Chapter 1: What is the purpose of the podcast 'Catch Up with Louise McSharry'?
Hello, my friend, and welcome to Catch Up with Louise McSharry. This is the podcast where I do my best to keep you caught up with what's going on in the world. On Monday, we do news. On Wednesday, we talk entertainment. And on Fridays, we talk to someone interesting who has something interesting going on.
Chapter 2: How does Joanne McNally describe her recent health and wellness experiences?
I hope you've had a good week. I know it's a
ball tick it was so cold really did feel like the universe had just served us up an extra challenge that we did not require this week also very aware of all the people who are probably working over Christmas who are like absolutely screw you you're lucky you got the time off at all and because I was that soldier for many many years and so I hope you're doing too doing well too excuse me and you're enjoying being back into the
And I have to say, I've really enjoyed being back working this week. It's been fun. There's been lots to discuss and lots of interesting things going on. Lots of interesting plans. All good in my hood. Now, though, on to today's interview. I was absolutely delighted to have the chance to chat to Joanne McNally, who is someone I just have always really enjoyed on a personal level.
Chapter 3: What challenges does Joanne McNally face regarding motherhood?
We have a lot of mutual friends, so I encountered her quite a few times over the years. And then we've built our own friendship over the last couple of years, which has been really nice. And she is hard to pin down because she is so successful and busy. But I was delighted that I had a chance to chat to her again.
She was first on the podcast, I think about three years ago, like kind of toward the very beginning of the podcast. So we had lots to catch up on. I didn't go into the conversation with a big plan, to be honest, but I know I had heard from lots of you in my DMs.
that her conversation about motherhood and wanting to become a mother but not necessarily being in the traditional position that someone would be in becoming a mother and kind of trying to make decisions around that was something that was really interesting to you guys so I did chat to her about that and then otherwise we just let the conversation flow as always it was wildly entertaining and I hope you enjoy.
Joanne McNally fresh from Powers Court are you healthy now?
I had one facial.
Did you?
Are you transformed? It was biblical. Yeah. There was like Tibetan owls.
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Chapter 4: How does Joanne McNally view her career and the pressures of success?
It was like, it was really, really lovely. Yeah. I let myself, I really went down over Christmas and I feel like I just, I need to kind of massage the Christmas out of me.
Yeah. Yeah. What do you mean? Like the consumption or just the relaxation?
Consumption, relaxation. I have a large fuck up button that's never too far away from me. I try not to press it that often.
How successful are you?
I'm fairly successful now good I have a real tendency to bed rot I'm very close to goblin mode I live alone and so the I was kind of active and socialising and doing Christmas bits and then when I got back from I was in Lanzarote with my family after New Year's then it was like fuck it
Into the bed, like.
Into the bed. Yeah.
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Chapter 5: What insights does Joanne McNally share about relationships and dating?
Drinking excessively, just eating shit, like just, you know, watsits for days.
Yeah, but that's kind of the idea, isn't it?
I love it. Of course it is.
I love it too, but I think I'm kind of similar to you in that I could...
I could do that for months so could I yeah but to what end like then it's like the longer you stay inside you it's you think you're doing this I was actually speaking to someone about this the other day and I was like I think I'm doing myself a favour by cutting myself off from society completely, but you're not, you're actually not.
No, I know, sure. When I worked, when I used to work in 2FM and I used to work nights, I'd do a show from 8 to 10 p.m. and I'd go in for like half five. Joanna, I did nothing during the day. I would frequently stay in bed until 5 p.m. because I would be in like waiting mode because I had that in the evening.
I wouldn't feel like I could do anything or go anywhere, even though I absolutely could have. And like I have friends who would make great use of their days, but that was not something I could do.
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Chapter 6: How does Joanne McNally discuss her experiences with ADHD?
And then I'd be like, why am I so miserable? Yeah.
I know, I'm the same. I'm like, why am I so, why am I tinkering around and spiraling around some sort of depression plug hole? Because you haven't left the house in a week, Joanne.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Also, I'm like you, like if I, and it's, if you have a show that night, I used to feel incredibly guilty about not using the day. But you're like, well, hold on, you're working nights and you actually do need to keep some energy for shows. Like, so I'd get really all up in my own head. Like when I'm on tour, I'd be in, like Derry, for example, I'm like...
I should be going to the museums yeah yeah yeah I should be going you know what I mean I should be going to visit the wall I should be doing all these things like well no you're actually you're working you're working yeah you're you know you're thinking you're processing and you'll fly out of the bed in the evening but yeah I'm I think I think human beings are naturally quite lazy yeah
Well, I certainly am. I mean, I can only speak for me and my personal human experience.
I'm lazy.
I would be horizontal, like if possible at all times.
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Chapter 7: What are the societal expectations around motherhood that are addressed?
I like to relax.
Me too.
Yeah. I don't know, back in the cave days, I don't know how much gathering I would have done really.
Well, I wonder if we weren't living in this era of being able to like watch something on your laptop and be on your phone and, you know, I don't know, have something else on the go at the same time. Would we be more likely to get out of the bed or would we just be in bed like reading or something?
Yeah, I don't know. Like I look at the days of like people lighting a candle and writing for hours. Like so I, you've written a book and I'm in the midst of writing one and I really do feel like they say the new kind of tragedy is that our attention span is just being stolen left, right and centre. And like I really noticed it over this Christmas. Yeah.
I was like, Joanne, what the fuck are you looking at? Yeah. There's so little stimulation now that's actually adding to me in any way.
I know.
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Chapter 8: What future plans does Joanne McNally have for her career and personal life?
I almost feel like it's kind of when you're like, for me, it's TikTok. And I almost feel like I'm like chasing the dragon.
Yeah.
Because I realize I've been at this for an hour and I still haven't actually seen anything that's made me like properly feel anything. Agreed.
I'm like, well, I don't, I'm just hours of spending watching Irish travellers clean their caravans, which is my new thing.
I do love that. When they clean the inside of the windows.
The windows. While I'm lying in my own squatter. There's like rats coming out from under the bed. I'm just watching these women run these impeccable hours.
I'm like, I might use this someday. Someday when I'm a different person.
I'm like this. Maybe this will motivate me to use that giant toothbrush I bought off Amazon that time. Do you know these giant toothbrushes everyone's buying?
The motorized ones? Yes. Oh, girl, when I tell you, I have been inches from buying one of them.
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