HC Collective Podcast

Ciara works with people who want to be better, who have a strong desire to create or achieve great things. So whether that’s a senior manager in a corporate environment or a self employed go getter, her gift is to see the potential in everyone and help them to reach this potential but in a purposeful way ensuring that the path they are on is the right path for them.

Using a combination of intuition and solid business insight (I have a degree in Economics and a Masters in Business) Ciara helps individuals become more conscious of their thoughts, habits and past conditioning in order to access the untapped potential and find their purpose and work together to create a solid strategy for success, improving the habits of productivity, energy and presence.

Roisin Gowan is a registered dietitian with CORU in Ireland and has been practicing dietetics over 10 years. Having qualified from the University of Plymouth with a BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Dietetics, she has since gained a wide range of clinical experience working as a dietitian in the NHS and HSE. In the last 5 years, she specialised in paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital Ireland at Crumlin. She currently works as a Clinical Specialist Neonatal Dietitian at Ireland’s biggest maternity hospital.

Tara has worked extensively in private and public mental health and within forensic settings where she has provided a psychological service to a broad range of clients presenting with a range of severe and complex psychological, behavioural and emotional difficulties along with enduring mental health difficulties.

Tara specialised residency was within a Weight Management Service and her research on bariatric surgery and obesity have been presented both nationally and internationally.  Tara also works with the Veterans Evaluation Service providing assessment for US Military Veterans in Europe. She is also a member of The Psychological Society of Ireland and its Clinical Division.

I am the first Financial Coach in Ireland holding the Certified Financial Planner© accreditation. I have worked in financial services for 15 years, first in public sector pensions, wealth management, and then in debt management and personal insolvency following the last financial crash.  I became a Financial Coach as I felt those with money worries were not being served properly.  Many never look at emotional and behavioural aspect of their day to day finances, leading to powerlessness and exploitation.

I use coaching tools and techniques to help clients gain knowledge and control to master financial decisions and address damaging behaviour.

Deirdre is an Executive Coach, specialising in Career progression and Executive and Virtual  Presence. She has over 25 years’ experience in global multi-national technology companies, holding senior leadership positions in organisations including LinkedIn, IBM and Oracle. 

With a wealth of experience in leading national and international Field and Inside Sales teams, Deirdre’s focus is commercially grounded and results led.

Bernard was born in Tullow, Co. Carlow and raised on his parents’ farm.  He attended Newbridge College in Kildare before going on to study business and Japanese at University College Dublin.

He played rugby in school and was persuaded by Warren Gatland to turn professional.  He went on to play for Connacht, the Sale Sharks and Leinster and, internationally, for Ireland, before retiring in 2010 due to a concussion injury.  Today he remains an Ambassador for Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, whose ‘Mind Your Head’ campaign he strongly supports.

In 2011, he published his autobiography, Blue Blood, before making the move into coaching at club level when he joined FC Grenoble on a consultancy basis. He went full-time in the 2012-2013 season and  was appointed head coach at Grenoble in June 2016. He then moved to the Welsh team the Dragons for 18 months. Since leaving coaching behind in December 2018, he has been working as a rugby pundit and columnist whilst rapidly building his profile as a motivational speaker and high-performance consultant.

Bernard maintains that when it comes to building a high-performance culture, ‘Success leaves clues’. In other words, learn from others.  Identify the key behaviours that have built a successful culture and then find ways to foster those behaviours throughout an organisation so that it becomes not just a collection of people, but a cohesive team with real clarity of purpose.  When you have buy-in from people at all levels, success is inevitable because everyone is willing to go the extra mile.

Clients include Molson Coors, Aviva, Sogeti, Bank Populaire, Microfocus and Goodbody Stockbrokers

Kate is a competitive basketball player who has represented her country and still competes at Super League level. She marries her positive learnings from sport with her expertise and the latest research to provide tangible advice, bespoke to her clients.

Kate believes that nutrition should add to our lives instead of being seen as something restrictive. She educates her clients so they feel empowered to make their own informed decisions around their diet to support their needs. Kate is a fluent Irish speaker and has lent her expertise to shows like TG4’s ‘Underdogs’ and BBC’s ‘An Focail Scoir’.

I have cured my own chronic childhood asthma when I was given no hope from the medical community. I’ve played GAA games, attained a black belt in Judo, run a marathon with no training and my mouth taped shut.

I’ve climbed a mountain bare chested in sub-zero temperatures and I’ve developed my own business; all thanks to my foundation of breath training and physical activity. I’ve spent my career researching how breathing techniques impact the body and mind and coaching others to breathe free, attain their own goals and reach states of peak performance consistently.

After our first holiday alone without the boys, we returned feeling tired, overweight and almost depressed. Our weight had increased and our energy levels had decreased, therefore we knew something had to change.

We set ourselves goals, supported each other and committed to losing weight together. Over the course of two years, we went on to lose a whopping 13 stone.

We found a new passion for food which in turn created a motivating interest in cooking.

Shopping for, and preparing healthy food for our family has become a daily priority for us. Our fundamental aim is to encourage people to change their lifestyle by eating nutritious, delicious, tasty, healthy and easy to prepare meals for themselves and their families alike.

Mark Duffy believes that everyone deserves to live fulfilling lives through their work. He is fascinated by the psychology of exceptional leadership, well-being and performance in the workplace.

Mark is an executive coach, corporate trainer and faculty member with over ten years’ experience in the field. He has particular interest and expertise in coaching executives to grow their teams’ engagement, positive relationships and proactive behaviours. Mark has worked with leaders across the globe in some of the world’s largest organisations.

He holds an Advanced Diploma in Personal, Leadership and Executive Coaching and an Advanced Diploma in Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaching from Kingstown College, an MSc. in Occupational and Organisational Psychology, a Diploma and BA in Psychology and qualifications in corporate training, career coaching and psychometric testing.

Mark facilitates development described as “truly transformational” and has coached leaders to generate strategies worth multimillion euro per annum. Following his coaching, leaders report greater confidence, competence and resilience in the face of challenges and stressors.

Mark utilises scientifically proven solution focused and positive psychological techniques in his coaching and training and is truly committed to the transformative growth and success of all those he works with.