#86 Rosanna Davison On The Impact Of Pregnancy Loss And The Miracle Babies That Followed
On Season 7 Episode 9 host Rebecca Horan is joined by author, model and mum of three Rosanna Davison. Rosanna is a former Miss World and well-loved personality in Ireland and her fertility story has been well charted, but on this episode Rosanna talks about the impact the multiple pregnancy losses had on her marriage and body, her surrogacy journey and subsequent pregnancy. Rosanna is now a busy mother to three children including twins. Rosanna also talks about her twenty year relationship with her husband Wes. Rosanna now works with a number of big brands including Human Collective, is studying to be a nutritionist, is an author and influencer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#85 Aoife Bermingham On How Grief Forced Her To Change Her Life
***Trigger Warning - on this episode Rebecca speaks to her guest about her stillborn baby, please seek help if this subject matter affects you or is distressing***On Season 7 Episode 8 of A Little Birdie Told Me, Rebecca sits down with Aoife Bermingham. Aoife is a Content Creator and mother of three. Aoife talks to Rebecca about her original life in New York and meeting her husband, her decision to move back to Ireland and her career in the financial services and how she felt creatively stifled. Aoife suffered a devastating stillbirth with the loss of her son Oisin and on the back of this trauma she decided to put the needs of her family first and she left her stressful job. Aoife wears many different hats and described to Rebecca how her and her husband built their house, set up the business they run, how she began content creating and taking students in to make a living and enjoy a lifestyle with her family. Aoife makes wonderful travel and lifestyle content and is one of the leading parenting and travel bloggers in Ireland, creating relatable and engaging content whilst also keeping it real. Aoife is very honest about her grief journey and how she suffered a lot in the aftermath of her stillbirth and has a wonderful message of hope for other women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#84 Katriona O'Sullivan On Poor, Privilege And Paying It Back
On Episode 7 of Season 7 of A Little Birdie Told Me Rebecca talks to bestselling author, academic, activist and mother of three, Katriona O'Sullivan. Katriona talks to Rebecca about her best-selling book Poor and the incredible global response to her story. Katriona grew up in poverty and charts her childhood, adolescence and adulthood in her book on the back of the most incredibly challenging upbringing. Katriona is now a professor, activist, author and mother of three and believes we as humans could do a lot more good with the privilege we have than we do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#83 Kate O’Driscoll On Why A Home Doesn’t Make A Family
On this episode Rebecca talks to Kate O’Driscoll. Kate is otherwise known as VictorianRathmines because of her instagram page which is devoted to renovation and DIY hacks. Kate turned her back on her corporate job after winning Home of The Year for her Victorian home in Rathmines and has never looked back - after finding peace and joy in renovating homes and raising her two small children with her husband. Kate opens up to Rebecca about her childhood in Limerick, her enterprising spirit, her shock at having a girl and how she doesn’t think a home makes a family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#82 Justine King On Her Home Birth And Finding Her Style After Babies
On Season 7 episode 5 Rebecca talks to stylist Justine King. Justine has been working in the fashion industry in Ireland for years and has a wealth of experience and she also runs a number of businesses. Justine spoke to Rebecca about her two very different pregnancies with her boys and very different births. Justine gave birth to her second child at home and details the incredible birth experience to Rebecca. Justine also has some brilliant words of advice for any pregnant ladies or new mothers on keeping their identity and finding their feet when it comes to fashion and not feeling in a rut. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Little Birdie Told Me is a family and parenting podcast and every episode we’ll be bringing you insights, advice and our own personal experiences, along with some great guests. Brought to you by Rebecca Horan and Rollercoaster.ie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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