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7. 40: Emily O'Donoghue Fashionably Fortyish - Embracing and Thriving in our 40's
56:07||Season 8, Ep. 7NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks PodcastWe are stretching - this time into our 40's.So let’s drop our shoulders and take a breath – it’s time to meet my last guest of 2024, Emily O’Donoghue @Fashionablyfortyish If you haven’t discovered Emily yet she is a mother of 2 girls who started her instagram 5 years ago to share her love of fashion which has grown into this really engaged community of women sharing and supporting each others growth, passions and health. She is 45, midway through her 40’s and gives us glorious nuggets of truth and wisdom in this conversation. We talk about how our 40’s is such a pivotal decade for women. How moments in early motherhood with premature births and dangerously high blood pressure continue to leave their mark on her, and how she supports her mental health with anti depressants, movement, nutrition and great friends. As women in our 40’s we need to gather and connect - whether through social, on this pod or I hope in real life. And this is that. It’s a beautiful celebration of connection. And the last episode to close out the year. Supported by Key For Her - Their two-step supplement includes two unique blends to support your daily wellness and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.Use the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com "The 40's Stretch" is a Stretch Marks Production,Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.Contact: stretchmarkspod@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/
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6. 40: Kellie Billings - Caring for Mam with Alzheimers
01:09:52||Season 8, Ep. 6NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks PodcastWe are stretching - this time into our 40's.There comes a point for many of us where we slide into this “sandwich” generation of caring for young and caring for old.And somewhere between the weight, worry and love for them all, we can ignore our bodies whispers - but as my guest today Kellie Billings explains, you can only ignore them for so long. Kellie is in her early 40’s, she's the Beauty Editor with Social and Personal Magazine, co-host of the Skin in the Game podcast, a mum of 3 girls and daughter of an incredible mother with alzheimers. And in August her body said no more and she needed urgent surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer while in Portugal on holiday. We talk about caring for her mam with Alzheimers, signs her body was not ok, and the lessons learned from her emergency health scare.Supported by Key For Her - Their two-step supplement includes two unique blends to support your daily wellness and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.Use the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com "The 40's Stretch" is a Stretch Marks Production,Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.Contact: stretchmarkspod@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/5. 40: Aoife Harvey - Pelvic Floors, Oestrogen, Moods and More
45:16||Season 8, Ep. 5NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks PodcastWe are stretching - this time into our 40's.Please welcome women's pelvic health physio specialist Aoife Harvey - from @womenhealthdublin to the pod. Aoife has her own physio practice plus she is co founder of mocohealth an app that shares birth recovery support. Like me she turned 40 earlier this year and like me she felt the stirrings of perimenopause - the brain fog, fatigue, and pms kicked in. We talk about her decision to get HRT, her love of the coil; and how as women she witnesses her clients suffer in silence with common pelvic symptoms, thinking this is our new normal. And she is currently on a mission to make vaginal oestrogen an over the counter treatment in Ireland to minimise bladder issues, leaking, urinary tract infections, dryness and pain caused by the decreasing levels of oestrogen in the body. SIGN HER PETITION HERESupported by Key For Her - Their two-step supplement includes two unique blends to support your daily wellness and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.Use the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com "The 40's Stretch" is a Stretch Marks Production,Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.Contact: stretchmarkspod@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/4. 40: Allison Keating - It's All Too Much in our 40's
01:01:58||Season 8, Ep. 4NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks PodcastWe are stretching - this time into our 40's.It’s ALL TOO MUCH - written by Psychologist Allison Keating who has worked in her private practice for over 20 years. And she has never seen anything like the levels of anxiety, panic and overwhelm that women are experiencing today. She is warm and fun, honest and fair. And a balm for my nervous system because she gets it - she knows life right now, and her book is an essential resource for us all. Supported by Key For Her - Their two-step supplement includes two unique blends to support your daily wellness and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.Use the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com "The 40's Stretch" is a Stretch Marks Production,Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.Contact: stretchmarkspod@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/3. 40: Áine O'Donnell - My Multiple Sclerosis Fight
01:08:37||Season 8, Ep. 3NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks PodcastWe are stretching - this time into our 40's.Meet Áine O'Donnell - one of my closest friends and favourite humans.At 27 she was diagnosed with MS, Multiple Sclerosis, an incurable neurological condition that interrupts communication between the brain and the rest of the body. Eventually, the disease can cause permanent damage and loss of power.At 40, she lost her dad, got married and learned that her hero drugs have failed her.And this week, as this goes out, she begins the process of a Stem Cell Transplant in the UK - her last chance to hold back her advancing MS.But it's not all tears. We laugh. We reminisce.We talk about the grief of losing her dad. And marrying the love of her life Tara.And in this one hour - she will teach you more about life than anyone could.DONATE xxTo help with the financial burden of this fight, friends have set up a GOFUNDME page for Áine.To donate to this page and support my wonderful friend, you can follow the link here. Áine - we love you, fight like hell. Supported by Key For Her - Their two-step supplement includes two unique blends to support your daily wellness and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.Use the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com "The 40's Stretch" is a Stretch Marks Production,Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.Contact: stretchmarkspod@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/
2. 40: Laura Nolan Horgan - Surgical Menopause BRCA Gene
48:08||Season 8, Ep. 2NEW! The 40's Stretch - Stretch Marks with Sinéad O'MoorePlease welcome my second guest, Laura Nolan Horgan, founder of LNH Edit, mother of 3 and BRCA gene warrior who in her early 30's said no thanks to Ovarian and Breast cancer and underwent a Salpingo Double Ooverectomy, full hysterectomy which removed her ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, womb and double mastectomy - and while this saved her life, it also plunged her straight into surgical menopause. Laura shared her story on Georgie's Good Glow podcast 4 years ago which gives a really good insight into her BRCA Gene story and well worth a listen - but here, with the grace of time and distance from this traumatic life grenade, Laura shares the hormonal impact thereafter. We talk about HRT, how Menopause and Women's Health specialist, Dr. Deirdre Lundy brought her back to life, reclaiming her sense of womanhood and the lessons every woman should know from someone who had to learn the hard way, far far too young. Supported by Key For Her - Their two-step supplement includes two unique blends to support your daily wellness and help naturally alleviate the symptoms associated with menstruation, perimenopause and menopause.Use the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com "The 40's Stretch" is a Stretch Marks Production,Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin.Contact: stretchmarkspod@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/
1. 40: Sophie Morris - Food Fuelling at 40
51:16||Season 8, Ep. 1NEW! The 40's Stretch with Sinéad O'MooreThis season is a deep dive into the 40's stretch.Physically/mentally/emotionally/hormonally/professionally/ this is a profound decade and one that I hope to live well. And just like in early motherhood - there is so much left unsaid, so much to learn and so much to gain from connecting with and sharing the real experiences of women. Supported by Key For HerUse the discount code STRETCH for 20% off your first order across all products on keyforher.com Meet my first guest, Sophie Morris. Sophie is currently breaking the internet with her food label awareness and supermarket swap reels, highlighting the ultra processed foods which could be having an impact on our wellbeing supported by her Diploma in General Nutrition and a Diploma in Advanced Nutrition for Fitness. She is 41, a mother of two young boys and she is stretched.We talk about her experience of entering this new decade, what she wishes every woman in her 40's knew and how she's fuelling herself.**If you are worried about your own health, hormones, nutrition or wellbeing - always speak with your GP as this conversation should not replace advice from a qualified medical practitioner.**The 40's Stretch is part of Stretch Marks Podcast, Hosted by Sinéad O'Moore, produced by The Brand Story and sound edited by Alan Breslin. Contact: stretchmarkspod@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/stretchmarkspodcast/