Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna
Episodes
A Breakthrough in Alzheimer's Treatment, How a Hike Can Be Much More Than Just a Walk & Nunaia
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Connelly of Nunaia on what life in Peru taught her about wellness and ritual, Professor John Nolan on the clinical trial which has seen a break...
Brian Redmond on Lens Replacement Surgery & Gerry Hussey on Handling the Christmas Overwhelm and Staying Positive
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clare speaks with Gerry Hussey about how to handle the overwhelm particularly as the Christmas machine ramps up and Brian Redmond on whether or not he...
Anti-Bullying Week, Staying Fit Over 40 & Out & About at New Dimensions
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Clare speaks with Jessica Cooke about Staying Fit over 40, Chris Sherlock on the personal story which had led to him being one of Ireland's ...
Back to You with Aidan O'Brien, The Bumbleance High Spirits Campaign & Coping with Sight Loss High Spirits
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Clare speaks with Aidan O'Brien on what it means to come back to you, Conor Lennon on how blindness doesn't hold him back and we hear about ...
Shane Pearson - from farmer to NLP coach & Singer Pamela Tully on coming back from a brain tumour
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Pearson has been working in health and wellness for over 20 years – starting out being coached, he has gone on to coach at individual and now ...
Menopause, Mood Boosting Cocktails & Derval O'Rourke on The START Campaign
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clare speaks to Derval O'Rourke on how to bring health to the forefront of busy family life, Vaughan Yates on why less people are drinking alcohol and...
Emilie Pine, Lifestyle Medicine & Femfuelz
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clare is joined by Dr Kate McCann to speak about her mission to make lifestyle medicine more accessible in our healthcare system moving us from sick c...
Homelessness, Meeting Adversity Head On and Embracing Still Points
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Brennan was born with mild spina bifida and hip issues, in foster care, she left care age 18 as many do due to support to their foster family bei...
The Great Pink Run & Just Trust
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kamal Ibrahim is an Irish television presenter, film and theatre producer, public speaker and he was also the winner of Mister World having won the co...
Kyrie Farm and Her Heart Matters
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kyrie Farm is a proposed mental health recovery centre which will build a community on site allowing people to heal and integrate into a society away ...
How Change Is Possible In Business & In Life
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The fabulous pharmacist Laura Dowling was working at a chemist counter for years and sharing her no-nonsense approach to health and wellness on her In...
Skill Power Over Will Power, Migraine Triggers & How to Be Your Own Therapist
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Heather McKee is a behaviour change specialist and international keynote speaker. She has had several of her papers published looking at why we do...
Breathwork for Children, Purple House & Ailim Healing
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Purple House Cancer Support Centre is Ireland’s 1st Community based Cancer Support Centre, founded in 1990 by Veronica O'Leary after her own cancer ...
Darren Kennedy, Intuitive Eating & Drift Float Therapy
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Kennedy is a TV presenter, columnist with the Sunday Independent and perhaps best known for his style and impeccable grooming. He spoke to Clar...
How We Treat Neurodiversity in Schools & Medical Exercise
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we start to get ready for back to school Clare meets a parent who's calling for a complete overhaul of how we treat neurodiversity as the current m...
Poor treatment of BRCA families in the Irish Health system & Offgrid Sauna Therapy
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clare speaks to Aisling Drummond who has lodged a formal complaint as she says the BRCA community have been let down by hospital wait times, leaving t...
Breaking Down Our Taboos Around Sex & Financial Wellness
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Keane is a holistic sex educator who through her workshops online and in person is breaking down the barriers to having open and honest conversa...
The King of Chemo & We Are All Flowers
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Ward was looking to make a few quid by taking part in a medical trail, a subsequent health check and MRI led to the discovery of a brain tumour a...
The Female Factor & Becoming Your True Self
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Hazel Wallace has been making a name for herself in the health and wellness industry as an NHS doctor, a registered nutritionist and online as The ...
The Psychological Impact of a Cancer diagnosis, The Problem with Male Friendship & Feel Good Food with Melissa Hemsley
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Hemsley is a Cookery Writer, Chef and Sustainability Champion. She has written 5 cookbooks. She joins Clare to talk about her latest Feel Good...
Life in a Bigger Body, Powerscourt Springs Retreat Centre & Dr. Mark Rowe on Lifestyle Medicine
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carly Keegan went on her first diet at the age of 12 and spent her life in a cycle of losing and gaining weight which ended with a poor relationship w...
Prader Willi Syndrome, The Latest Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment & Performance Nutritionist Sinead Bradbury
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prader Wili Syndrome – the condition where you never feel full and constantly seek food. We hear from a parent who wants the stigma to lift for her ...
World Microbiome Day, The Reluctant Carer & Tackling Social Anxiety
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
World Microbiome Day takes place tomorrow June 27th. The theme this year is celebrating the important role microbes play in the health of humans, anim...
Living with Haemochromatosis and Roxi Nafousi on Manifesting
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Despite being Ireland’s most common genetic condition, Haemochromatosis or ‘iron overload’, as it is also known, is not as widely known as some ...
Living with Motor Neuron Disease, The Women's Doc & Anti Gravity Yoga and Sound Bath Meditation
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's Motor Neuron Disease National Awareness Month and Clare is joined by Mark Dignam who suffers from MND. Caroline De Costa speaks about her book ...
Taking Part in Cancer Clinical Trials and Dealing with the emotion of rage.
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There isn’t a family in Ireland that has not been touched by cancer. In fact, approximately 25,000 people are diagnosed with invasive cancer here ea...
Irish Paralympic track cyclist Eamonn Byrne on living with psoriatic arthritis and well being coach Aisling Nestor on addressing burn out and stress for medical professionals
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aisling Nestor was working as a mental health nurse and had a huge bank of knowledge on how to look after your mind and manage stress but when she fou...
International Rugby player Claire McLaughlin, spa treatments for cancer patients and breaking down the unnecessary taboos around women's health
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clare is joined by International Rugby player and A&E doctor Claire McLaughlin to discuss managing injury and avoiding burnout. We visit Hayfield Man...
Sustainable Living, The Reasons People Don't Change & Dealing Rosacea
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clare is joined by Pat Kane of Reuzi on how sustainability can be achieved in small steps which can make a massive difference And skin expert Eavan...
Maeve Madden on Queen's Don't Quit and Wellfest, Tony Ward on Coming to Terms with Aging & The Gut Experts
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clare is joined by Maeve Madden of Queens don't quit. Tony Ward speaks about coming to terms with Aging And "The Gut Experts" - Consultant Gastroenter...
Workplace Wellbeing Special
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, April 29th Ireland celebrated National Workplace Wellbeing Day, an event dedicated to promoting the idea of a well-balanced working environ...
The Vitality Mark with Mark Rowe & Helen Mort on Mountains & Motherhood
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Mark Rowe has been a practicing family physician for over 25 years, after his own experience of burnout he became one of the first medical doctors ...
One Body, The Human Collective & The Big Active Campaign
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
By the time she reached her fifties, author and poet Catherine Simpson and her body had gone through a lot together – from period pain, an abortion,...
Connect The Dots; The Art and Science of Creating luck
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Dr Christian Busch on his book Connect the Dots – the art and science of creating luck And Clare is joined by paediat...
Can Hypnotherapy Help Us With Our Anxiety?
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Fiona Brennan best selling author of The Positive Habit on what the world needs now Nutritionist Niamh Orbinski on The ...
Motherhood & Mental Health
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Psychotherapist & Founder of 'Sparkback' Anne Morgan on motherhood and mental health. And, Clare is joined by autho...
The Healthy Ireland Survey 2021
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Professor Catherine Hayes from TCD speaks with Clare about the health of the nation. Niamh Finnucan Co-ordinator of Soc...
Tom Dunne: Men need to talk about uncomfortable issues
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Newstalk's Own and Something Happens singer Tom Dunne talks to Clare about why men need to get comfortable talking abou...
Busting the misconceptions around eating disorders
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Keith Russell to bust the myths and misconceptions around disordered eating and shares his own p...
How to Speak to Children About War
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to Speak to Children About War
Joanne McNally On Her Fertility Journey
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joanne McNally on Possible Future Motherhood
All My Friends Are Invisible
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Joly on What Really Matters
The Transformative Power of Yoga According to Julie B
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One Woman's Story of How Yoga Change Her Life
Is it Time To Call Time on Operation Transformation
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is Operation Transformation Bad for our Health?
Why We Love
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Science of Love
Your Brain on Exercise
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why Exercise Is So Good For Your Brain.
The Power of Breathing According to Paddy Douglas
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Power of Breathing
To New Year Resolute of Not?
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Being Good To Yourself When It Comes to New Year's Resolutions
The Experience of Near-Death
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Experiencing Near Death
Managing Life with Twins & Triplets
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Managing Life with Twins & Triplets
The Incredible Work of the Jack and Jill Foundation
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How Jack and Jill Help
Do I Need Therapy?
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Is It Time to Ask for Help?
Mary Kennedy and Her Sister Deirdre on Wisdom from The Celtic Well
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Kennedy and Deirdre Ni Chinnéid on Celtic Wisdom
Joe Barr on the Cycle of Life
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Barr On Going the Distance
The Doctor of Happiness Andy Cope
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The World's First Doctor of Happiness
Changing the Conversation around Women's Health and Menopause
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Changing the Conversation around Menopause.
Evanna Lynch on Growing Up
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Evanna Lynch chats to Clare McKenna about her powerful new memoir 'The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting'
Miriam and Gerry Hussey and Making Wellness a Live Event.
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Miriam and Gerry Hussey on finding more soul space in Portugal. Plus Newstalk Reporter Sarah Madden on why Feminine Hygiene products need to go green
Steve Garrigan of Kodaline on his Low Moments and High Hopes
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Garrigan is well known as the lead singer of the band Kodaline, the group from Dublin who have found international acclaim and had a string of h...
The Truth about Obesity
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Professor Francis Finucane about the latest research into obesity and diabetes. Clare also talks...
A Day in My Wheels
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday Clare spent the day in a wheelchair for Spinal Injuries Ireland and you can hear how she got on over the course off the day. Clare also ...
Jacqui Taaffe- Inspire, Heal, Empower
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqui Taaffe was a young teenager in hospital for a minor procedure when and incident led her to carry trauma in her life for many years. This week o...
The Powerful Health Benefits of Dreaming
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna talks to Neuroscientist Sabena Brennan to find out more about our REM sleep and what’s really going on ...
Dr Joshua Wolrich on Why Food isn't Medicine
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna talks to Dr Joshua Wolrich who is the author of ‘Food is not Medicine’ and in it he talks about the...
How Much Should Kids Know about Anxiety?
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the kids back to school how do we help them through the anxiety brought on by the pandemic or life in general and should we even use the term 'an...
Using Drugs to Treat PTSD.
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Dr Corine de Boer about the clinical trials using psychedelics to treat PTSD. She is also joined...
The Power of Breath
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Science journalist James Nestor who was just over a bout of pneumonia when a GP friend suggested...
Fighting the Good Fight Inside & Outside the Ring with Eric Donovan
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Prioritising sleep is a pillar of good health but with so many factors that can disrupt a good night’s rest, it can be hard to get it right all the ...
Tackling Misinformation & Nurturing Balanced Debate with Pharmacist Laura Dowling
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Laura Dowling - known on social media as the fabulous pharmacist - about the misinformation bein...
Richie Saddlier on helping teens talk about Consent
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to former Irish International and now football pundit Richie Sadlier on how his work as a psychothe...
Letting the Wild Things Grow
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Garden Designer Ingrid Smyth about the importance of ‘Re-Wilding’ and letting things grow. ...
Changing Careers to a Health and Wellness Future
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna is joined by a panel of people who changed career paths to work in health and wellness; from architect to...
Daniella Moyles of Jump Starting Your Life
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Daniella Moyles about releasing two bestselling books in the wellness space and her latest cours...
Claire Fullam on losing her hair and gaining a community and business
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chat to Claire Fulham who lost her hair at 27. She documented her story on her Instagram Claire Balding b...
Jason Byrne on Minding His Loaf
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Byrne is probably best known as high energy comedian but more recently after finding himself burnt out after years of gigging he turned to thera...
Georgie Crawford on Keeping the Glow Good Through Thick and Thin
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Georgie Crawford of The Good Glow Podcast about expanding the brand and offering wellness course...
Trisha Lewis on why we all need a reset every now and then
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trisha Lewis began documenting her health journey on instagram as Trisha’s Transformation. Now with over 200 thousand followers and two best-selling...
Lean with Lesley
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Leslie Giltinan who is the personal trainer of Lean with Lesley and she talks to me about surv...