On today's podcast I welcome back urban planner, journalist and political commentator, Paul Kearns to the podcast.

Paul is living in Tel Aviv with his partner and his two young girls and finds himself once again, literally in the eye of the storm as the war with Iran is in its fourth week.

Bomb alerts are now part of everyday life for the family, and as he says himself, you never get used to that sound.

He chats about the impact of the war, in particular on his young girls and the long term effect on the next generation, who are growing up with harsh memories and inevitable hatred for the "other side".

Paul explains the mood in Israel and why support for what I believe is an unnecessary war with Iran, has increased since it began.

Discussing war on a podcast about Happiness might seem strange - unfortunately life goes on even when the bombs are falling.

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On today's podcast I chatted with communications specialist and author Andy Freed about his book, 'Lead Like the Boss'.

When Andy, a lifelong Bruce Springsteen fan was returning from one of the 95 concerts he has seen, he penned a post on LinkedIn about the leadership qualities of "The Boss", and what we can all learn from them.

This post literally blew up and eventually turned into this book.

Andy spoke about his own life and career, leadership lessons he learnt from working on political campaigns in America and more importantly the important lessons that leaders of today can learn from Bruce.

He talks about the importance of storytelling, empathy, rehearsing, carefully listening, bringing people with you and much more.

He also explains how teddy bears ended up in police cars!

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As you may have noticed this is not a usual Win Happy podcast.

To celebrate International Women's Day I decided to assist the lovely Deirdre Waldron, founder of Fuzion in launching her own podcast, called Fuelling Ambition.

She is a huge believer in supporting other women in business and this led to her being national president of Network Ireland.

During her presidency the theme of her tenure was all about ambition, and on her podcast she wants to continue with this agenda, inspiring other women whenever and wherever she can.

I think her podcast is great and I would encourage you to subscribe to it.

To all the women out there, Happy International Women's Day, and well done Dee!

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On today's podcast I chatted with well known and much loved Pam Kelly, who has been a Head Chef in Cork city for over 20 years.

Her early years were spent in a one bed flat in The LIberties in Dublin and then the family moved to the total opposite, a huge house in the country in Ballinasloe.

The hospitality industry was in the family blood, so her career choice was no surprise even though at a very early stage Pam had a notion that she might like to become a nun until she discovered other interests including a love for heavy metal!

We chatted about her early life, alcoholism in the family, the crazy but wonderful world of food, her favourite places to eat and her next career steps.

She has worked as Head Chef in Cork in popular restaurants including Harvey's Bistro, Nash 19, Perry Street, Market Lane and The Farm Gate, and each of them comes with their own stories.

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On today's podcast I chat once again with Paul Kearns, urban planner, author and journalist who has been living in Tel Aviv with his young family for the last 8 years.

Paul has been bringing us the truth from within Israel throughout the Gaza war, including the story of censorship by the media there and the presentation of the genocide in a very sanitised way to the people of Israel.

In bravely doing so, Paul has in many cases alienated himself from friends and family but his honesty has been much appreciated and his writing has been very welcome by Irish media.

He is now increasingly concerned by some political rhetoric and what he is hearing from the Jewish community in Ireland. He believes that the horrors we have witnessed in Gaza has resulted in visceral antisemitism, which could be a real threat to this community and his own family should he ever decide to visit or even return to Ireland to live.

When he wrote about this topic, the media outlets who were happy to take his earlier articles did not want to know.

We spoke about this version of censorship, antisemitism, holocaust deniers, conspiracy theories and how a country can start to rebuild its reputation, which is in tatters.

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On today's podcast I chatted with Lorcan Owens as he is about to step onto a plane, back to Australia to pursue a different life to the one he has in Ireland.

Lorcan is from a small town in Roscommon, he is a qualified primary school teacher but as he says himself he chose this profession initially as it was a "safe" choice.

He chatted about living as a gay man, deciding when to come out, his huge interest in the Middle East and geo politics and his brief spell working in that industry, which he would love to get back to.

Like all of us he is faced with choices in his life to pursue his happiness and I wonder what is next for him.

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On today's podcast I chatted with Occupational Therapist, Nerella Chauvin who lives just outside Budapest in Hungary with her family.

This busy career professional who was running her own successful practice turned 50 last summer and suddenly her life was turned upside down.

She lay on the bed with a cup of coffee and started checking some emails - when she woke after what felt like a nap, she had a concerned audience at the foot of her bed. She had a seizure and had just come around.

Tests diagnosed that not only did she have Epilepsy but she also had a condition called Organic Amnestic Syndrome, which causes memory loss.

This occupational therapist who had specialised in helping people with epilepsy was now suddenly the patient who could no longer work or drive and the simplest of life tasks carried many practical risks.

While the doctors are still experimenting with drugs to stabilise her condition Nerella has had to learn how to live again and she does this through a new lens; "Happiness is Waking up" she says.

Your health is everything, and we need to appreciate it

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On part two of a two part podcast I welcome back the very lovely Ellie, founder of Unbridling the Soul.

Ellie tells us about the dog Max and what she had to do to help return him to normal having discovered what the problem was after talking to him.

She chats about her ability to communicate with animals and the spirit world and how this is used in her work to heal people and animals.

She speaks in detail about her range of services which are offered both in person and remotely and she urges all of us to be more curious about ourselves, to scratch that itch and discover what might be lurking deep inside us.

Ellie helped our beloved dog Bert who very sadly passed away last October and broke our hearts.

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On today's podcast I have a very different conversation with Ellie the founder of Unbridling the Soul in West Cork.

The very lovely Ellie provides a very unusual range of healing services both in person and remotely, but not via the Zoom or Microsoft Teams variety.

I met with her at her beautiful home in idyllic West Cork at the foot of Mount Gabriel which she shares with her daughter and some horses that she uses as part of her work.

Ellie chats about her early life and how this brought about an extremely strong connection to animals, which has continued to this day. As well as developing the ability to communicate with animals she also has the ability to see and communicate with the spirits that surround us.

Following her curiosity and exploring these unusual gifts led her away from an early career as a chef to founding her own business that helps people and animals who may be in some distress.

To better understand what she does she shares a very unusual story about a dog called Max and the spirits that were disturbed when the house where he lived was renovated.

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A huge happy new year to all of my listeners.

I thought the first podcast of the new year should at least bring a smile or two to your face!

On today's podcast I had the pleasure of chatting with comedian, author and presenter Adam Christing about his latest book 'The Laughter Factor'.

While we all love to laugh, what role does laughter have in the modern workplace?

Adam chats about the importance of laughter in the workplace, some of the do's and don'ts and some tips and tricks you may use to introduce humour, even if it doesn't come so naturally to you.

Adam says "you can bring your people together with humour and heart"

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