HealthWaves

About HealthWaves

Welcome to the HealthWaves Podcast, where we embark on a journey to uncover the secrets of holistic health and wellness. I'm your host, Eilis, a dedicated nutritional therapist passionate about helping you achieve your healthiest, happiest self. Each episode, we dive deep into topics ranging from nutrition & exercise to mental health & emotional well-being, bringing you expert insights, inspiring stories, and practical advice. Join us as we explore the mind-body connection and learn how to cultivate a balanced, vibrant life. Let's get started on our path to being wildly healthy together.

Publisher

Eilis Ó Broin

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Aug 2024

Latest episode

30 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jul 2026

   Motherhood and Micronutrients: Navigating Health Challenges with Pia Crofton

   Health Waves host Eilis interviews food-industry consultant Pia Crofton about how nutrition shaped her life and her son Raffy’s severe health crisis. Pia describes moving from a whole-food diet to years of low-fat, plant-based eating while working in stressful export roles, leading to IBS, insomnia, panic attacks, and burnout. During her second pregnancy she overworked, later learning she was deficient in micronutrients; her son developed tongue-tie, low resilience, eczema, food allergies, asthma, constipation, seizures, and repeated hospital visits. Guided by another mother, she used Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride’s GAPS protocol, emphasizing gentle animal-based foods, stocks, slow-cooked stews, and removing problematic foods and household toxins; seizures stopped after three days and symptoms gradually improved. Pia stresses nervous-system healing, critiques medical symptom-management, promotes regenerative farming and direct-to-producer sourcing, shares Irish shopping options and a cow-share model, and outlines plans for a GAPS mothers’ community, retreats, and group cooking. https://www.instagram.com/pia.crofton/ www.wildatlantichealth.com

2. 

   21 May 2026

   Healthy Home. Healthy Life. Intro to Building Biology by Laura Canavan-Hayes

   On Health Waves, host Eilis, a nutritional therapist, speaks with Laura Canavan-Hayes, a building biologist and functional medicine health coach she met at a functional medicine conference. Laura explains the origins of building biology in post-war Germany and how the practice evaluates homes, offices, and schools for potential health impacts. Topics include mould and moisture, water pollutants, industrial chemicals, and electromagnetic radiation. Drawing from her own experience of improving severe allergies and anaphylaxis symptoms after making changes to a Victorian home, Laura discusses the importance of breathable materials, moisture management, ventilation, and the use of more natural building products such as hempcrete, sheep’s wool insulation, lime plaster, and clay and lime paints. The conversation also explores practical ways to reduce technology exposure, including hardwiring devices, turning off Wi-Fi at night, and changing phone habits. Laura shares concerns around smart devices, solar panel inverters, and electric cars for highly sensitive individuals. They also discuss fluoride in Irish water, filtration, natural personal care and cleaning products, and Laura’s showroom in Clontarf, which offers natural bedding and other home products. The episode finishes with simple, practical first steps people can take to create a healthier home environment. Learn more about Building Biology here. Visit us at WildAtlanticHealth.com.

3. 

   3 Mar 2026

   Breaking the Myths of Both Health: Strength through Science with Annette Cashell

   In this episode of the Health Waves Podcast, nutritional therapist Eilis sits down with Holistic Movement Coach, Annette Cashell to talk all things bone health — and why it’s never “too late” to strengthen your skeleton. Bones aren’t static. They’re living tissue, constantly rebuilding. Even post-menopause, they can respond to the right stimulus. Annette explains the difference between osteoporosis and osteopenia, and why fracture risk isn’t defined by your DEXA score alone. Bone quality, balance, muscle strength, stress, smoking, alcohol, steroid use, dieting history, and certain medications all play a role. It’s more nuanced than a single number. Annette shares her own journey — from a career in marketing to Pilates and bone-health coaching — and how she reversed her osteopenia through progressive strength training, targeted nutrition, and managing stress and cortisol. They explore why walking, while beneficial, may not be enough to stimulate bone growth. Think progressive load. Heavier weights. Fewer reps. The conversation also covers age-related bone changes, the FRAX fracture-risk tool, different medication approaches, and how to modify activities (yes, even golf) without avoiding movement altogether. Annette also outlines her online Strong Bones and More programme and the everyday “non-negotiables” that quietly protect your bones — reducing time in heels, sitting less, building balance, and taking proper stress breaks. If you care about staying strong, steady, and independent as you age, this one’s worth a listen. Learn more about Annette at her website, https://annettecashell.com Visit ⁠⁠Wild Atlantic Health⁠⁠ (www.wildatlantichealth.com) to get your hands on our Vitamin D3+K2+A supplement, which is vital for bone, muscle and teeth, as well as immune system.

Who has been a guest on HealthWaves

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Celine Nelli
• Colette Harte
• Dr. Richard Rocker

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

243

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

37

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

32