Stretch Marks
The award winning No1 podcast that champions how life stretches us and through conversation, we can heal not hide the marks left behind. Join host Sinead O'Moore as she speaks with inspirational and influential guests who talk about the parts of life//family//career//relationships//self that can truly stretch us.Here we acknowledge the challenges we face but this podcast will leave you feeling empowered, strong and proud of the people we are becoming.Have your voice shared - take part each week on instagram where there will be weekly polls and Q+A's on the themes discussed in...
The Pressure Has to Come Off: Why Women Are Burning Out - Kelly Connor _ Millhouse
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on our bodies - they happen throughout our lives.
Kelly Connor on career pressure, motherhood, and why the pressure has to come off.
Kelly Connor joins Sinead for a candid conversation about the stretch of midlife: juggling work, young children, ageing parents, and the pull to rethink what success looks like.
Kelly shares how building a home with...
Could It Be My Hormones? What Women's Health Specialist Dr. Ciara McKenna Wants More Women To Know
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on our bodies - they happen throughout our lives.
In this episode, Sinead and Dr. Ciara McKenna GP and women's health specialist discusses the complex realities of hormonal fluctuations emphasizing the importance of understanding our bodies, managing symptoms, and breaking societal stigmas.
We explore treatment options, lifestyle adjustments, and the emotional journey women face during this transition.
An essential listen...
Stretch Marks is Back!
Celebrating SEASON 12!
Hello - I’m Sinead O’Moore and I’ve got good news for fans of the pod.
Stretch Marks returns Wednesday 14th of October.
In case you’re new - let’s catch you up
Stretch Marks is a podcast that goes deep into the parts of life that are stretching us.
And creates a safe community for us to heal, not hide the marks left behind.
It very much started in motherhood - but it's grown to include relationships, career, health and...
Dr. Helen O'Neill Hertility - Why Our Hormones Hold the Key to Our Health
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on your body - they happen throughout your life (especially in this insane world).
This is for any woman who is furious at the medical system for ignoring our health, our periods, our fertility and in turn our ability to show up with energy and joy with answers to whats going on.
My guest is a phenomenal irish woman Dr Helen O...
Helen Thorn - Affair, Divorce, Big Change and Back Stronger
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on your body - they happen throughout your life (especially in this insane world).
Helen Thorn is an award winning comedian, podcaster and Sunday Times bestseller.
She is one half of the successful comedy duo Scummy Mummies and she joins me on the pod to talk about her new book
"How To Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger"
<...Shonagh O'Connor - A Termination after 12 weeks: How women are still being denied abortion care in Ireland
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind. Stretch marks don't just happen on your body - they happen throughout your life (especially in this insane world).
TRIGGER WARNING - PREGNANCY TERMINATION
This episode discusses the termination of a pregnancy due to fatal fetal abnormality.
But if you can stay - please do, because every woman in Ireland needs to hear this story to understand why our abortion legislation is letting down women who...
Caitlín Kirrane - PMDD, Self Regulation and Stretched Beyond Reason Building Your Family Home
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on your body - they happen throughout your life (especially in this insane world).
This week I’m joined by Caitlín Kirrane @mrscaitlinkirrane, to talk about the stretch of holding on to the vision of building their family home in the West of Ireland while living as a family of 4 kids, 2 adults in a mobile home for 6 years.
Beyond the hou...
Katrina Kelly - Stretching your Financial Self Esteem: From Fear to Female Equality
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on your body - they happen throughout your life (especially in this insane world).
Katrina is a creative powerhouse in the hair industry with her salon Darlo and is climbing into a new heights of entrepreneurship with the launch of the hugely popular Hey Dario and new product Darlo Bounce.
And not unlike her Darlo Bounce Rollers, as a person you...
Irish with Mollie - The Lost Language of Our Soul. Why we are Reclaiming our Irish Mother Tongue.
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on your body - they happen throughout your life (especially in this insane world).
Mollie is is an Irish language educator, content creator, and language activist with nearly 300,000 followers across social platforms reigniting our language.
And here we talk about why thats important - not just for the tradition or heritage but for our souls.
You see its only no...
NewsByHil - Over Stretched by World Events. Staying Informed and Staying Sane
On this award winning podcast we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the necessary growth and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on your body - they happen throughout your life (especially in this insane world).
In another week where the news headlines continues to stretch our nervous systems, I want to talk about how we stay informed, be conscious citizens to other peoples lived experiences around the world - while still having enough regulation to be in our bodies...
Amy De Bhrún - Mothering Neurodiversity & Why Parents Need More Compassion
On this award winning show we talk about the parts of life stretching us to our limits, the growth that we are grateful for and the marks left behind.
Stretch marks don't just happen on your body - they happen throughout your life.
This week on Stretch Marks I am joined by Irish Actress, Writer, Producer and all round icon Amy De Bhrún, best known for her roles in Line of Duty, Vikings, Jason Bourne...
In this conversation, Sinead and Amy De Bhrun explore the emotional a...
Allison Keating - The Psychology Behind Reclaiming the Family Meal Time
Bonus Episode for your September Reset:
Eating together as a family (at least a few nights a week) builds stability, safety and connection and healthy food habits - and according to my guest Psychologist Allison Keating, the connection starts long before the first bite.
Yes we had a summer of eating on the go but autumn, school and routine is here and its time to settle back in to the kitchen table - and here Bestselling Author Psychologist Allison Keating explains why.
New research from HelloFresh reveals that family dinners...
Aileen Cox Blundell - Why it's never too late to break beyond limiting beliefs, reset nutrition and fuel your body.
FINAL EPISODE of SEASON 10
And so I wrap up for now with Aileen Cox Blundell, a dear friend of mine since 2017.
She's the best selling author of multiple Baby Led Weaning books and creator of the hugely successful babyledfeeding.com
But she has taken an even bigger leap of faith and stretched herself beyond any limiting beliefs she carried since the day a teacher said college wasn’t for her - because with her weaning content and books thriving she knew she needed the qualifications to fulfill her mission - to me...
Liz Kavanagh: Fighting Crohn's, Colon Cancer & Why We Need Regular Health Checks
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast.
Meet Liz Kavanagh - a woman from Galway sharing her personal journey with Crohn's & now Colon Cancer.
In Ireland, Colon Cancer is the third most common cancer in women.
Approximately 1,100 women are diagnosed with colon or bowel cancer each year and the risk increases as we age.
For Liz her story goes way back to her teenage years when she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease which led to surgery last year.
She woke from surgery wi...
Suzy Griffin-Dunne: It's Never Too Late. Why Launching Hildun is Building a Beautiful Life
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast.
This week I’m with founder of the latest Irish Make Up Brand thriving here and in the UK, Hildun Beauty, Suzy Griffin Dunne.
With 3 young kids at home, Suzy left her job as a producer at RTE to take this huge risk and it’s paying off. We talk about giving birth on the day lockdown was announced, and another just a year later. What motivates her chase her dreams and the genuine support other irish female founders pour into each...
Emma Kehoe - Redefining 39 & Rejecting the Pressure Women are Under
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast.
This week I’m a woman who has just stepped into her last year before she turns 40.
Emma Kehoe is an Empowerment Coach & Mindfulness Mentor but she’s also gained a following for her beauty, style and connecting with woman who might not be on the trajectory of married with kids that life tells us we should be on by now.
She is single, she’s independent and she’s embracing where her life is taking her, with its own p...
Miriam Hussey - What we Need to Know to Energise our Bodies and Light Up our Souls
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
Are you ready to Light your Soul all the way back UP with today’s guest Miriam Hussey, co founder of the Soul Space movement, pharmacist, mother, integrative health advocate and NOW author of her first book Light Up.
Light Up explores the intricate connections between mind, body, and soul, with a profound emphasis on the soul as the focal point of our overall well-being.
Written for those who feel they are struggling with our ‘always on’ culture, this book o...
Sinead The Beaut Truth - Tattle, Boobs, Boundaries and Not Leaving the GP Without HRT
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
This week I’m with one of my favourite, honest, mid life and mid size, fashion and beauty influencers Sinead from the Beaut Truth.
Like me, Sinead is in her early 40’s she has kids and a career and like many many other women I know has recently gone through a bit of a dark night of the soul and new direction - new priorities - new boundaries - new woman.
We talk about everything here from body image...
Niamh Ryan - Unapologetic Living. Why in our 40's we have to reclaim our life-force.
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
This week I’m with a founder of one of my favourite skincare brands Niamh Ryan of Ella and Jo.
Beyond the whole co founder success story - she is also a mother of 4 and the past decade has been a serious personal and professional stretch.
And here at 41 she says for the first time she can feel herself drop into her body and live truly as herself.
We talk about her spirituality, how she channels confi...
Sarah Tobin - Feel your Feelings. Release your Emotions. Tap into YOU.
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
Hello you’re listening to Stretch Marks with me your host Sinéad O'Moore.
This week I’m joined by a friend, a woman who has nourished her grief into an empathy that is helping others through a modality known as Emotional Freedom Technique and now author of her first book Tapping into You - Sarah Tobin.
I first met Sarah about 7 years ago as she joined me to share her story of losing her newborn Alice and explored what a...
Hazel Burton The Home Reset - Reset Your Life
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
Hazel Burton founder of The Home Reset joins me to inspire you to reset your life.
I am obsessed with watching Hazel’s tips and transformations and fully believe that her business is not just about resetting someone’s home but it can reset their life - its a modern day therapy when life feels too much and you don't know where to start.
We talk about the courage Hazel needed to resign from her high paying, safe, secure, corpo...
Rebecca Ryan - Why we can't take life too seriously, Ulcerative Colitis and learning to live alongside grief.
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
Say Hello to Rebecca Ryan.
Rebecca is an actress, viral lip syncer, and a fellow 1984 baby like me.
We talk about coming out of the haze of early motherhood, how her creche closing changed her career path, taking back control of her health, weight and wellbeing and life with Ulcerative Colitis. We also couldnt get through this very warm and gorgeous open book of a conversion without acknowledging the...
Season 10
Celebrating SEASON 10!
Hello - I’m Sinead O’Moore and I’ve got good news for fans of the pod.
The 40’s Stretch is coming back on Wednesday June 11th thanks to my partner McCabe’s Pharmacy.
In case you’re new - let’s catch you up
Stretch Marks is a podcast that goes deep into the parts of life that are stretching us.
And creates a safe community for us to heal, not hide the marks left behind.
It very much started in Motherhood - b...
Maria Byrne, No Spring Chicken: Why So Much of Life Collides for Women in Their 40's
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
This season wraps up with a huge conversation with Maria Byrne also known as No Spring Chicken
Maria is a mother of 2 about to leave her 40's behind - a decade where so much has changed for her professionally, personally and hormonally.
From the grief of losing her mum to deep anxiety, redundancy and figuring out a childhood where the dad she saw once a week had another...
Loretta Dignam - Don't Suffer in Silence. Why she launched the Menopause Hub
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
Today I'm joined by the first Irish woman to be included in the Forbes 50 over 50 global list of trailblazing women - Loretta Dignam founder and CEO of the Menopause Hub, Ireland's first dedicated menopause clinic.
After three years of hot flushes, broken sleep, migraines, headaches, dizziness, weight gain, UTIs and dry eyes, energy levels on the floor, Loretta felt like her old self had disappeared. And instead of just making a...
Laura Carr - Why in Midlife you Need Somatic Healing, Energy & Breath work
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
This week I'm joined by breath work facilitator Laura Carr.
With over 16 years in this space, Laura integrates grounded coaching, somatic techniques, and spiritual insight to release blocks, restore balance, and guide you toward alignment with your true self. She is also calm, compassionate but good craic too…
We talk about what led her to moving from the corporate hustle to these therapies.
What breathwork can do f...
Debbie Cullinane - In my "No More Holding Back" Era
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
Join me for this conversion with child and adolescent psychotherapist and play therapist Debbie Cullinane who at 42 is in her “no more holding back” era!
We talk about aging, the lessons she has taken from her grandmother who is still a force at 92 and Debbie’s evolving relationship with her body.
She is very open about her history of anorexia and bulimia and why now strong is better than sm...
Lorna Cronin LorzyLovey - GLP1, ADHD, Time to look after me.
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
Hello this is Stretch Marks Podcast. I’m Sinead O’Moore
Lorna makes us laugh on the internet, but its not all fun and games.
She has had a huge 5 years and since 40 is beginning to take care of herself - unapologetically.
We talk about the impact of her son's Autism diagnosis and after 40 years of masking it all made sense as she received her own diagn...
Sabrina Hill - How My 40's Changed Everything
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
Sabrina Hill is the owner of the award winning Copper Hair Salon in Cork and mother of two boys at either end of the age spectrum - one in his 20's and one under 2.
She has had a transformational start to her 40’s: career shifts // divorce // a new relationship // engagement // pregnant at 42 //ivf // hyperemesis // perimenopause
If ever there was an episode that proves that this decade leads to pro...
Kirsty Gallagher - Your Purpose Is Calling You
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
Kirsty Gallagher is a spiritual coach and Sunday Times bestselling author.
She teaches you how to live back in alignment with your soul and divine purpose by reconnecting with ancient wisdoms and natural cycles.
Her free meditations on spotify each monday are mow essential for my health, each sunday she gives me my weekly dose of sanity with her cosmic weather reports, and her workshops have explained life a...
Tracy Clifford - Life, Confidence + Silent Endometriosis
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
Tracy Clifford a leading 2fm broadcaster joins me to talk about figuring out life, finding her career confidence in her 40's - while also figuring out Silent Endometriosis and a complicated fertility journey.
Painful periods are one of the first things as woman we are taught to “just get on with”.
Unavoidable and unrelenting.
And so begins a relationship with denying what our body might be tryi...
Simone Gannon - Good Skin, Good Hormones, Good Friends, Good Life.
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
Welcome my second guest Simone Gannon (Simone Scribes) - Beauty Editor at the Irish Times, Aesthetician and skincare educator & a very close friend,
Simone was a guest on Stretch Marks in 2023 in an episode called the Almost 40 Stretch & talked about how she won’t descend quietly into hormonal change but will always advocate for her health. listen here
Here we talk about anxiety, fighting fatigue and how...
Lean with Lesley - Strong, Fit Forties
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
So I’m starting this season with a woman who inspires me to get off my arse on those low mood days, to move my body more and not with punishment as the goal but replenishment and vitality and joy.
Lean with Lesley (Lesley Giltinan) has created a community a community of empowerment fit women - and i want to be one of them.
Beyond her classes in cork she...
The 40's Stretch is Back
NEW SEASON
The 40's Stretch 2.0
Hello - I’m sinead O’Moore and I’ve got good news for fans of the pod.
The 40’s Stretch is coming back on Wednesday March 5th thanks to my new partner McCabe’s Pharmacy.
In case you’re new - let’s catch you up
Stretch Marks is a podcast that goes deep into the parts of life that are stretching us.
And creates a safe community for us to heal, not hide the marks left behind.
40: Emily Norris - Panic Attacks, Perimenopause and Prioritising Health
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
So let’s drop our shoulders and take a breath and welcome my guest - Emily Norris
Emily is one of the original youtuber moms - she now has over 850k subscribers to her channel where she has shared vlogs on her life, home and health.
In this episode Emily opens about a recent panic attack and how it led her to realising that she was in pe...
40: Liz Dwyer - Divorce, Dating, Aging and Future Beauty Show
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
So let’s drop our shoulders and take a breath and welcome my guest - Liz Dwyer.
As Liz turned 40, her marriage ended.
We talk about that moment when her husband told her it was over, how putting all her energy into Future Beauty with her sister Nikki not only became a passion project but something that has gone on to help connect thousands of women with the rig...
40: Clare McKenna - The Daily Practices We Need In Our 40's
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
So let’s drop our shoulders and take a breath and welcome my guest - Clare McKenna
Clare hosts Newstalks health and wellbeing show, Alive and Kicking which has inspired her to qualify as an Integrative Health Coach and launch Nourish Yourself - where she supports her clients on a transformative experience through holistic living.
Clare wants more of us to rediscover our vitality, to...
40: Suzanne Kane - Part II, HRT & Peri Era Update
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
So let’s drop our shoulders and take a breath – and welcome Suzanne Kane back to the pod.
Suzanne is a broadcaster on 98fm, a mother of 3 and 6 months ago she opened up here on Stretch Marks podcast about her perimenopause era.
The response was a collective sigh of relief and gratitude from the thousands of women that had the same symptoms and had no idea what was g...
40: Sinéad Brady - Celebrating the Courageously Curvy Careers of Women
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
So let’s drop our shoulders and take a breath – it’s time to meet my first guest of 2025, Sinéad Brady @thecareerpsychologist
Sinéad is a Career Psychologist and best selling author of the book Total Reset - Quit Living to Work and Start Working to Live.
She is a mother of 4, in her mid 40’s and has dedicated her career to helping us achieve career success with evidenc...
40: Emily O'Donoghue Fashionably Fortyish - Embracing and Thriving in our 40's
NEW! "The 40's Stretch" - A new season from Stretch Marks Podcast
We are stretching - this time into our 40's.
So let’s drop our shoulders and take a breath – it’s time to meet my last guest of 2024, Emily O’Donoghue @Fashionablyfortyish
If you haven’t discovered Emily yet she is a mother of 2 girls who started her instagram 5 years ago to share her love of fashion which has grown into this really engaged community of women sharing and supporting each others growth, passions and health.
She...
