The Happy Pear Podcast

Dr Nitu Bajekal is back with a special episode for National Women's Health Day! An expert in women's health and menopause. This is the second time she's joined us on the podcast, and we're thrilled to be launching our online menopause course with her.  Get ready for an informative and lively conversation full of takeaways that both men and women of all ages should listen to. Key takeaways: Me...

"No fungi no forest no future. Fungi are as important as oxygen and yet we only think of them as icky things” The mycelium network, is vast, diverse, intelligent and everywhere! In this episode, we're thrilled to have Fungi Guy, the popular YouTuber, as our special guest. Fungi Guy, also known as Ali, is a passionate forager and mushroom enthusiast with a wealth of knowledge and experience. H...

Slow aging and improve your health with water! This week we speak to holistic doctor and author of Quench , Dr Dana Cohen. For over two decades, Dr. Dana Cohen has been on the leading edge of integrative and functional medicine, guiding thousands of patients through protocols that initiate cellular repair and restore balance to the body. Her unyielding devotion to her patients has helped countless...

“A life not reflected is a life not worth living.” This is the second time we have had our friend and very own life coach, Gerry Hussey on the podcast. Gerry is a performance psychologist and also in more recent times been coined ‘The Soul Coach’. He has been in the human health and performance Field for almost 20 years. Gerry has been at the forefront of building high performance teams and indivi...

Do you feel optimistic about the future?   When a class of 200 graduates were asked to raise their hand if they felt optimistic about the future - No one did. Are you surprised? This week we speak to Matthijs Schouten, the biologist, ecologist, lecturer and author of Nature’s mirror; the image of nature in a cultural-historical perspective Matthijs G.C. Schouten B.Sc., M.Sc. D.Sc. studied bio...

How do we get you to keep scrolling? This is the aim of the applications on your phone. The more they can steal your focus and attention the more profitable they are. So how can you take advantage of the benefits of technology whilst not letting it take advantage of you? This week we speak to Johann Hari, the author of the New York Times bestseller: Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention .&nbsp...

What does it mean to be an explorer? What are the sacrifices one must take? What are the benefits of putting yourself through such hard physical challenges? This week we speak to Damian Browne, an extreme adventurer, peak performance athlete and International keynote speaker from Galway, Ireland.  For the last 25 years Damian has pursued his human potential, relentlessly pushing his body &amp...

Let’s lean into the discomfort by plunging into cold water or sweating through a hot sauna with metabolic scientist and author of Winter Swimming , Susanna Søberg. We have been jumping into the sea for the last 8 years, we knew it was good for us, simply by how it made us feel: Elevated, alive, new, refreshed, giddy, more connected to those around us and overall a feeling of happiness. Now after s...

Dating, partying, socialising, special occasions, holidays… without alcohol does this sound difficult to you? Could you imagine going sober at the age of 26 without using the excuse “I am on antibiotics” or “I am working tomorrow” ? This week we spoke to the founder of the Sober Girl Society and one of the leading voices on the sobriety movement, Millie Gooch. At the age of 26 Millie decided to ma...

This week we bring you, New York Times bestselling author and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues, Dr Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM. He wrote the book on How Not To Die & also How Not To Diet ! A legend in the nutrition world, Dr. Greger and his team set up Nutritionfacts.org , a science-based nonprofit organisation. That provides free upd...

Welcome! To mark 100 episodes of chatting to experts, trailblazers, doctors, entrepreneurs, celebrities and psychologists we thought we would do something different.  We (Dave & Steve) and our two producers, Sara & Sean, get together and chat through our highlights, low-lights and learning's from speaking to such extraordinary people and experts in their field. We hope you enjoy the e...

Can diabetes both type 1 and type 2 be reversed by food and lifestyle choices? This week we speak to Cyrus Khambatta, PhD, and Robby Barbaro, MPH the co-authors of the New York Times bestselling book Mastering Diabetes and the co-founders of Mastering Diabetes, a coaching program that teaches people how to reverse insulin resistance via low-fat, plant-based, whole-food nutrition.  Cyrus...

“Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works. Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement.” We are huge fans! This is our second episode with the amazing Dan Buettner, who’s new book on the lost American diet, The Blue Zones American Diet , is out today....

When you speak to Manchán you feel that magic is real! Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary-maker. He writes for The Irish Times on culture & travel, presents the RTÉ podcast The Almanac of Ireland , and is author of the award-winning, best-selling Thirty-Two Words For Field , and Tree Dogs, Banshees Fingers and other Irish Words for Nature . He has made dozens of documentaries on issues...

Our friend, Melissa Hemsley the self-taught chef, food columnist, best-selling cookbook author, real food activist and sustainability champion joined us this week for a chat! She is passionate about spreading the power of feel-good food, and has written five cookbooks including Eat Green, Eat Happy and her latest book Feel Good with 100 quick and easy recipes to bring a bit of comfort and joy into...

This week we had the pleasure of speaking to Joe De Sena! Where to start? What a remarkable man! But would you want him as a partner? Or even a friend? Well not if you like lie-ins, tasty treats or taking it easy…  We like to think we are pretty good at facing discomfort with our daily sea swims and active lifestyle, but when Joe challenged us to joining him on one of his death races, you can...

How often do your bare feet touch the earth; soil, grass, sand, stones?  Do all your shoes have rubber souls? Have you ever heard of grounding? For more than 20 years, Clint Over has dedicated his life to improving the health of everyone on earth. In 1998, after a successful career grounding systems in the cable television industry, Earthing pioneer Clint Ober began investigating the potentia...

Can happiness be taught? According to this week's podcast guest, Mo Gawdat, it can! “It’s not the events that make you happy in life, it’s the comparison that happens inside your head between the event and your expectation of the event.” Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google X; host of the popular podcast, Slo Mo, author of the international bestselling books Solve for Happy and...

Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks , about embracing limitation and finally getting round to what counts , along with The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done .  “We are dissuaded from doing things that add great value to our lives just...

“If you are worried about biodiversity or climate change, the single greatest point of agency you have is your food choices, and by deciding to buy this pizza rather than that pizza you have changed the game and you are part of the solution“ Most of you might know Andy Cato as one of the duo, Groove Armada, the English electronic music band. Which achieved chart success with their singles "At the...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a nomad? To live on the road? Moving from one adventure to the next?  How about living on the road and raising a family? Something many of us would think is impossible! How would you educate your kids? Give them a sense of belonging and grounding? How would you finance this lifestyle? How would you retain friendships and community? Four years...

On one sunny sunrise swim back in 2019, all the way from Australia to our lovely little island, we met the handsome Sam Corlett, the star of the latest Viking’s series Valhalla. We approached this Viking-like being (he stood out from the rest of us Irish that’s for sure!) chatted and encouraged him to come join us for a swim again the next day, little did we know a pandemic would soon hit and this...

“You can manifest anything as long as you are the driving force behind it.” Have you heard of the number one best seller, Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life by Roxie Nafousi? A book that will go down in history as one of those books that created a generational shift in perspective. This week we had the pleasure of having Roxie on our podcast. A single mother, with a colourful past of drug...

His life is soon to be a Hollywood feature film, this is our second recording with the wonder that is John Mcavoy.  Last episode was such a hit, we had to get him on again! What a character and inspiring human being, to go from serving life in the highest security prison at the age of 22 for armed robbery to a complete switch! Now an ultra athlete who recently turned Vegan!  Last episode...

Why is it so hard to self love? Why is suffering our best teacher? Why is it impossible to quieten the mind? Known as a ‘teacher of teachers’, this week we had the pleasure of speaking to Gary Gorrow, a Vedic Meditation Teacher, a Qualified Ayurvedic Health Coach, Mindfulness Expert and the Creator/Director of SOMA, a world class retreat in Byron Bay.  Gary is also a highly sought after Consu...