Joan Broderick is founder of www.pathways.ie, a platformdedicated to supporting parents and students during the transition from secondary school to college in Ireland.

She has 30 years’ experience in education and healthcare,she is a former college health nurse and access toeducation coordinator who has supported students dealing with hardship, disability, and personal struggles.  As a mum to three college graduates, she has lived this journey herself, more than once. That experience, combined with her professional background, inspired her to create Pathways.ie: a space where families can get clear, practical advice, and feel less alone. She provides many services from health supports to finances, from accommodation to managing deadlines through in person group presentations, webinars and 1: 1 support.

https://pathways.ie/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-broderick-215a7b1a9/

Noel Davidson is Head of Training & Strategic Partnerships at the Entrepreneurs Academy where he has worked for over 16 years . He has been involved with the well-established Student Enterprise Programme and LIFT Ireland. He is also co-founder of a new company alongside his wife and daughter, First Bell Tech Ltd, an Irish-built app that gets a verified substitute teacher to your school in minutes. Apart from thisnew enterprise, he wants to talk to educators about entrepreneurship and how the same great qualities entrepreneurs possess, are the same qualities greatteachers and leaders have.

https://firstbell.ie/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/noeldavidson/

https://www.instagram.com/firstbell_ireland/

Ann's website:

https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/

Gemma Maher is Principal of Rathcoole Educate Together National School in Dublin. Gemma Maher failed her Leaving Cert once but found her way to teaching through Coleraineand Glasgow University. Now she's principal of Rathcoole Educate Together National School. In this episode, she talks about her own diagnosis of Autism and ADHD and what that means for her in her role.

Ann's website:

https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/

Class Cover is a Australian platform that connects schools with substitute teachers and SNAs. Schools can build their network, post booking requests and get cover confirmed in minutes. Substitute teachers and SNAs can manage their availability, connect with local schools and get booked through the app. ClassCover is launching in Ireland in2026. Over 5000 school, that 1 in 2 schools in Australia are registered with the platform. They are launching in Ireland this year and I want to find out more about it so here I am talking to its CEO Ben Grozier.

https://www.classcoverapp.ie/contact

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Ann's website:

https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/

Sarah Curran an experienced educator, leader and coach whois originally from Dublin and now living in Wexford, is the inspiring force behind Flow Growth Hub, a space created to nurture growth-minded people. With a background in education and leadership both in Ireland and Dubai and a deep belief and expertise in the power of strengths-based coaching, Sarah brings clarity, calm, and community to those navigating the challenges of education, business and personal evolution. With a Masters in Positive Psychology and over 14 years of experience in education, she is a trained coach & facilitator, Mental Health First Aider, and Yoga teacher for children and adults,  she talks to me about decision to leave Ireland, the brand she has developed; ebb_flow- flourish and the challenges facing teachers returning to Ireland from abroad.

https://ae.linkedin.com/in/sarah-curran-41ba39299

https://www.instagram.com/ebb_flow_flourish/reels/

Ann's website

https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/

Maeve Mahon is CEO of CEIST; (Catholic Education Irish Schools Trust) and was appointed in December 2024. She is a native of Co Meath and has worked in the Diocese of Kildare& Leighlin supporting Catholic primary education for the past thirty years. As Diocesan Secretary for Primary Education, she has effectively worked alongside the Patron, school principals, chairpersons, board members and parents to develop structures that support and scaffold Catholic schoolcommunities. We talk about her leadership and her first year in the role .

We talk about her leadership journey and her first year inthis new role.

We talk about her leadership journey and her first year inthis new role.

Ann's website:

https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/

Dr. Lisa Riegel earned dual bachelor's degrees in English and Secondary Education from Kent State University. She holds a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Otterbein University and a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Leadership from The Ohio State University. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals and she has authored five books, including her two latest books, NeuroWell, and Aspirations to Operations, focused on brain science and how we can leverage it to help people become happier, healthier, and more successful

Books:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=lisa+riegel&crid=30TTDXLJRNQMO&sprefix=lisa+riegel%2Caps%2C158&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Website: http://www.lisariegel.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisariegel/

https://www.epinstitute.net/

Dr Sajita Setia is a New Zealand based physician and published researcher in digital wellbeing who has led award-winning medical and health education globally. She is an evidence-based educator She helps families and schools raise resilient, balanced young people in a world of constant screens. She's a digital wellbeing and youth online safety expert who turns complex research into simple, practical tools for parents, preteens, and teens. Her background in medicine medical affairs, and health education allows her to bridge science with real life.

Australia has just introduced a social media ban for under 16s and New Zealand, a nationwide school smartphone ban in 2024. Families everywhere are grappling with digital overload, rising youth depression, anxiety, and thechallenges of online safety. Dr Sajita brings evidence-based, practical insights that speak directly to today’s most urgent parenting concerns. https://sajitasetia.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sajita-setia/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp9d3ddqyo

James Callaghan is an experienced CBT therapist, EMDRconsultant, and mental health nurse with over a decade working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). He is the founder of Capital Psychotherapy, offering therapy for children, adolescents, and adults, andrecently launched Minds in Schools, a training initiative supporting parents and teachers with practical CBT strategies.

This year, James published his first book, LeoRoars: A Brave Lion’s Guide to Overcoming Panic Attacks, endorsed by Dr. Judith Beck of the Beck Institute, USA. The book is the first in his planned CBT series designed to help children directly while also giving parents practical skills to support them. James is here to talk about anxiety and panicattacks, emetophobia; fear of vomiting, school refusal and how to have difficult conversations about potential diagnoses with parents.  

https://mindsinschools.ie/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-callaghan-094960131/?originalSubdomain=ie

Ann's website: https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/

Having spent many years as a primary school teacher, FionaForman is passionate about placing well-being at the heart of school life. For the past few years, promoting this has been her focus- through her books, media contributions, and training sessions. She holds an M. Sc. in Applied Positive Psychology, the science of well-being, from the University of East London.

Her programmes include Weaving Well-Being, a positive mental health programme for primary school children which is now in use in the majority of Irish Primary Schools, and also Wired for Well-Being, her programme for second-level students.

Her Junior programme, Welcome to Well-Being, has beenrecently released in Ireland and abroad.

https://www.instagram.com/

fionaformanwellbeing/

https://fionaformanwellbeing.com/books-and-programs/

[email protected]

Ann's website

⁠https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/⁠