JRR Tolkien once said deep roots are not reached by the frost. Our guest on our Guest podcast series today, Lissy Clement did not know her roots.

‘Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resents authority.’ - Oscar Wilde. I was reminded of the truth of this statement recently. I was driving back from having taken a walk with a friend (within the 5-K zone), and I was stopped by a Garda.

If you could choose one aspect of yourself to shape the rest of your life, which one would you choose? Probably not self-doubt.

A friend informed me last year, to my near-horror, that I was too ‘old school’ when I told her I needed to write things down in a diary, and like to keep a ‘To Do’ Checklist. She keeps up-to-date with the latest tech news, and has tried and tested every Time Management app, planning tool, and productivity management system that one can think of.

Here we are again, third lockdown, this one more serious than the rest. I don’t know about you, but my anxiety was at its highest over the holidays and into January. What a relief we are now in February!

In my mind, I divide beauty up into two types: visible and invisible. Visible beauty is the obvious one. A physically attractive person, an ornate building, a person’s movement or dance, the colours and shapes of the natural world, an exquisitely decorated room.

In this podcast episode, we talk about how to get that motivation back into our work. We discuss how you can be proactive and get out of the rut. Why stepping outside your comfort zone avoids the slippery slope of mediocrity.

Once upon a time...ah, the start to our beloved fairy tales. Stories that teach us how to dream, how to be brave, how to persevere and what to build our houses with (bricks of course). But what about the stories we make up, the stories we create in our minds to make sense of the world? Sometimes created unconsciously, these stories can influence our actions and beliefs for years to come.

Over Christmas I was attempting to read – not Twitter Feeds or Memes, but Books. We all know the theory. But the practice is a different matter.

We are now heading into the Christmas season. And for many people, it just isn’t the same!

On an 80s movie binge a few months back, we rented the film Working Girl, a Cinderella tale of class and gender struggles in the cutthroat financial world of Wall Street. I don't know exactly what I was expecting, but I have to say that it surprised me.

Nine years ago Maria Kilcommins was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. In today’s episode Maria tells us about her personal journey and that of her 4 kids and husband.

This pandemic means that we are all forced to live day-to-day. It's not possible to plan ahead or look forward to much. This can cause quite a bit of stress and anxiety in our lives. At the same time, it can also be a moment to recalibrate and reflect. In this episode, we discuss hope, faith and the positive consequences of living in the present moment.

I don’t know about you, but I’m impatient. I have trouble learning an instrument because I find it tedious to work on the basics. I want to get right in and start with a song. And I don’t want to play it poorly, I want to start at the level of a virtuoso, I want to be an instantaneous expert. It’s taken me a very long time to learn that it just doesn’t work that way.

Stuck for something to read? These books might spark some interest!

Dedicating time to one’s beauty routine can seem like a luxury for many women. In today’s podcast we will be talking to our guest Anne Nixon, a beauty therapist based in Dublin.

A rainy day, a cup of tea, a blanket, a good book. This is an image I conjure up in my head on a regular basis. The reality is a different story.

Can you remember the last time that you escaped for hours and even weeks through a good book? A book where time stopped and you were positively enthralled?

So, if you can, claim some space and time today. Design it into your life. Get a little distance from the have-tos (they’re going to feel really pressing and you might think to yourself ….

If there is one thing, we all have in common as human beings and that is the ability to make mistakes, be imperfect, have defects, fall short, commit errors etc. And we all know the feelings that accompany mistakes, failures and imperfection.