On episode 6 Rebecca sits down with nutritionist and fitness coach Beatrice Caffrey. Beatrice and her husband Justin have survived every parent's worst nightmare, they lost their son Joshua when he was just 11 months old after surviving a premature birth with complications. Born in Germany, Beatrice has lived an extraordinary life, filled with incredible highs and the lowest of lows. Beatrice describes how she walked the Wicklow mountains to work through her painful grief and is now inspiring and empowering women all over the world to live their healthiest and happiest lives.

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On Episode 5 of Season 6 Rebecca sits down with Broadcaster Sile Seoige. Recently settled in her new home in Spiddeal in the west of Ireland Sile travelled up to the Dublin studio to discuss meeting her partner Damien and raising their children, her passions, her cancer battle, her trials and triumphs, her successful podcasting career and stance on Gaza. Sile brings Rebecca on a journey from meeting her partner on a charity cycle at a time when she wasn't looking for love to making waves in this country on the back of her miscarriage documentary and how she keeps it real in her everyday life with her two children in the village she was raised in.

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On episode 4 of Season 6 of A Little Birdie Told Me, Psychotherapist Daniella Moyles, opens up to Rebecca about her journey to contentment. Daniella now lives in Wicklow with her husband Andy and her son Sonny and has a very calm, healthy life, however, Daniella explains to Rebecca how it took major burnout in the modelling and media industry for her to stop, reflect and make the big changes that would change her life. The last few years haven't been easy for the mum of one - from quitting her hectic life in Dublin as an in-demand model and DJ, to travelling the world for two years to qualifying in Psychotherapy, meeting Andy and giving birth, but it was all worth it for what she has now This is a beautiful story of hope.

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On Episode 3 Broadcaster and Today FM Host Alison Curtis sits down with Rebecca to discuss her wonderful childhood in Canada, the devastating loss of her parents in her teens and the impact that had on her and her twin sister. Alison also discussed her broadcasting career and her huge success with national radio station Today FM; from working on Ian Dempsey's breakfast show to having one of the most popular radio shows in the country. She also opened up to Rebecca about her partner Anton, their love story and daughter Joan. Alison suffered a lot of trauma during the birth of her daughter Joan, which she explained had a lot to do with her decision not to have anymore children, but how she is immensly proud of her triangle family.

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On Episode 2 Rebecca talks to Sophie Morris. Sophie was on the podcast two seasons ago and is a firm favourite and a mine of information. A nutrition coach and cook Sophie discusses her recent instagram fame following her fantastic supermarket reels where she exposes food labels and encourages consumers to make smart food swaps and alternative choices when cooking for the family. Sophie gets frank about the dangers of consuming too many overprocessed foods and the harm it can cause. She gives Rebecca some brilliant cooking tips for the picky eater and chats about the stage of parenting she is ate with her toys, her hopes for the future and love of food.

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On Season 6 Episode 1 High Performance Coach John Belton talks to Rebecca about his childhood, fascinating career, coaching business, love story, life in Portugal and beautiful baby girl. John is one of the most revered wellness and fitness coaches in the country and travels between client work in Portugal and Ireland. John has become even more popular for his recent online training courses with Vogue Williams. John is a huge advocate for living life to the full and says happy, healthy and horny means you are on the right track. John has always maintained his core values but tells Rebecca about how having his daughter has changed his life. On this episode John opens up about his brother who was stillborn, past traumas, the decisions that have changed the course of his life, what makes him tick and his partner Adrienne, with whom he shares a passion for fitness with.

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On the season finale of A Little Birdie Told Me, Wellness coach Julie Millen joins Rebecca for a thought-provoking chat. On episode 13 Julie discusses her former life as a corporate career woman in London and a brutal attack she suffered at the hands of her ex. She explains how this massive trauma changed her life and how she had to rebuild with courage and love. Julie also discusses meeting her husband Neil and how she had to learn to trust again and their journey to having their three children. Julie suffered a very sad pregnancy loss before having her third child Alessia which she charted on her social media platform, she is an inspirational and empowering woman who lifts her yogis up with her powerful yoga classes and words. This is a story of heartbreak and hope and one not to be missed,

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On Episode 11 Rebecca is talking to Founder of Chupi, Chupi Sweetman. Chupi and I spoke about her very unique childhood where she was raised by her mother Rosita. Chupi’s dad had separated from her mum and moved to London and started another family. Chupi spoke about the massive influence and impact her mother had on her as a small girl with her brother and how they were home-schooled, learnt to be enterprising as a result of not having very much as a child and had a smart business sense even as a teen when her cookbook was published. Chupi is very close to her blended and very large family spread all over the world and is tight with her brother here in Ireland. Chupi met her now husband when she was a young teen and they have been together ever since and she speaks highly of their very close bond and loving relationship which has weathered many a storm including their fertility battle. Chupi is a mum of one and had a very hard road to conceiving her daughter, she went through years of IVF and describes in detail the toll it took on her body and mind. Chupi talks about how she makes a 3 year plan and imagines herself in that place and what it looks like, she is now living in her dream home where her mother also lives with them making parenting a little easier. Chupi has opened her flagship Chupi store in Dublin's City Centre in recent weeks and her business is going from strength to strength.

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On Episode 11 Rebecca speaks to corporate mum-of-one and content creator Niamh de Brun. Niamh has worked in the corporate world for years and is now balancing raising her almost 2-year-old daughter Harper with her husband TJ Reid. Niamh spoke to Rebecca about her family life, meeting her husband TJ, her social media presence, love of privacy, style and how raising her daughter Harper is the biggest priority to her. Niamh has a wonderful Instagram page full of beautiful content which she tells Rebecca is merely a hobby that has grown and grown and that she sees as a creative outlet. Niamh got real about not loving every aspect of being pregnant but how she also knew how lucky she was. Niamh is an open book, relatable and full of love for her family.

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On this bonus episode of A Little Birdie Told Me, Rebecca talks to Ireland's Classic Hits Radio Breakfast presenters Lucy Kennedy and Colm Hayes. Lucy and Colm are talking about parenting peeves, parenting hacks, their busy family lives and how charity begins within the home as they promote Barnardos Ireland Giving Day on Friday 20th September.

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