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Sinead Brophy was a successful product manager in the tech sector when she left to become a personal trainer. She has since qualified as a mobility coach, nutrition coach and is studying to become a fertility awareness coach. She's passionate about women's health and phased-based training, which optimises workouts for people who menstruate in accordance with their hormonal cycles. Sinead began her new career in a Dublin gym before striking out on her own and becoming fully self-employed this year. She's the founder of Go With The Flow Coaching and Bumps and Babies.
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Aoibhín Garrihy made her name playing Neasa Dillon in Fair City. In 2013 she turned her back on acting, moved to the west of Ireland and went on to found the wellness brand Beo. She has since added knitwear and well-being products to the line-up, opening a bricks-and-mortar store in Ennis, Co.Clare and a pop-up shop in Kildare Village. She recently edited an anthology of poems which was published last year, while her portfolio career also includes voiceover work and collaborations with brands such as Regatta. Everyday is a Fresh Beginning is published by ERIU and is available in all good bookshops now, or directly from the Beo web site.
Aoibhín Garrihy made her name playing Neasa Dillon in Fair City. In 2013 she turned her back on acting, moved to the west of Ireland and went on to found the wellness brand Beo. She has since added knitwear and well-being products to the line-up, opening a bricks-and-mortar store in Ennis, Co.Clare and a pop-up shop in Kildare Village. She recently edited an anthology of poems which was published last year, while her portfolio career also includes voiceover work and collaborations with brands such as Regatta. Everyday is a Fresh Beginning is published by ERIU and is available in all good bookshops now, or directly from the Beo web site.
Santis O'Garro ended up working for 17 years in a job she didn't enjoy. It was only meant to be a short-term thing until she figured things out. But then the economic crash happened and she felt she couldn't leave. In 2018 she found herself in the unenviable position of being €15k in debt and navigating lone parenting for the first time. In March 2019, she endeavoured to clear her debt and she did it ONE YEAR! It unlocked a whole new future for her. She has since qualified as a life coach, become a money mentor, presented a prime-time TV show on RTE and is a soon-to-be published author. Don't miss this incredible story of overcoming.
Tommy Bowe is a former rugby international who's played for Ireland, Ulster Rugby, the British and Irish Lions and Ospreys in Wales. After a formidable career where he scored 30 tests tries for Ireland alone, he hung up his boots in 2018 and wondered 'what next?'. Now he's the co-presenter of Ireland's biggest breakfast TV show, IrelandAM. Despite his public profile, it wasn't easy to break into presenting. Hear how he made that transition and what he would recommend to anyone hoping to pivot in their own careers.
Heather Condren is well known for her bold and beautiful floral company @flowerpop.ie. What many of you probably don't know is that Heather was a social care worker, working with people with intellectual disabilities in a residential setting. Burnout meant she quit her job cold turkey, won a scholarship on a floristry course, set up Flowerpop in 2017 and has never looked back.