Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna
Episodes
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...