Podcasts by How To Fall Apart

Sophie White on putting herself on the page from 2021-11-26T14:09:20

In this episode I chat to Sophie White about her beautiful collection of essays, Corpsing. We chat about how often times, personal work can begin as one thing and transform into something else, ...

Lynn Ruane on putting herself on the page from 2021-10-13T16:32:41

I’m lucky enough to get to work with Senator Lynn Ruane regularly through her column for rogue, and she is one of the most emotionally intelligent people I’ve ever met. We talked about the exper...

Doireann Ní Ghríofa on putting herself on the page from 2021-10-01T07:06:16

Episode one of our latest series of How to Fall Apart - the putting herself on the page series

This series was inspired by a conversation Liadan had with writer Doireann Ní Gh...

Holly Carpenter on depression from 2020-11-17T19:42:19

Liadan talks to Holly Carpenter about her depression, about retreating from life when you’re struggling, how friends can help in those moments, toxic positivity on social media, the effect of mo...

Living with loss | HTFA with The Irish Cancer Society from 2020-10-23T14:58:34

This episode of How To Fall Apart with the Irish Cancer Society aims to be a support for all those who are living with loss. I speak to Irish Cancer Society night nurse who talks about the suppo...

Coping with grief and living with loss | HTFA with The Irish Cancer Society from 2020-10-21T14:53:49

Conor Ferguson talks about his wife Keelin Shanley; meeting as teenagers, their life together, her memoir A Light That Never Goes Out, how they coped with her breast cancer diagnosis, and managi...

Living with and beyond breast cancer | HTFA with the Irish Cancer Society from 2020-10-16T14:48:01

This series of How to Fall Apart with the Irish Cancer Society aims to be a virtual support group for this currently affected by breast cancer.

We will talk to women who have themselves r...

Living with cancer with Trina Cleary | HTFA with the Irish Cancer Society from 2020-10-14T15:00

This series of How to Fall Apart with the Irish Cancer Society aims to be a virtual support group for this currently affected by breast cancer.

We will talk to women who have themselves r...

The treatment episode | HTFA with The Irish Cancer Society from 2020-10-09T17:51:13

This episode looks at the impact of breast cancer treatment, and the ways in which women learn to cope. Aisling Reilly, Aileen Murphy talk about their experiences, and consultant oncologist Dr C...

Evelyn O'Rourke on receiving a breast cancer diagnosis when pregnant | HTFA with the Irish Cancer Society from 2020-10-07T14:46:42

In 2010, two days after she found out she was pregnant with her second child, broadcaster Evelyn O’Rourke was diagnosed with breast cancer. In the second trimester of her pregnancy she underwent...

The diagnosis episode | HTFA with the Irish Cancer Society from 2020-10-02T15:29:06

This series of How to Fall Apart with the Irish Cancer Society aims to be a virtual support group for this currently affected by breast cancer. 

We will talk to women who have themse...

Sarah Donovan on her breast cancer diagnosis | HTFA with the Irish Cancer Society from 2020-09-30T15:00:56

 The first episode in our new series, How to Fall Apart with the Irish Cancer Society. Over eight episodes, we will speak to a number of women about their experiences of cancer, from diagnosis, thr...

Life after cervical cancer with Anne Nally from 2020-07-28T07:33:38

Anne Nally was twenty-nine years old and twenty-nine weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with cancer. We talked about how she coped with the treatment involved and the multiple symptoms she co...

Life after Burnout with Daniella Moyles from 2020-07-03T20:11:01

Daniella Moyles talks about coming back from a breakdown, the behaviours that led there and learning to live slow. 

Sophie White interviews Liadan from 2020-06-23T15:49:28

In this special episode of How To Fall Apart, Sophie White steps in as host as Lia becomes guest. The friends chat all things book related - from writing process to boundaries to the flower dres...

Life after direct provision from 2020-06-15T16:34:13

Ellie Kisyombe talks about grief and trauma in the aftermath of nearly a decade living in Direct Provision, how she is coming to terms with the lost years, and the new home she is building for her ...

The mother episode from 2020-06-08T19:50:05

In our latest episode of How to Fall Apart, the Support Series, sponsored by Dunnes Stores, the Mothers' episode, @liadanhynes spoke to a number of mothers about how they are coping since C...

Bonus Episode: Stefanie Preissner on loss from 2020-05-24T18:28:48

This week we have a second episode, an interview with writer, actor and broadcaster Stefanie Preissner. Stefanie's beloved Nana Eileen Keary passed away last September. In this interview, which ...

The Grief Episode from 2020-05-24T18:23:04

This week's episode of How to Fall Apart, the Support Series, sponsored by Dunnes Stores, is The Grief Episode. Liadan Hynes spoke to Elle Gordon, who lost her father Trevor Gordon, about e...

The mental health episode from 2020-05-15T13:00

This week in the mental health episode, we're covering what's often called reactive depression; depressed feelings caused in reaction to a specific situation, something a lot of us can rela...

How to support in work from 2020-05-05T15:38:08

This week's episode of How to Fall Apart, the Support Series, sponsored by @dunnesstores is The Work Episode. We talked to psychotherapist Jason Brennan, psychologist Aisling Leonard-Curtin and ...

How to Support Single Parents from 2020-04-28T13:11:32

This week's episode of How to Fall Apart, the Support Series, sponsored by Dunnes Stores is about single parents. @liadanhynes spoke to Zoe Desmond, founder of @FroloApp Karen Kiernan of @1famil...

How to Support Children at Home from 2020-04-14T12:50

The first episode of How to Fall Apart - The Support Series, sponsored by Dunnes Stores is live now. For this six part series we’re asking the experts for advice on how to cope with the challeng...

Life after ADHD from 2020-01-17T19:45:03

Our guest this week is designer, artist and mother of three Helen Steele. Helen talks about having ADHD, how even from the first day of school she felt like there was something different about h...

Life After Losing A Loved One from 2020-01-06T12:33:23

My guest on this week’s episode is Nadia Forde. We talked about her parents separation when she was seven, her subsequent estrangement from her mother, how she coped when her mother was diagnose...

What about when Christmas Isn’t the most wonderful time of the year? from 2019-12-19T14:26:12

We spoke to Jen O’Dwyer co-host of The Creep Dive and Mother of Pod, Soobie Lynch, @standingbythewall and all round creative genius, and Esther O’Moore Donohoe, host of podcasts the 80% and Esth...

Life after going freelance from 2019-11-08T15:27:51

We did our first panel! Aisling Keenan Sarah Rickard and Dawn Nolan talked to me about freelancer fear- what it is and how to deal with it. We spoke about making the decision to go freelance (or...

Life After IVF from 2019-11-05T14:24:56

In this week's episode, boutique owner Mary Greene talks about her 10 year journey to conceive. It's an unconventional story with many highs and too many lows but an eventual surprise ending.&nb...

Life after becoming a single parent from 2019-11-01T16:23:12

My guest today is Zoe Desmond, the founder of Frolo, the single parent networking app. Zoe became a single parent two years ago when her son Billy was one. At the time she really struggled with ...

Life After Miscarriage with Yvonne Hogan from 2019-10-10T07:50:29

Editor and journalist Yvonne Hogan speaks about losing her baby when nineteen weeks pregnant. “Grief is a physical thing, you can’t think your way out of it, you have no control over it,” she sa...

Life After Your Child’s Diagnosis from 2019-10-01T17:30:41

Stylist Paula Hughes talks about her daughter Kayla being diagnosed with the rare degenerative brain disorder Rhett syndrome. About chasing a diagnosis, advocating for your child, how they taugh...

Life After Alzheimer's with Sophie White from 2019-09-05T16:13:04

Someone recently asked Sophie and I if we ever run out of things to talk about, the answer is no. When we originally sat down to do an interview for HTFA, we chatted for nearly three hours. So w...

Life After Breast Cancer with Georgie Crawford from 2019-08-09T16:15:31

Georgie Crawford was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017 when her daughter was just seven months old. A year after her treatment finished, she talks about coping with her diagnosis and her trea...

Life After Suicide from 2019-07-20T14:51:54

Our new episode of #howtofallapart is up now. Trigger warning, this episode is a conversation about life after suicide. I spoke to my friend make-up artist Eilis Downey, who two years ago lost h...

Life After Loss with Elizabeth Gilbert from 2019-07-08T15:42:23

With her book #eatpraylove @elizabeth_gilbert_writer essentially wrote the manifesto for what to do when your life goes off the path you had expected it to go on. Here she talks about how her bi...

Life After Your Body Breaks Your Heart from 2019-06-30T13:21:22

Journalist Elle Gordon was born with cerebral palsy and later developed hip dysplasia. She talked about feeling other, about the grief around letting go of expectations, on why acceptance is a p...

Life After Cancer from 2019-06-20T19:00

Our newest episode of #howtofallapart is up now with my brilliant friend and colleague journalist and author Emily Hourican, whose new book The Outsider is just out. Five years ago she was diagn...

Life After a Break-Up from 2019-05-30T12:54:14

Tv presenter Cassie Stokes talks about coping with the recent break-up of her relationship, speaking publicly about grief, coming out, and being “the gay one” on Xpose.

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Life in Direct Provision from 2019-05-24T09:01:19

Founder of Our Table, activist and Social Democrat candidate Ellie Kisyombe talks about living for almost a decade in Direct Provision, in a life over which she has virtually no control. About t...

Life After Your Marriage Falls Apart from 2019-05-23T11:23:49

Author and head of social media for everymum.ie Kate Gunn talks about how she put life back together after her marriage fell apart, about how gr...

Life After a Nervous Breakdown from 2019-05-19T07:13:59

Author, journalist and podcast Sophie White talks about having a nervous breakdown in her early twenties, how recovery from mental health issues is an ongoing process rather than a one off thing...