OVER A DECADE WORKING WITHIN THE HEALTH & WELLBEING, SPORTING & NUTRITION ARENA

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GAA NATIONAL HEALTH & WELLBEING COORDINATOR

Prior to setting up my Coaching Practice, I worked in Croke Park for almost ten years. I managed The Irish Life GAA Healthy Club Programme which delivers health and wellbeing benefits worth €50M to Ireland, according to the findings of an independent Social Return on Investment (SROI) evaluation conducted by Just Economics in 2023.

I developed and delivered training to hundreds of volunteers from across the country, empowering them on how to transform their clubs into hubs for health by delivering to their members and community opportunities that reflect the national policy agenda for sport, physical activity, mental health, and preventative health.

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HSE HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTIONER

I currently work as a Health Promotion & Improvement Officer within the Mid-West coordinating and delivering a range of preventative initiatives to improve HSE staff member's health and wellbeing. I am also an experienced Stop Smoking Advisor with weekly clinics in Shannon and Ennis. I find this work very rewarding and use a range of my coaching skills to help people quit smoking, improve their health, longevity and quality of life.

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NUTRITIONAL ADVISOR 

For years, I worked with people on a one-to-one basis as a nutritional advisor and saw the hardship they went through to lose and maintain weight, regardless of the damage it was having on their mental and emotional wellbeing. For many people their relationship with food has become very distressing and it is commonly used as a mechanism to soothe or distract from unpleasant emotions and situations. Food itself is not the problem, but the symptom of underlying factors that may need addressing. I work with people to identify these and ultimately help them develop a healthy and peaceful relationship with food, body, and self.