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A Little Birdie Told Me

Rebecca Horan

102 episodes

1 month ago

A Little Birdie Told Me is a family and parenting podcast and every episode we’ll be bringing you insights, advice and our own personal experiences, along with some great guests. Brought to you by Rebecca Horan and Rollercoaster.ie.

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A Little Birdie Told Me is a family and parenting podcast and every episode we’ll be bringing you insights, advice and our own personal experiences, along with some great guests. Brought to you by Rebecca Horan and Rollercoaster.ie.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes (20/102)

A Little Birdie Told Me

#100 Laura Nolan Horgan On Her Life-Changing Surgery

On Season 8 Episode 11 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Laura Nolan Horgan. Laura is the Founder of LNH Edit, a lifestyle and interiors brand based in Ireland. Laura is mum to Elizabeth, Hugo and Toby. Laura opens up to Rebecca about her scary and unknown journey as a BRCA1 carrier. As a result Laura underwent a life-changing hysterectomy just ten weeks after she gave birth, she then went on to have a double masectomy, all before she turned 40 and all in order to prevent cancer. Laura lives in Dublin with her family where she also runs her successful business.

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1 month ago

45 minutes 8 seconds

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#99 Suzanne Kane On Finding Her Voice Off The Airwaves

On Season 8 Episode 10 host Rebecca Horan talks to Suzanne Kane. Suzanne is a broadcaster, content creator and mum of three. Suzanne and her husband Joey raise their children in Dublin. She opens up to Rebecca about her turbulent year where she stepped away from her dream role as a host on 98FM. with the help of her wonderful family, and that in walking away she reveals she found herself again. Suzanne spent the summer by the sea with her children and rediscovered her passions and purpose.

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1 month ago

47 minutes 25 seconds

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#98 Lisa Shannon On The Tragic Death Of Her Mother And Becoming A Mother Herself

*****Trigger Warning***** This Episode deals with the topic of suicide, if you are affected by this subject matter please seek help.

On Season 8 Episode 9 host Rebecca Horan talks to Lisa Shannon. Lisa Shannon is a makeup artist and educator, she is also a product creative and education consultant for Poco Beauty and a mum of two.

Lisa opened up to Rebecca about the tragic death of her mother by suicide and the impact her mother's struggles had on her life, she also spoke about the deep connection she had with her and her mother's love for Lisa and her very hard grief, Lisa subsequently lost her father and spoke about his passing and her relationship with him too. As a mother heading into parenting without her parents Lisa said she was keen to break any generational traumas and be a different parent to her children. Lisa also discussed her love for family life, her start in the beauty industry and her huge successes and how resilience and being realistic has always been a key feature in her life.

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1 month ago

32 minutes 2 seconds

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#97 Danielle Websdale On How A Kiss On A Plane Changed The Course Of Her Life

On Season 8 Episode 8 of A Little Birdie Told Me host Rebecca Horan talks to Danielle Websdale. Danielle, aka Danny The Mammy, is a content creator and working mother of three. Danielle and her husband and three children live in Co. Kildare. Danielle has a highly engaged online community from her days spent sharing her pregnancy's and her busy life raising young children and working. Danielle gets frank about the lack of support for first-time mothers, the challenges she and her son faced with silent reflux, the lonely days and the chaos in parenting in modern Ireland. Danielle also speaks to Rebecca about her life in Australia pre babies, her love of fashion blogging, her travels, how she and her husband fell in love on a flight to Vegas and how the life surprises you when you least expect it.

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1 month ago

48 minutes 43 seconds

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#96 Orla Hopkins On The Day That Changed Her Life

On Season 8 Episode 7 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan talks to Orla Hopkins. Orla is a mum of two, former athlete and co-founder of New Dimensions Active, a speaker and trainer. At the age of 19 Orla experienced a grief like no other and fitness and movement saved her life when she hit rock bottom. Orla went on to marry and have two children and has used her grief to help others, Orla is a well-respected business woman and role model.

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2 months ago

49 minutes 46 seconds

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#95 Jenny Lee DIxon Gets Real About Her Fertility Story And Rainbow Babies

On Season 8 Episode 6 of A Little Birdie, host Rebecca Horan talks to Jenny Lee. Jenny is an actress, scientist and mum of twins. Jenny is a very soulful woman with so much to discuss, including her start in Dublin training as an actress to the bright lights of LA, to the Playboy Mansion and back home to Carrickstown where she found her home on Fair City. Jenny met her husband, former TD Tom Neville at an event in Limerick and she said she never looked back. The pair went through an arduous journey to have their twin girls via IVF and Jenny opens up beautifully to Rebecca about the ups and the downs of fertility struggles. She also gets frank about parenting two busy twins.

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2 months ago

46 minutes 38 seconds

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#94 Eileen Loughlin Tells The Story Of Her Daughter Annabel And Surviving Grief

****Trigger Warning**** On Episode 5 of A Little Birdie Told Me, Rebecca Horan talks to Eileen Loughlin. Eileen Loughlin, is a content creator, teacher and mum who also goes by Everything Eileen. Eileen tells Rebecca the story of her daughter Annabel, Annabel sadly died at the age of 3 and a half in an accident in the home and Eileen has recently published a book celebrating Annabel called Annabel's Adventures At the Beach.

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2 months ago

47 minutes 53 seconds

A Little Birdie Told Me

#93 The Glam Shamrock, Laura Drury, Opens Up On The Past Two Years

On Season 8 Episode 4 of A Little Birdie Told Me Rebecca talks to Laura Drury. Laura Drury AKA The Glam Shamrock is a UK based Irish Content Creator. Laura is living in Birmingham with her three children and husband and creates the most beautiful beauty, lifestyle and fashion content Laura talks to Rebecca about life with her three kids, her C-Section E-Book and treatment tips, marriage and her business.

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2 months ago

36 minutes 8 seconds

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#92 Laura Cunningham On The Loves Of Her Life

On Season 8 Episode 3 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca Horan spoke to Laura Cunningham. Laura is a Content Creator and mum to son Ziggy. Laura is a force to be reckoned with and after working in publishing for years has gone out on her own and is an is an incredible creative director, activist, content creator, mother and friend. Laura opened up about her family, particularly her mother who died a number of years ago, how she raises her son Ziggy on her own and her time living with her brother while trying to get on the property ladder.

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2 months ago

46 minutes 36 seconds

A Little Birdie Told Me

#91 Blathnaid Treacy On Her Lifechanging Diagnosis As She Heads Into Maternity Leave

On Season 8 Episode 2 host Rebecca talks to TV and Radio Presenter Blathnaid Treacy. Blathnaid is days away from giving birth to her second baby and is in a wonderful place in her personal and professional life. Rebecca and Blathnaid spoke about the massive transition of having her first child, versus the second child. They also discussed Blathnaid's recent ADHD diagnosis, the creation of her podcast off the back of it, discovering how this has affected her life, particularly her moods, feeling empowered and her hopes and dreams. This is a lovely episode full of joy and honesty and warmth.

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3 months ago

35 minutes 5 seconds

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#90 Kelly Horrigan On How She Found Purpose In Her Boys

Welcome back to the A Little Birdie Told Me Podcast, Rebecca Horan is back as your host for season 8 and she has a wonderful line-up of parents. On episode one Rebecca sits down with Model and Content Creator, Kelly Horrigan, Kelly is a mum of two boys and talks to Rebecca about breastfeeding, how having kids gave her purpose, holidaying with kids and gender selection.

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3 months ago

37 minutes 48 seconds

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#89 Danielle Garner On How We Can Heal Old Wounds

On the penultimate episode of Season 7 of A Little Birdie Told Me, Rebecca speaks to Danielle Garner. Danielle is the founder of Wildflower salon in Ranelagh and founder of Wholehearted space, she is also a mum of two young boys. Danielle talks to Rebecca about her formative years with her separated parents and what a wonderful man her father was and she also discusses travelling to see him every week and her strong bond with her mother. Danielle opens up about her journey into hair-styling at a young age at The Sugarclub and how at the time she was enduring a very abusive relationship with her partner. Danielle escaped this man and spoke to Rebecca about meeting the love of her life and going on to having her happily ever after with him. Sadly Danielle suffered a second trimester with her baby and talks to Rebecca all about that loss, the trauma, the isolation and healing herself after such a horrendous loss. Danielle now has two young boys and is a hugely successful businesswoman in her own right.

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6 months ago

49 minutes 4 seconds

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#88 Adrienne Murphy On The Rollercoaster Ride To Creating Her Family

On Season 7 Episode 11, host Rebecca Horan talks to fitness coach Adrienne Murphy. Adrienne is one of Ireland's leading fitness influencers, trainers and business women. Adrienne is one half of Flow State and the Flexi-App and is married to High Performance Coach, John Belton. Adrienne spoke to Rebecca about her stint in modelling, eventual job in marketing and how she discovered her true calling as a personal trainer and her home in Number 17 Personal Training. Adrienne and John moved to Portugal during Covid and had a turbulent time bringing their daughter Indy into this world and Adrienne charts the journey. She is also half-way through her pregnancy with her son and has had some medical procedures to ensure this pregnancy runs smoothly too.

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7 months ago

55 minutes 53 seconds

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#87 Designer Emma Manley On The Magic In The Chaos Of Raising Boys

On Season 7 Episode 10 of A Little Birdie Told Me, host Rebecca talks to Emma Manley. Emma is a designer and mum of three boys. Emma talks to Rebecca about her busy home-life and how she makes it work alongside her successful design business Manley. Emma and her husband raise their boys through Irish and Emma spoke about her initial nerves at taking on the language and how now it has become second nature. Emma also discussed being a businesswoman and a nurturer and how they compliment each other beautifully.

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7 months ago

45 minutes 15 seconds

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#86 Rosanna Davison On The Impact Of Pregnancy Loss And The Miracle Babies That Followed

On Season 7 Episode 9 host Rebecca Horan is joined by author, model and mum of three Rosanna Davison. Rosanna is a former Miss World and well-loved personality in Ireland and her fertility story has been well charted, but on this episode Rosanna talks about the impact the multiple pregnancy losses had on her marriage and body, her surrogacy journey and subsequent pregnancy. Rosanna is now a busy mother to three children including twins. Rosanna also talks about her twenty year relationship with her husband Wes. Rosanna now works with a number of big brands including Human Collective, is studying to be a nutritionist, is an author and influencer.

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7 months ago

49 minutes 28 seconds

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#85 Aoife Bermingham On How Grief Forced Her To Change Her Life

***Trigger Warning - on this episode Rebecca speaks to her guest about her stillborn baby, please seek help if this subject matter affects you or is distressing***

On Season 7 Episode 8 of A Little Birdie Told Me, Rebecca sits down with Aoife Bermingham. Aoife is a Content Creator and mother of three. Aoife talks to Rebecca about her original life in New York and meeting her husband, her decision to move back to Ireland and her career in the financial services and how she felt creatively stifled. Aoife suffered a devastating stillbirth with the loss of her son Oisin and on the back of this trauma she decided to put the needs of her family first and she left her stressful job. Aoife wears many different hats and described to Rebecca how her and her husband built their house, set up the business they run, how she began content creating and taking students in to make a living and enjoy a lifestyle with her family. Aoife makes wonderful travel and lifestyle content and is one of the leading parenting and travel bloggers in Ireland, creating relatable and engaging content whilst also keeping it real. Aoife is very honest about her grief journey and how she suffered a lot in the aftermath of her stillbirth and has a wonderful message of hope for other women.

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7 months ago

51 minutes 6 seconds

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#84 Katriona O'Sullivan On Poor, Privilege And Paying It Back

On Episode 7 of Season 7 of A Little Birdie Told Me Rebecca talks to bestselling author, academic, activist and mother of three, Katriona O'Sullivan. Katriona talks to Rebecca about her best-selling book Poor and the incredible global response to her story. Katriona grew up in poverty and charts her childhood, adolescence and adulthood in her book on the back of the most incredibly challenging upbringing. Katriona is now a professor, activist, author and mother of three and believes we as humans could do a lot more good with the privilege we have than we do.

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8 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds

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#83 Kate O’Driscoll On Why A Home Doesn’t Make A Family

On this episode Rebecca talks to Kate O’Driscoll. Kate is otherwise known as VictorianRathmines because of her instagram page which is devoted to renovation and DIY hacks. Kate turned her back on her corporate job after winning Home of The Year for her Victorian home in Rathmines and has never looked back - after finding peace and joy in renovating homes and raising her two small children with her husband. Kate opens up to Rebecca about her childhood in Limerick, her enterprising spirit, her shock at having a girl and how she doesn’t think a home makes a family.

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8 months ago

41 minutes 44 seconds

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#82 Justine King On Her Home Birth And Finding Her Style After Babies

On Season 7 episode 5 Rebecca talks to stylist Justine King. Justine has been working in the fashion industry in Ireland for years and has a wealth of experience and she also runs a number of businesses. Justine spoke to Rebecca about her two very different pregnancies with her boys and very different births. Justine gave birth to her second child at home and details the incredible birth experience to Rebecca. Justine also has some brilliant words of advice for any pregnant ladies or new mothers on keeping their identity and finding their feet when it comes to fashion and not feeling in a rut.

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8 months ago

40 minutes 12 seconds

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#81 Clare McKenna From Burnout In Motherhood To The Best Of Days

On episode 4 of season 7 Rebecca talks to Broadcaster and Health Coach Clare McKenna. Clare and Rebecca worked together in their early days in radio and have stayed in touch since. Clare enjoys a successful radio career in Newstalk where she hosts her own show, she also MCs corporate events and is a health coach on NourishYourself.ie.

Clare opens up to Rebecca about the price of success, a time when burnout hit her hard when she was pregnant with her second child and working in breakfast television. Clare got back to herself and has flourished since and spoke to Rebecca about the boundaries she set when embarking on her successful freelance career.

Clare also discussed parenting teens and the wonderful way children make time so much more relevant, how her and her partner work as a team and her more challenging moments in media.

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8 months ago

44 minutes 16 seconds