Win Happy Podcast

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...

On today's podcast I had the one and only, Deirdre Waldron , Founder of Fuzion to chat about a huge milestone in our business, This month we celebrate 25 incredibly busy and interesting years in business. We have weathered the storms of the post Celtic Tiger recession and the Covid shutdown, and in each case we stayed agile, we learnt valuable lessons and came out the other side wiser and stronger...

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. On the announcement of the very serious joke that is the 28 point "Peace Plan" that was cobbled together...

On today's podcast I had the pleasure of the company of Episcopal priest, Fr. David Gierlach speaking from his parish in Honolulu, in Hawaii . Fr. David was encouraged to speak his mind on social media a couple of years' ago when many people were outraged that Transgender Appreciation Day coincidentally fell on the same day as Easter Sunday.  His post blew up! Fr. David realised that he had a powe...

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 brings us his insights from inside Israel since the Trump brokered cease fire - were there celebrations, who is credited with the ceasefire, what is the general mood like, what is the current standing of Netanyahu and what wil...

On today's podcast I chatted with the author of the book ' Every Day I'm Brave ', Renee Zukin . Renee talks about her life and career and in particular about the struggles of living with  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder otherwise known as OCD. For some reason she was always fearful in her life, and when this mum of three was unravelling with malnutrition because of the irrational fear of what might...

Welcome back to the second part of my conversation with author, restaurateur, healer and teacher David Ellis .    In this episode David explains why he could hear the voices that no one else could hear and the changes this brought to his life. He chats about his spiritual journey, his healing work and that of the Atlantis Institute and he also has a very honest conversation about the challenges of...

On today's podcast I chatted with author, restaurateur, healer and teacher David Ellis . David is a former client of ours and after a brief amount of work that we did for him way back in the very dark Celtic tiger crash days, a friendship developed. David's story is extremely interesting, and in the very competitive and demanding hospitality sector he went from being the emotionless hatchet man to...

On today's podcast I had the immense pleasure of chatting with the author of the book, ' Octopus on a Treadmill ', Gifty Enright . As a young woman growing up in Ghana she dreamt of having lots of shoes, big cupboards, and the trappings of success, so she moved to London to fulfill her dream. She quickly discovered that she missed that strong sense of community that she enjoyed in Ghana, but she d...

On today's episode I chatted with Genealogist David Ryan who opened up my eyes to a profession I knew nothing about. What exactly does a genealogist do, who employs them, why and when? David explained to me the process that he normally follows, and the interesting people that he ends up doing this work for and the unusual stories that he uncovers, including the poor man who was killed on Patrick S...

On today's podcast I had the privilege of speaking with Irish actor Diarmuid Noyes , the co-lead of the movie ' Christy ', which has been winning awards in Ireland and abroad and rave reviews from movie critics everywhere. Diarmuid plays the character Shane in the movie brilliantly, as he wrestles with the job of trying to steer his brother Christy on the right path and at the same time, not to de...

On today's podcast I bring you a conversation that I had with Garry McCarthy outside a busy beer house in Berlin during the Berlin Film Festival , where the movie ' Christy ' won the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus category. While Garry didn't have a starring role in the movie, you could say he was the biggest star of the movie, because his tireless work as the Founder and Creative Director of...

On night two of the Berlin Ale Film Festival there was a second screening of the movie Christy in a more intimate venue, and a chance for me to relax and properly watch the movie. During the course of the evening I spoke with some of the stars behind the movie and I also hit the record button during the Kabin Crew performance, and the audience question and answer session with the cast and the audi...

On today's podcast I chatted with theatre director, writer and performer Karen Minihan about many topics including her two books, her plays, her theatre directing and her performing. It is one of life's huge miracles that Karen worked as a solicitor for 10 years, and then that moment arrived when she had to embrace who she was and what she needed to be doing with her precious life. She spoke about...

Early in the morning on the 13th June 2025 the air raid sirens and the phone alerts came and you had to quickly move to a communal shelter with your partner and your two children. What thoughts go through your head when you hear the bombs overhead? What conversations do you have with other people sheltering? What do you tell your children? Does it make people think about what it must be like for p...

I can't imagine giving up my home and deciding to live in a horse drawn caravan. I can't imagine moving to another country in that horse drawn caravan and buying some land on a rugged peninsula. I can't imagine living in a teepee on that land through wet and damp winters with my infant children. On today's podcast I chatted with Lisa Scarff who moved from Dorset to Sheep's Head in 1993, and made a...

On today's podcast I had the absolute pleasure of the company of Fiona Burke , the founder and owner of Little Red Skincare . A simple conversation about her very special business opened up into a number of areas I wasn't at all expecting. She chatted about her early life as the daughter of the local policeman in Ennis, being bullied out of her job as an engineer by someone who felt that wasn't th...

After such a long wait we were finally in our seats to watch the premiere of my son's first feature film,  Christy at the prestigious Berlinaile International Film Festival . The speeches were made to open the festival and finally the lights went down and the film began. I wasn't fully sure what to expect of the movie, and within minutes I found myself emotionally gripped by the story and througho...

When your son has co-written and directed a full feature movie it's a big deal. When this movie has been chosen to open the Generation section of the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival you start to get excited, and before you know it you are in Berlin on a snowy Valentines Day in a huge auditorium excitedly waiting to see the movie for the first time. The opening night was a sell out w...

In part two of a two part podcast, Artist and Author, Sue Stolberger chats with me about her nearly 40 years living in a tent in the Ruaha National Park in East Africa. Sue says that " nature is the greatest teacher " and she shares with me so many of her experiences from that special time including Winkie the Warthog, Mr and Mrs C, Romeo the giraffe, Mrs Reedbuck and the cycle of life, her encoun...

On today's podcast I chatted with the wonderful author, artist, photographer, nature lover and sometimes life philosopher, Sue Stolberger . Sue has had the most fascinating life, with most of it spent living in a tent in the Ruaha National Park in the East African wilderness. In part 1 of this two part podcast, Sue chats about her early magical idyllic life in Tanzania, her love of painting, livin...

On today's podcast I chatted with Liam Mullane , the musician turned Mercedes-Benz General Manager. Liam's passion is music, and despite his very best efforts he realised that the life of a musician playing original material was not going to sustain him and he had to choose a different path. With a new focus this talented lead guitarist became a leading salesman, and after 22 years in the motor tr...

On today's podcast I chatted with Paul Kearns , journalist and urban planner, from his home in Tel Aviv in Israel, just 60 kms from Gaza. Paul is living there with his two young daughters and his partner and he has been there since 2018. He shares in detail the perspective of life there, how it has changed considerably since October 7th 2023, how it is for him and his family, and how it is for his...

On today's podcast I had the pleasure of learning some of life's lessons from a very wise man, Kevin Fahey , CEO and Founder of Peer to Peer coaching company, Essence of Leadership . Kevin came from a family farm in Tipperary, he went into the Irish clothing manufacturing industry and after a board room battle he found himself at home, unemployed. Never a man to stand still Kevin started off a suc...

On today's podcast I chatted with relationship crisis coach, Puya Delavar . About 10 years ago Puya was on the brink - his successful corporate career came at a huge price as his marriage and his personal health were in crisis. He had successfully played the corporate game, giving his career everything and more but realised that he was about to lose thievery  thing that was most precious to him an...