Win Happy Podcast

On today's podcast I chatted with Nadine Hughes Campbell , the author of the children's book series, Noah's Adventures . Nadine, a proud black woman from Montreal in Canada, found herself in her new home in Ireland with her Corkonian husband looking for books for their little boy, Noah. To her surprise practically all of the books didn't feature any mixed race children, so this new entrepreneur so...

On today's podcast I chatted with John O'Brien , a farmer from Barryroe in West Cork, the Chairman of Barryroe Co-op and the Chairman of Carbery Group . When John's father died in an accident on the farm in 1979, life changed for this 15 year old. Instead of leasing out the farm, his mum Peggy decided to drive on, and two years later and without any regret, a veterinary career was swapped for farm...

On today's podcast I welcome back urban planner, journalist and political commentator, Paul Kearns to the podcast. Paul, who is originally from Dublin, is living in Tel Aviv with his partner and his two young girls and is perfectly positioned to provide us with insights from Israel to help us understand what it is like to live there at this strange time. On this episode he talked me through the po...

On today's podcast I had a very fascinating chat with Fiona Finn, CEO of The Sexual Health Centre in Cork. Like so many people, Fiona was forced to leave a very repressed Ireland for London in search of work and adventure. Working for a local authority she discovered a passion for making a difference when she was helping immigrants as part of her role. Following this passion she returned to Irelan...

On today's podcast I chatted with CEO and Founder of Stone by Stone Leadership , Therese Phipps .   Therese comes with a huge story, from the quiet girl who got in trouble in school because she was too shy to read a piece aloud in front of the class to the powerhouse who runs her own leadership training organisation today. She has navigated some huge challenges in her life including recovering fro...

On today's podcast I spoke with Leila Gherabli , the director of a film documentary ' Hope is the thing with Feathers '. The beautiful film featuring the staff and members of the RehabCare Bantry , captures the personal stories, memories, aspirations and goals of the people attending the service, filmed within the glorious surrounds of the centre. It turns out Leila, who is a programme facilitator...

On today's podcast I chatted with author and marriage and family therapist, Kristen Mosier . Kristen, originally from the Bronx in New York chatted about her life and career, and in particular the change of pace she experienced when she moved to New Jersey. Her new book ' Restless - How to Stop Living an "If Only" Life ' challenges how so many of us are living our lives, always chasing the next th...

On today's podcast I chatted with Dawn Russell , the amazing CEO of Ana Liffey . Dawn, a huge music lover is originally from a small farm in Tipperary and her social conscience was awoken through her mothers work at St. Lukes, a psychiatric hospital in Tipperary, and meeting a character in Clonmel called Martin who she says always looked out for her. Her eyes were opened when she came to Dublin to...

On today's podcast I chatted with Roger Overall , the founder of Show and Tell . Roger has spent a lifetime telling stories as a cartoonist, an illustrator, a photographer, a journalist, a videographer and a podcaster. We spoke about the importance of telling your story and not leaving this to chance, the chance for people to misunderstand and believe something that is not accurate. When it comes...

On today's podcast I spoke once again with a regular guest, Paul Niland who has been living in Kyiv in Ukraine for nearly 24 years. Paul who is originally from Ireland, is a journalist, a political commentator and the founder and CEO of Lifeline Ukraine , a national suicide prevention service. As always Paul provides us with brilliant insights from within Ukraine's capital city - he spoke about th...

In March 2022, just as things were getting back to normal post Covid in Birmingham, some hateful racist literature was being distributed across the city. For Mus this was all of the racist bullying of her childhood raising its ugly face again, this time by a group called The Patriotic Alternative. Mus nervously reached out to her predominantly white neighbours through the WhatsApp group, and to he...

Anyone that follows me on social media will know that I am not the biggest fan of AI and in particular Generative AI. So when I ended up sitting next to the founder of The Institute of Applied AI , Siobhan O'Leary at a Chamber breakfast, I couldn't resist inviting her to come on the Win Happy podcast ! We had a really fascinating chat about the family jewellery business, her career as an engineer,...

On today's podcast I chatted with Musician, Songwriter and Author, my good pal Joe Philpott about his life, his book ' All Roads Lead to Where You Are ' and some new music that he has just released. Joe had the adventure of a lifetime when he and his school buddies headed to America to see if they could make it in the music business with their band Rubyhorse . While his excellent book captures thi...

On today's podcast I chatted with writer, performer, producer and magician Daniel Cremin . At four years of age Daniel saw a magician perform a trick at a local library which intrigued him,and at 11 he saw Paul Daniels perform a magic trick on TV, he was hooked. Daniel immersed himself in magic and at every opportunity he would perform his tricks to friends, family, visitors to the house and even...

On today's podcast I welcome back urban planner, journalist and political commentator, Paul Kearns to the podcast. Paul is living in Tel Aviv with his partner and his two young girls and finds himself once again, literally in the eye of the storm as the war with Iran is in its fourth week. Bomb alerts are now part of everyday life for the family, and as he says himself, you never get used to that...

On today's podcast I chatted with communications specialist and author Andy Freed about his book, ' Lead Like the Boss '. When Andy, a lifelong Bruce Springsteen fan was returning from one of the 95 concerts he has seen, he penned a post on LinkedIn about the leadership qualities of " The Boss" , and what we can all learn from them. This post literally blew up and eventually turned into this book....

As you may have noticed this is not a usual Win Happy podcast. To celebrate International Women's Day I decided to assist the lovely Deirdre Waldron , founder of Fuzion in launching her own podcast, called Fuelling Ambition. She is a huge believer in supporting other women in business and this led to her being national president of Network Ireland . During her presidency the theme of her tenure wa...

On today's podcast I chatted with well known and much loved Pam Kelly , who has been a Head Chef in Cork city for over 20 years. Her early years were spent in a one bed flat in The LIberties in Dublin and then the family moved to the total opposite, a huge house in the country in Ballinasloe. The hospitality industry was in the family blood, so her career choice was no surprise even though at a ve...

On today's podcast I chat once again with Paul Kearns, urban planner, author and journalist who has been living in Tel Aviv with his young family for the last 8 years. Paul has been bringing us the truth from within Israel throughout the Gaza war, including the story of censorship by the media there and the presentation of the genocide in a very sanitised way to the people of Israel. In bravely do...

On today's podcast I chatted with Lorcan Owens as he is about to step onto a plane, back to Australia to pursue a different life to the one he has in Ireland. Lorcan is from a small town in Roscommon, he is a qualified primary school teacher but as he says himself he chose this profession initially as it was a "safe" choice. He chatted about living as a gay man, deciding when to come out, his huge...

On today's podcast I chatted with Occupational Therapist, Nerella Chauvin who lives just outside Budapest in Hungary with her family. This busy career professional who was running her own successful practice turned 50 last summer and suddenly her life was turned upside down. She lay on the bed with a cup of coffee and started checking some emails - when she woke after what felt like a nap, she had...

On part two of a two part podcast I welcome back the very lovely Ellie , founder of Unbridling the Soul . Ellie tells us about the dog Max and what she had to do to help return him to normal having discovered what the problem was after talking to him. She chats about her ability to communicate with animals and the spirit world and how this is used in her work to heal people and animals. She speaks...

On today's podcast I have a very different conversation with Ellie the founder of Unbridling the Soul in West Cork. The very lovely Ellie provides a very unusual range of healing services both in person and remotely, but not via the Zoom or Microsoft Teams variety. I met with her at her beautiful home in idyllic West Cork at the foot of Mount Gabriel which she shares with her daughter and some hor...

A huge happy new year to all of my listeners. I thought the first podcast of the new year should at least bring a smile or two to your face! On today's podcast I had the pleasure of chatting with comedian, author and presenter Adam Christing about his latest book ' The Laughter Factor '. While we all love to laugh, what role does laughter have in the modern workplace? Adam chats about the importan...

On today's podcast I chatted with my son Brendan Canty as we come to the end of what was an amazing year for him. The first movie that he co-wrote and directed, ' Christy ' hit movie screens around the world winning awards and great acclaim and his first full feature documentary ' Gaeltra ' has just premiered at the Cork International Film Festival and scooped the Best New Irish Feature Award. The...