In this special bonus episode to kick off 2022 Mairead speaks to Orla Walsh, Dietician and Anna Geary, Performance Coach, Personal Trainer and TV personality about a healthy way to approach making positive changes for yourself for the New Year.

The guests talk about the importance of feeling good, healthy, happy and content with yourself, especially when it comes to dating, looking for and finding love. Orla busts common myths around detoxes, supplements and fast weight loss plans – she also shares her view on getting health and nutrition advice from unqualified influencers and gives practical advice on breaking habits or making new ones. Anna shares advice on getting and staying motivated, how little steps can still be impactful in a big way and how being mindful of how busy we say we are can help change our mindset.  She also gives her view on the ‘strong not skinny’ movement and shares her thoughts and advice on self-care and goal setting.

If you feel happy & positive about yourself physically & mentally you are likely to seem more attractive, feel more attractive, confident on dates, being intimate and having great sex, whether you are new to dating, have just struggled to meet someone or are starting fresh after a divorce or long-term relationship there are lots of positive, practical and helpful takeaways in this episode.

In this episode, Mairead speaks to Patricia Lohan about how to use Feng Shui to supercharge your home to attract love, abundance and prosperity.

As well as an overview of what Feng Shui is, Patricia shares her decades of experience on how she used the ancient practice to attract her husband and to manifest a six figure windfall!

Patricia shares practical tips on how to make your bedroom a haven for manifesting love and where to start on your feng shui journey.

Listen to Patricia's podcast, Live your dreams awake on all podcast platforms and visit her website, www.patricialohan.com to get in touch with Patricia or to join her feng shui community.

In this episode Mairead speaks to Aidan O’Brien, the Transformation Specialist about how to change your mindset and create a successful outcome in love and life. He describes how powerful we can be in changing our lives if we really want to.

He talks about using the law of attraction effectively and how you can have impact on the personal, professional and romantic aspects of your own life. Aidan also shares tips on how best to behave on a first date, the importance of a man being a man, how we can all fall into the trap of standing in our own way and controversially how we absolutely do need that uber specific check-list when looking for the one!

He talks about how past pain and anxieties are not a bad thing, but a necessary form of protection that can help us move into our future with success when identified and acknowledged properly and how real clarity, honesty and authenticity are essential factors in getting the life and love you want and deserve.

Aidan works as a coach, mentor and International speaker and you can find Aidan and details of his course on instagram @aidanobrienofficial and online on his website. https://theaidanobrien.com/

In this episode, recorded in Louis Copeland and Sons store on Capel Street, Mairead talks to Menswear and style expert Louis Copeland and Fashion Influencer and former personal stylist Yvonne Melin to get advice on grooming and style for men and women. Following almost 22 months of varying levels of lockdowns, hospitality restrictions and working from home, many of us have forgotten how to dress up and even dress well! One of the most important things when you are dating is feeling confident and looking your best, this episode has tons of tips on how to do that.

Yvonne and Louis don’t just give helpful and practical advice on dressing to impress for dating, they also share tips on nailing smart casual, dressing for interviews and what to pack for a weekend away full of style. They also discuss getting the basics right and just generally feeling at your best. Our style duo also give their take on investment pieces, wearing colour and style that suits your shape, age and colour.

Louis even gives his take on the style in Peaky Blinders, Suits and Succession and share how those looks have influenced some of his clients!

Louis Copeland has been selling mens formal and casualwear and sharing style and fashion advice to (mostly) Irish men for decades, he and his sons run four stores in Dublin; Capel Street, Pembroke Street, Wicklow Street and Dundrum Town Centre and also have an online store www.louiscopeland.com. You can find him and his products on Instagram @louiscopeland_and_sons and on twitter @louis_copeland

Yvonne Melinn worked as a personal stylist for years before she found her style tribe within her huge following on Instagram, when she isn’t tied up being a busy Mum of 3, she manages to share gorgeous fashion pieces and advice and occasionally also mentions her food, interiors and reading tips and picks! She can be found @ystyleireland on Instagram.

In this episode Mairead talks to Psychiatrist and Author Dr. Brendan Kelly about happiness and dating. As well as giving his overall view on dating and how it relates to being happy, Brendan talks about why most people struggle to identify their happiness. He shares how and why people rate their happiness - mostly 7 out of 10 by the way! He covers the key components that are important to being happy, why friendship is such a priority and how happiness spreads through networks and is utterly magnetic. He explains why we often feel guilt for being happy and how we mostly inherit a set point for happiness, and stick with that no matter what - and why that can be limiting.

He also shares his professional advice on navigating the dating world if you are living with a mental illness and what to know and think about if you are dating someone who is living with a mental illness.

Brendan Kelly is a Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital and Author of the Science of Happiness: The Six Principles of a Happy Life and the Seven Strategies for Achieving It, published by Gill Books

In this episode Mairead speaks to Neuroscientist Dr. Sabina Brennan about what goes on in the brain when we are in love, lust, and having sex. Sabina explains the feel-good hormones and how they work, why men often aren’t as interested in cuddling after sex and how it’s not their fault! She shares why some stress is important for good brain health, why love really is blind and how DNA can make some of us more likely to have affairs and take part in one -night stands. Sabina also reminds us how similar attraction can be to addiction and why we can be all over the place when we start to get feelings for someone new!

Sabina Brennan is a health Psychologist, neuroscientist and best-selling Author. She hosts the Super Brain Podcast. Each week she interviews inspiring individuals about thriving and surviving in life. Her first book 100 days to a younger Brain is a No1 Bestseller, her second book, beating brain fog was published earlier this year and published by Orion. To find out more about Sabina, or hear her podcasts www.sabinabrennan.ie

In this episode Mairead talks to Performance Psychologist and best-selling Author Gerry Hussey about the importance of love and how powerful that emotion can be. In his unique and impactful way, he shares his advice on how to best navigate the dating world and what to do if we are getting in our own way, why we self-sabotage and how to deal with that. He highlights the importance of knowing you are enough and staying true to yourself. He talks about how we can deal with worry and anxiety and how other people decide to judge you is really none of your business and shouldn’t be a concern! Gerry also talks about how visualisation absolutely works, the importance of trusting the universe, how and why a broken heart can physically hurt and why loving yourself is the first step to a happy fulfilled life.

Gerry is a performance psychologist and also in more recent times has been coined ‘The Soul Coach’. He has been in the human health and performance field for almost 20 years. He co-founded Soul Space with his wife Miriam. You can find out more about the soul space community at soulspace.ie

Gerry has been at the forefront of building high performance teams and individuals in Olympic and Professional, sport and corporate organisations. His vast experience has seen him prepare and lead teams for success at Olympic Games, Heineken cups, World Cups, and World and European Championships.

He has worked and currently works with some of the world’s leading sport and business teams as well as coaching for high performing individuals. He is a leading voice that is challenging us to rethink health and performance in a whole new way and his integrated approach is one of honesty, simplicity and authenticity. His first book was published in May 2021 and is called Awaken Your Power Within.

In this episode Mairead talks to Life Coach Mark Fennell about how confidence and mindset can help you on your dating journey. What motivates you when it comes to happiness? How can you grow your confidence and change your mindset? Why is confidence so attractive? How can we get out of toxic and damaging relationship cycles? How should you think when you are meeting someone new? How can we get over the nerves ahead of a first date?  What is the best way to deal with anxiety if dating? Is it ok to have a checklist? Mark has all the answers. And when it comes to that checklist, he says burn it!!

Mark Fennell is a personal and business development coach. Working as a motivational speaker with experience that spans over 10 years...he offers one to one coaching and online courses. He helps people identify what’s missing in their life and loves to coach clients to build a life that makes them smile!

People can find him online at www.markfennell.ie or @markfennell.ie on instagram

In this episode, Mairead talks all things dating and communications with Eoghan Tomás McDermott, MD of the Communications Clinic.  Eoghan shares his experience as a communications expert to help listeners navigate the communication part of dating, looking for love and finding the perfect candidate!

How do you make a good first impression? How do you prep for an important date? How can you deal with pre-date nerves? How important is  non-verbal communication and what can we learn from Love Island?! Drawing on his years of experience working with clients and corporations, Eoghan answers all of these questions and also shares how can we apply good rules of business and the importance of always bringing your best self whatever the situation. We also discuss how to tell a good anecdote, how to return to small talk post covid, the importance of being a good listener, how to be a good communicator and why too much eye contact can be a bad thing!

Eoghan Tomás McDermott is the Managing Director of The Communications Clinic. He is personal coach and advisor to a number of Chief Executives of large corporates, both indigenous and multi-national. Eoghan advises clients ranging from Cabinet Ministers to many of Ireland’s top sportspeople. He was one of the founders of The Communications Clinic in 2008, and he took over as Managing Director in 2018.

Since June 2020, Eoghan is also an Adjunct Teaching Fellow with Trinity College Dublin's Business School where he has developed an Impactful Communication programme for senior executives.  He published his first book The Career Doctor in 2009. Eoghan is a regular contributor on Irish media, including Today FM's The Last Word, Virgin Media's Ireland AM, as well as shows on Newstalk and RTE.

You can find Eoghan on twitter @eoghanMcDermott and www.communicationsclinic.ie

In this episode, Mairead talks all things relationships and money with Eoin McGee, Author and TV host of  How to be Good with Money. Why exactly does it cost more to be single? Why are your financial affairs one of the main reasons couples fight? How are you better off financially if you get married? What happens when the disparity in your salaries causes issues? Eoin also tells us if a spender and saver can be the perfect match, how to share your earnings or how not to, when and why you need to talk about money with you other half, the importance of having a fuck-off fund and of course who should pay on a first date!

Eoin is the presenter of hit RTE TV show how to be good with money and the best-selling author of his first book of the same name. He is currently working on his second book. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and the Principal at Prosperous.ie. He is also a newspaper columnist, a public speaker and a regular contributor to Newstalk and RTÉ Radio One. He doesn't think money should get in the way of romance or true love but he does hate credit cards and feels strongly about women's tendency to hic and click. You can follow Eoin and his very popular Q&A's on Instagram @eoin_mcgee https://www.lovehq.ie/podcast