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In the final episode of season 2, Susan chats to health and beauty entrepreneur Sally Foran, AKA the Irish Beauty Fairy. Whilst her public success is clear, her private pains have been unimaginably punishing. From losing a healthy child at birth to medical negligence, two siblings to a heart defect and a home to an ex-partner, her grace in the face of life’s biggest challenges is almost incomprehensible. She is, quite literally, a one-woman army.
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Susan chats to lawyer and entrepreneur Nikki Dwyer. Having forged a successful career in law, Nikki invested her trust, love and LOTS of money into someone she thought was the man of her dreams. Little did she know, it was the start of a seven year nightmare. Gaslighting, a double-life, infidelity and every toxic thing in-between. Nikki’s story is a Netflix series waiting to happen Her journey from surviving to thriving is nothing short of a miracle. This episode will have you on the edge of your seat.
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Susan chats to entrepreneur Jennifer Rock, also known as the Skin Nerd and founder of titan brand, Skingredients. While many of you know Jennifer as an impressive business woman, this may be the first time you’ve heard her personal story. From becoming a mother at 18 in a much more conservative Ireland, to realising later in life that she was gay, I’m so honoured Jennifer opened up about the story behind the success. She is funny, feisty and ferocious.
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Today on the pod, we chat to Donna Cullen. Donna went from a happy life to being diagnosed with a form of cancer which required surgery that quite literally involved moving parts of her body around like a jigsaw puzzle, in order to reconfigure her face. It is the most extraordinary story and the fact that Donna laughs her way through telling it is more extraordinary still.
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We’ve all had little niggles in our bodies and thought “oh I must get that checked out”… Today’s guest Laura Dignam did exactly that, but was certainly not expecting an MS diagnosis on the other end. Having been diagnosed at 28, she talks finding love, being a mother and learning that free time trumps money, every time. Laura’s relentlessly positive attitude and refusal to see herself as a victim is the tonic we all need and a wonderful dose of perspective.
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In the first episode of Season Two, Susan talks to friend Ingrid Tuite about making a happy life with husband Dave, only to lose him to a sudden, unexplained and fatal illness. From processing such a life-grenade, rebuilding, finding love again and never taking anything or anyone for granted, Ingrid will lift up your spirits with her bravery and ability to smile again.
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In this episode, Susan talks to trichologist and social media star Care Fulham - known to many as Claire balding . When Claire’s alopecia caused her to lose all her hair, she documented her journey online, amassing tens of thousands of followers in the process. Today she talks about the extremes of having a large social media following, her struggles with becoming an online persona, her battles with alcohol and how she has realised that protecting her space is as important as sharing her story.
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In this episode, Susan talks to Cliona Buckley. As a child, Cliona's school teacher surprised everyone in class, including Cliona, by revealing that she was adopted. Having waited until she was eighteen to track down her birth-mother, perhaps she thought the biggest defining chapter of her life was resolved. Not so. Cliona’s third child Alex, is the only child in the world with a degenerative brain condition, which has defined, quite literally, every second of her and her family’s lives.
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Susan talks to Gwen Burke about her first daughter Sarah, who bravely beat cancer, only for it to return and deliver a crushing... and fatal blow. Gwen talks caring for Sarah, her final moments and the importance of keeping her memory alive.
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Susan talks to businesswoman and influencer Sarah McGarry about the rocky road to happiness, including a dysfunctional relationship with her parents, the untimely death of her sister and navigating the challenges of having a child with autism. Sarah's life has given her a unique perspective on love, loss and healing.
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Susan talks to social media sensation and businesswoman Nadia Adan about fleeing worn-torn Africa as a child, seeking refugee status in Ireland and surging forward to create a business empire.
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In episode one, Susan talks to her cousin Niamh, who, after finding love again following an unexpected divorce, got a phone call that every parent prays they will never get.