Let’s LISTEN! with Ciarán McBreen

In this episode, we speak to Sorcha Coyle, a Career and Money strategist for teachers. Sorcha shares with us her journey from teacher in Qatar to entrepreneur where she unites her teaching expertise, experience and coaching skills to support and guide others to maximise their skillset, where they can showcase their strengths. In addition, we discuss the pros and cons of working abroad and how life with a mindset of opportunity can ...

For the fourth episode of Season Five, we talk to Neville O’Donoghue. Neville is the founder of the social media pages Benchwarmers, Gaelic craic and Rugby smacks; all totalling over 1 million followers! This episode shows how resilience, determination and the capability to think outside the box can lead to success. 

Neville describes how the traditional education system restricted his ability to demonstrate his true potential and ...

Ine-Mari Bredekamp comes on the show to discuss ADHD from the perspective of a parent. ADHD stands for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. It's a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects both children and adults. 

Ine Mari explains how her son's ADHD has created challenges in his life. She shares with us some specific examples of these challenges and explains what her personal formula is to make it manageable. We discuss ADHD...

In this episode, we are delighted to hear from Carla Julian, a kid's certified yoga instructor. Carla is the owner of Move on Yoga - an organisation that promotes wellness for children. Carla expresses her passion for creating an environment that is safe, free from technology and a place for young people to connect with their feelings and emotions. In her programmes, through the power of creativity, movement and mindfulness Carla i...

On the first show of Season Five, we had the pleasure of hosting Brian Keane of Brian Keane Fitness. Brian gave us an insight into his journey, from a primary school teacher to a successful businessman. Brian’s positivity and energy could be felt as soon he turned on his camera; and combined with his knowledge of the fitness industry and business head, Brian has transformed the lives of many.  

Through his programmes, podcasts and ...

In Episode 5 of Season Four, Catherine O’Farrell brings to light her excruciating ordeal of being in a road accident. As Catherine cycled off into the Dubai sunset, a car hit her from behind and left her ‘literally’ hanging on for her life.

With an amazing team of people at the helm, Catherine began to visualize her future positively and created a new pathway that didn't match what she was originally told in the hospital. Catherine...

On today’s show Helen Farmer from Dubai Eye talks about the guilt of being a working mother.  She talks about how her life was transformed when she was engaged, married and pregnant within a year.  She was back at work within 45 days but as her first born turned one, the guilt started to creep in. 

Helen goes on to explain how she tries to juggle being the full time host of ‘Afternoons with Helen Farmer on Dubai Eye 103.8’ and bein...

On today's show, Alistair brings us back to his school days where he endured some ‘not so pleasant’ experiences. With teachers who treated Alistair like there was something wrong with him, the ‘misunderstood’ teenage Alistair Dale felt lost in a system that truly was lost!

Alistair explains how his unfortunate past as a teenager has created a passion and motivation to help students today who are also misunderstood. In his compellin...

Samira Cutts - Managing the mind. 

Today Samira Cutts explains to us what the work of occupational therapists entails and how we can learn to ‘function’’ better through the use of occupational therapy. 

With key ingredients of physical therapy, psychology, sociology and anthropology coming together, Samira musters up a range of strategies that can support the body and mind to work collaboratively to alleviate persistent chronic pai...

Professional sport and its challenges 

To kick start off season 4 we had the pleasure to talk to Sean O’Shea, Director of Football and Cognita Schools Middle East.

Sean shares with us that life as a professional football coach isn't an easy role to fill, but his passion and desire to make it to the top gives Sean the drive to get up every day to lace his football boots and grab his whistle. 

In this episode, Sean recalls his own ch...

For episode 6 of session 3, we talk to life coach Linda Bonnar. Linda shares with us her challenges with regard to an eating disorder and how this had such a profound impact on her education, home life and relationships. 

Through her own understanding of the disorder, the support of her family and the many hours of cognitive training and therapy, Linda tells us how she overcame such challenges and explains the life choices she made...

In this New Years’ Day special, Ciarán provides some top tips and tricks to help you achieve your goals for 2023.  We discuss:

• Setting SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Bound)
• State Management – How to get you in the right physical and emotional state to achieve your goal
• How to set goals and take actions that make you happy

From everybody at CMB Coaching, we hope you had a wonderful Christmas...

In episode 4, Sandy Stirling tells us about the challenges he has experienced with a troubled marriage and the heartache associated with life in a broken family.

Sandy shares with us the lengths he went to help him overcome such challenges, and gives us a taste of the amazing work he is currently doing for MND (Motor Neurone Disease). As Sandy says, it could be a one-hour cycle or 24 hours on the saddle, we can all play a part to ...

Today we talk to James Greenen; the principal dancer from the world-renowned Irish dancing show ‘Riverdance’.  In this episode, James shares with us his Irish dancing journey and the bank of skills that helps him perform to a global audience year after year. 

In addition, James takes us on the Riverdance tour and gives us a taste of the stresses and strains associated with it; both physically and mentally. 

For anyone out there who...

In this short episode, we highlight men's mental health and discuss the reason why Jonathan and Ciaran grew moustaches for the month of November to promote Movember.

Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide. Along with Jonathan and Ciarán, many men across the globe put their ra...

For the first episode of season three, Ciarán talks to educator and Irish examiner journalist Jenny Horgan. Jenny shares her views and opinions on the irish education system where she expresses concerns about how the curriculum prepares young people for the demands of adult life. In addition, Jenny highlights challenges teachers face with regard to resources available to support them to deliver best practices, and puts forward her ...

Episode 6 gives our listeners an opportunity to see that when you have hit rock bottom, the only way is up! Sir Marco Robinson shares with us his challenging background story where he finds himself homeless, jobless and scavenging for any opportunity that comes his way. Through determination, grit and commitment to himself, Sir Marco tells us how he transformed his life and uses his skills to support others who aspire to dream like...

In this episode, Lousin Mehrabi discusses a topic that no parent ever wants to face. She shares with us the heartbreaking news that her son Alex has a fatal disease; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. With a diagnosis that only gets worse and has no cure, Lousin explains how she negotiates her way into coping with this and identifies what strategies she puts in place to provide the best life she can for Alex. With a clear message to take...

For episode four of season two, we do it differently. Ciarán shares his interview with one of Dubai’s most highly respected talk show hosts, Helen Farmer. Here, Ciarán and Helen talk about body image and the negative effect it can have on people. They delve into body image stories from Ciarán's newly released book LISTEN! and share their own views and feelings associated with the topic.

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