Little Warriors

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By: Rebecca Horan

Welcome to the new podcast about kids health and wellbeing called Little Warriors, hosted by Rebecca Horan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Laura Lenihan On How To Protect and Heal Our Children's Skin
#5
Last Sunday at 1:00 AM

On Season 2 Episode 5 of Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan speaks to Dr Laura Lenihan. Dr Laura is a skin specialist and GP. She is known as Dr Laura GP and has a huge following online. Laura is based in Galway and studied as a doctor and but her passion has always been skincare. She runs her own clinic and loves helping adults and children with their skin problems. Laura treats everything from Rosacea, to acne to uneven skin tone to skin damage and ageing. Laura gives Rebecca some tips on how to protect our children's skin and how to treat...


The Feeding Therapist Teresa Foley Gives Top Tips For Feeding Our Kids
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10/12/2025

On Season 2 of Little Warriors Episode 4, host Rebecca Horan is speaking to Teresa Foley. Teresa Foley, AKA The Feeding Therapist is an Occupational Therapist specialising in children. Teresa helps families of children with autism and children who are fussy eaters or have difficulty eating at mealtimes. Teresa spoke to Rebecca about some of the simplest approaches to getting our children to make healthier and more sustainable eating habits and ways to make mealtimes less of a pressure-cooker for busy parents.

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Karen Prunty: How Being A Single Mum Pushed Her To Pursue Her Nursing Career
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10/05/2025

On Season 2 Episode 3 of Little Warriors. Host Rebecca Horan is joined by Paediatric Nurse, baby expert, speaker and parenting coach. Keren spoke to Rebecca about how her loneliest days as a single mother raising her daughter Lauren spurred her on to train as a nurse and follow her ambition and make her dreams come true. Since then Karen has gone on to have three more children and shares her step-son with her husband, so she has plenty of experience when it comes to parenting and small babies. Karen runs Little Roo Village, a community for new mothers in Dublin, she...


Dr Rebecca Quinn Gives A Masterclass On Neurodiversity
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09/28/2025

On Season 2 Episode 2 of Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan talks to Dr Rebecca Quinn. Dr Rebecca Quinn is a Chartered Principal Clinical Psychologist specialising in Neurodiversity. Dr Rebecca explains the difference between being neurodivergent and neurodiverse, the tell-tale signs in a young person, she dicusses how we can help support our children, how to get a diagnosis when it comes to neurodiversity, the support systems currently in place, how girls can differ from boys in their symptoms and how it can affect people different.

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The 3 Biggest First Aid Hacks For Children With Expert Siobhan Butler
#1
09/21/2025

On Season 2 Episode 1, Rebecca speaks to Siobhan Butler, Founder and Tutor of First Aid For Everyone. Siobhan is a former General nurse who has worked across the world. Siobhan now tutors in First Aid and has setup her Instagram page First Aid For Everyone on the back of this. She has raised four children with her husband in Dublin and she reveals to Rebecca the biggest First Aid rules, how you have 4 minutes with choking, how to safety-proof your home, life-saving First Aid tips and an emergency hack for your phone.

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Adam Harris On Autism and His Vision For His Charity As I Am
#12
07/21/2025

On Season 1 Episode 12 host Rebecca Horan talks to Adam Harris. Adam is the Founder and CEO of Autism charity As I Am.

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Dr Becky Whetstone On Protecting The Children During Marriage Crisis
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07/14/2025

On Season 1 Episode 11 of Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan talks to Dr Becky Whetstone. Dr Becky is a family therapist, PHD and bestselling author based in Arkansas, US. Dr Becky works with families before during and after a marriage has broken down, she works with couples and children and looks at separation more holistically and is adverse to the legal Divorce process. Dr Becky calls herself a Marriage Crisis Manager. Dr Becky penned the leading book 'I Think I Want Out, What To Do When One Of You Wants To End Your Marriage'. The therapist says that any couples...


How One Mother Learned To Walk Again On Family Hikes
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07/07/2025

On Little Warriors Season 1 Episode 10 host Rebecca Horan is joined by Mairéad Furlong and Fergal McLoughlin. Mairead and Fergal penned the brilliant book the 50 best family hikes in Ireland, published by Gill Books. Mairead and Fergal are psychologists with a passion for hiking. With over twenty years of experience closely working with families and children, they have combined this knowledge with their love of hiking to show that a love of the outdoors can create bonds in families steeped in a love for nature.


The book offers a comprehensive guide to enjoyable and accessible hiking rout...


Rena Maycock On Taking On The Tech World And Saving Our Kids
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06/30/2025

On Season 1 Episode 9 of Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan is joined by Rena Maycock. Rena is the founder of Chirp, Child Protection Software.


Rena is the founder / CEO of Chirp Technologies Limited, a technology startup developing child protection software for smartphones that detects/blocks cyberbullying, grooming and suicide/self-harm in user-generated content on messaging apps and browsers.


Since inventing the Chirp software concept in 2016, Rena has successfully completed the US patent process, built an experienced management team and developed strategic partnerships with international stakeholders in child-protection. Rena lives in...


Pat Forde On His Fight To Stop Bullying In Our Schools
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06/23/2025

On this new podcast, Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan talks to Pat Forde. Stop the Bully Ireland is the brainchild of Pat Forde. Stop the Bully Ireland is an anti-bullying service which empowers people at all ages with the tools to effectively deal with bullying. Bullying in Ireland has become a serious concern.

Pat Forde is Ireland’s leading anti-bullying figures and has worked with bullying targets, families and schools all over Ireland empowering them with the skills and knowledge to effectively deal with bullying situations and also improve confidence, assertiveness and self-esteem.

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Adam Burke From Jigsaw On Building A Bright Future For Our Teens
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06/16/2025

On this brand new podcast Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan talks to Adam Burke. Adam Burke is a Youth Community Engagement Officer with Jigsaw. Adam is also a father of four and a stand-up comedian. Adam and Jigsaw are doing vital work within our communities to help teenagers who are suffering with mental health problems. Adam spoke to Rebecca about the main issues facing teens today, how anxiety is a huge problem, how teens are not the enemy and how discussing little problems at home prevents the big stuff from happening.

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Irish Budgeting Mammy, Ann-Marie Gaynor, On Budgeting Tips For Families
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06/09/2025

On this new podcast series, Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan talks to Ann-Marie Gaynor. Ann-Marie has amassed a huge following on Instagram under the handle Irish Budgeting Mammy and has penned the book, The Budget Book, and is also a practicing Mental Health nurse and mum of 4. Ann-Marie experienced some dire financial times when her children were small and she separated from her husband and wasn't working and found herself in big debt, she talks very openly to Rebecca about her path back to being financially stable again and gives Rebecca her top budgeting tips for families struggling or for...


Carl De Chenu Talks About How Vital It Is That Our Children Are Active
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06/02/2025

On Season 1 Episode 5 of Little Warriors, host Rebecca talks to Playball Ireland's Carl de Chenu. Carl played professional rugby in the UK for years and when he returned home to Ireland he became part of the Playball franchise. Playball is multi-sport business bringing expert coaches to schools around Ireland where they learn the necessary sports skills. Carl talks to Rebecca about how important sport is for children, how movement is key, how our school model is not fit for purpose for children's physical health due to the sedentary nature of a school system and the positive effects of sport and...


Orla Walsh On Feeding And Nourishing Our Families For A Long Life
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05/26/2025

On Season 1 Episode 4 of Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan talks to registered Dietician and Physiologist, Orla Walsh. Orla initially graduated as a Physiologist from Trinity College Dublin. She then became a Clinical Nutritionist by completing an MSc in Clinical Nutrition from Roehampton University. In order to work with medical conditions and within a hospital setting, Orla needed to become a Registered Dietitian so she studied for a PgDip in Dietetics at Kings College London. As sports performance is a personal interest to her, this lead to a professional interest in becoming a Performance/ Sports Nutritionist. Therefore, Orla continued her studies a...


Dr Joanna Fortune On How We Can Be More Playful In How We Parent
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05/19/2025

On the new podcast series Little Warriors, Dr Joanna Fortune, one of Ireland's leading Psychotherapists, talks to host Rebecca Horan about the importance of play in parenting. Joanna works with families across the country helping them find joy in their playtime - whatever that might be, from cooking to football to hiking to collecting to reading, play doesn't always have to be crafting or puppets. Author of 15 Minute Parenting series and Why We Play, Joanna is also a Clinical Supervisor. Joanna and Rebecca discussed everything from screen time to the importance of play and joy within the home, to rupture...


Cara O'Loughlin On Intuitive Eating And How It Can Save Our Little One's Lives
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05/12/2025

On Episode 2 of Season 1 of Little Warriors with Lupilu by Lidl host Rebecca Horan talks to Cara O'Loughlin. Cara is a yoga teacher and a life coach specialising in disordered eating recovery. Cara breaks down the issues that our children face when it comes to eating disorders, body dysmorphia, societal pressures and disordered eating.

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Dr Colman Noctor On Our Lost Children And How We Can Save Them
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05/06/2025

On episode 1 of this brand new series, Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan talks to Psychotherapist Dr Colman Noctor about how we can help our children and teens deal with the challenges of today.

Colman breaks down the biggest issues facing our young children and teens, discusses the issue with overcorrection and overprotection, the loss of community and the rise in social media addiction...and has some tried and tested solutions for families in need of help.

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Little Warriors Trailer
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04/29/2025

On this brand new podcast, Little Warriors, host Rebecca Horan is joined by the top children's health experts for a weekly conversation.

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