Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna

Psychologist Allison Keating will join me to talk about her latest book It’s All Too Much with practical advice on managing anxiety and panic attacks

And coach and speaker Georgie Durkan on how to keep well in Winter

Occupational Therapy helps people to do the everyday things that they want to do or need to do when faced with a illness, injury or a disability. The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland held their annual conference in Carlow earlier this month and 3 of those awarded for their work on the night join Clare in studio

This week's guests:

• Nick Charalambous - Managing Director at Alpha Wealth @Alphawealthltd

• Denise Croke - HSE health promotion and improvement officer & Prof. Tim McDonnell, consultant respiratory physician and member of the board of COPD Support Ireland

• Paul Scanlon @paulscanlonuk

This week's show:

• Fiona Brennan Answers A Listener’s Question @FionaBrennan19

• Orla Marron on the MS Readathon @MSIRELAND

• Eric Fitzgerald and Christian O'Reilly on “No Magic Pill” @NoMagicPillPlay

In this week's show:

• Owen Tarrant of Matchbox Fitness on Fitness Trends

• Andrea Hayes on Dealing with Grief @andreahayesie

• Gerry Hussey on his Coming Home show in the NCH @gerryhussey

This week's guests:

• Lucy O’Driscoll Edge and Kara Heriot on Mum Talks @mum_talks

• Erica Drumm - On Seasonal Summer Recipes

• Saoirse Rafferty and Keith Walsh on Caring for Carers on National Brain Tumour Awareness Week @saoirserafferty @braintumourIRL

This week's guests:

• Brother Richard Hendrick

• Dr Salley Bramley

This week's guests:

• Catherine O'Keeffe @Wellnesswarrio3

• Brent Pope & Clinical Director Dr Susan Brannick @Brannick_Susan @Aware @RealBrentPope

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.

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.

• 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.