In this episode, mental health expert Olivia Bowser, joins me to chat all things meditation, mindfulness, and mental health. Olivia is the founder and CEO of Liberate; the LA-based wellness studio helping every day men and women exercise the body and mind. She has worked to develop The Liberate Method, along with a Mental Performance Coach, which o…

Neuroscientist and sleep specialist, Dr. Chelsie Rohrscheib, joins me for a discussion about the best (and worst) sleep practices. Ever wondered what happens to your brain when you sleep? What about taking naps? Is too much sleep bad? And how to know when to seek professional help for your sleep. Dr. Chelsie has over a decade of experience working …

In this episode, Enigma Wellness founder and holistic wellness practitioner Maura Farragher, speaks to the basics of spiritual awakening. We discuss cultural conditioning, male versus female energy, human evolution and spiritual awakening, separating the ego from the consciousness, and how to create a peaceful inner spirit. Maura treats clients all…

Professor and author of 'Your Body in Balance', Dr.Neal Barnard MD, FACC, explains in detail how our hormones react to our diet. Dr. Barnard - who also made an appearance in the hit documentary Forks Over Knives - speaks about how a vegan diet can potentially heal Hashimotos, endometriosis, and other hormonal imbalances we commonly treat with presc…

2020 has caused so many of us to feel more anxious than ever, even those who never experienced anxiety in their lives before. Anxiety comes in all shapes and sizes and looks different for everyone, but in this episode of The Wall Podcast, Dr. Clodagh Cambell helps us understand the common woes of experiencing anxiety. Dr. Clodagh Campbell is a psyc…

Welcome to season three of The Wall Podcast! With 2020 just behind us, many are feeling defeated, unmotivated, and 'stuck in a rut’. Be it relationships, career, fitness, or just life in general, we've all experienced times where we move slower than normal and possibly feel guilty for not 'getting ahead'. In this episode Life Coach, Mark Fennell, s…

Ever felt the pressure of society and how you should structure your life? Ever worry about running out of time or catching up with what your friends are doing? What if you don't want a mortgage, marriage and kids? For this episode, Irish-born personal trainer, Siobhán O'Hagan, chats with me about changing the narrative and living for YOU. Siobhán, …

Neuroscientist, Dr. Sabina Brennan, joins me to take through the basics of neuroscience and connect them with everyday life. Ever wondered how your memory works, or how you can improve your brain health? What about our unexplainable responses to meeting people? Sabina answers these questions and beyond. Sabina Brennan is an Irish neuroscientist, ps…

Ever wonder why some cultures eat spicy food and others don't? Or ever wonder why we eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Todd Nyholm did too! Todd has been practicing as a Somatic Therapist for almost two decades. His studies have made him an expert in all types of therapy: from visceral manipulation and craniosacral to acupressure, shiatsu, and refl…

In this episode, founder of The Head Plan and social media star, Denise Kenny Byrne shares how her life changed after her husband was diagnosed with leukemia when they returned from their honeymoon in 2018. Denise talks about finding solace in sharing the journey to recovery on social media and how mediating and manifestation has played a role in h…

Thais Gibson is the co-founder of the Personal Development School as well as the author of the book, "Attachment Theory Guide". Throughout her career, she has worked with thousands of clients and helped them to positively transform their lives, relationships, and goals. Thais is certified in over 13 different areas of therapy, including cognitive b…

Ever wondered if your period is normal? What happens when you come off the pill? Maria is answering your questions on this episode. Maria Rafferty from The Hormone Health Coach has spent over ten years working with women - from teenage period pain to menopause and everything in between. Maria has worked with groups of women in postpartum classes, m…

Jess McCaul - a blogger from Longford in Ireland - suffered from anorexia for eleven years. After doctors diagnosed her with osteoporosis and osteopenia at just twenty-six years of age, Jess decided that enough was enough. It was from this point that she began her fight against the eating disorder, determined to not let it win. Jess speaks about he…

Social media star Sinead Hegarty began sharing her world travels and fashion and beauty finds on Instagram which quickly started to garner attention, followers, and fans. After a sudden breakup with her boyfriend at the time, Sinead turned to learning about human behavior as a way to understand relationships, emotional attachments, and all the chan…

Ali Ryan is the founder and CEO of one of Ireland's biggest gossip website, Goss.ie, a regular Hollywood socialite, and a straight-up feminist. In this episode, Ali discusses her journey to becoming a young, female entrepreneur having started the business in 2016 when she was just 24 years old. She reveals her struggles with school, lawsuits, and r…

Jaqueline Wilson books, Instagram models, online comparisons, and YouTube tarot readers... Up and coming Irish YouTuber, Rebecca Shortt joined me for this extra chatty episode where we covered all things social media, online tea, and even our favorite childhood books. If you're a budding content creator or, like Rebecca and I spend too much time on…

Fiona McEntee is an award-winning immigration attorney and Founding & Managing Attorney of McEntee Law Group in Chicago. She is a national spokesperson and a member of the Media and Advocacy Committee for AILA National. She is also the co-chair of AILA Chicago’s Media and Advocacy Committee. Fiona is regularly tapped for her immigration thought-lea…

Welcome back to The Wall podcast and thank you for bearing with me. It’s been 11 weeks since I started quarantine and I took a break from recording as I tried to adapt to this new life. I'm sure you are all doing your bit to adjust and I truly hope everyone reading this is doing well and staying safe. We here so many buzzwords when it comes to fitn…

Ever wondered what goes on behind the ‘spon’ and ‘ad’ posts by your loved and loathed influencers? How do brands identify influencers and how do they identify the health of the influencer's audience? What attracts us to certain influencers and does curated content really matter? My dear friend and old coworker, Fatima Scott, is the guest star of th…

For this episode, I got to sit down with a lovely friend and fellow blogger, Lorna Ruane. Lorna works is the Associate Director of Research and Analytics for some of the world's biggest companies that we use and rely on every day. She comes from a family of 10 in Mayo, and started out her career working with numbers helping her dad out at the horse…

I always want to start off and thank you all for listening to The Wall Podcast because it means so much to me and I love to see the numbers grow every week. In this episode I touch on a topic that I haven't spoken about before; it's modern-day dating! Sabrina Marzaro - author of 'Swiping for Prince Charming' - joined me to talk about navigating dat…

Welcome back to episode 14 of The Wall Podcast! Thank you for continuing to listen and if you're new here; welcome. On this one, I got to spend a few hours with Dr. Vanessa Creaven co-founder of Spotlight Oral Care which is an Irish oral care company that made its name after their Spotlight Teeth Whitening Kit took the Irish cosmetic market by stor…

It’s finally here, Season 2 of The Wall Podcast! Thank you for all who have listened through Season 1. I’m excited to say that I am just getting started! To kick off the new season, and the very first episode of 2020, I have an interview with Irish influencer, Shauna Doyle. Shauna is a fast-growing blogger from Cork and is best known for her chats …

Divya Gugnani is the co-founder of the first travel-inspired beauty brand of its kind. The collection of skin and color cosmetics can be found on the shelves of Nordstrom, Sephora, Ulta and more. But before Divya founded Wander Beauty, she was a student of both Harvard and Cornell before then continuing on to a career in investment banking at Goldm…

Gillian O’Shea Brown, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist, Advanced EMDR Practitioner and Complex Trauma Specialist with a passion for working with individuals and couples to foster resilience, courage, and strength. She is currently a Doctoral Researcher at NYU and serves as a Clinical Affiliate of the Integrated Trauma Program at the Nati…

Welcome back to The Wall Podcast! This episode is an interview with Irish Influencer, Louise Cooney, who has recently moved to New York City. Louise spent years working for Tourism Ireland after college, where she got the opportunity to live the Manhattan life for 12 months. Fast forward a few years, a lot of hard work and a huge social media audie…

Welcome back to The Wall Podcast! This is an interview with someone you might already know and someone I am lucky to call a friend here in New York. Tara Marzuki is from County Cork in Ireland but has resided in NYC for the past four years. Tara is known for vlogging her life in Manhattan (and her impeccable video editing skills) but also has a deg…

This is an interview with celebrity makeup artist, beauty expert, and musician, Neil Scibelli (@MakeupByNeil). Neil, a native New Yorker, has painted the faces of Sophia Richie and Destiny's Child Michelle Williams, has worked on Beyonce’s and Adele’s music videos and is Elle Macpherson’s go-to makeup artist. He's a regular contributor to some of t…

Sligo man, Paddy Greene, moved to New York at the prime age of 25 on a J1 Visa. After getting fired from his bar job on the week before Christmas, he quickly figured out there was an opportunity to do night club promoting in a way that nobody else was. Fast forward a few years and Paddy has become a self-made nightclub entrepreneur, working for the…

Caroline Wilkins is yet another Irish lady in New York City who has worked extremely hard to get to where she is. Caroline, originally from Co.Cork in Ireland, is the founder and creator of the jewellery brand, Sticky Back Bailey. Caroline founded the brand after an extremely turbulent time in her life. After being diagnosed with an unexpected illn…

Every wondered if you have what it takes to be a fashion writer in New York City? Freya Drohan, a Dublin native, moved to Manhattan four years ago in pursuit of her dreams in the fashion capital of the world. Freya talks about the struggles of coming to New York and starting her career from scratch, working for free just to get the experience, and …

Episode 4 of The Wall Podcast features a chat with my own Mam, Margaret O’Quigley, a psychotherapist, on self-awareness and the role it plays in our relationship with ourselves and others. She also answers your questions at the end of this episode pertaining to anxiety, depression, self sabotage and more. My Mam is a qualified psychotherapist, a me…

Shane Finn is an Irish entrepreneur, motivational speaker and endurance athlete. I met Shane when he finished his American Ultra trip from The Golden Gate Bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge. Shane traveled, by running and cycling, over 5,000kms which took him 36 days - no rest days in between! The goal? To raise enough money for Spina Bifida Ireland to …

Have you ever wondered what its like to live in Manhattan? Moving to New York is an extremely unique experience and arguably unique when compared to moving to any other country in the world. Some would say New York is the hardest city to live in too. On this episode of The Wall, Eva Murphy Ryan, a fellow Irish in New York and a good friend of mine,…

On the first episode of The Wall Podcast, I got to sat down with bestselling author, Caroline Foran. Her book, Owning It: Your Bullsh*t-Free Guide to Living with Anxiety, was number 1 on the Irish book charts for sixteen consecutive weeks. Caroline recently launched both her books in the US, and while here in New York, came to share her journey wit…

This new podcast, hosted by award-winning blogger, Stephanie O'Quigley, is a refreshing take on the roads less traveled. The Wall podcast features a series of interviews with people, delving deep into their story, their mission, their motivations, their struggle and their own personal walls they've had to deal with to achieve greatness. Everyone ha…