IMAGE The Check-in
Episodes
Skin as the Window to Your Health with Dr Caitriona Ryan
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our skin is often treated as something simply aesthetic, something to perfect, correct or preserve. But what if we considered skin as a vital indicato...
Understanding Prolapse and Incontinence; and Why We Need to Talk About Them
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ellie Balfe is joined by Dr Fiona Keogh, consultant gynaecologist with Blackrock Health, to explore what is really going on when it c...
Understanding Eating Disorders in Women: The Reality Across a Lifetime
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is an important and compassionate conversation about eating disorders, a topic that is often misunderstood, often hidden, and far more common tha...
Your Pelvic Floor Matters - The Symptoms Women Ignore
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pelvic health is something many women only hear about when something goes wrong. Leaking when you laugh, run, or workout. Or a feeling of heaviness or...
Navigating Pregnancy with Care and Confidence
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pregnancy is often described as a natural milestone in a woman’s life. But medically, it is also one of the most complex physiological events the bo...
Why Heart Attacks Look Different in Women with Dr Róisín Colleran
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that heart disease is the number one cause of death for women? Yet many of us still associate it more strongly with men.Women’s cardiov...
Gut Health Isn’t Just About Digestion - What Most Women Get Wrong About Gut Health
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IMAGE The Check-in, host Ellie Balfe is joined by Claire O’Brien, a functional medicine nutritional therapist, for an insightful ...
Removing Shame from Sexual Health with Dr Aisling Loy
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IMAGE The Check-in, host Ellie Balfe is joined by Dr Aisling Loy, Consultant in Sexual Health and Genitourinary Medicine at St Jame...
What Healthy Weight Really Means (And Why It’s Not About Appearance)
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IMAGE The Check-in, Ellie is joined by Dr Harriet Treacy from Beyond BMI for a thoughtful and compassionate conversation about weig...
If it feels hormonal, it probably is : The Menopause Conversation We Need
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know the menopause symptom that distresses women the most? In this episode, guest host Leonie Corcoran is joined by GP and women’s health exp...
Why period pain isn't "normal" - What your cycle is trying to tell you with Jennie Haire & Lisa Hughes
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is your body speaking a language you don’t understand?To open Season Two of IMAGE The Check-in, guest host Leonie Corcoran talks to nutritional ther...
Why period pain isn't "normal" - What your cycle is trying to tell you with Jennie Haire & Lisa Hughes
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is your body speaking a language you don’t understand?To open Season Two of IMAGE The Check-in, guest host Leonie Corcoran talks to nutritional ther...
Neuroscientist, Dr Sabina Brennan, on Brain Health, Menopause and the Power of Daydreaming
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ellie Balfe is joined by neuroscientist and psychologist, Dr Sabina Brennan, to explore what really happens to the female brain throu...
Live Long, Live Well, Live Fully: Heart Health for Every Woman
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on IMAGE The Check-in, preventive cardiologist Dr Paddy Barrett joins Ellie Balfe to explore what every woman needs to know about heart heal...
The Breast Cancer Conversation Every Woman Should Hear
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this important episode, Ellie Balfe sits down with Dr Shona Tormey to talk about the full spectrum of breast cancer. Together, they explore everyth...
The Body Scan: Understanding Women’s Health from Head to Toe
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IMAGE The Check-in, host Ellie Balfe sits down with GP Dr Sonja Bobart of D4 Medical in Dublin to take listeners on a journey throu...
Hormone Harmony with Dr Mary Ryan
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What really happens when our hormones are in (or out of) balance, and how much control do we actually have? In this empowering episode, host Ellie Bal...
The Power of Pharmacy with Caoimhe McAuley
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the very first episode of IMAGE The Check-in, host Ellie Balfe is joined by Caoimhe McAuley, Director of Pharmacy at Boots Ireland, to explore the ...