Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna

On this week's Alive and Kicking podcast: Clare speaks to Dermot Goode from Total Health Cover about 'navigating the high seas of insurance'. Tv Chef Erica Drum on cooking for the summer months and getting past the 'hungry gap'. And Poet G.M Elinor on the release of her new book 'Pinch Me, I'm Breathing'.

On this week's Alive & Kicking podcast: Clare speaks to Christine Clinton, founder of the 'Christine Clinton Cancer Care' who is also chair of the 'Christine Clinton Wellness For Children' initiative and is the woman behind the inaugural 'Children Health Summit'. Together they discuss reaching our children in the formative years and teaching them the benefits of being healthy. David Brennan on continuing the legacy of his lifelong friend, Vicky Phelan, by telling her story, educating young people on cervical cancer, and raising funds for charity. And radio star Christian O'Connell appeared to have it all but not everything was as it seemed. He joins Clare to talk about his experience with panic attacks, reassessing what his goals were in life, and how breathing exercises helped him along the way.

On this week's episode of Alive & Kicking: Psychotherapist Coleman Noctor on why we should all be aiming for a 4 to 7 out of 10 in life. Credited with getting David Beckham into yoga Shona Vertue joins Clare to discuss why she favours flexibility above all else. And David Shorthall on gardening for our health.

Irish personal trainer John Belton and Spencer Matthews talk to Clare ahead of their ultra marathon in the Amazon. Niamh Orbinski chats about her new book, ‘No Apologies’- why we need to ditch dieting and reconnect with food. And Eimer Daly is here to explain how dogs can provide therapy.

Dietitian Sarah Keogh, on new research which unveils our palate for a sustainable diet. Michael Kelly founder of 'Grow It Yourself' joins Clare to discuss a six-part television documentary series exploring food sustainability in Ireland. The series is called ‘Food Matters’ and airs on RTE 1 on Wednesday at 8.30pm. Andrew Dunne on how exercise can be used as medicine.

This week on the Alive & Kicking Podcast: Dr. Rupy Aujla on how a heart condition scare sent him into his kitchen to improve his health, Heather Dent aka 'The Lullaby Lady' and Shauna O’Reilly return after two weeks of baby Finn's sleep programme, and Dr. Mary Ryan, consultant endocrinologist and author of ‘It’s Probably Your Hormones’ joins Clare to talk about the importance of maintaining good hormone health throughout our lives.

Journalist Padraig O'Morain tells Clare how life took a different path when he stumbled across a book on Mindfulness. Erica Drum talks embracing home cooking, cast irons an in-season cooking. Cellist Gerald Peregrine and Professor Jim Lucey talk to Clare about healing power of music and a partnership with the HSE- the first of its kind funding access to the arts through care concerts.

This week on Alive & Kicking: Irish Freediver, Claire Walsh joins us to explore the lessons she learned as a freediver and how learning to hold her breath helped her to live a better life. Psychologist, Jen Martin on why she chose to specialise in vulnerability and how we can do it too. And Eimear Daly from 'Daly Wellbeing' helps us to go through all of the latest health and wellness news.

On this week's Alive & Kicking Podcast: Jennifer Carroll joins Clare to talk through her weight loss journey. Heather Dent aka 'The Lullaby Lady' joins Clare along with Shauna O’Reilly, who is mum to Finn. Heather is putting Finn on a two-week sleep plan in an effort to help with his disrupted sleep. And Dr. Mark Rowe takes us through the benefits of forest bathing.

On this week's Alive & Kicking Podcast: Sleep is one of the pillars of health but how many of us get the quality we need and what can we do to make that happen? Tom Coleman is a sleep expert - he joins Clare to chat about how we can go from the edge of burnout to peak performance all by focusing on getting good quality sleep Jennie Haire, a registered nutritionist and nutritional therapist Lisa Hughes of 'Your Wellness Collective' join Clare to talk about how everyone is different, and there shouldn't be a one size fits all approach when it comes to nutrition.