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Season Finale
Holly Cairns - leader of the Social Democrats joins me to talk about her stretch as a women new to politics and what has motivated her to want positive change.
I have admired Holly's ability to stand in the Dáil and speak on issues with empathy, humanity and an authenticity we don't always see.
We talk about Gaza, how her view of politics and the world has changed - her experience of sexism, agism and intimidation - her rise through politics and why we need more women using their voices, their votes and their value for the world we all hope to see.
Thank you Holly for giving me your time less than 48 hours after Leo resigned.
So that's it.
Another season of stretch marks is over.
We talked about our bodies, our fertility, self worth, mental health, hyperemesis, nicu, the referendum, brain tumours, nervous system regulation and leadership.
Big topics. Deep topics.
But I hope conversations that have supported anyone in the depths of their own unique stretch.
So for now - thank you for every listen, share and review.
And to my sponsor of this Season Carriwell available at CleverClogs.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
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5 days after giving birth at home - fashion stylist Justine King joins me to share her gorgeous natural home birth story.
Making this empowered choice to birth at home wasn’t by accident - but an instinct that grew following her first lockdown baby - and his restricted birth.
Instead this was within her control, within her safe 4 walls and within her capacity as she stretched her inner belief and goddess to meet her baby.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
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For 5 years I’ve trusted Paul O’Regan founder of AcuDublin with my headspace, back pain, pregnancy preparation and postpartum recovery.
Acupuncture and Anatomy in Motion with Paul is now firmly in my self care toolkit - and he has finally agreed to join me on the podcast to talk about my symptoms and how he treats so many women as stretched as me coming through his clinic.
Mothers, trying to be all things to all people in this modern world with little regard for what our bodies actually go through in pregnancy, postpartum or just monthly, my symptoms, my story is so not unique - and that seeing so many women in this same boat has led him to create Aim to Recover a brand new multi disciplinary health hub in Drumcondra that focuses on every aspect of pregnancy and postpartum recovery. Plus he’s a dad of 3 young kids - he gets it.
And you can follow Paul @acudublin on instagram or discover all the pregnancy and postpartum treatments at this new clinic
Aim to Recover
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
Produced by The Brand Story
Recorded in Prymal Productions.
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One year ago, when her 1st born was 3 weeks old, Laura Mangan was diagnosed with a a brain tumour.
From Limerick, now living in the UK with partner and Wrexham FC player Anthony Forde - club owner Ryan Reynolds stepped in and found answers.
While Laura's story has been featured throughout media with and without her knowledge - this is Laura's story.
A first time mother living away from home with a newborn standing in the hospital with an expressed bottle at home being told this news.
And here for the first time she tells it in her own words.
March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month and one year on almost to the day from her diagnosis, Laura is here and ready to use her voice to create more awareness.
Follow more of Laura’s recovery, advocacy, wedding and gorgeous life on @livingwithljm
Share this far and wide - talk to you again next week.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
Thank you to Alan Breslin on Sound
Produced by The Brand Story
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This Friday, March 8th Ireland is being asked to vote on two referenda.
There are two articles for us to vote on.
1) The Family Article and 2)The Care Article
I have written a full piece on the meaning of both on my substack - you can access that here.
In this episode I speak with Sonya Lennon, founder of Work Equal and along with the Women's Council has been part of the process to get us to this point. Through her work with work equal she was called as witnesses to the joint Oireachtas committee on gender equality.
She is a YES YES campaigner - however this episode explores the questions and concerns shared by my followers who participated in the polls.
**I am open to learning. My opinions are not everyone's. My understanding is open to correction. I believe in the importance of debate and conversation. I am not a broadcaster with a responsibility to be neutral. I am a person trying to figure this out.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
Thank you to Alan Breslin on Sound
Produced by The Brand Story
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Maria Forde’s journey through motherhood has been a sequence of stretches that have tested her and offered her some of the greatest loves of her life.
We are talking about:
severe hyperemesisA very rare condition leading to emergency airways surgery.An emergency section.A newborn in nicu with a collapsed lung- an injury occured during birth Meningitis. Her uterus at risk of rupture. MiscarriageAnd this all in the last 5 years while also showing up, living life, working, mothering, coping with whatever life throws next - all the while deeply grateful with a resounding, “I'd do it all again for the children I am so fortunate to have”
Women are incredible! This story of immense stretch is proof alone of that.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
Thank you to Alan Breslin on Sound
Produced by The Brand Story
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This episode is a blend of the physical and the spiritual.
The blend of the feminine body and the feminine rising.
A story of endometriosis, ivf, fertility and faith.
Not in the religious sense but in spiritual sense.
My guest Sinead De Hora, is a an Angel Healer, a rahanni teacher, an author and a facilitator of spiritual ceremonies.
She is also a woman who battled endometriosis and ivf to conceive the baby she is now carrying.
This conversation takes us to new places on this pod, places some of us might not fully understand - but thats also whats so powerful about listening to human experiences.
And surrendering to all the things in this life we do not know.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
Thank you to Alan Breslin on Sound
Produced by The Brand Story
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Charlene Flanagan co-founder of Ella and Jo is here for this gorgeous conversation about finding your light again.
With Irish twins Charlene shares how necessary it was for her to find a way back to herself.
She shares her toolkit for self regulation as she stretches beyond herself to create this business and life she loves.
The darker moments - how we can all feel judged and how we can hold ourselves back, unsure of our real value.
This episode has one giant hug of a message - FIND YOUR LIGHT AGAIN and shine bright. We need you.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
Thank you to Alan Breslin on Sound
Produced by The Brand Story
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Claire Walsh is a successful author & ted talker, the first person to represent Ireland at the Freediving World Championships in 2019 and she is in the messy middle of subfertility.
Fertility is a very personal + private journey.
But that can leave us at risk of only hearing some commercial promises and the good news.
Where is the messy middle??
We talk about illusions being shattered, her relationship with hope, the indignity of the physical process and the power games between you and an industry who hold the keys to life.
This is a moving conversation with a woman who doesn’t know how the story ends and who is being stretched between what could be and what this is.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
Thank you to Alan Breslin on Sound
Produced by The Brand Story
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This weeks guest Carla Piera Fitzgerald has lost 183 lbs, half her body weight.
But don’t assume this is a weight loss episode - because our conversation goes deeper than that.
This is about shedding the mental weight of negative self talk, trauma and the mental health cycle that kept Carla trapped in self sabotage and food addiction for most of her life.
We talk about how everything changed when she stopped hating her body and started to love her soul.
We talk about fertility and the choice she made to become a mother.
The personal stretches she has gone through as her body halved in size.
And her real goal - to empower as many people as possible to see beyond the scales and to begin to love themselves back to health.
Carla’s conversation is personal, at times painful but incredibly inspiring.
For more support visit halfofcarla.com
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
This episode is kindly supported by Carriwell - available from Cleverclogs.ie
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Has motherhood made you feel smaller?
Friendships stretched, identities stretched, career choice and opportunity stretched.
It can be a real time of personal invisibility.
Which is why I needed Visibility & Business coach Kate O’Dwyer to join me for this conversation.
Kate is an advocate of authentic self expression & connection.
Through her work, she supports her clients to feel regulated, resourced and rebellious in their personal and business visibility.
She is an authentic support telling you that it’s hard, but to try your best anyway because the world needs you to be you, in all your glorious flawed and beautiful ways right now.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In season 3 I had one of the most listened to conversations with new mum Sinead De Butleir.
She was 7 weeks postpartum. We talked about the 4th trimester, matrescense, childbirth, feeding decisions, feeding guilt, emotions, identities and the absolute life changing experience of new motherhood.
It prompted to many other women to talk about their experiences online, with friends and even strangers that bumped into Sinead.
From 7 weeks to 7 months, Sinead is back to talk about how some of those early stretches have eased - some have pulled tighter and some brand new ones have rocked up unexpectedly.
This episode is proof that the stretches keep coming and there is no magic week when it all fits in to place.
It all continues to pull us in all directions as we meet the needs of the women we are becoming.
We keep stretching.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast I'd love to hear from you.
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Life keeps coming and we gotta stretch to meet it.
This weeks guest Giovanna Fletcher is no stranger to an honest conversation about life, motherhood, real experiences and seeking our happiest selves.
And without the gloss - she accepts that it is a total stretch.
An author, podcaster, actress & advocate Giovanna Fletcher changed the game for millions of parents in creating "Happy Mum Happy Baby" a community that gave us permission to say "I love them and it’s hard."
We talk about her own personal stretches, how she avoids the snap, how her perspective on her body and life has changed through her work with Coppafeel and how with 3 energetic children, it’s simply essential to get outside.
Giovanna has just launched her new Regatta Autumn Winter ’23 collection.
This new collection features eight coats, with four of them crafted partially from recycled fabrics and designed with Regatta’s renowned Thermoguard insulation. Check out her collection so you can continue your wellbeing walks this winter.
As always I’d love you to share this episode tagging @stretchmarkspodcast so I can read all of your messages and feedback.
Stretch Marks is on Substack with extra content, conversations, support and the Sunday Stretch, a weekly newsletter sharing the things I've leaned on each week supporting me or helping me to lean even deeper into the stretch.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast
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I'm so ready for the season 5 stretch!
Kicking off with the beautiful, kind and soulful Sile Seoige as she shares her daughters experience of RSV, the signs, symptoms and actions we all need to know heading into winter 2023.
RSV is a common and contagious virus that affects 90% of children before they are two years old.
All infants are at risk of RSV.
While most infections cause mild, cold-like symptoms, and clear up on their own within a few weeks, some cases can be more serious.
for more information click here
Plus follow stretchmarkspodcast on instagram where you’ll see I’m doing an Instagram Live with Dr. Maire Finn answering our questions on RSV.
Stretch Marks is on Substack with extra content, conversations, support and the Sunday Stretch, a weekly newsletter sharing the things I've leaned on each week supporting me or helping me to lean even deeper into the stretch.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast
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It takes a village - well in 2023 the village is childcare.
And the village is burning down!
Leo, Micheal, Eamonn - send help and send it FAST!!
Here I talk to Elaine Dunne the chairperson of the Federation of Early Childhood Providers
to talk about the planned strikes & to understand what's really going on.
STRIKE DATES: September 26th, 27th and 28th
The solution needs to be brave - not just expensive - and it needs leadership that accepts the reality of the current situation and joins to dots about how an accessible, flexible, affordable, quality childcare sector is essential if this country - this economy is to have a female workforce.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast
This season is supported by Vitabiotics
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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With 10 months of my 30's left I'm hitting the "Almost 40 stretch"
But I'm not alone - my amazing friend and beauty editor Simone Gannon (Simone Scribes) is right along side me.
We go deep into the lessons learned, the sh!t that no longer serves us, peri-menopause and it's relentless pace towards us and Simone shares what we need to know about keeping our skin healthy as we age gracefully.
It's a rant, it's liberating, it's excited, there's a touch of grief about fertility - it's all here if you are also in the almost 40 stretch.
If you like what you hear please support the show and hit subscribe, rate or review.
Every tiny bit of interaction helps.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast
This season is supported by Vitabiotics
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Time to meet Dr. Johanna Clancy and Dr. Marese McDonnell both qualified clinical psychologists and founders of Cradle Psychology - a dedicated clinic, focused on parental wellbeing, uniquely developed and delivered by clinical psychologists.
Dr. Johanna is pregnant with her first baby and navigating the beginning of matresence while Dr. Marese has just had her second and now knows the true limitations mothers have to properly switching off.
If you are experiencing any of the issues raised in the episode please know that there are so many sourced of support out there - you do not have to stay feeling what you are feeling.
Contact:
Cradle Psychology // InstaYour maternity team (you can asked to be linked with their mental health support service - often there will be a mental health midwife or psychologist available)Your GPYour local public health nurseYour local Primary Care Psychology teams and Community Mental Health Services can also be accessed where appropriate via your GP. Samaritans: Call 116123Pieta House: Call 1800247247Please always reach out for support.
If this conversation supports you at all please support us back and hit subscribe, rate or review.
Every tiny bit of interaction helps.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast
This season is supported by Vitabiotics
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Where to even begin... this conversation covers so many stretches with lessons shared throughout.
Denise Kenny Byrne is co-founder of The Head Plan, a life + wellness coach and a mother to 4 month old baby girl.
Denise's business is about writing it down + making it happen - but in motherhood we need to build a mindset ready for the unexpected.
We talk about IVF, pregnancy anxiety, an emergency C-Section, the mental load of breastfeeding, hormonal crashes and the 4 month sleep regression - plus the absolute success story of The Head Plan that is running parallel to this wild journey.
Honest, wise and hopeful this episode is a must listen.
**Special points for the amount of times we made reference to our 90's icon Anneka Rice.
FREE DOWNLOAD - Get Started with The Head Plan today
If this conversation supports you at all please support us back and hit subscribe, rate or review.
Every tiny bit of interaction helps.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast
This season is supported by Vitabiotics
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
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Waiting for baby to arrive is a stretch.
Watching your body for signs that's it time, nesting, prepping, waiting, hoping, loving.
Jess Redden is waiting to welcome her first baby into the world with husband Rob Kearney.
We talk about her pregnancy, the moment she found out, cravings, aversions, hopes and dreams.
Plus we hear all about her brand new book - The Food Pharmacy out for preorder now.
If this conversation supports you at all please support us back and hit subscribe, rate or review.
Every tiny bit of interaction helps.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast
This season is supported by Vitabiotics
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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As the first generation of parents who are openly talking about their own mental health we need to advocate for our childrens too.
The Mental Health Commission published their final report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and let me tell you if you’re not concerned - you should because they announced they "Cannot currently provide an assurance to all parents or guardians in all parts of Ireland that your children have access to a safe effective, and evidence-based mental health service.”
So we have to talk about it.
To help us understand whats going on, whats going wrong and what we can do to impact and create positive change I’m joined by Niall Breslin, Bressie, musician, mental health advocate, creator of where is my mind podcast, co-founder of a lust for life a charity that supports young people to be effective guardians of their mind - Bressie, is a powerful and honest voice and the person I needed to have this conversation with.
If this conversation supports you at all please support us back and hit subscribe, rate or review.
Every tiny bit of interaction helps.
Hosted by Sinead O'Moore
Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast
This season is supported by Vitabiotics
Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.
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