This week, I’m joined by lawyer and businesswoman Helena Ryan. Helena is a Co-Founder of WellFest, Ireland’s largest fitness, wellness and health festival. Each year, the festival features high profile guest speakers, including the likes of Davina McCall; Joe Wicks also known as The Body Coach; and Irish athlete Derval O’Rourke.

Since it began in 2015 the festival has grown to attract an audience of over 11,000 people.

In 2018 Helena was named Image Magazine’s Young Businesswoman of the Year. Helena is also a solicitor working full time as a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Department of William Fry.

I caught up with Helena late last year and she shared with me how she got the idea for WellFest, her exciting plans to take the festival abroad and what she has learned about herself along the way. I hope you enjoy listening to her story.

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This week on the podcast, I chat to Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu. Hazel made history last June when she became the first Irish born person of Chinese descent elected to political office in Ireland. In addition to her duties as Lord Mayor she is also Chair of the Green Party as well as a Dublin City Councillor. The Dubliner has had a varied and interesting career path, first training and qualifying as a barrister, then spending a number of years both at home and abroad working in the charitable and corporate sectors before turning her hand to politics.

In this episode she tells me that it was it was like growing up in Dublin as a young Irishwoman of Chinese descent, what inspired her to run for public office, why we need to do more to tackle online hate speech and so much more. I hope you enjoy listening to her story!

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Hello and welcome to Your Best Self, a podcast about Careers. I’m your host Faye Rowlands, lawyer and journalist and together in this podcast we’ll hear from inspirational people spanning the worlds of business, politics, law, media, art, science and more sharing what they love most about their jobs, how they handle setbacks and offer listeners their tips to career success.

I hope this podcast informs and inspires you make that dream job your reality. If you want learn more about how you can be your best self, tune in to this weekly podcast coming to a platform near you in January 2021.