In this season finale of The Mind Full Podcast, we dive deep into one of my all-time favourite topics: relationships - how they shape us, challenge us, and ultimately help us grow. From romantic bonds to work dynamics and the tricky relationship we have with ourselves, it’s all on the table. And who better to explore this rich terrain with than psychologist, leadership coach, and literal rock star, Louize Carroll! Louize makes a welcome return to The Mind Full Podcast to discuss her powerful 12-...
Jun 29, 2025•48 min•Season 3Ep. 15
This week’s guest is absolutely flying, but it’s been one hell of a ride getting here. Mark Mehigan is a comedian, author, podcaster, and former BBC social media guru, with a backstory that reads like six lifetimes packed into one. From writing songs with Westlife’s Mark Feehily to late-night benders in London, Mark’s journey has been anything but dull. These days, he hosts Mark Mehigan’s Weekly Roast , one of Ireland’s top comedy podcasts. But behind the laughs is a deeply honest story of addic...
Jun 22, 2025•54 min•Season 3Ep. 14
In this week’s episode, we ask ‘how do we handle that person who seems to have a knack for getting under our skin at work?’ I'm joined by Dr Richard Hogan, a Psychotherapist who sees this kind of thing all the time. He’s a bestselling author, the star of RTÉ’s Raised by The Village , and co-host of the hit podcast They F**k You Up with Dr Ciara Kelly. In this conversation, we explore how to navigate challenging relationships at work (but, of course, this can be applied in many environments!). We...
Jun 15, 2025•48 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Please note: This episode contains references to sexual abuse, which some listeners may find triggering. My guest this week is the best-selling author & psychologist Katriona O’Sullivan. Not only does Katriona have a life-story that is nothing short of exceptionally powerful, she is the author of the phenomenal book Poor , which spent over 40 weeks at No.1 on the Irish non-fiction charts, won Biography of the Year and the Listeners' Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards, and is now being ada...
Jun 08, 2025•51 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Chat Shows, Donald Trump & Unruly Roommates! This week I’m joined by comedy legend, bestselling author, and mindfulness teacher Ruby Wax. From HBO to Oxford, chat shows to silent retreats, Ruby has done it all and brought her razor-sharp wit with her. She’s faced down depression (or her “unruly roommate,” as she calls it), taken on fame, and even once roasted Donald Trump at 33,000 feet! Ruby’s no stranger to the chaos of the mind, and in this episode we dive into how she’s learned to manage...
Jun 01, 2025•49 min•Season 3Ep. 11
This week I’m joined by Sexologist, Educator and quite possibly Ireland’s most joyful advocate for pleasure - Jenny Keane. Having first featured on The Mind Full Podcast last year in Season One, Jenny is making a welcomed return to the series. Jenny communicates the topic of pleasure in a wonderfully accessible and articulate way. So it’s no wonder why her workshops are so popular and why her live shows always sell out in an instant! This week, we’re talking about why pleasure has fallen off of ...
May 25, 2025•51 min•Season 3Ep. 10
For this extra special bonus-length live episode, I’m joined by Comedians and Actors Willa White and Eric Lalor. The lads sit down with me on stage at the fantastic Púca Festival in Trim, Co. Meath to talk about their very unique experiences with mental struggles, the power of friendship, life lessons and a home birth that went very very weird! Willa White is living proof that you can come back from anything — with a bit of reflection, a lot of humour, and the kind of honesty that stops you in y...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 9
My incredible guest this week has got a heart the size of a Great Dane, the determination of a Jack Russell, and the Instagram account that’s made millions ugly cry before breakfast! Niall Harbison is a Tyrone man but later moved to Dublin where he became a chef with a career that saw him cooking for the likes of rock stars and business moguls often on luxury yachts! But beneath all of this lay troublesome deep seated mental health issues that culminated in chronic addiction and a traumatic brea...
May 11, 2025•52 min•Season 3Ep. 8
My special guest today to talk about ‘balancing the busy’ is a travel show trailblazer, a fitness warrior, and the friendly face behind Operation Transformation, Kathryn Thomas. Now she’s the voice getting you up, out, and dancing around your kitchen before 9am on Dublin’s Q102! But beneath the energy and the epic playlists is a woman who’s done some serious life homework—stepping back, rethinking success, navigating the chaos of perimenopause, burnout and much more. Kathryn has so many brillian...
May 04, 2025•52 min•Season 3Ep. 7
This week I’m joined by world record endurance athlete, entrepreneur, TV star, podcaster and all-round reformed rogue - Spencer Matthews. Spencer is living proof that you can go from Made in Chelsea, to made for greatness. His adventures have seen him travel to the furthest reaches of the globe including on a journey to find the body of his brother Michael who perished at age 22 after reaching the summit of Everest, an expedition outlined in the award-winning documentary Finding Michael . While ...
Apr 27, 2025•52 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Today on the show, we’re diving headfirst into the wonderful, wild world of psychedelics. No, not the type that leads to hugging trees and marrying your toaster! I’m talking about real, science-backed, brain-rewiring, potentially life-changing therapy. And helping us navigate this trippy territory are two absolute legends - Kathryn and Mick Ledden, siblings who through their individual work and partnership are helping to redefine our understanding of mental health and treatment in Ireland. Kathr...
Apr 20, 2025•52 min•Season 3Ep. 5
This week’s fascinating guest is ornithologist and birdsong enthusiast Seán Ronayne. Seán is on a mission to record every single one of the 200 birdsongs in Ireland and his journey to do so has been nothing short of incredible. Seán’s work is proof that nature is something that we can truly connect to through the simple act of listening. Seán’s wonderful book Nature Boy: A Journey of Birdsong and Belonging was the winner of the Dubray Books biography of the year and when you hear him speak you’l...
Apr 13, 2025•50 min•Season 3Ep. 4
My special guest this week is leadership entrepreneur, best-selling author and podcast host Mory Fontanez. Mory joins me from the US to talk about the unmistakable power of intuition - how to connect with it, how to listen to it and how to distinguish our intuition from that fearful voice that can be holding us back. Mory has spent almost 20 years managing crisis and global strategy for Fortune 500 companies and public personalities. Having become disillusioned with the system that chose fear ov...
Apr 06, 2025•49 min•Season 3Ep. 3
This week, my special guest is hilarious American-Irish comedian Des Bishop. Des opens up about his early struggles with addiction, his first AA meeting at 17 (with his Dad!), and how the world of wellness found him by accident! In this conversation we chat about his first experiences in AA as a teenager, his beautiful relationship with his wife Hannah, finding Buddhism with Cork accents, going viral and more. We also create pure musical genius with AI during the interview! This really is a fun,...
Mar 30, 2025•52 min•Season 3Ep. 2
We are back for Season 3 of the Mind Full Podcast! We are opening this season with a very special guest and music sensation Tom Grennan! Tom is a phenomenal singer songwriter from the UK with proud Irish roots - and he has a brand new single out right now which he is dying to tell you all about. His breakthrough UK #1 and BRIT-certified GOLD album ‘Evering Road’ included platinum-selling anthems ‘Little Bit Of Love’ and ‘By Your Side’ — both of which scored in the Top Three most played songs of ...
Mar 24, 2025•46 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Welcome to a very special pop-up episode of the Mind Full Podcast with special guest and music sensation Tom Grennan! Tom is a phenomenal singer songwriter from the UK with proud Irish roots - and he has a brand new single out right now which he is dying to tell you all about. His breakthrough UK #1 and BRIT-certified GOLD album ‘Evering Road’ included platinum-selling anthems ‘Little Bit Of Love’ and ‘By Your Side’ — both of which scored in the Top Three most played songs of 2021. Tom already c...
Feb 17, 2025•20 min
This week’s episode is Good Grief with award-winning and record-breaking comedian Jason Byrne & psychotherapist Dr. Richard Hogan. The fear you have when you say you’ve got an episode about grief is that people will think it’s super depressing but actually it’s not. It’s the opposite. It is poignant, at times hilarious and really really special. Irish comedian Jason Byrne is the biggest selling comedian in history at the world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has appeared on the biggest ...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This week’s topic is Embracing Change and it’s fair to say my special guest for this week has seen his fair share over the last year. He was host of RTÉ’s flagship chat show The Late Late Show for 14 years and he has also worked in RTÉ as a radio presenter for over 20 years, speaking to the nation every weekday morning at 9am for his hugely popular Tubridy Show. Following some very well publicized upheavals in RTÉ last year, he found himself across the Irish Sea and taking on a major role in UK ...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This week on the show it’s our Parenting Special! We have two incredible guests for you. To talk about her heartbreaking and heartwarming journey to parenthood, I’m joined by author, model, entrepreneur, nutritionist, surrogacy advocate and former Miss World Rosanna Davison for a powerful conversation about the transformative power of becoming a parent. Our technical expert this week is social media sensation and practicing GP, Dr. Doireann O’Leary to look at the stresses and pressures facing mo...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
This week on the show we have another amazing guest - and another amazing Mind Full Live recording! Earlier this month we put on a live show in the beautiful Lark Concert Hall in Balbriggan, Dublin with Danny O’Reilly, the frontman for one of Ireland’s most successful bands - The Coronas - to discuss the power of music, while also treating us to a couple of stunning live performances in this very special show. Danny has also been part of my musical memory for nearly 20 years. I first came across...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This week on the show we have another amazing guest - a former professional rugby player with European giants Leinster, lead singer with one of Ireland’s best known bands, The Blizzards, star of TV’s The Voice, mindfulness expert, mental health advocate, award-winning podcaster, philanthropist, best-selling author - Niall “Bressie” Breslin is my very special guest for today. It has been a long time coming but I think the timing for our chat is just perfect and I know you’re going to love it. In ...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week on the show we look at Real Manifesting with entrepreneur American CEO & Founder of the global fitness and health brand WHOOP, Will Ahmed. WHOOP, a company that Will founded as a young man at Harvard, has become a worldwide success with the company valued at nearly 4 billion dollars. It is worn by elite athletes from footballer Christiano Ronaldo to golfer Rory McIlroy and basketball star Lebron James. I chat to Will at his company headquarters right in the heart of Boston and we t...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 7
This week is all about mental toughness – without having to jump out of a helicopter or survive in the jungle! Ray Goggins is a Former Army Ranger & Tier 1 Special Operations unit leader. Ray is as tough as they come and is also known from hit TV show Ultimate Hell Week on RTÉ where he has regularly made regular Joe Soaps and some celebs regret ever going on the show. He is author of the best-selling and fascinating book Ranger 22 – Lessons from the Front. From the hills of south Lebanon to ...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 6
This week on the Mind Full Podcast I am so excited to bring you a very special guest. He’s an artist, writer, podcaster, comedian, musician, philosopher and is known to wear a plastic bag on his head from time to time. He is one half of the incredible musical duo the Rubberbandits and a man I first came across when we worked together on the TV show The Republic of Telly. The unique, funny and always creative Blindboy Boatclub is my guest this week. Blindboy is eloquent, open, honest and refreshi...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 5
Ever find yourself a bit frazzled? If so, then this episode is for you! Emma Doran is a stand-up comic, podcaster, author & sketch comedian who you may have seen recently on Amazon Prime’s LOL – Last One Laughing Ireland. Emma has appeared on comedy shows like The Republic of Telly and the No Worries if Not sketch show on RTÉ TV. Her online sketches are just brilliant and have earned her a loyal and fanatical following who pack theatres on her live tours. Emma’s brand new book Mad Isn’t It? ...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 4
This week on The Mind Full Podcast we are so excited to bring you an incredible guest - Glen Power from worldwide powerhouse band The Script. Glen has an incredible mind, is such a lovely fella and as well as being part of a band that has seen 10 billion streams, 12 million album sales and 6 UK no.1s, he is also a profound thinker, an exceptionally wise teacher and has taken time out from a US stadium tour to chat to us all. We look at the impact of losing his best friend and bandmate Mark Sheeh...
Oct 13, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 3
This week on The Mind Full Podcast we are so excited to bring you an incredible guest in the form of one of social media’s content pioneers. For the last 12 years, Cork man Cian Twomey has been a comedy content creator, focusing mainly on character sketches depicting hilarious real-life scenarios. Over all social media platforms, Cian has gathered over 9 million followers, with his videos exceeding a total of 4 billion views. That is mind boggling! Despite his enormous audience, Cian does not do...
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Hello everybody! We’re back! I’m so excited to bring you a brand-new season of The Mind Full Podcast! This week we are so delighted to bring you Hollywood’s most high profile, most glamorous and most genuine real estate agent, star of the huge and award-winning Netflix hit show Selling Sunset, Mary Bonnet. Mary has been named as one of Variety’s 40 Most Powerful Women on Reality TV and as Vice President at the famous Oppenheim Group, she has established herself as a top-tier agent in the competi...
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 1
As we all await the launch of Season Two of The Mind Full Podcast on Monday 30th September , I am delighted to share with you this very exciting pop-up episode of The Mind Full Podcast Live in a sold-out Sugar Club in the heart of Dublin, where I was joined by America's leading meditation teacher and my good friend Davidji. As you will hear, this conversation is full of belly laughs, belly breaths, craic, wisdom and lots more. Join us for what I am so proud to say was Ireland's only sold-out and...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 47 min
What?? Our last episode of the season?? I can’t believe we’ve reached episode 12 already! I have had so much fun making this podcast and sharing it all with you. I’ve learned tonnes and hope you have too. Before I tell you about our fabulous guests this week, I have to let you in on my latest and greatest news! Dermot Whelan Live – The Busy and Wrecked Tour is coming to a theatre near you! Tickets go on sale from Friday 24th May so check out www.dermotwhelan.com for all the details and I can’t w...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 12
