Stretch Marks

Final Episode - with Comedian & now Author, Emma Doran.

It’s the final episode of the summer and the season.

So to cheer us up I’m joined by one of the most successful irish comedians Emma Doran - who as it happens I booked 6 years ago for a brand launch I was leading so hang on to the end for all the reminiscing of a great night had. 

Emma has a new book “Mad isn’t it” available on presale - a memoir in fact.

At 18 just before 6th year Emma got pregnant on a trip to Courtown.

What began as her sliding down the wall in complete fear at the sight of a pregnancy test has been a life of complete strength, hustle and courage.

We talk about the promises she made to herself at 18, always working, always providing, always saving.

And that moment 10 years on when she felt brave enough to do something for her, an open mic stand up night in temple bar.

And now look at her - Mad isn’t it. 

If there was a stretch marks episode to finish on - this is it. 

It’s a life time of stretching into new versions of yourself, never staying limited by what life dealt you and as she wrote the book, acknowledging that even 21 years on from courttown, that there was still a lot of marks to heal. 

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Ok this one is either incredibly relevant to where you are at now - or trust me, it will be sooner than you realise. 

Suzanne Kane is a 98Fm presenter, a very busy mam of 3 kids and a great friend of mine.

For Suzanne her postpartum at 40 just blurred right in with perimenopause and now she’s here to say the things that we do not hear enough about and won’t have a clue about when it’s our turn.

And it will be every women’s turn. 

We need to know more about the mental, emotional and physical symptoms of our early perimenopause because too many women lose too many years to feeling so low and anxious long before a period is missed. 

You can connect with and Suzanne and her work at @suzanne.fm on instagram 

And we deserve better. We deserve to live with joy.   

Choose your joy! And book a date with your GP or with one of the specialist clinics supporting women through these hormonal years. 

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Emma Flynn created thismamadoodles while expressing her own personal maternal mental, physical, emotional stretches and her craft, her illustrations, soulful words connected with thousands of woman online. 

But after a break, a chance to go inwards and reassess, realign, she joins me to share how her life has changed and her mental health never ever better. 

We talk about moving her family to the wilds of west cork, how giving herself what she needs has been a radical act of self love and she inspires anyone who listens to this to refuse to cling on to a version of themselves they have outgrown. 

Change is good. 

Change is possible. 

So ask yourself, what do you need to give yourself permission to change? 

And then do it.

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6 months ago free diver, author and TedX speaker Claire Walsh joined me while she was in the messy middle of IVF treatment with so much yet unknown. 

link to previous episode "The IVF Stretch"

Claire returns to share the heartbreaking but all too real acceptance that it was time to stop IVF and to step forward into a future without conceiving a child.

The end of anything brings grief, but there is little ever said about the grief of coming to terms with a fertility journey that did not gift you a child. 

Too little said about the grief of letting go of the life you always imagined. 

And far too little time given to the words, feelings and emotions of grieving the children you thought you’d have.

I commend Claire for finding words to put to these feelings

I’m not sure she knows how much of a gift it’ll be for anyone who needs to hear it and I’m so grateful she has trusted me with here. 

Do get in touch with Claire on instagram @clairewalshlife

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This is an historic week for women in sport as 66 Irish female athletes compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Joining me to talk about the build up, the pride and the excitement is RTE Sports Broadcaster, and presenter of RTE’s Olympics coverage, Evanne NiCuillinn to talk about how far women have come, the ones to watch, how this summer is an incredible opportunity to make those iconic sporting memories with our children, and our reaction to the this year’s olympics being the first to have a childcare facility for athletes on site. 

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Half way through this season!

Joined by Julie Ledwidge as we talk secondary infertility, waiting for no2, healing the trauma of almost losing her life after your 1st was born, and the power of deeply letting go.

After Julie had her son Max, she developed sepsis.

Julie has done amazing work to edicate and spread awareness of sepsis on her instagram page and on other podcasts - and so I wanted to explore her road to finding the confidence to go again, the distress of realising this pregnancy wasn’t happening, the work she did on herself mentally, emotionally and with a supportive doctor to conceive to have her baby girl and to now understand what postpartum can be like without trauma. 

Thank you for being here and for supporting me, Stretch Marks and my guests.

I’d love you to share this with anyone you think needs to hear it and leaving a little review where ever you’re listening. 

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Burnout // Unable to Rest // Racing Thoughts // Stretched to F!*k ???

I’m here with Sinead Mooney to learn simple tangible realistic ways of incorporating moments of replenishment into our day. 

Because the stress and the stretch is going to keep on coming - this episode should help you meet it with a little more in the tank. 

Sinead is a Wellbeing Specialist - Certified Meditation Trainer- Certified Life Coach and owns her own Yoga Studio @moonsyogaloft but more importantly - she’s a mother of 2 very young children with very little support who has navigated HUGE stress in her life. I now only take life advice from those who know what its like to have small children and if you’re the same - this is an essential listen for you.

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This episode with Caoimhe McG is delicate. 

Navigating the end of a relationship as a parent is an often unspoken impossible life stretch - yet so many are going through it. 

Caoímhe is a mum of 4 and with her account The Big Hill House has shared parts of her home with her followers - but nothing is certain and the life we plan can change. 

Here she finds her voice and her courage to speak about how hard the last year has been. Her decision to move back to Ireland, step away from her career and her financial security, the 6 weeks of maternity leave she experienced in Abu Dhabi 3 times, in comparison to her decision to be at home full time with her children now. 

Life stretches us beyond measure - and if you are where Caoímhe was a year ago I hope this episode gives you comfort and the courage you need to find yourself again. 

Thank you to my NEW sponsor Dove Advanced Care Body Wash for bringing their support and for creating a body wash with 24 hour moisture straight from the shower.

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

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This weeks guest is a comedian, a poet, a storyteller - Aoife Dunne english_and_aoife

Her observations and comedy of the Irish Mother are wildly accurate and so too are her expressions of grief, depression and finding her real identity that lay hidden under trauma for too long.

It’s deep, intelligent, beautiful and it's Aoife - so it's funny.

And I think it’s really important to hear.

She talks about losing her mother, the shame of her dad's affair and growing up in Galway as she says - "poor".  

We talk about life and a defining break up at 33 that stretched her to the point of finally acknowledging her depression.

And the process back to happiness.

We also talk about how her success in comedy often brings derogatory comments from men. 

This conversation was recorded BEFORE the announcement of Natasha O’Brien’s assault case. 

We did not know at the time how the rest of the week would roll out - and yet you’ll hear us talk about our fears on the rise of misogyny, violence and the degrading of women’s rights. 

Thank you to my NEW sponsor Dove Advanced Care Body Wash for bringing their support and for creating a body wash with 24 hour moisture straight from the shower.

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

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NEW SEASON of Stretch Marks with Sinead O'Moore

Kicking off another 10 weeks with my first guest Genevieve Turley

Genevieve is a make up artist in the rational, normal, you're doing great as you are babe sense of the word.

She combines her wit with her natural beauty, her comfort with who she is and how she looks with informative, kind and hilarious content.

She is doing us ALL a favour - and if you're not following her yet I encourage you to do so immediately.

She is a mum of 2 in her 30's and we talk about growing to accept ourselves, getting excited about our 40's, ignoring the weight of expectation for how we are to look 24/7 and some really kind honest advice on how to stop bashing ourselves.

Listen and you'll reemember that you are more than ENOUGH.

Thank you for my NEW sponsor Dove Advanced Care Body Wash for bringing their support and for creating a body wash with 24 hour moisture straight from the shower.

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

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