Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna

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The World's First Doctor of Happiness

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Steve Garrigan is well known as the lead singer of the band Kodaline, the group from Dublin who have found international acclaim and had a string of hits. But what you might not know is that Steve battled with anxiety and feeling like he didn’t fit in for many years. He’s documented his journey in his memoir ‘High Hopes- Making Music, Losing My Way, Learning to Live‘ and today he talks to Clare ab...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Professor Francis Finucane about the latest research into obesity and diabetes. Clare also talks to Fiona Lambert who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017. Two years later, Fiona’s cancer returned, and whilst it is not curable – it is treatable. Today she talks to Clare about not bowing down to illness and taking part in the great pin...

On Thursday Clare spent the day in a wheelchair for Spinal Injuries Ireland and you can hear how she got on over the course off the day.  Clare also chats to Sinead Brophy the founder of two female focused health and wellbeing companies; Go with the Flow Coaching and Bumps and Babies. Today she talks to Clare about why men and women shouldn’t necessarily train the same way. Clare also chats to Ant...

Jacqui Taaffe was a young teenager in hospital for a minor procedure when and incident led her to carry trauma in her life for many years. This week on Alive and Kicking she talks to Clare McKenna about how she worked through it and why she was ready to document her story in her book ‘Inspire Heal Empower’ Aidan O’Brien was working as a personal trainer in Limerick when a job led him on to cruise...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna talks to Neuroscientist Sabena Brennan to find out more about our REM sleep and what’s really going on when we dream.  A new podcast series has recently launched for people living with and affected by migraine in Ireland and Clare meets the host Debbie Hutchinson. Plus Clare brings us a report from a big sea swim when she meets June Curtin who lost her...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna talks to Dr Joshua Wolrich  who is the author of ‘Food is not Medicine’ and in it he talks about the turnaround he made on how he views dieting, weight-loss and why now his life’s work and personal view has changed to health and every size. Plus we hear from Dr Catherine Kelly on our relationship with water and why we are attracted to blue spaces. She i...

With the kids back to school how do we help them through the anxiety brought on by the pandemic or life in general and should we even use the term 'anxiety' around them? This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Psychologist Jennifer Ryan about all of this. She is also joined by the man who has set up a research team who hope to discover a way to diagnose mental health conditions quick...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Dr Corine de Boer about the clinical trials using psychedelics to treat PTSD. She is also joined by Australian author Andrew Wear to talk about his new book ‘Recovery’ which looks at how best to recover from crisis and what we can learn from the world’s biggest comebacks. Clare also talks to Dr Cliona Murphy about the latest advice on Covid 19...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Science journalist James Nestor who was just over a bout of pneumonia when a GP friend suggested that a breath class might help. He went along a cynic but his experience there was a catalyst to the exploration of how powerful our breathing really can be. The resulting book is called ‘Breath’  Clare is also joined by dietician Sarah Keogh to bus...

Prioritising sleep is a pillar of good health but with so many factors that can disrupt a good night’s rest, it can be hard to get it right all the time. Joining Clare Mckenna to discuss what we can do to ensure we get the right kind of sleep is Dr. Neil Stanley, Director of Sleep Science at Sleep Station.org and author of 'How to Sleep Well: The Science of Sleeping Smarter, Living Better, and Bei...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Laura Dowling - known on social media as the fabulous pharmacist - about the misinformation being spread online and the difficulty in having fair and balanced debate concerning various health issues. Pat Towey, Chairman of Ballaghderreen Mens' Shed joined Clare to talk about the importance of mens' sheds in the local rural communities up and do...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to former Irish International and now football pundit Richie Sadlier on how his work as a psychotherapist led him to launch an online sexual health course for young people this week. Clare also speaks with Beatrice Caffrey of The Nourished Bowl originally from Germany and now living in Wicklow about how a major life event moved her to begin nouris...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Garden Designer Ingrid Smyth about the importance of ‘Re-Wilding’ and letting things grow.  Clare also chats to Yvonne Hogan the Editor of ‘Health and Living’ with The Irish Independent about her latest health journey. Plus US Author Steven Rogers about his book ‘A Letter To My White Friends and Colleagues’.

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna is joined by a panel of people who changed career paths to work in health and wellness; from architect to neuromuscular therapist & fitness coach, from advertising sales to pre and post-natal fitness instructor and from full time mum to nutritious food producer and triathlete. Clare also chats to Joe Koehane author of 'The Power of Strangers – The B...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Daniella Moyles about releasing two bestselling books in the wellness space and her latest course on the psychology of conflict. Clare also chats to financial advisor  Carol Brick of 'Her Money' about the removing the stresses of money worries from your life.

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chat to Claire Fulham who lost her hair at 27. She documented her story on her Instagram Claire Balding building over 80,000 followers. She is now training to be a trichologist and set up her own business 'Trua Hair' where she advises clients on healthy hair and scalp. She talks to Clare about bouncing back, the effects of stress and battling her critic...

Jason Byrne is probably best known as high energy comedian but more recently after finding himself burnt out after years of gigging he turned to therapy among other things and now wants to spread the message of the importance of minding your loaf and through his podcast of the same name wants to introduce people to expert advice without the hefty price tag or long wait list.  He chats to Clare McK...

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Georgie Crawford of The Good Glow Podcast about expanding the brand and offering wellness courses and how she pours the good and the bad that life has to offer into her work.

Trisha Lewis began documenting her health journey on instagram as Trisha’s Transformation. Now with over 200 thousand followers and two best-selling cook books her no nonsense, honest approach to health from the inside out for her head and spirit as much as anything else is infectious and she chats to Clare about her new book 'Trisha's 21-Day Reset'

This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Leslie Giltinan who is the personal trainer of Lean with Lesley  and she talks to me about surviving through the pandemic by moving her business online and how to get back on track if just because the gyms are open doesn’t mean your motivation is back. Clare also talks to Business owner Christine Carolan about the challenges of getting back to...