Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in Dublin 8 I'm proud to say. on the show today we have Geoff Thompson. Geoff is a BAFTA winning writer, filmmaker, teacher, former bouncer and world ranking martial arts expert, one the most influential since Bruce Lee. He has written over forty books on self-help, self-defense and martial arts, and has written many screenplays for short...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. on the show today we have an other Liberties man by the name of Stephen Lynch. Stephen works for LinkedIn, he is the senior Workplace Operations Manager - Dublin Campus, London (Interim) and LATAM. Stephen came on the show today to tell us about an amazing programme he is involved in called INSPIRE. INSPI...
Oct 11, 2020•54 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. on the show today we have Kelly Birmingham. Kelly is community Outreach Coordinator at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Kelly came on the show to discuss the impact COVID is having on the community and the lost of revenue for the cathedral and how that is effecting the community projects she is involved in. Kel...
Sep 24, 2020•54 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. on the show today we have a young inspiring and very talented Rap artist by the name of Paulie. Paulie is from the Liberties. Paulie talked to us about his love for rap music and how that all got started. Pauline talked to his about the social pressure your under when you choose a path such as rapping tha...
Sep 17, 2020•52 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. on the show today we have Darragh Byrne. Darragh is the founder of conscious king coaching in Australia. Darragh like Matt is from the inner city so this chat was on fire. Darragh spoke honestly and openly about the hardship of growing up in the inner city and the difficulties that brought and his family....
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. on the show today we have Hannah Lilly. Hannah is the creator of the joy project. she is a mum of four, running coach, personal trainer and fitness expert. Hannah came on the show to share her life story with us. life has not always been easy for her. Hannah spoke honestly about her own struggles with men...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. on the show today we have powerful young lady called Jocelyn Gray. Jocelyn is from the liberties. Jocelyn came on the show to talk about her own personal struggle with Mental health and the impact that has had on her life growing up. Jocelyn spoke honestly and openly about dealing with anxiety and depress...
Jul 15, 2020•56 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. on the show today we have street Artist Deguze. Deguze and Matt grew up in the same area and have known each other for over thirty years. Deguze shared with us his life growing up in the liberties and how child trauma impacted his life. this trauma lead the Deguze to life of drugs and crime that had him i...
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. on the show today we have Luke Carey. Luke suffered a trauma brain injury. Matt worked with Luke in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. Luke shared with us the life changing experience when he suffered his brain injury in Canada. Luck spoke about the importance of the importance of attitude in life and ...
Jul 01, 2020•58 min
Howya, whats the craic, as you know i am Matt Burke, I am the creator and host of Magic Minds Podcast based in the Liberties, Dublin 8. I was hoping you may be able to help us. I created the Magic Minds Podcast ,"stories that have the power to inspire" in 2017. I started with no technology education, no equipment, I basically hadn't a clue what I was doing but I had a dream and a burning ambition to create a project to help and inspire people to make positive change using the power of inspiring ...
Jun 24, 2020•4 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. We have a cracking a show for you today. Today's episode we had David Collins. David and his wife paula own Ashtanga Yoga Dublin. Dave spoke about life before his yoga life began and the path that lead him to it. David shared with us his wisdom regarding chakras energy and healing. David and Matt discusse...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. We have a cracking a show for you today. Today's episode we have an amazing guest called Harmony Garcia. harmony is a fellow podcaster and awesome lady or a bad ass as Matt calls her. Harmony's mission is to help Women navigate their self-image by building confidence. on the show Matt and Harmony talk abo...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. We have a cracking a show for you today. Today's episode we have an amazing guest called Jenny Keane. Jenny is a Tantra yoga and holistic sex education teacher. It was amazing to have her on the show. we asked jenny to come on the show because we want to talk about Tantra Yoga and sex education and I want...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. We have a cracking a show for you today. Today's episode is with On the show today we have Christopher O Reilly. Christopher is the founder of the charity Liberty soup Run. Christopher tells us about the amazing work that they carry out in the area. Behind every great story and charity there is always a b...
May 20, 2020•58 min
Hello What's the crack. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in the liberties I'm glad to say. We have a cracking a show for you today. Today's episode is with Dr. Katie Baird. Katie is a psychologist for the last 20 years. Now her main role now is compassion focused therapy. Matt and Katie spoke about what is compassion focused therapy. They talked about her background. They spoke about what compa...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Hello and welcome back to Magic Minds Podcast "stories to have the power to inspire" Today Matt interviewed David Walsh from open minds. on the show our topic for discussion was Diversity and Inclusion. David's background and traveling that he he did over the last number of years and where has worked as to where his work has taken him. David spent a number of years in police force and also worked in the United Nations. Matt and David discussed unconscious bias and how that impacts us. We also di...
May 04, 2020•51 min
Welcome to the magic minds podcast “stories that have the power to inspire” On this week's interview we bring you Dr Malie Coyne. Dr Molly is a clinical psychologist. She's also a lecturer in Galway NUI. Malie is the author of the book love in love out. Molly also has an extensive background in broadcasting radio and TV. Most importantly, most importantly Malie is a mum. On the show Malie shared with us her background and why she chose psychology. Malia also told us who were her mentors and teac...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Hello and welcome back to the magic minds podcast stories the have the power to inspire. This week we bring you something slightly different from our normal interview style. For this week's episode Matt was invited on a panel to speak about mental health in collaboration with first fortnight. This event was organised by a friend Tadgh Luby and his college friend Hugh Duignan. on the panel was fitness expert Jody Kennedy, Dr Shay Ward who is a Dr in psychology and Matt who works in the national R...
Apr 04, 2020•1 hr 18 min
On this week's show. Matt got to sit down with Paddy McEvoy. Paddy is a tour guide from my streets Ireland. Paddy has gone from being homeless to finding love. In this episode, Paddy talks was about his childhood, the difficulties he had growing up. The early years when he began drinking and driving. He openly talked about the troubles of his mind. He also spoke to us about difficult he had with members of his family. And the difficult time he had with his mother. Paddy shared with us the love h...
Mar 19, 2020•54 min
On this week's episode Matt sat down and spoke to heart brand evangelist Steve Thompson, aka Big Daddy digital. Steve is a personal brand expert. On the show Steve talks to us about his background, his life in the police force in England. When he when he recognized that he had skills to be an entrepreneur, and where that all started. Steve shares with us his proud moments in business and why he also tells us about some of the failures that have been his greatest lessons. The Steve gives us an in...
Mar 04, 2020•1 hr 13 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with former professional boxer Steve Ormand. Steve talked about his love for boxing and how boxing's been part of my life since I was about four years of age. His father Patrick was an All Ireland amateur lightweight champion and my grandfather and several uncles on both sides of the family were boxers, so he grew up listening to all the stories about boxing. Steve's uncle Greg was a boxing coach, so he first went to the boxing gym at ...
Feb 27, 2020•47 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with Pete Taylor. Pete is an elite boxing coach. Pete is a boxing coach (pro & amateur), former Irish light Heavy weight champion, is the father & former trainer of the legendary Katie Taylor. Pete gives us an insight to his philosophy as a coach and how he get the best out of his fighters. It was evident from the chat that Pete gives special attention to detail with each of his fighter. Pete spoke about the importance of under...
Feb 13, 2020•58 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with Laurence carpenter. Laurence is founder and managing director. Laurence talks to Matt about how he has been a passionate collector and dealer of culturally and historically important music memorabilia for over 20 years. pop icon Specializes in high-end music memorabilia, Laurence has traveled the world buying and selling guitars, costumes, handwritten lyrics, awards, owned and used by rock and roll legends such as Bob Dylan, U2, B...
Jan 07, 2020•1 hr 8 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with Denis Murphy. Denis is the creator and host of the happy mindset podcast. Denis is also the author of a fantastic book "Taking my life back". on the show Denis and Matt spoke about the creation of the happy mindset post and the value that has brought to Denis's life. Denis shared with us the failures and success that has been his greatest teacher in life. Denis wrote the book Taking my life back in 2019. Taking my Life Back depict...
Jan 04, 2020•1 hr 10 min
on this weeks show Matt spoke to Paddy Brosnan. Paddy is a mindfulness & meditation teacher, inspirational speaker and author. Paddy and Matt spoke about his spiritual journey that start for paddy In his early thirties when Paddy experienced a radical shift in how he wanted to live his life. This marked the beginning of an intense inward journey of spiritual development. Paddy left behind the world of business and devoted the next several years to developing his awareness through the practic...
Dec 28, 2019•1 hr 18 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with Denis Ryan who is a Bio-dynamic Psychotherapist. Matt and Denis discuss Denis life journey that lead his to practicing psychotherapy. Denis explains to us that Biodynamic psychotherapy is a humanistic body-orientated branch of psychotherapy with the aim of bringing wholeness and wellness to the being. The service that Denis provides is an integrative approach to therapy where, in a safe held space, using a variety of tools from a ...
Nov 26, 2019•58 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with Irish Rock Legend Ken Doyle. On the show Ken talked about his love for music and the influence of his family home had on his passion for music. ken share with us some funny and lovely memories of the creation of his band Bagatelle and the success of their hit summer in Dublin . Ken spoke to make about the passion of loving what you do and the importance of that in sustaining a career on your chosen path. At the end of the intervie...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 35 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with Mark O' O'Keeffe . On the show Mark talked about how he and his partner Aimee their struggled to get their son Riley into a school as he has autism. Mark shares with us the frustration the family have gone through as door after door has been shut in their face as young Riley has non verbal autism. Mark spoke openly and honestly about the daily difficulties that impact the family face raising a child with autism. Mark and Matt spok...
Oct 28, 2019•59 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with Pado Timmins. On the show Pado talks about how he and his partner Rachel met, their experience with IVF and other treatments, at what point they decided to go the IVF route, on whether they felt a stigma around the treatment, the resilience they both showed, how the process impacted their relationship, the heartbreak they went through, the miracle of Raiya , the meaning behind Raiya’s name and so much more! Thanks to Pado for comi...
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 26 min
On this weeks episode of the podcast Matt sat down and spoke with Chris Fallon. Chris is the founder of the Facebook group ' A Moment For Mindfulness. On the show Chris talks about how he started the group, the responses he has received from the group, meditation, what it was like growing up, his battle with addiction, mindfulness and so much more! Thank you to Chris for coming onto the show! If you would like to check out 'A Moment For Mindfulness' on Facebook please visit the following link: h...
Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 16 min
