What kind of conversation do you have with your best friend when driving him to hospital to have major brain surgery? Niall and his best friend Liam make the journey to Beaumont Hospital, and reflect on what’s important in life, coping with fear, minding your health and facing uncertainty.Produced by Niall Breslin and Ciara O’Connor […]
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Interview with stand-up comedian, author and creator of ‘Rory’s Stories’, Rory O’Connor. Rory discusses his lived experience of a gambling problem, mental health issues, education, social media and the importance of the GAA in his life. Rory’s new autobiographical book, ‘Rory’s Story‘, is available now. This episode is presented by Tony O’Reilly, an addiction
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In this week’s episode, Niall speaks to Poet Tomos Roberts and Ecological Economist Simon Mair about how we might use the ‘pause’ of the corona virus to imagine new futures, learn from utopian fiction, test new economic models, and build from the ashes of the before times a new world built on collectivism and shared
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The final episode in series one of Where Is My Mind talks about perspective, zooming out, and how meditation helps us reflect on our lives as a bigger picture. Niall meets an astronaut and an artist who reflect on this perspective from the point of view of star gazing and being in outer space, looking
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Where is My Mind? Meditation 4: Compassion Meditation, Guided by Sharon Salzberg A short meditation exploring our relationship with suffering, and bringing an attitude of kindness and compassion to ourselves and our meditation practice.
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Professor Jim Lucey joins Sean O’Rourke on RTÉ Radio One on 8 April 2020 to discuss the “three Rs” of managing anxiety during the coronavirus – resilience, reframing and recovery.
