Most Important Role Of Her Life 23.04.2026

On Season 10 Episode 3 host Rebecca Horan talks to Sarah Morrissey. Sarah Morrissey is a model and content creator and mum of one. Sarah has a daughter and lives with her husband in Dublin. Rebecca and Sarah discuss Sarah's childhood in the Liberties, her big family and love for her parents, she also discussed the role she took on as carer for her mother and her sad passing during Covid. Sarah als...

#109 Arlene Costello On Perimenopause, Pregnancy Loss And The Lonely Road Of TTC 16.04.2026

*****Trigger Warning - This Episode deals with the topic of pregnancy loss, if you are affected by any of this conversation please seek help***** On Season 10 Episode 2 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Arlene Costello. Arlene is popular content creator, fashion influencer and mum of 3. Arlene is a very well loved Irish influencer but has never spoken on her instagram page ab...

#108 Caoimhe McGinley From The Big Hill House Opens Up About Parenting Through The Hardest Times 09.04.2026

On Season 10 Episode 1 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Caoimhe McGinley. Caoimhe is a Content Creator and runs her page The Big Hill House, she is a mother of 4 and in recent years has moved back home from Dubai and separated. Caoimhe charted the renovation of her home to her followers and amassed a huge online community where she shares interiors, beauty, travel and fashion...

#107 Susan Collins On Facing Down Stage 4 Bowel Cancer While Parenting Three Children 26.02.2026

On Season 9 Episode 7 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Susan Collins. On This final episode in Season 9 Susan charts her cancer battle with Rebecca. Susan, otherwise known as SusansNextChapter on Instagram is a wife and mother of three and has faced the toughest battle of her life. Susan was diagnosed with bowel cancer over a year ago after being misdiagnosed with an appendi...

#106 Sinead Kavanagh On Overcoming The Worst Of Times To Live A Beautiful Life 19.02.2026

On Season 9 Episode 6 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Sinead Kavanagh. Sinead curates fashion and beauty Instagram page, The Beaut Truth, where she creates content for her 100,000 plus followers. Sinead is a teacher and married with two children. On this episode Sinead opens up to Rebecca about her devastating cancer journey and how she overcame the worst time of her life,...

#105 Alana Murrin On Finding Her Stage After Becoming A Mother 13.02.2026

On Season 9 Episode 5 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan speaks to Saint Studio Co-Founder Alana Murrin. Alana started her career as a dancer in Dublin, after a stint in a college course she didn’t enjoy she moved to London, slowly working her way up to a globally recognised stage show, however, her world changed on a dime when the show got cancelled before the US tour and she got unexp...

#104 Lisa O'Sullivan Shaw On Open Heart Surgery, Raising Four Boys And Using Comedy To Get Through The Tough Times 05.02.2026

On Season 9 Episode 4 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Lisa O'Sullivan Shaw. Lisa is a model, content creator and mum of four boys. Lisa has lived an extraordinary life up until this point. She was born in Kerry and spent much of her infancy in a Dublin Hospital due to a heart problem which led to two open heart surgeries as an adult. In her twenties and after the breakup of...

#103 Charlene Flanagan On Building A Beauty Empire While Building A Family 29.01.2026

On Season 9 Episode 3 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Co-Founder of Ella and Jo, Charlene Flanagan, Charlene travelled up from Sligo for the chat and was a ray of sunshine. Charlene is the Co-Founder of Irish beauty business Ella and Jo and the mother of two children. Charlene spoke to Rebecca about the risks that have paid off in business, bringing her husband on as MD, ge...

#102 Leah Jones On Every Mother's Worst Nightmare And Coming Out The Other Side 22.01.2026

On Season 9, Episode 2 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Leah Jones. Leah is Co-Founder of Crystals & Co and a mum of two. Leah opened up to Rebecca about her second pregnancy with her son Hunter and the shock at discovering at her twenty week scan that Hunter had very serious heart complications. Unfortunately, the story gets worse for Leah and her family as Hunter is ru...

#101 Joanna Cluskey Opens Up About Her Mental Health Struggles And Beautiful Family Life 15.01.2026

Welcome back to Season 9 of A Little Birdie Told Me. Host Rebecca Horan kicks off a brand new season with a well-loved Irish Stylist, Personal Shopper and Model, Joanna Cluskey, or StyledByJo to her many followers. Joanna is a teacher who has taken time out of school life to work on her blossoming styling career. Joanna lives in Galway with her husband and their three kids and she shares her story...

#100 Laura Nolan Horgan On Her Life-Changing Surgery 04.12.2025

On Season 8 Episode 11 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Laura Nolan Horgan. Laura is the Founder of LNH Edit, a lifestyle and interiors brand based in Ireland. Laura is mum to Elizabeth, Hugo and Toby. Laura opens up to Rebecca about her scary and unknown journey as a BRCA1 carrier. As a result Laura underwent a life-changing hysterectomy just ten weeks after she gave birth,...

#99 Suzanne Kane On Finding Her Voice Off The Airwaves 27.11.2025

On Season 8 Episode 10 host Rebecca Horan talks to Suzanne Kane. Suzanne is a broadcaster, content creator and mum of three. Suzanne and her husband Joey raise their children in Dublin. She opens up to Rebecca about her turbulent year where she stepped away from her dream role as a host on 98FM. with the help of her wonderful family, and that in walking away she reveals she found herself again. Su...

#98 Lisa Shannon On The Tragic Death Of Her Mother And Becoming A Mother Herself 20.11.2025

*****Trigger Warning***** This Episode deals with the topic of suicide, if you are affected by this subject matter please seek help. On Season 8 Episode 9 host Rebecca Horan talks to Lisa Shannon. Lisa Shannon is a makeup artist and educator, she is also a product creative and education consultant for Poco Beauty and a mum of two. Lisa opened up to Rebecca about the tragic death of her mother by s...

#97 Danielle Websdale On How A Kiss On A Plane Changed The Course Of Her Life 13.11.2025

On Season 8 Episode 8 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Danielle Websdale. Danielle, aka Danny The Mammy, is a content creator and working mother of three. Danielle and her husband and three children live in Co. Kildare. Danielle has a highly engaged online community from her days spent sharing her pregnancy's and her busy life raising young children and working. Danielle gets...

#96 Orla Hopkins On The Day That Changed Her Life 06.11.2025

On Season 8 Episode 7 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Orla Hopkins. Orla is a mum of two, former athlete and co-founder of New Dimensions Active, a speaker and trainer. At the age of 19 Orla experienced a grief like no other and fitness and movement saved her life when she hit rock bottom. Orla went on to marry and have two children and has used her grief to help others, Or...

#95 Jenny Lee DIxon Gets Real About Her Fertility Story And Rainbow Babies 30.10.2025

On Season 8 Episode 6 of A Little Birdie, host Rebecca Horan talks to Jenny Lee. Jenny is an actress, scientist and mum of twins. Jenny is a very soulful woman with so much to discuss, including her start in Dublin training as an actress to the bright lights of LA, to the Playboy Mansion and back home to Carrickstown where she found her home on Fair City. Jenny met her husband, former TD Tom Nevil...

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