

Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna
Newstalk
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.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk
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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.

Aug 25, 2024 • 48min
The Trad Wife Movement, Kids and Screens, Exercise
Exercising more, especially as we get older with Owen Tarrant, co-owner at Matchbox Life in Limerick.Getting kids off their screens with Parent Coach Aoife Lee.Should we be worried about the trad wife trend? With Fiona O'Malley, CEO of mental health charity Turn.

Aug 18, 2024 • 0sec
Cancer Coaching and Weight Loss
Karen Kruger On Cancer CoachingWeightloss Panel with Nikki Dwyer and Carla Piera Fitzgerald

Aug 11, 2024 • 53min
Eye Health and Saladology
The latest in corrective eye surgery – can you reverse the natural decline of your vision? Christine Higgins on how burn out led her to sell her thriving business and move into a more spiritual way of life.Theo Kirwan of Sprout and Co on 'Saladology'.

Aug 4, 2024 • 49min
Making Our Communities More Autism Friendly
On this week's show, we talk about making our communities more autism friendly and having survived 7 armed robberies. Clare hears from the Bullet Proof Banker about the rock bottom moment which made him reassess his life.


