The Sharon Fitzmaurice Podcast

This week my guest is Jason Mitchell from Galway - a personal trainer for the past 5 years who specialises in personal training, coaching, online programs and fun boot camp classes.  It was a pleasure to chat with Jason this week and I am so grateful for his honesty in sharing his story of how he struggled with an eating disorder in his teens, which led him to stop living his dream of playing rugb...

This week my guest Suzanne Clarke shares with us how losing her 2nd baby Lucy and hearing of a friend's sudden stroke brought her to a standstill in her mind as She thought about her own life and what she needed to change.  Suzanne also contributed a chapter to newly published book Awaken Your Wellbeing in which She shares her personal story and tools and techniques She used to help her overcome h...

My guest this week is Siobhán Murray a motivational speaker, global thought leader on burnout, best selling author of The Burnout Solution, a resilience coach, psychotherapist and a single Mum to two teenage boys.  A wonderful lady that is so open, I was delighted to finally speak to Siobhán and learn from her amazing insight both professionally and personally.  In this episode Siobhán shares with...

My guest this week is Marian Trench, a bio-energy, reiki, hidden mind and corrective sound therapist based in Co. Roscommon. I have known Marian for years and am so blessed to have her as one of my closest friends and also my 'go-to' person for my own self-care needs. I met Marian over 13 years ago at a time in her life that she was experiencing huge anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder, I b...

This week my guest is Niamh Browne creator of A moment for Me, a trained graphic designer from the University of Limerick, Niamh went on to start her own brand and design company Designer's Ink in which she ran for over 20 years. Through a serious of health issues since She was 10 years old, Niamh developed a huge resilience to help her in the coming years in the many struggles she faced in her li...

In this week's episode I am joined by Norah Coyne, an intuitive energy, sound and massage therapist based in Connemara, Co. Galway. Norah was one of the 14 therapists that shared her story in our book Awaken Your Wellbeing which was published in November 2020 in which we each share a chapter about our own struggles and challenges and how we found ways to help ourselves heal and now through our dif...

Delighted to have Dr. Malie Coyne as my guest this week. Malie is a clinical psychologist, author , lecturer in NUIG and an active member of the Mental Health Advisory Panel for A Lust for Life charity. She is very passionate about promoting well-being and increasing awareness of mental health issues, which She achieves through her advocacy work, public speaking and print, radio and TV contributio...

In this week's episode I chat to the lovely Bronia West, a spiritual psychic medium, tarot consultant and crystal healer all the way from the UK. Bronia shares with us her first experience of connecting with her own grandmother in spirit and how it led her on a path of learning and discovery. She has since become a wonderful working medium, teacher and trainer all over Europe and is always greeted...

Today it is just me exploring that age old topic of what is the meaning of life, who am I and what is our purpose?  Is there more than our existence in the physical world, does our consciousness survive after physical death?  How we can become more aware of the energy around us and open up to the wonders of the universe.  This is part 1 of this conversation, I hope you enjoy. This is a public epis...

My guest today is Dr. Meg van Deusen a clinical psychologist and mindfulness practitioner in private practise since 1994.  Meg has a passion for attachment theory, mindfulness, interpersonal neurobiology, sleep and dreams which informs her belief that meaningful connection with ourselves and others help us handle stress.  In a time of great stress and disconnection, Meg offers insights and solutio...

My guest today is Irene Lowry, a humanistic counsellor from Rush in Co. Dublin who established Nurture Health Ireland - a nationwide counselling and training support service to support women and their partners struggling with mental health issues around conception, pregnancy and childbirth health related issues.  Nurture Health currently has 28 trained humanistic counsellors all over Ireland and p...

Today's guest is Matt Burke, I loved this chat! Matt is a real heart to heart person and it was like sitting down with a old friend and having one of those deep conversations that you learn so much from and more about the person that what you see on a screen.  Matt is a lifelong resident of the Liberties in Dublin, founder of the Magic Minds Podcast and Magic Minds Foundation. He is also a Mindful...

Today's guest is Cathy Dunleavy from Co. Galway, who shares the many struggles she has had in her life personally and professionally.  This year she left her 14  year career as a nurse to pursue her passion for helping others to feel healthier and happier in her new coaching business.  We speak about how the nursing profession has changed over the years and how Cathy wants to help people more on a...

Today's guest is Nicola Heneghan - a Mom and pharmacist with a huge passion for holistic health and wellbeing. This passion led Nicola to train in additional complementary therapies such as dietary counselling, nutrition, reiki energy therapy and yoga. Nicola firmly believes that it is the integration of our nutritional, physical, emotional and mental health that leads to vitality and wellness. Th...

My guest today is Philip Walsh who shares with us his struggles to fit into mainstream society at times, he wants to live in a world full of good food, nature and healing. After leaving home and travelling around the world, it brought him on a journey of self-discovery which led him back home to Ireland where he opened up a men's circle to help and encourage others to share and feel supported. Phi...

Today's guest is Freya O' Horo, a 21 year old social care practitioner student from Co. Mayo. Freya shares with us the challenges it brought to her family when her brother Dian was diagnosed with Autism.  As his sibling, Freya shares the ways in which she learned to help and support Dian, and in doing so started to raise awareness in Autism Siblings Ireland which is now celebrating its fifth year....

This week's guest is Lucie Kavanagh from Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo. Lucie will share with us how mental health difficulties brought her role as a social care worker to an end and how this affected her whole life.  Lucie is so very open and honest in how She felt at the time of her diagnosis and realised she needed support.  It takes great courage to speak so openly about your own struggles in life, bu...

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In this episode I chat to Orla Gibney about the unexpected part of her journey, when her third baby Eoghan was born profoundly deaf in November 2014 and how she found her passion in advocating for Deaf Awareness and Irish Sign Language. Orla started keeping a journal when he was 2 years old and created a beautiful blog called Our Own Journey which can be found on facebook and also on Instagram .  ...