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The Laura Dowling Experience

Laura Dowling

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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35 episodes
Avg 34 min
English

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#190
Today · 1 hr 9 min
The Vitamin D Warning He Raised at the Start of COVID with Dr Dan McCartney #190
Dietitian Dr Dan McCartney on vitamin D, the nutrients we're missing, and guidelines overdue a rethink.
Tuesday · 6 min
Bitesize Moment: "It Has No Boundaries." — Dr Denis O'Driscoll on Addiction and Recovery
Recovery isn't a straight line: why staying stable on treatment counts, and why addiction has no boundaries.
#189
October 1 · 56 min
Ireland Has 60 Vegetable Growers Left with Kenneth Keavey #189
A chemist turned organic farmer on what's actually sprayed on our food, and why the limits keep rising.
September 29 · 6 min
Bitesize Moment: "It Makes My Heart Happy." — Prof Robert Kelly on Real Work-Life Balance
A cardiologist audits his own life and finds the fix for his heart wasn't his diet, it was his family and friends.
September 25 · 16 min
Bitesize Moment: "Self Care Is Now Care of Self." — Siobhan Murray on Beating Burnout
Ditch "self care" for care of self: the tiny daily habits that stop burnout before it starts.
#188
September 24 · 38 min
Most People Don't Need Surgery for Haemorrhoids with Dr Cillian Keogh #188
GP Dr Cillian Keogh on what haemorrhoids actually are, why creams don't fix them, and the operation to avoid.
#187
September 17 · 36 min
From Moving One Toe to 6 Million Steps with Fergus Farrell #187
Former Connacht rugby player Fergus Farrell on severing his spinal cord, and the 21 days that followed.
#186
September 10 · 1 hr 4 min
World Bodhrán Champion on Music, Belonging and Motherhood with Aimée Farrell-Courtney #186
The world bodhrán champion on who gets asked to play, who gets ignored, and the drum she redesigned.
September 8 · 10 min
Bitesize Moment: "It Comes From a Place of Love." — Dr Anne Doherty on a kinder way to see people
Nothing is as permanent as it feels — and even the choices we disagree with come from a place of love.
#185
September 3 · 46 min
ADHD, Marriage & Growth with Daniel Buckley #185
Daniel Buckley on being diagnosed with ADHD at 32, the wife who spotted it first, and the service he built.
September 1 · 11 min
Bitesize Moment: "Laughter in the Darkest Room." — Dympna Little on carrying grief with humour
Finding laughter in a palliative care room — and the voice note her mother left as a legacy.
#184
August 27 · 56 min
How Non-Speakers Are Finally Being Heard with Anna Lechleiter #184
Spelling to Communicate practitioner Anna Lechleiter on why non-speaking has never meant non-thinking.
August 25 · 7 min
Bitesize Moment: "I'd Climbed the Wrong Mountain." — Dr Paddy Barrett on what health really means
Most people chase health without ever defining it — a cardiologist on the three things actually worth optimising.
#183
August 20 · 54 min
Agony Aunt Confessions, PMDD and Life Off the Timeline with Vicki Notaro #183
Journalist Vicki Notaro takes the mic on her new novel, the death of magazines and turning 40 in Ireland.
August 18 · 9 min
Bitesize Moment: "You're Not a Tree." — Brian Keane on getting unstuck and changing your life
It's not being stuck that traps you, it's the feeling of it — the story of a messy, twice-broke reinvention.
#182
August 13 · 1 hr 1 min
How to Get Unstuck in Any Area of Your Life with Mark Fennell #182
Life coach Mark Fennell on next steps, manifestation with a pinch of salt, and finding contentment after loss.
August 11 · 7 min
Bitesize Moment: "It's a Slow Erosion." — Nikki Dwyer on reclaiming yourself after control
Coercive abuse rarely looks the way people expect — a slow erosion of confidence, and how she chose herself back.
#181
August 6 · 38 min
A Bariatric Surgeon Explains Weight-Loss Surgery with Dr John Loy #181
Dr John Loy on obesity as a disease, GLP-1s versus surgery, and the human side of weight loss.
August 4 · 8 min
Bitesize Moment: "I Thought I Was Just a Bad Friend." — Keith Walsh on a late ADHD diagnosis
Diagnosed with ADHD in his late forties, off the back of his son's assessment — why it felt like relief, not a label.
#180
July 30 · 36 min
National Sisters Day | Sisters, Slagging and One Live Revelation #180
Laura's sister Rachel makes her debut — and finds out live that their dad missed her birth.

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