Stretch Marks: The 40's Stretch

NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast

We are stretching - this time into our 40's.

Meet Áine O'Donnell - one of my closest friends and favourite humans.

At 27 she was diagnosed with MS, Multiple Sclerosis, an incurable neurological condition that interrupts communication between the brain and the rest of the body. Eventually, the disease can cause permanent damage and loss of power.

At 40, she lost her dad, got married and learned that her hero drugs have failed her.

And this week, as this goes out, she begins the process of a Stem Cell Transplant in the UK - her last chance to hold back her advancing MS.

But it's not all tears. We laugh. We reminisce.

We talk about the grief of losing her dad. And marrying the love of her life Tara.

And in this one hour - she will teach you more about life than anyone could.

DONATE xx

To help with the financial burden of this fight, friends have set up a GOFUNDME page for Áine.

To donate to this page and support my wonderful friend, you can follow the link here.

Áine - we love you, fight like hell. 

Supported by Key For Her - Their two-step supplement includes two unique blends to support your daily wellness and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.

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"The 40's Stretch" is a Stretch Marks Production,

Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.

Contact: [email protected]

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NEW! The 40's Stretch - Stretch Marks with Sinéad O'Moore

Please welcome my second guest, Laura Nolan Horgan, founder of LNH Edit, mother of 3 and BRCA gene warrior who in her early 30's said no thanks to Ovarian and Breast cancer and underwent a Salpingo Double Ooverectomy, full hysterectomy which removed her ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, womb and double mastectomy - and while this saved her life, it also plunged her straight into surgical menopause.

Laura shared her story on Georgie's Good Glow podcast 4 years ago which gives a really good insight into her BRCA Gene story and well worth a listen - but here, with the grace of time and distance from this traumatic life grenade, Laura shares the hormonal impact thereafter.

We talk about HRT, how Menopause and Women's Health specialist, Dr. Deirdre Lundy brought her back to life, reclaiming her sense of womanhood and the lessons every woman should know from someone who had to learn the hard way, far far too young.

Supported by Key For Her - Their two-step supplement includes two unique blends to support your daily wellness and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.

Use the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com

"The 40's Stretch" is a Stretch Marks Production,

Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.

Contact: [email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This season is a deep dive into the 40's stretch.

Physically/mentally/emotionally/hormonally/professionally/ this is a profound decade and one that I hope to live well. 

And just like in early motherhood - there is so much left unsaid, so much to learn and so much to gain from connecting with and sharing the real experiences of women. 

Supported by Key For Her

Use the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com

Sophie is currently breaking the internet with her food label awareness and supermarket swap reels, highlighting the ultra processed foods which could be having an impact on our wellbeing supported by her Diploma in General Nutrition and a Diploma in Advanced Nutrition for Fitness. She is 41, a mother of two young boys and she is stretched.

We talk about her experience of entering this new decade, what she wishes every woman in her 40's knew and how she's fuelling herself.

**If you are worried about your own health, hormones, nutrition or wellbeing - always speak with your GP as this conversation should not replace advice from a qualified medical practitioner.**

The 40's Stretch is part of Stretch Marks Podcast,

Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.

Contact: [email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/

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NEW SEASON

We are stretching - this time into our 40's.

I’m Sinead O’Moore host of Stretch Marks podcast and If you're a fan of that podcast, you'll know it started in motherhood but over the years has grown to discuss all the ways life continues to stretch us. 

And this season is a deep dive into the 40's stretch! 

I really believe that our 40’s is a powerful decade where we can grow into the women we are here to be. There can be a bit of liberation, reclamation. we could take over the world – if the world and our hormones would stop knocking us back down again.

I turned 40 in July, perimenopause is hovering over my shoulders, I am getting more anxious, more stressed, sleeping less even though my kids are sleeping more and I know countless women in my tribe who know the game has changed but have no idea how to win anymore. 

And just like in early motherhood - there is so much left unsaid, so much to learn and so much to gain from connecting with and sharing the real experiences of women. 

So together with my amazing new sponsor Key For Her, the Irish female owned two-step supplement brand that includes two unique blends to support your daily health and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with your menstrual cycle, peri and menopause, - I'll be having deep conversations with inspirational women, experts and friends about how to embrace, conquer and thrive throughout our 40’s stretch. 

This new 12 episode season kicks off on Wednesday 6th of November. 

I’ll be joined by inspiring, educated, courageous women, experts and friends and I will be taking notes. 

Ok, together lets figure out The 40’s Stretch. 

See you wednesday. 

Created by Sinead O'Moore

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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. 

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. #ad

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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.

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. #ad

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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

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. #ad

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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. 

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. #ad

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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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Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.

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