The Rise Up Podcast

This week Susan meets Jennifer Tessler, founding director of Alalaho. Alalaho operate safe psychedelic retreats and meditation retreats and in this episode, Jessica reveals what can be gained from opening up the heart to alternative therapies

This week Susan is joined by Caroline Reidy. Caroline Reidy is the Managing Director of The HR Suite and a HR and Employment Law Expert. Caroline is a former member of the Low Pay Commission and is also an adjudicator in the Work Place Relations Commission. Top trainer and presenter, keynote speaker, expert investigator, mediator, WRC Adjudication Officer and owner of The HR Suite.

In this weeks episode Michelle Ryan opens up about her own career journey, founding The Holistic Leaders and shares her advice on how to become unstuck.

This week Susan is joined ny Lianne Kavanagh who talks about resilience, education, and the pathways to the top

This week Susan is joined by Louise Phelan. Over a storied career, Louise has led some of Ireland's most vibrant and successful teams, sat on the boards of Europe's biggest companies and worked diligently to advocate for women in leadership. Louise’s leadership achievements have been widely recognised - she is the first woman to receive the Sir Michael Smurfit Business Achievement Award; s...

Deirdre McGinn joins Susan this week to talk about feminine and masculine traits in the workplace, techniques for dealing with redundancy and how to find your why.

In the first episode of season three, Rachel Hennessy joins Susan to chat about making the leap from a very traditional role into entrepreneurship.

In the final episode of season 2, Tammy D'Arcy joins Susan to discuss the inspiration behind the Shona Project, social enterprise as a career and how to design the life you want.

This week Susan is joined by Lorna Conn to discuss her career progression, stepping up when the time feels right and how to lead with authenticity.

This week Susan is joined by Michelle McDaid to discuss career growth, how to build leadership skills and how to work and live authentically .

As Editorial Director of Image.ie, Dominique McMullan provides Irish women with relevant, challenging and entertaining content across life, business and motherhood. In this episode she speaks candidly to Susan about her own experiences over the last number of years.

Niamh Tallon talks to Susan about the benefits of sport in childhood through to adulthood, how and why she founded Her Sport and the work that still needs to be done to achieve gender parity.

In this episode Susan is joined by Santis O'Garro who when faced with over €15,000 of debt, learned to reframe her relationship with money and pioneer the four family budgeting method. In her work today, Santis helps people delve deeper on their relationship with money, question their money mindset and design budgets and lifestyles that truly work.

This week Susan talks to fertility expert Jessica Bourke about healthcare, the benefits of holistic medicines and how we can improve fertility potential

For episode one of season two, Susan is joined by Anna Daly who talks about embracing change, facing challenges and seizing opportunities.

This week Susan is joined by Alice Carroll to chat about Foxes Bow, introducing a familiar product to a new audience and how to challenge perception. 

This week join Susan and Jane Ronayne as they talk about the challenges women face in building technical teams, accessing funding and getting buy-in from the Irish VC market. 

This week Susan is joined by Charlotte Barker to discuss the world of design, balance and finding joy in work. 

Outcaster is a content marketplace that enables creators to sell podcasts, videos and and editorial work directly to viewers. In this episode Cassie Delaney shares the origins of the the business and how she set out to solve a problem she was facing. 

This week Susan is joined by Fiona Parfrey to discuss founding a company with friends, how to pivot even in the early days and how they accelerated their growth through crowdfunding. 

This week Susan and Margot talk about diversity in the workplace. Margot shares her career story and the beliefs that steered her to a role in Diversity and Inclusion. 

This week Susan chats to Laura Farrington about how grief changed the trajectory of her life, how she transformed her relationship with work and the things employers need to know about the workforce. 

Welcome to episode one of The Rise Up Podcast brought to you by Rise Up and hosted by Susan Dwyer.  In this episode, Susan meets Pat Kane of Reuzi who talks about her foundations in feminism, her passion for sustainable living and her advice for other female entrepreneurs trying to maintain a business.  For more on Reuzi see reuzi.ie.  To keep up to date with the Rise Up community,...