Alive and Kicking Full Episode 28/6/26
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What did Claire McKenna share about her hectic week and personal reflections?
Alive and kicking with Claire McKenna on News Talk. Yes, you can email the show alive and kicking at newstalk.com or you'll find me on Instagram. I'm at Claire McKenna Presents. Coming up this morning, the importance of bone health and how to mind yours, the reality of life as a family carer, and performance coach Charlie Norton Sherwood on the lessons he's learned from working with premiership footballers. So, what kind of a health and wellness week did I have? Well, I had a busy one where I said yes way too many times. I do think It's tricky though when the invites and the work opportunities that you don't want to miss out come thick and fast. I had commitments with my daughter, a brilliant work event, hosting a panel ironically about juggling family and working life.
A night out with my mom, a networking event in the most beautiful surrounds. I mean, you can see why it's hard to say no, but I do have to balance those yeses with some no's eventually, have some slower days at home. Often catching up on household stuff, staying in early nights, and sometimes it's reaching for things that fill me up, like time with friends, something wellnessy like a sound bath or a sea swim and a sauna. What goes up must come down. And my daughter graduated from primary school this week, so that's a big milestone, and the end of a parenting era. I do remember sobbing a couple of years ago at my son's graduation. Because we were also moving house at that time, and I was literally saying goodbye to a community and the kids and the parents that I had started primary school with.
Whereas this time I know I'll see these people around a lot more. So there was a wobble, but not the same gush this time around. I'm happy for her to move on to this next phase, and I try to enjoy them all rather than constantly looking back. You can email the show alive and kick. At newstalk.com. Now Charlie Norton Sherwood is a performance coach. Having studied sports science at UCD, an internship at Leicester City led to a job there and then on to Arsenal, where he was their strength and conditioning coach. But he felt a pull to something else, helping people figure out what they want from life. And he joins me in studio now. Charlie, you're very welcome. Thank you very much for having me, Claire. The stuff of dreams to be in Premiership football, especially a student of sports science, what did you learn from that time?
I guess so much. And it really was my dream for quite a while as soon as I entered sports science, trying to be a strength and ignitioning coach within the Premier League Academy. Was the stuff of dreams for me. But I think over time, when I was in that situation, you just slowly fall out of love with the environment that you're in when you start those questions within.
And it it's elite level, you know, and obviously it's very cool. So many people follow these huge, massive teams. So to see behind the Iron Curtain, I'm sure is really exciting. But we also hear other things from elite sport. what happens at retirement, you live and die by the scorecard. You know, it it it can be tough to have that amount of pressure. Is that something you were also watching and absorbing?
There's definitely an element of that pressure, especially so I would have been within the academy when I worked in Premier League football. And you have all of the pressure upon those individuals around trying to perform to the top level, but they're negotiating contracts, they're trying to make it at the professional level. And it just adds up with all this weight upon them at times.
Yeah, and with the academy I suppose some people don't make it onto the team. So were you seeing dreams begin and end?
Uh, almost. That was probably the the hardest part of the job when there is at certain age groups where players would get released or retained and when some of those individuals who you've known throughout the years that you've gotten close to when they were released, that's pretty hard upon them. Um, seeing and hard upon yourself as well, seeing them go through that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did Claire McKenna share about her hectic week and personal reflections?
0:01–5:56
2
How did performance coach Charlie Norton‑Sherwood transition from elite football to helping everyday people?
5:56–11:03
3
What are the biggest misconceptions about bone health and how can movement improve it?
11:03–16:14
4
How does a DEXA scan differ from newer REMS scans and what do the results really mean?
16:14–20:20
5
Why is early screening for osteoporosis important, especially for women?
20:20–24:53
6
What challenges do families face when caring for a child with additional needs like Elsie?
24:53–32:05
7
How can education and policy changes create a more inclusive society for neuro‑divergent children?
32:05–37:29
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What practical steps can listeners take today to support their bone health and caregiving journeys?
37:29–42:39