Chasing Passion

In this episode we are joined by Alex Lohier. Alex is currently working as a financial services consultant in PWC.

He is also the Deputy Editor of The UCD College Tribune, which is Ireland's only financially independent student-run newspaper.

His previous experience lies in finance and marketing in numerous SME's and start-ups.

He is also on the board of Irish Graduates Network, which is a platform on which Irish graduate business professionals and entrepreneurs, meet to form business relationships, create business opportunities and share information.

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Laura Jones is a teacher, illustrator and the creator of Hello Happee. Laura is following her passion for creativity, Positivity and Business by using her spare time to work on her creative projects. Hello Hapee contains a blog and a store where you can find really cool positivity related products that are designed and illustrated by Laura. In this episode we talk about many topics including Laura's Journey and why she actually does what she does, mental health, the education system and other topics.

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This week we are joined by Cillian Murphy. He is currently working as an Irish National Trainee at the European Space Agency. It's extremely difficult to get into this role and only two people get selected annually. Cillian has many aspirations and they all revolve around Space. His biggest ambition is to become an ESA Astronaut but knowing the difficulty to do this he is also following a career path to work in the European Space Operations Center or work in astronomical research. In this episode, we talk about many various topics but the bulk of our conversation revolved around the actual programme he's doing, journey to become an astronaut and climate change.

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This week we are joined by the president of UCD's Student Union, Joanna Siewierska. We talk about the recent 12% rent increase, the duties and day to day life as the president and also discuss the challenges faced by students on a daily basis.

Timestamps0.35 - Background & Story1.20 - Why did you study Law & Social Justice8.20 - Emotional assignments13.15 - Changes Ireland could made22.48 - What would tell yourself if you had to do it again28.40 - Favorite part about the jon31.15 - Bringing a sense of community to UCD38.45 - Advice to an incoming first year42.00 - 12% Increase in Student Accomodation47.15 - Student Levy & Budget49.30 - Popular misconceptions51.25 - Managing work/ life balance56.30 - Closing remarks

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This week I sit down with Stephanie O'Quigley. She's currently working as a beauty publicist in New York City. On top of that she is a multi award winning blogger & Podcast host of 'The Wall' podcast. She started off her career by working with cocoa brown and has been living & working in New York for the past 3 years. You can find her on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and of course her website stephanieoquigley.com.

In this episode we talk about her early childhood and how she got started in her career, what does a beauty publicist actually do along with the lessons she has learned throughout her life. Thank you so much for listening to the podcast and I really hope you enjoyed it.

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This week we are joined by a Nutritionist & Coach, Brian Ohaonghusa. He is the head coach of 'The Fit Clinic' which provides online nutrition coaching to it's clients. He describes himself as a people helper and a health guy. He graduated from UCD in human nutrition and has completed level 1 and 2 from Precision Nutrition. He previously worked with BodyFirst nutrition but now work's full time with the Fit Clinic. He is fascinated with many different things including Stoic Philosophy, Physical Training and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

In this episode we discuss what optimal health looks like, how relationships affect your health, power of solitude, ensuring you have enough nutrients in your diet along with many other super interesting topics

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This week I sit down with a vegan bodybuilder, Puru Schout. He has been been involved with Bodybuilding since his teenage years and has been completely plant based for the past 3 years. He has competed in numerous bodybuilding competitions over the years and most recently competed in the Dutch Nationals where he placed second . He is a sponsored athlete by Body & Fit Netherlands and also a member of 'Health Lion's which is a movement that focuses on 'health while also being a lion in and out of the gym'. In this episode we talk about his why for going plant based, what his training routine looks like along with the challenges he has encountered over the years.

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This week we are joined by the world renowned artist, Fred Curtis. Fred is a crystal glass cutter who has learned his craft at the world famous Waterford Crystal with a career that spans over 45 years. The list of celebrities & personalities that can place Fred's work on their mantle piece is wide ranging and very impressive. Barack Obama, Mother Teresa, Queen Elizabeth, Mohammed Ali, Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Carter are just a few of these people.

When he was just a teenager he stumbled upon glass cutting by chance, he fell in love with the whole process and the rest is history. He started of by messing around and creating little animals and flowers from solid pieces of glass and when his colleagues found out what he could do, they started asking for pieces themselves. His expertise & skill grew as the years went on and he has created remarkable pieces of work such the shamrock bowl that was presented to Barrack Obama, awards for many occasions, such as the inductees of the world golf hall of fame, National Ploughing Championships, Formula One trophy, Tipperary international piece award, Miss America trophy and many others

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This week I am joined by Conor Leen who is the CEO of the social enterprise Stampify. Stampify is a physical loyalty card that operates just like a normal loyalty but with a key few differences. First, you can use the card with any partnered business and secondly instead of claiming a free meal the partnered business will instead donate to Mary's Meals. Stampify has provided over 100,000 meals to developing countries and continues to do so at an accelerating pace.

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This week I sit down with a product manager in Hubspot, Graham O'Connor. Graham initially began his career in Software Engineering and eventually transitioned into Product Management, which he Absolutely loves. In this Episode we discuss the day to day Life of a product manager along with the challenges and skills that come with it. Just to provide some context, product management is basically you being the CEO of your own product within a company. I hope you enjoy listening to this podcast as much as I enjoyed recording it.

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