A Cuppa Coaching: Recent Episodes
A Cuppa Coaching
Hi there! I'm Elaine Ryan, a life, career & relationship coach. I empower women to reinvent their next chapter in life. I am a qualified life coach and offer 1:1 coaching as well as group workshops. For more, visit www.acuppacoaching.ie or @acuppacoaching on Insta, Facebook & Twitter!
Helen Walsh has achieved so much over the last few decades but takes it all in her stride. She appears unphased by having worked as a personal trainer to U2 or founding a successful social enterprise #passiton, which has gone from strength to strength over the last 20 years.
Helen loves people, is a great listener and has huge empathy. She realised working as a personal trainer that so much of physical fitness was connected to the mind. After going back to train as a counsellor, she then pursued coaching.
Helen has such a great attitude and a way of looking at even the most traumatic of events.
You can find out about all of Helen's different initiatives at www.helenwalsh.ie or https://www.instagram.com/helenwalshcoaching/.
You can learn more about my own coaching at www.acuppacoaching.ie
In this episode, I speak to Catriona Kirwan about the many twists and turns that have led her on to her current path. We discuss her initial career in radiography and her love of working with people as well as relocating to Dublin with her family after many years in Cork. Catriona talks about how coaching and neuroscience help her clients but also help her as well, both personally and professionally, to navigate day to day challenges. Her energy and positive attitude are infectious! Catriona also gives us some useful tips that we can all put into practice straight away.
You can find Catriona at https://www.catrionakirwancoaching.ie/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/catriona-kirwan-195a843b/
In this episode, I speak to Emer McPolin about her varied career in design, user experience, creative leadership and her experience in many different places including Ireland, Israel, Japan, London & now Virginia.We discuss her attitude to change and how she loves and embraces it in both her personal and professional life. We could all learn a lot from Emer's view on change and she gives some great advice at the end from anyone scared to take the next step.We also delve into her path to parenthood; the joy and the challenges she faces as a working mother, "superwoman" syndrome, "the good enough mother" and trying to do it all.You can find about Emer at https://emermcpol.in/about-meArticle referenced about awe: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/children-awe-emotion/2021/11/29/0f78a4b0-4c8e-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.htmlYou can find out more about my coaching at www.acuppacoaching.ie
In this episode, I speak to multi-tasker extraordinaire, Dr. Lorraine(Lollie)Mancey! A lecturer & programme director in the innovation academy, an entrepreneur with multiple businesses, a celebrant, a podcaster, a mum and so much more!After getting a scholarship to a private school at an early age and completing her degree and masters in anthropology, Lollie spent 10 years travelling across 30 different countries. Everything changed at 37, when simultaneously she started her PhD and became pregnant with her daughter.We talk about her “ikigai” which is all about contribution fuelled by a strong sense of justice and she is passionate about equity in education. A late-stage entrepreneur, she has found herself at home in the innovation academy, helping other budding entrepreneurs and combining all of her skills and talents.Lollie is very comfortable speaking about death due to her work as funeral celebrant and owner of the Irish Institute of Celebrants. We discuss changes in the "death industry" include a rise in women celebrants and the potential impact of AI in the future!We also talk about curiosity, compassion, awe and gratitude as well as the "anti-bucket list" and the 5 regrets of the dying. Finally, Lollie tells us how her divorce became the dark gift and how she has learnt the art of self-love over the last few years and is happier than ever now.This is a rich and deep conversation and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!You can find Lollie on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlollie/More information about the upcoming courses in the innovation academy can be found at: https://www.innovationacademy.ie/learn-with-us/Lollie's own podcast is https://open.spotify.com/show/5pOyrkulbGosOsRjDX8H2pYou can find more information about my coaching at www.acuppacoaching.ieTw: suicide
Amanda Delaney is a strong, powerful woman but also allows herself to be vulnerable and share her story openly. As she says "my mess is my message."In this chat, Amanda talks through her various jobs from originally working in a factory, then moving to the fitness industry, then the beauty industry and more recently becoming a business and mindset mentor. She knew early on that she loved to learn and she loved to teach and that is clear from her love of all things personal development and her own mentoring academy.We also talk through her path to a healthier lifestyle, giving up both alcohol and smoking and the challenges that brought. She is now passionate about hiking and deals with her emotions in a much more positive way.Family is very important to her and we also talk about how she met her soulmate, Ian, and how she is so proud of her 4 kids.For information on Amanda's networking events, visit: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/amandadelaney/841957You can find Amanda on social media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandadelaneymentor/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/amandadelaneybm/Some resources referenced in this episode:https://www.allencarr.com/easyway-stop-smoking/Kerry Camino: https://barbarabyrne.ie/Quantum Thinking Transformation: https://www.moirageary.com/qtt-info
In this episode, I speak to Phoebe O' Regan, owner of tattoo & healing space, Awen Soul in Cobh, Co. Cork. Phoebe always had a desire to help others and after years teaching English abroad, she came back to Cork for a visa run and never went back! During the pandemic, she trained as a tattoo artist. This eventually led her to setting up her own studio, which has a welcoming and healing vibe and is the opposite of the average tattoo parlour!Phoebe is also into Celtic rituals and energy so we spoke about St. Brigid's Day and the recent full moon. You can find Phoebe at https://www.awensoul.ie/ and https://www.instagram.com/awentattoosandrituals/For more information on my coaching, visit www.acuppacoaching.ie
In this bonus episode, I speak to Kerry White who is a woman of many hats and many talents! She is a wellbeing facilitator, yoga teacher, shiatsu therapist and more recently a solo mum by choice to 3-year old Freya and a motherhood clarity coach.Like other episodes, we cover Kerry's original career ambitions as a teen to get into health. Her love of travel led her to Paris in her twenties and then the WHO in her thirties. She finally set up her own wellbeing business back in Ireland using all the mind-body techniques she learnt along the way.However, reaching her personal ambitions was more difficult and the focus of this episode is on Kerry's 10-year path to become a solo mother by choice. This was not an easy journey or decision but she got there aged 47 and had her daughter 2 months before her 50th birthday. Although choosing this path to parenthood is becoming slightly more common than before, Kerry had some additional considerations. Not only did she choose go it alone using a sperm donor but she did it just before the age cut-off point of 49 and also using donor eggs (double donor).We talk about all the pivotal moments in her thirties and forties leading up to the decision and all the tools that helped her along the way. We also discuss support and other people's reactions as well as the reality of being a solo mum, the best bits and the challenges and Kerry's plans for the future. There is a lesson for us all in that life doesn't necessarily happen in the timings and order we expect it to but we can still go after and reach our dreams in unexpected ways!You can find Kerry at https://www.kerrywellbeing.com/ and on social media: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerrywellbeing/- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrywhitekerrywellbeing/She offers motherhood clarity coaching, workplace wellbeing and personal wellbeing services.The song referenced is My Silver Lining by First Aid Kit.For more details on my own coaching, visit www.acuppacoaching.ie. I empower women in their 30s & 40s to reinvent their next chapter and take the next step in their career and/or personal lives (dating, relationships, fertility).
In this episode, I speak to Helena Dilleen, owner & founder of mindfulness-based creative studio, Giddy Studios. The business is moving into its 15th year and Helena has lots of valuable knowledge to share about how she started and an honest insight into the highs and lows along the way as well as how she has had to pivot the business since the pandemic. We talk about her love of art in school and finding her inspiration for the studio through journaling, specifically through the Artist's Way Morning Pages.Finally, Helena discusses how she got into mindfulness and what that has given her personally and professionally and how it is now a key part of the business moving forward.You can find Helena at https://giddystudios.com/- Instagram @https://www.instagram.com/giddystudios/- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/helena-dilleen-6119417/References in the podcast include:- Julia Cameron's Artist Way: https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/- Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/
This month I was joined by the hilarious actor and comedian, Taran O' Sullivan.
Taran describes being painfully shy as a child to now regularly performing on stage as a stand up comic. This was a very honest(and funny)chat! Her parents originally wanted her to be a journalist but are now fully onboard with her comedy now.
For more information on Taran's upcoming gigs, visit https://www.instagram.com/taranos77/.
For more on my coaching, visit www.acuppacoaching.ie.
This month's guest is Ciara Bruton from www.ciarabruton.com. Ciara's interest in all things holistic and spiritual started a long time ago and has ultimately driven her to help others working in this area with their businesses.
She describes how her tuning into her inner guidance/voice through meditation and journaling has led to the various changes and "fresh starts" in her life.
Ciara now lives a life in line with her values and this can be seen in both her work and her personal life including her new home!
This month's guest Lorna Kane is an inspiration! Deciding to go back to study medicine at 38 after previous careers in the fire brigade and as a PhD student. She talks through how she planned the decision and how it is going and has helpful advice for anyone who has a similar calling in life.
For more on coaching, visit www.acuppacoaching.ie
Today's guest is Hannah Sayers from www.sayersstudio.com . We talk about her winding road to rediscovering art and setting up her own business. Sensible voices & support are key themes!
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I talk to self-health coach Sinead Kelly from https://sineadkelly.ie/. She has a background in nursing but her own health challenges led her to discover positive psychology & coaching. She gives advice on how to face your fears rather than repress them. . . For more details on my own coaching, see www.acuppacoaching.ie
Episode 1 is with Cliona Nagle from www.plus120.com/.
Cliona talks me through her background - everything from trying to choose a college course in school through to working in London & then setting up her own business. She talks about lessons along the way and advice for listeners.
Trigger warning: mental health, depression.
For more about coaching, visit www.acuppacoaching.ie