In this episode I speak with Aoife Harvey, a women’s health physiotherapist, about the crucial topic of pelvic floor health. We discuss how pelvic floor issues often go unnoticed until women become pregnant or give birth.  The benefits of strength training during pregnancy and the importance of proper breathing techniques for pelvic floor exercises. We also touch on the challenges of postnatal recovery and the lack of comprehensive postnatal check-ups. Aoife provides insights into common issues like diastasis recti and hypertonic pelvic floors, offering practical advice for women at various stages of motherhood.

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In this episode, myself and my business partner, Cory, chat about the state of the fitness industry, and how we try to fix it, one client at a time. We talk about the problems with transformation photos, with 6 week challenges, and how coaching women is a little more complicated than men. Just to mention that we do discuss eating disorders (and how it is outside of our scope of practice to coach).

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Have you ever wondered why some people fall for conspiracy theories? Physicist, cancer scientist, and author David Grimes reveals how conspiracy theories can distort reality and endanger lives. Drawing from his extensive research and personal experiences, Grimes discusses the psychological allure of these theories and the severe consequences they pose to public health and societal trust.

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My first episode back is all about the huge changes in my life since I last recorded a podcast, as well as setting out the intentions for the season ahead.

This episode is a really interesting chat on how Eoin created the concept of Bread 41, which is a very popular bakery in Dublin. T

hese are the conversations that inspired the Life Lessons podcast. We talk about his story in the food business but what I found really interesting is the culture he creates, alongside his sustainability efforts, and how he will keep hold up these ideals as the business expands. I have no experience in a bricks and mortar business, so I found the conversation really interesting, and I hope you do too.

This is actually the final episode of the first season of Life Lessons, and I just want to thank you for listening, whether this is your first episode or if you have listened to them all. Please do subscribe or follow the podcast so you don’t miss when I come back.

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In this week’s episode of Life Lessons, I am very excited to have Emma Dowling who is one of Ireland’s original prenatal and postnatal coaches. I wanted to talk about prenatal training in a long format, as I’m sure you will realise, it is quite nuanced and different for every body and every pregnancy. I hope you find it helpful, and if so, please do share it with your friends or family or anybody that might find it helpful too.

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Corinna is one of Ireland’s most respected skin and beauty experts, and also a good friend of mine.

I have struggled hugely with my acne over the years, and we discuss that journey, but we also talk about other skin concerns like rosacea, wrinkles and sun damage.

We talk about how to feed the skin what it needs, but also about running the successful family business Monica Tolan Beauty.

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I am excited to talk about breathwork as it really was life changing for me. Cathy has a PhD in neuroscience and left academia to become a full time breath work coach.

You might have heard of and tried “breathwork” but “breathwork” comes in lots of different forms. Think of it like “exercise”. You might have tried one type but never found a form that you found life changing or even effective.

In this episode we talk about our experiences with breathwork and why we became breathwork facilitators. It really did change the path of my life, and I’m excited to bring it to more people.

The breath is powerful for both exciting and de-exciting the nervous system. There is an excellent feature on the Whoop app, in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Huberman, that allows you to select which option you need given your current stress levels.

Once again, this episode is kindly sponsored by Whoop. I’m sure you know by now that Whoop is a wearable fitness tracker that specializes in breaking down your recovery, sleep, and workouts, while also helping you to manage your overall health and wellbeing.

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Lydia is officially a breastfeeding counsellor but this episode is about more than that. With the pressure to breastfeed felt by a lot of mothers, I wanted to create an episode so that women can feel prepared for birth and can make informed decisions about what is best for them and their baby.

I’m sure this is a bit of a niche subject and won’t be applicable to all of my listeners but I will have another episode soon that might interest you.

Once again, this episode is sponsored by Whoop. I’m sure you know by now that Whoop is a wearable fitness tracker that specializes in breaking down your recovery, sleep, and workouts, while also helping you to manage your overall health and wellbeing.

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I hope you find the episode helpful!

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Siobhan Murray is the founder of 23 The Agency, which is the agency I work with, and one of the founders of Mantra Official. In this episode we speak about her really interesting career to date, as well as the best way to do influencer marketing e.g. how it can benefit the brand, the creator and the consumer. But I also wanted to learn more about creating a viable product-led business like Mantra, all while juggling family-life.

Once again this episode is sponsored by Whoop. If you would like to start tracking your health, wellness and fitness at a deeper level today, go to join.whoop.com/siobhan to get your first month free and a free Whoop 4.0 device on me.

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