This week I talk to rugby star Ian Madigan about how he manages his anxiety, what he’s learned in training as a professional athlete that he can take off the pitch and apply to his personal life, how we can become more resilient, the importance of positive self affirmations and lots more. You’ll enjoy it […]
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Interview with former Betting Shop Manager, Pat Kennedy. We discuss the changes in retail betting, since the late 1980s, as well as the impact of online gambling and the industry’s dependency on people who are addicted to gambling. Co-hosted by addiction counsellors Barry Grant and Tony O’Reilly, from Extern Problem Gambling. The podcast is proudly
Welcome back to season 2 of Owning It The Anxiety Podcast. I will be joined again by lots of wonderful guests who kindly share their experience along with a series of experts who will help to shed more light on our experience of anxiety. First up, Ryan Tubridy sits down with me to talk about
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In today’s episode, Niall speaks to legendary rugby coach Matt Williams about his decision to take early retirement from rugby because of his mental health struggles, and about how rugby and elite sports deal with mental health. Rather than looking at what makes athletes superhuman, they examine what makes them human.Produced by Niall Breslin and
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What kind of conversation do you have with your best friend when driving him to hospital to have major brain surgery? Niall and his best friend Liam make the journey to Beaumont Hospital, and reflect on what’s important in life, coping with fear, minding your health and facing uncertainty.Produced by Niall Breslin and Ciara O’Connor
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In this episode, Niall speaks to sound engineer Mike and some more live events crew whose careers have disappeared since the very start of the pandemic.Niall records a live streaming gig with his band, the Blizzards; and speaks to Mike and some of the rest of the crew there about how they’ve been coping and
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Niall speaks to academic, author of Housing Shock: The Irish Housing Crisis & How to Solve it, and housing and equality advocate Dr Rory Hearne about framing housing as a basic human right.Produced by Ciara O’Connor Walsh and Niall Breslin.
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In this episode, Niall talks about life in the public eye, and shares an intimate secret from his own life which he has had to keep secret.He speaks to Dr Ciaran Dunne from the School of Applied Language & Intercultural Studies in Dublin City University about how and why rumours spread in social groups, and
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Interview with stand-up comedian, author and creator of ‘Rory’s Stories’, Rory O’Connor. Rory discusses his lived experience of a gambling problem, mental health issues, education, social media and the importance of the GAA in his life. Rory’s new autobiographical book, ‘Rory’s Story‘, is available now. This episode is presented by Tony O’Reilly, an addiction
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In today’s episode, Niall gets tattooed by legendary Limerick tattoo artist, Ross Nagle, in his shop All Star Ink. They talk about the art of tattooing, what makes people decide to mark something forever on their body, men’s mental health, and suicide.Produced by Niall Breslin and Ciara O’Connor Walsh
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In this week’s episode, Niall speaks to Poet Tomos Roberts and Ecological Economist Simon Mair about how we might use the ‘pause’ of the corona virus to imagine new futures, learn from utopian fiction, test new economic models, and build from the ashes of the before times a new world built on collectivism and shared
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Niall speaks to psychologist and ‘shame exorcist’ Dr Chris Ryan, author of Sex at Dawn and new release Civilized to Death; and the host of the podcast Tangentially Speaking. They talk about sexual taboo-busting, evolutionary biology and why we take sex so seriously as a species.Produced by Niall Breslin and Ciara O’Connor
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