Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna
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Clare McKenna looks at ‘health’ in the widest sense of the word. From mindfulness to skin problems, from personal health journeys to tips for better exercise, Clare tries to bring you a dose of happy and healthy living.
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Episodes
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Nov 3, 2024 • 45min
No Magic Pill and the MS Readathon
This week's show:Fiona Brennan Answers A Listener’s Question @FionaBrennan19Orla Marron on the MS Readathon @MSIRELANDEric Fitzgerald and Christian O'Reilly on “No Magic Pill” @NoMagicPillPlay
Oct 27, 2024 • 48min
Fitness Trends and Dealing with Grief
In this week's show:Owen Tarrant of Matchbox Fitness on Fitness TrendsAndrea Hayes on Dealing with Grief @andreahayesieGerry Hussey on his Coming Home show in the NCH @gerryhussey
Oct 20, 2024 • 48min
Brain Tumour Awareness, Mum Talks, Seasonal Recipes
This week's guests:Lucy O’Driscoll Edge and Kara Heriot on Mum Talks @mum_talksErica Drumm - On Seasonal Summer RecipesSaoirse Rafferty and Keith Walsh on Caring for Carers on National Brain Tumour Awareness Week @saoirserafferty @braintumourIRL
Oct 13, 2024 • 47min
Calming the Storms and Tru Health
This week's guests:Brother Richard HendrickDr Salley Bramley
Oct 6, 2024 • 39min
Mental Health Week and Brain Fog
This week's guests:Catherine O'Keeffe @Wellnesswarrio3Brent Pope & Clinical Director Dr Susan Brannick @Brannick_Susan @Aware @RealBrentPope
Sep 29, 2024 • 47min
Music for Wellness and Why Yoga is for Everybody
This week's guests:Eoghan Cleary, Teacher and Assistant Principal at Temple Carrig Secondary School.Brendan Breslin, Head of Junior, Adult, and Lifelong Learning at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Emma West, Sound Therapist, Ecstatic Dance DJ, and Shamanic Practitioner based in Dublin.Maura Rath, founder of YogawithMaura.
Sep 22, 2024 • 45min
Mental Health Matters and Picky Eaters
On this week's show:Barbara Brennan poured her personal experience of mental illness into her work with See Change, working for many years with the organisation to remove mental health stigma in the workplace, championing their green ribbon campaign. She has since go on to set up her own business Mental Health Matters specialising in best practice mental health policy, procedures, strategy, training and changing culture in organisations such as An Post, Irish Life and Ibec. Barbara remains at the forefront of changing the conversation around mental illness and health.Having turned around two picky eaters in her house Louise Lennox has retrained to help others give their children a love for food.
Sep 15, 2024 • 43min
The Story of a Heart and Life Changing Medicine
Laura Dowling and Aoife Harvey on making vaginal estrogen available over the counter.Dr Rachel Clarke on the heart transplant between two 9 year old children that changed legislation and inspired her to make it the subject of her latest book.
Sep 8, 2024 • 55min
Caring for a Loved One With Dementia and Fulfillment as a Goal
Mark Fennell on Fulfillment @LifeCoach_MarkSiobhan Murray on her later in life ADHD and Austism diagnosis @TwistingthejarMatt on Don’t Forget to Remember @artofasbestos
Sep 1, 2024 • 59min
Toxic Diet Trends, Frustrations of Looking for a Home, Solo Motherhood
Enya Martin on her incredible body transformation and debunking some of the toxic diet trends we see everyday online.Fiona Brennan on the challenges of living at home and how we can deal with the frustrations of looking for a place we can call our own.Kerry White on her life-changing decision to pursue solo motherhood through a double donation.
