From The Longest River to the Highest Mountain

They kayaked Ireland’s longest River Shannon, cycled 160km and climbed Ireland’s highest mountain Carrauntoohil, all over 8 days to raise funds for better mental health literacy for young people.  The Rising 2024 is complete and this week Niall reminisces on the journey, everything he and the team…

The Forest Is The Path with Gary Lightbody

How we listen to music has changed. With streaming, social media and 15 second TikTok’s it’s rare we listen to a full album anymore. Sometimes, though, a body of work comes along that stops you in your tracks.  This week, Niall is joined by Gary Lightbody, lead singer and guitarist with Snow Patro…

Rising Up For The Child Within

If you’ve been following Niall on social media you’ll know he’s spent the last number of months training for another intense fundraiser to improve mental health supports for young people in Ireland.  Niall and the team are back for the second year to take on the grueling challenge of The Rising. T…

The Function of Anxiety with Dr. Richard Hogan

Anxiety can feel like something that is there to ruin our life, but the little alarm system going off inside us is actually incredibly important in giving us warning signals and keeping us alive.  In this week’s episode Niall is joined by Dr. Richard Hogan, renowned psychotherapist and clinical di…

Wisely Attached with Louize Carroll

We’ve talked a lot about connection and relationships recently on the podcast, but they are at the beating heart of our very being.  In this episode Niall is joined by our very own Louize Carroll of The Therapy Room, to dive deeper into how relationships mould and mirror our psychology. Louize has…

The Laws of Connection with David Robson

We now have solid evidence that social connection is vital to our wellbeing and as crucial to our health as our diet and exercise. So is our modern divided world making us sick?  In this week’s episode Niall is joined by David Robson, science journalist and author of ‘The Laws of Connection’. We a…

Flying on the Inside with Rachel Gotto

Sometimes life throws us challenges that can seem impossible to overcome, but something innately in us somehow keeps us going.  In this week’s episode, Niall is joined by Rachel Gotto, a hypnotherapist and mid-life crisis coach who has overcome immense tragedy in her life. Just two years after los…

Get Me Through The Next Five Minutes with James Parker

In the head-melty chaos of the modern world, sometimes all we need is to get through the next five minutes.  In this week’s episode, Niall is joined by author James Parker, whose new book ‘Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes: Odes to Being Alive’ is a dedication to finding gratitude in unexpected…

The Death Of Truth with Steven Brill

The sheer amount of information we are exposed to and are absorbing everyday is beyond overwhelming, and in a media landscape now flooded with misinformation and disinformation it can be difficult to decipher what’s real.  Niall is joined by Steven Brill, journalist and author whose latest book ‘T…

Drop the Pressure with Dr. Clodagh Campbell

As humans we are subject to so much external and internal pressure to achieve, do, strive for more in our lives and in ourselves. It can feel like a never ending mountain to climb.  In this week’s episode Niall is joined by Dr. Clodagh Campbell, better known as The Wellness Psychologist, who works…