Inspiring conversations with a diverse group of women that have achieved great things across different professions. Including guests like Jacqui Hurley, Carol Brick, Ciara Griffin, Louise Galvin, Louise Quill, Elaine Burrows Dillane, Caitriona O' Sullivan and more! We discuss how they achieved their goals or childhood dreams, the sacrifices they made and the resilience they needed to get to where they are now to encourage us all to get the best out of ourselves.
What A Woman Podcast
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Inspiring conversations with a diverse group of women that have achieved great things across different professions. Including guests like Jacqui Hurley, Carol Brick, Ciara Griffin, Louise Galvin, Louise Quill, Elaine Burrows Dillane, Caitriona O' Sullivan and more! We discuss how they achieved their goals or childhood dreams, the sacrifices they made and the resilience they needed to get to where they are now to encourage us all to get the best out of ourselves.
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June 26, 2024
Victoria Mary Clarke: On grief, children, addiction, spirituality and why she doesn't know if it's possible to find another soul mate like Shane MacGowan"
<p>Our guest this week on What A Woman Podcast is the lovely Victoria Mary Clarke, an author, artist and the wife of the late Shane MacGowan, the frontman of the iconic band, The Pogues, with whom she shared an incredible life & love story.</p> <p>We have a fascinating conversation about:</p> <p> - how Victoria Mary is coping since Shane died and why she can't think of him in the past tense because she still feels his presence</p> <p> - why she was most moved at his funeral by the real people of Ireland, as Shane was not interested in celebrity but always felt an affinity with the marginalised</p> <p> - first meeting Shane aged sixteen and being impressed straight away by his arrogance and charisma</p> <p> - how she's most proud that he stood up for what he believed in & he made Irish music cool at a time when it wasn't, even though this led to some violence towards them in the early days</p> <p> - growing up with a young mother who led a bohemian, unconventional lifestyle and how this influenced the way Victoria Mary lived</p> <p> - Why she moved to London in her teens for the fashion, pop culture and glamour</p> <p> - how she coped with Shane's chaotic lifestyle by developing a strong practice of yoga, meditation and angel channeling and how this has helped her through tough times </p> <p> - how Shane was her soul mate and why they never wanted children</p> <p> - what it's like to love an addict and why you can't blame yourself</p> <p> - why their happiest time together was after they got married in 2018</p> <p> - how Johnny Depp helped her to discover a talent for art and her own forthcoming exhibition later this year</p> <p> - working on a tribute album to Shane and how a film of their lives is in the pipeline</p> <p>Follow Victoria:</p> <p>@victoriamaryclarke</p> <p>www.victoriamaryclarkeangles.com</p> <p><br></p>
June 19, 2024
Ranae von Meding: How a young woman from a strict, religious household met her now her wife & is fighting for the rights of their children to have two legal parents
<p>Our guest this week on What A Woman Podcast is Ranae Von Meding, a Dublin based writer, speaker and co-founder and CEO of Equality For Children, a not-for-profit organisation fighting for the rights of children born to LGBTQ+ families in Ireland. Ranae also has three children with her wife Audrey and has been campaigning for several years for her wife to be recognised as a legal parent to all of their children because of current laws in Ireland discriminating against LGBTQ+ families. We talked about:</p> <p> - her upbringing in an ultra-orthodox, religious household</p> <p> - when Ranae discovered she was queer in her early twenties</p> <p> - how she had to cut contact with her mother for a period after she came out as queer and how that relationship healed</p> <p> - going through reciprocal IVF with her wife Audrey to have their three children</p> <p> - the devastation of realising her wife Audrey would be a legal stranger to their children because of the laws in Ireland</p> <p> - how Ranae has campaigned for nine years to change legislation and is still in the position where her daughters now have two legal parents but her youngest son does not</p> <p> - how Ranae has equipped her children to understand how they were born to two mums and how she would feel if they want to find their donor </p> <p> - why it's crucial to have better representation of LGBTQ+ families in education/schools and media</p> <p>To follow Ranae and support this important campaign go to:</p> <p>www.equalityforchildren.ie</p> <p>@ranaevonmeding</p>
June 12, 2024
Denise Phillips: How a working class girl has built a haircare empire while enduring eleven rounds of IVF & coping with hair loss
<p>Our guest on What A Woman Podcast today is the Award Winning Hair Stylist and Entrepreneur, Denise Phillips. She is co-founder of Voduz, a hugely successful haircare brand and owns the hairdressing franchise, Pelo Hairdressing which is unique because it was one of first salons, in Ireland, to offer scalp camera consultations and treatments for hair loss after Denise suffered her own hair loss during fertility treatment.</p> <p>We talk about: </p> <p> - Denise's own experience of hair loss being the worst time of her career and her mission to educate the industry & her peers on this issue</p> <p> - The devastating impact hair loss can have and the many treatments/ solutions Denise's salons can offer</p> <p> - How Denise underwent eleven rounds of IVF and the toll it took on her life</p> <p> - Discovering she was pregnant at twenty-six weeks with her miracle second child</p> <p> - Where her determined spirit and work ethic comes from and how she juggles family life and two businesses</p> <p> - Why being true to your authentic self will always result in success</p> <p>Denise is currently a finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in the Emerging Business category. She has also been a real champion of the IVF community sharing her story and even appearing on 'Babymakers', a television documentary which followed several couples on their IVF journeys.</p> <p>Follow Denise:</p> <p> @denise_bethphillips</p> <p>pelohairdressing.ie</p> <p>eu.voduzhair.com</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>
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