Hello and welcome to Episode 2 of the Life Well Lived Podcast with me, Shane Breslin.

I first came across Finbarr Bradley in a small but packed room in the west of Ireland at Moira Ni Ghallachoir’s Gnó Le Croi retreat in 2017.

For anyone not familiar with the Irish, Gnó Le Croí means "Business with Heart", and Finbarr brought incredible heart to his talk that night.

Finbarr Bradley is an Irish university professor, but a university professor with a difference.

He teaches modules on sustainable ventures at the Smurfit Graduate Business School and the Quinn Business School (both part of University College Dublin), and has authored a number of books on business, culture and innovation, including his most recent book, Digging Deeper: How Purpose-Driven Enterprises Create Real Value.

In this interview we talked about finding purpose — both in business and our personal lives — about the role of education, about the importance of rootedness to place and about what it is to be happy. 

I hope you enjoy the conversation on the second episode of the Life Well Lived Podcast, and if you do, please subscribe so that every interview lands in your podcast player automatically each week. 

Hello and welcome to the very first interview episode of my new podcast, the Life Well Lived Podcast with me, Shane Breslin. 

The first Life Well Lived podcast guest is Jessica Robson, who I’ve been following for more than a year now. 

Jessica talks to me about her own mental health struggles, through eating disorders and anxiety and depression, and how those challenges led her to establishing Run Talk Run, a support group that combines running and talking to help people who might be struggling with their own mental health or who are supporting a loved one in that situation.

Jessica talks to me about the background and vision for Run Talk Run, as well as the responsibility of establishing a support group like this, the challenge of identity in an age when, through social media, we can easily become known for One Thing, and her big plans for 2019, which will include running through the night in Death Valley with a cyclist alongside her to stave off any wild dogs!

I hope you enjoy this conversation, and if you do, please share out a screenshot to any social media platform to share this with any of your friends and contacts who might be interested in running and positive mental health. 

So, without further ado, let the first Life Well Lived podcast interview begin!

Hello, and welcome to Episode Zero of my new show, The Life Well Lived Podcast.
So what's it all about?
I've dealt with bouts of pretty deep depression for much of my life, and two years ago, in the early winter of 2016, I hit a rock bottom when I walked out of my job, unable really to face one more day doing something I really disliked and worse, which made me really dislike myself. At that time I was broke, with no idea where my next income would come from, and with two children then aged 7 and 5 at home who were really looking forward to Christmas.
Since then I have spoken and written about my journey, and found phenomenal strength and support from so many people.
This podcast is the next step in my journey of sharing my message with the world: a message that says that pain and suffering is okay and normal, because all human lives contain it, but also that joy and wonder are also possible, because that is the miracle of life. Each week on the Life Well Lived podcast I will interview people from all walks of life. People with their own inspiring personal stories to share. People whose work is making an inspiring contribution to their own little corner of humanity. And people who have lived through life, and might have some wisdom to share about navigating life’s challenges, achieving fulfilment and happiness and ultimately living a life well lived.