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A Little Birdie Told Me

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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32:17

#75 Jarlath Regan On Finding Comedy In The Darkest...

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2025/02/14

On this episode Rebecca sits down with comedian Jarlath Regan. Jarlath talks about his childhood and what lead him to get into comedy as an adult, resulting in a hugely successful global career on the stage and behind the mic. Jarlath also discusses how he and his wife Tina raise their son and his iconic Mammy reels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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54:50

#74 Lorna Weightman On The Moment That Changed Her Life

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2025/02/07

On this episode stylist and content creator Lorna Weightman talks to Rebecca about her huge career pivot that brought her from a gruelling job in finance to styling and how she turned her lowest point into her most important, Lorna openly discusses her anxiety and how she managed and manages her symptoms. Lorna and her husband have had their fair share or hardships but recently celebrated the birth of their baby boy and Lorna charts her pregnancy, labour and being a mum with Rebecca. She also

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52:16

#73 Anne Laird On Living With Stage 4 Cancer

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2025/01/31

On this episode Rebecca sits down with Anne Laird. Anne Laird is married to renowned Irish Broadcaster, Colm Hayes, Anne has always chosen a much quieter path and has never been in the public eye. However, now Anne feels it is time to talk about the last 5 years of her life. Anne is living with and being treated for Stage 4 Cancer, which started with breast cancer and spread to her bones, bowel and liver. Anne has two children; Alex and Holly. Anne opens up to Rebecca about her battle with cancer,

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51:06

#72 Tara Farrell On Embracing The Calm In The Chaos

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2025/01/24

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1:05:25

#71 Beatrice Caffrey On Surviving The Unimaginable...

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2025/01/17

On episode 6 Rebecca sits down with nutritionist and fitness coach Beatrice Caffrey. Beatrice and her husband Justin have survived every parent's worst nightmare, they lost their son Joshua when he was just 11 months old after surviving a premature birth with complications. Born in Germany, Beatrice has lived an extraordinary life, filled with incredible highs and the lowest of lows. Beatrice describes how she walked the Wicklow mountains to work through her painful grief and is now inspiring and

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56:56

#70 Sile Seoige On Trusting Her Instincts And Keeping...

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2025/01/10

On Episode 5 of Season 6 Rebecca sits down with Broadcaster Sile Seoige. Recently settled in her new home in Spiddeal in the west of Ireland Sile travelled up to the Dublin studio to discuss meeting her partner Damien and raising their children, her passions, her cancer battle, her trials and triumphs, her successful podcasting career and stance on Gaza. Sile brings Rebecca on a journey from meeting her partner on a charity cycle at a time when she wasn't looking for love to making waves in this

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1:06:29

#69 Daniella Moyles On Her Journey To A More...

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2025/01/03

On episode 4 of Season 6 of A Little Birdie Told Me, Psychotherapist Daniella Moyles, opens up to Rebecca about her journey to contentment. Daniella now lives in Wicklow with her husband Andy and her son Sonny and has a very calm, healthy life, however, Daniella explains to Rebecca how it took major burnout in the modelling and media industry for her to stop, reflect and make the big changes that would change her life. The last few years haven't been easy for the mum of one - from quitting her

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41:27

#68 Alison Curtis On Her Triangle Family After The...

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2024/12/13

On Episode 3 Broadcaster and Today FM Host Alison Curtis sits down with Rebecca to discuss her wonderful childhood in Canada, the devastating loss of her parents in her teens and the impact that had on her and her twin sister. Alison also discussed her broadcasting career and her huge success with national radio station Today FM; from working on Ian Dempsey's breakfast show to having one of the most popular radio shows in the country. She also opened up to Rebecca about her partner Anton, their love

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39:09

#67 Sophie Morris On Feeding Your Family Well

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2024/12/06

On Episode 2 Rebecca talks to Sophie Morris. Sophie was on the podcast two seasons ago and is a firm favourite and a mine of information. A nutrition coach and cook Sophie discusses her recent instagram fame following her fantastic supermarket reels where she exposes food labels and encourages consumers to make smart food swaps and alternative choices when cooking for the family. Sophie gets frank about the dangers of consuming too many overprocessed foods and the harm it can cause. She gives

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1:00:17

#66 John Belton On How We Can Change Our Lives

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2024/11/29

On Season 6 Episode 1 High Performance Coach John Belton talks to Rebecca about his childhood, fascinating career, coaching business, love story, life in Portugal and beautiful baby girl. John is one of the most revered wellness and fitness coaches in the country and travels between client work in Portugal and Ireland. John has become even more popular for his recent online training courses with Vogue Williams. John is a huge advocate for living life to the full and says happy, healthy and horny

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40:05

#65 Julie Millen On Mending Her Heart After Abuse And...

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2024/10/04

On the season finale of A Little Birdie Told Me, Wellness coach Julie Millen joins Rebecca for a thought-provoking chat. On episode 13 Julie discusses her former life as a corporate career woman in London and a brutal attack she suffered at the hands of her ex. She explains how this massive trauma changed her life and how she had to rebuild with courage and love. Julie also discusses meeting her husband Neil and how she had to learn to trust again and their journey to having their three children

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1:01:47

#64 Chupi On Her Unique Childhood Making Her The...

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2024/09/27

On Episode 11 Rebecca is talking to Founder of Chupi, Chupi Sweetman. Chupi and I spoke about her very unique childhood where she was raised by her mother Rosita. Chupi’s dad had separated from her mum and moved to London and started another family. Chupi spoke about the massive influence and impact her mother had on her as a small girl with her brother and how they were home-schooled, learnt to be enterprising as a result of not having very much as a child and had a smart business sense even as a

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52:59

#63 Niamh De Brun On Family First And Future Ambitions

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2024/09/20

On Episode 11 Rebecca speaks to corporate mum-of-one and content creator Niamh de Brun. Niamh has worked in the corporate world for years and is now balancing raising her almost 2-year-old daughter Harper with her husband TJ Reid. Niamh spoke to Rebecca about her family life, meeting her husband TJ, her social media presence, love of privacy, style and how raising her daughter Harper is the biggest priority to her. Niamh has a wonderful Instagram page full of beautiful content which she tells

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22:21

#62 Lucy Kennedy And Colm Hayes Reveal Their...

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2024/09/18

On this bonus episode of A Little Birdie Told Me, Rebecca talks to Ireland's Classic Hits Radio Breakfast presenters Lucy Kennedy and Colm Hayes. Lucy and Colm are talking about parenting peeves, parenting hacks, their busy family lives and how charity begins within the home as they promote Barnardos Ireland Giving Day on Friday 20th September. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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46:46

#61 Sabrina Hill On Hitting Rock Bottom And Emerging...

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2024/09/13

On Episode 9 Rebecca talks to salon owner and content creator, Sabrina Hill. Sabrina talks openly about her rock bottom and how she regained strength at the most difficult time in her life. Sabrina has two children, one son with her former husband and a baby boy with her partner, she tells Rebecca about the difficult years before finding true love, she also discusses her battle with endometriosis, fertility, post-natal depression and anxiety. Sabrina is a very well-respected business-owner with her

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#60 Justin Caffrey On Surviving Every Parent's Worst...

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2024/09/06

****Trigger Warning***** This episode contains content of a sensitive nature.On Episode 8 of A Little Birdie Told Me Rebecca chats to High-Performance Coach Justin Caffrey, Justin and his wife Beatrice have overcome terrible grief and adversity and have lived to tell the tale. Justin left Ireland to enjoy a hugely successful career in finance in the UK in the 90s and in his own words became a workaholic, the catalyst to change in his life came when he met his wife Beatrice, they went on to have two

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51:17

#59 Marissa Carter On Raising Resilient Children

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2024/08/30

On episode 7, Rebecca chats to Cocoa Brown CEO Marissa Carter. Marissa was raised in a large family with young parents and learned about getting stuck in from a young age. Marissa played a maternal role at home and because of that became the driven, resilient, focused and very successful businesswoman she is today. Rebecca spoke to Marissa about her family life, her two young children, the bump in the road for Cocoa Brown, the brands comeback and her super smart social media content. Hosted on

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43:48

#58 Louise Cooney On Labour, Love And Living Her Most...

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2024/08/23

On episode 6 Rebecca speaks to hugely popular content creator, Louise Cooney. Louise recently announced her engagement and has a beautiful baby boy Jude with her partner. For years Louise has been leading the way when it comes to fashion and beauty content creation and blogging and was one of the first influencers in this country. On this episode she tells Rebecca how she got into this industry, her bittersweet stint in New York, finding love, pregnancy and labour pains and being tough in business.

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51:26

#57 Dr Clodagh Campbell On How To Heal Your Home

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2024/08/16

On episode 5 Rebecca chats to Dr Clodagh Campbell, AKA The Wellness Psychologist. Clodagh has studied psychology extensively and is now a practising psychologist and works with many mothers in this country, particularly women suffering from being stretched to capacity and those in need of healing. Clodagh was adopted and opens up to Rebecca about her journey as a child with her family as an adopted girl and reuniting with her birth mother. She also talks to Rebecca about her two daughters and being

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55:13

#56 Lucy Wolfe On Why Sleep Is The Solution

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2024/08/09

On episode 4 Rebecca talks to Sleep Consultant and author of The Baby Sleep Solution, Lucy Wolfe. Lucy is the leading voice when it comes to sleep in this country and has helped thousands of parents get more sleep through her expert training. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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