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The Laura Dowling Experience

Laura Dowling

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Conversations about health, science, wellness, life, love, sex and everything in-between. Laura is a Pharmacist who loves to talk to interesting people about their unique life and work experiences. See @fabulouspharmacist on instagram for more information.

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  1. Bitesize Moment: "Midlife Muscle Matters." — Dr Clare Cromwell on Strength in Midlife

    · 8:04

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, Dr Clare Cromwell explains why muscle is just as important as bone in midlife, and lays out a simple twice-weekly strength routine that…

  2. What Your Vet Wishes You Knew About Your Pet with Charles Cosgrave #192

    · 53 min · Episode 192

    Veterinary surgeon and founder of Village Vets, Charles Cosgrave, joins Laura to share what every pet owner should know about keeping their animals healthy, happy and safe — from neutering and pet insurance to…

  3. Bitesize Moment: "I Will Not Be Pressured Into Anything." — Meghan O'Neill on Consent and Boundaries

    · 6:59

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, Meghan O'Neill, online content creator and mother of two explains how she holds firm boundaries for herself, then how she is teaching her…

  4. What Advanced Breast Cancer Really Looks Like with Helen Forristal & Dr Tonya Leonard #191

    · 1 h 04 min · Episode 191

    #AD - This episode is sponsored by AstraZeneca Dr Tonya Leonard was a GP when she found a lump she was sure was a cyst. By half past nine that morning, she was being told it was breast cancer and asked to decide by…

  5. Bitesize Moment: "What Can Give?" — Dr Clodagh Campbell on an Overloaded Life

    · 14 min

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, Dr Clodagh Campbell shares two client stories about reclaiming time for yourself, then walks through the Four Ds, a simple way to sort an…

  6. Half the Population Aren't Getting Enough of These Essential Nutrients with Dr Dan McCartney #190

    · 1 h 09 min · Episode 190

    Dr Dan McCartney, dietitian, lecturer in Human Nutrition and Dietetics and Programme Director of the Human Nutrition and Dietetics programme at TU Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, joins Laura to discuss the vitamins…

  7. Bitesize Moment: "It Has No Boundaries." — Dr Denis O'Driscoll on Addiction and Recovery

    · 6:44

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, Dr Denis O'Driscoll, pharmacist working in the HSE addiction services gives a straight, compassionate answer on how hard it is to come…

  8. Ireland Has 60 Vegetable Growers Left with Kenneth Keavey #189

    · 56 min · Episode 189

    Kenneth Keavey has a PhD in chemistry and spent his early career in pharma and biotech. He now grows organic vegetables on twenty-five acres outside Galway, and he's the first to point out the irony: he was an organic…

  9. Bitesize Moment: "It Makes My Heart Happy." — Prof Robert Kelly on Real Work-Life Balance

    · 6:40

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, Prof Robert Kelly admits he lost his own balance after a TED Talk and book launch, then shares the pillars-of-life exercise and a…

  10. Bitesize Moment: "Self Care Is Now Care of Self." — Siobhan Murray on Beating Burnout

    · 16 min

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, Siobhan Murray, psychotherapist and burnout strategist explains why she has banned the phrase self care, and shares the small daily…

  11. Most People Don't Need Surgery for Haemorrhoids with Dr Cillian Keogh #188

    · 38 min · Episode 188

    Laura is joined by Dr Cillian Keogh, a GP and co-founder of Dublin City Clinic, for a frank and surprisingly funny conversation about haemorrhoids — what they actually are, who gets them, and why almost nobody wants to…

  12. From Moving One Toe to 6 Million Steps with Fergus Farrell #187

    · 36 min · Episode 187

    In this episode, former Connacht rugby player Fergus Farrell tells Laura what happened after he lifted a metal bench in his own yard in October 2018 — and severed his spinal cord by ninety per cent. He was paralysed…

  13. World Bodhrán Champion on Music, Belonging and Motherhood with Aimée Farrell-Courtney #186

    · 1 h 04 min · Episode 186

    Aimée Farrell-Courtney was six years old when she saw three girls playing the bodhrán in her school yard, the sun behind them and the sound going round the walls. She went home and announced she wanted to learn. Her…

  14. Bitesize Moment: "It Comes From a Place of Love." — Dr Anne Doherty on a kinder way to see people

    · 10 min

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, consultant anaesthetist Dr Anne Doherty offers two simple, evergreen pieces of wisdom from the close of her conversation with Laura.…

  15. ADHD, Marriage & Growth with Daniel Buckley #185

    · 46 min · Episode 185

    Daniel Buckley was thirty-two before he had a name for what was going on in his head. For as long as he could remember he had been restless, discontented, unable to sit still or hold his focus on anything that didn’t…

  16. Bitesize Moment: "Laughter in the Darkest Room." — Dympna Little on carrying grief with humour

    · 11 min

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, comedian and content creator Dympna Little shares how humour helped her family carry her mother's terminal illness and final days. She…

  17. How Non-Speakers Are Finally Being Heard with Anna Lechleiter #184

    · 57 min · Episode 184

    Anna Lechleiter works with people who have never been able to speak, and who have spent their lives being treated as though they had nothing to say. She is a Spelling to Communicate practitioner, and her job is to give…

  18. Bitesize Moment: "I'd Climbed the Wrong Mountain." — Dr Paddy Barrett on what health really means

    · 7:10

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, preventive cardiologist Dr Paddy Barrett argues that most people chase health without ever defining it — like a blindfolded archer aiming…

  19. Agony Aunt Confessions, PMDD and Life Off the Timeline with Vicki Notaro #183

    · 54 min · Episode 183

    Vicki Notaro is back! Her new novel, Anywhere but Here, follows three friends all hovering around 40 and living completely different lives. As Vicki puts it, you can be 40 and you can be a granny, or trying to…

  20. Bitesize Moment: "You're Not a Tree." — Brian Keane on getting unstuck and changing your life

    · 9:13

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, fitness coach, author and speaker Brian Keane tells the story of hating his first career as a teacher — and the line from his mum that…

  21. How to Get Unstuck in Any Area of Your Life with Mark Fennell #182

    · 1 h 01 min · Episode 182

    What do you do when you feel stuck - in a job you hate, a relationship that has gone flat, or a version of yourself you no longer recognise? Life and business coach Mark Fennell joins Laura for a warm, practical…

  22. Bitesize Moment: "It's a Slow Erosion." — Nikki Dwyer on reclaiming yourself after control

    · 7:23

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, former lawyer turned businesswoman Nikki Dwyer explains why coercive, narcissistic abuse rarely looks the way people expect — it's a slow…

  23. A Bariatric Surgeon Explains Weight-Loss Surgery with Dr John Loy #181

    · 38 min · Episode 181

    This week Laura sits down with Dr John Loy, one of the busiest weight-loss surgeons working between Ireland and the UK. He grew up behind the bar of a family pub in County Down, which he says was the best training in…

  24. Bitesize Moment: "I Thought I Was Just a Bad Friend." — Keith Walsh on a late ADHD diagnosis

    · 8:23

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, broadcaster and mental health advocate Keith Walsh shares what it was like to be diagnosed with ADHD in his late forties — and how going…

  25. National Sisters Day | Sisters, Slagging and One Live Revelation #180

    · 36 min · Episode 180

    Ahead of National Sisters Day on Sunday 2 August, Laura hands the mic to the one guest who has known her longest - her younger sister Rachel, making her podcast debut. What follows is less an interview than a lifetime…

  26. Bitesize Moment: "Reject the Diet Mentality." — Sinéad Crowe on making peace with food

    · 7:23

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, psychiatric nurse and intuitive eating counsellor Sinéad Crowe explains what intuitive eating really is — a way of caring for yourself,…

  27. Where Violence Comes From with Bob Cullen #179

    · 1 h 24 min · Episode 179

    Bob Cullen isn't a doctor or a traditional academic — he's a man who spent his early life around violence and addiction, spent years in prison, and has spent the time since trying to understand where that violence…

  28. Bitesize Moment: "We've Demonised Average." — Dr Coleman Noctor on why we're all so anxious

    · 10 min

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, child and adolescent psychotherapist Dr Coleman Noctor explains why so many of us feel anxious and "behind," even when life is…

  29. Nobody Tells You How Hard Motherhood Is with Becca Maberly #178

    · 45 min · Episode 178

    Becca Maberly did everything "right." An A-grade student with an obstetrician father, she got to the hospital, had her baby with no pain relief, and was home for lunch - certain she was going to be brilliant at…

  30. Bitesize Moment: "Entertained, Not Educated." — Jennifer Rock on spotting advice you can trust

    · 5:46

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, skin expert and Skin Nerd founder Jennifer Rock explains why so much health and skincare advice online is built to entertain rather than…

  31. Darragh Connolly | Penis Pumps, Prostate Health and Sex After Surgery #177

    · 1 h 05 min · Episode 177

    Laura sits down with community pharmacist Darragh Connolly, who has built a men's health service — Men's Health Downunder — around something most clinics rush past: helping men get their sexual function back after…

  32. Bitesize Moment: "This Isn't Your Fault." — Dr Mick Crotty on the biology of weight

    · 12 min

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, GP Dr Mick Crotty explains why weight is far less within our conscious control than we are led to believe — and why so many people carry…

  33. Heavy Bleeding, the Mirena Coil and Speaking Up with Dr Áine Dempsey #176

    · 41 min · Episode 176

    How many women quietly put up with heavy bleeding, painful periods or a difficult coil fitting, telling themselves it is just part of being a woman? In this episode, Laura sits down with obstetrician and gynaecologist…

  34. A Generational Story Behind Women & Dieting with Aimee Donnellan #175

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 175

    Aimee Donnellan joins Laura to talk about her new book Off the Scales: The Inside Story of Ozempic and the Race to Cure Obesity, and the much bigger story sitting underneath it - how generations of women learned to…

  35. Grief, Poetry and a New Kind of Masculinity with Darragh Fleming #174

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 174

    Darragh Fleming went viral last year for a poem — but this conversation is about everything that came before it. The Cork writer talks to Laura about a childhood spent lost in books, a long detour through sport and…

  36. Why So Many Women Suffer in Silence with Dr Fadi #173

    · 50 min · Episode 173

    In this episode, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Fadi joins Laura for an open, practical conversation about pelvic floor health, incontinence, prolapse and the realities of modern obstetrics. Dr Fadi…

  37. Bitesize Moment: "She Wasn't Lazy. She Was Drowning." — Dr Sarah Carty on ADHD in girls

    · 6:43

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, GP Dr Sarah Carty explains why ADHD looks so different in girls and women — and why so many only recognise it years, sometimes decades,…

  38. What Menopause Care Should Really Look Like with Dr Caoimhe Hartley #172

    · 58 min · Episode 172

    What does proper midlife care actually look like, and who keeps getting left out of it? In this episode, Laura sits down with Dr Caoimhe Hartley - founder of Menopause Health in Dalkey, clinical lead of the Complex…

  39. Bitesize Moment: "We Cured Your Cancer. You Should Be Grateful." — Dr Deirdre Lundy on HRT after breast cancer

    · 7:35

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, menopause specialist Dr Deirdre Lundy walks Laura through how decisions about HRT and family history of breast cancer actually get made…

  40. Pamela Deasy | Trusting Her Gut: A Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Story #171

    · 53 min · Episode 171

    Pamela Deasy was in her early 40s, working full time and volunteering with the RNLI, when fatigue started dragging her back into bed in the middle of the day. Her bloods were clear. She was told it was perimenopause,…

  41. Bitesize Moment: "The Second Christmas Nearly Broke Me." — Dr Mary Ryan on grief

    · 6:01

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, endocrinologist Dr Mary Ryan opens up about losing her husband unexpectedly while raising three small children, and what grief actually…

  42. Caroline Foran | The Nervous System, Anxiety & PDA Parenting #170

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 170

    Anxiety author Caroline Foran joins Laura for a deeply personal conversation about parenting a young son recently diagnosed as autistic with a PDA profile, alongside her own long history with anxiety. Caroline talks…

  43. Bitesize Moment: "I Thought I Was Fine. I Wasn't." — Kyla Cobbler on getting sober

    · 6:04

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, comedian Kyla Cobbler shares an honest, no-frills account of how her drinking quietly turned into dependency — while she was still…

  44. Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older #169

    · 1 h 30 min · Episode 169

    Barbara Scully sits down with Laura for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with her own recent run-in with the medical system and opens out into what it actually means to age as a woman in Ireland today. Barbara…

  45. Bitesize Moment: "I Haven't Felt Right in Three Years." — Dr Sarah Callaghan on how perimenopause sneaks up

    · 6:42

    In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, GP and menopause specialist Dr Sarah Callaghan explains why perimenopause so rarely arrives with a bang — and why so many women spend…

  46. Maria Walsh | Deepfakes, Politics and Women's Health #168

    · 1 h 19 min · Episode 168

    Laura sits down with MEP Maria Walsh for a wide-ranging conversation about women, power and what is shifting in Europe right now. Maria has just returned from the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, where…

  47. Michelle Flynn on Why Some Experiences Stay With Us #167

    · 59 min · Episode 167

    🎧 Episode Description In this episode, Michelle Flynn shares her deeply personal and professional insight into birth trauma, and why it’s not always about what happens, but how it’s experienced. Drawing on her own…

  48. Mary Ryan | The Things We Ignore About Women’s Health #166

    · 43 min · Episode 166

    🎧 Episode Description How many women have been told that pain is just part of being a woman? For many women, painful or heavy periods become something they learn to live with. In this conversation, periods are…

  49. Hannah Daly | ADHD, Autism, and Being Diagnosed Later in Life #165

    · 1 h 16 min · Episode 165

    🎧 Episode Description Hannah Daly talks openly about the long path to understanding her brain. Growing up, she knew she experienced the world differently, but dyslexia and dyspraxia seemed to explain enough at the…

  50. The Reality of School Meals in Ireland Today with Ger Killian #164

    · 1 h 15 min · Episode 164

    🎧 Episode Description This conversation with Ger Killian offers a thoughtful and honest look at what it really means to feed children in today’s world. As co-founder of The Lunch Bag, Ger has spent years navigating…

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