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  • #65 Julie Millen On Mending Her Heart After Abuse And Loss

    #65 Julie Millen On Mending Her Heart After Abuse And Loss
    2024/10/04
    On the season finale of A Little Birdie Told Me, Wellness coach Julie Millen joins Rebecca for a thought-provoking chat. On episode 13 Julie discusses her former life as a corporate career woman in London and a brutal attack she suffered at the hands of her ex. She explains how this massive trauma changed her life and how she had to rebuild with courage and love. Julie also discusses meeting her husband Neil and how she had to learn to trust again and their journey to having their three children. Julie suffered a very sad pregnancy loss before having her third child Alessia which she charted on her social media platform, she is an inspirational and empowering woman who lifts her yogis up with her powerful yoga classes and words. This is a story of heartbreak and hope and one not to be missed,

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    40 分
  • #64 Chupi On Her Unique Childhood Making Her The Woman She is Today

    #64 Chupi On Her Unique Childhood Making Her The Woman She is Today
    2024/09/27
    On Episode 11 Rebecca is talking to Founder of Chupi, Chupi Sweetman. Chupi and I spoke about her very unique childhood where she was raised by her mother Rosita. Chupi’s dad had separated from her mum and moved to London and started another family. Chupi spoke about the massive influence and impact her mother had on her as a small girl with her brother and how they were home-schooled, learnt to be enterprising as a result of not having very much as a child and had a smart business sense even as a teen when her cookbook was published. Chupi is very close to her blended and very large family spread all over the world and is tight with her brother here in Ireland. Chupi met her now husband when she was a young teen and they have been together ever since and she speaks highly of their very close bond and loving relationship which has weathered many a storm including their fertility battle. Chupi is a mum of one and had a very hard road to conceiving her daughter, she went through years of IVF and describes in detail the toll it took on her body and mind. Chupi talks about how she makes a 3 year plan and imagines herself in that place and what it looks like, she is now living in her dream home where her mother also lives with them making parenting a little easier. Chupi has opened her flagship Chupi store in Dublin's City Centre in recent weeks and her business is going from strength to strength.

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  • #63 Niamh De Brun On Family First And Future Ambitions

    #63 Niamh De Brun On Family First And Future Ambitions
    2024/09/20
    On Episode 11 Rebecca speaks to corporate mum-of-one and content creator Niamh de Brun. Niamh has worked in the corporate world for years and is now balancing raising her almost 2-year-old daughter Harper with her husband TJ Reid. Niamh spoke to Rebecca about her family life, meeting her husband TJ, her social media presence, love of privacy, style and how raising her daughter Harper is the biggest priority to her. Niamh has a wonderful Instagram page full of beautiful content which she tells Rebecca is merely a hobby that has grown and grown and that she sees as a creative outlet. Niamh got real about not loving every aspect of being pregnant but how she also knew how lucky she was. Niamh is an open book, relatable and full of love for her family.

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    53 分
  • #62 Lucy Kennedy And Colm Hayes Reveal Their Parenting Peeves

    #62 Lucy Kennedy And Colm Hayes Reveal Their Parenting Peeves
    2024/09/18
    On this bonus episode of A Little Birdie Told Me, Rebecca talks to Ireland's Classic Hits Radio Breakfast presenters Lucy Kennedy and Colm Hayes. Lucy and Colm are talking about parenting peeves, parenting hacks, their busy family lives and how charity begins within the home as they promote Barnardos Ireland Giving Day on Friday 20th September.

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    22 分
  • #61 Sabrina Hill On Hitting Rock Bottom And Emerging Triumphant

    #61 Sabrina Hill On Hitting Rock Bottom And Emerging Triumphant
    2024/09/13
    On Episode 9 Rebecca talks to salon owner and content creator, Sabrina Hill. Sabrina talks openly about her rock bottom and how she regained strength at the most difficult time in her life. Sabrina has two children, one son with her former husband and a baby boy with her partner, she tells Rebecca about the difficult years before finding true love, she also discusses her battle with endometriosis, fertility, post-natal depression and anxiety. Sabrina is a very well-respected business-owner with her prolific hair salon Kopper, based in Cork City, she also creates content for brands on social media. Sabrina is a beacon of light and positivity for women in this country.

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    47 分
  • #60 Justin Caffrey On Surviving Every Parent's Worst Nightmare

    #60 Justin Caffrey On Surviving Every Parent's Worst Nightmare
    2024/09/06

    ****Trigger Warning***** This episode contains content of a sensitive nature.

    On Episode 8 of A Little Birdie Told Me Rebecca chats to High-Performance Coach Justin Caffrey, Justin and his wife Beatrice have overcome terrible grief and adversity and have lived to tell the tale. Justin left Ireland to enjoy a hugely successful career in finance in the UK in the 90s and in his own words became a workaholic, the catalyst to change in his life came when he met his wife Beatrice, they went on to have two sons, one of whom died in infancy. Justin speaks with grace, poise and perspective on a very challenging time when they endured pregnancy loss, medical complications with their first-born Luca and the loss of their second son Joshua. The couple have become stronger where others may not have been able to move past the grief. Justin now works in the wellness area and is a very well respected High-Performance coach, changing minds and lives with his wonderful work.


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  • #59 Marissa Carter On Raising Resilient Children

    #59 Marissa Carter On Raising Resilient Children
    2024/08/30
    On episode 7, Rebecca chats to Cocoa Brown CEO Marissa Carter. Marissa was raised in a large family with young parents and learned about getting stuck in from a young age. Marissa played a maternal role at home and because of that became the driven, resilient, focused and very successful businesswoman she is today. Rebecca spoke to Marissa about her family life, her two young children, the bump in the road for Cocoa Brown, the brands comeback and her super smart social media content.

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    51 分
  • #58 Louise Cooney On Labour, Love And Living Her Most Fulfilled Life

    #58 Louise Cooney On Labour, Love And Living Her Most Fulfilled Life
    2024/08/23
    On episode 6 Rebecca speaks to hugely popular content creator, Louise Cooney. Louise recently announced her engagement and has a beautiful baby boy Jude with her partner. For years Louise has been leading the way when it comes to fashion and beauty content creation and blogging and was one of the first influencers in this country. On this episode she tells Rebecca how she got into this industry, her bittersweet stint in New York, finding love, pregnancy and labour pains and being tough in business.

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    44 分