Your Best Self Faye Rowlands

Did you know that $460 billion dollars worth of clothes are discarded every year? The carbon footprint of the fashion industry is something that has been well documented in recent years.

Anne Marie Tomchak is using her skills to shine a spotlight on this issue while also promoting mental health and wellbeing through her social enterprise, Share Joy.

A journalist and entrepreneur, her career has taken her from the RTÉ newsroom to the bright lights of London working for the likes of BBC, Mashable and British Vogue where she led their digital content. She is also a regular contributing editor to British Glamour. 

In this episode we discuss:


The importance of authenticity in the workplace
How being open to new opportunities has enhanced her career; and
Why she wants to use her journalistic and digital skills to help others and raise awareness about the issues close to her heart.

I hope you enjoy the episode. 

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Entrepreneur and former journalist, Mark Little is the King of re-invention. 

His career has taken him everywhere from Washington DC as RTÉ’s US correspondent to the helm of one of Ireland’s biggest current affairs shows, Prime Time. In 2010 he founded Storyful – a social media intelligence agency - which was acquired by NewsCorp in 2013 under a multi-million euro deal. Since then he has held  positions including Head of Media Partnerships and Managing Director at Twitter and more recently he has returned to his entrepreneurial roots by co-founding Kinzen a social intelligence agency to combat disinformation.

In this episode Mark tells me about his early days in journalism, the story that left a lasting impression on him during his time in the US, asking questions of those in power during Ireland's financial crisis and the inspiration behind his multi-million euro venture Storyful.

We also discuss Twitter's decision to ban Donald Trump from the platform, the regulation of Big Tech and the future role of blockchain in protecting the privacy of our data online. I hope you enjoy the episode.

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Sandra Hurley knows what it’s all about covering politics in a pandemic.

A mathematics whizz kid - her career has taken her from the corporate world of investment banking to the newsroom. You’ll likely best know her as the face of RTE’s political news coverage bringing us the latest news and developments from Government Buildings.

She’s reported everywhere from the streets of New York to the Papal conclave in Rome and the London bombings of 2007 and has covered some of the biggest national stories from the Banking Inquiry to the vindication of Garda Whistleblower, Maurice McCabe and the Charleton Tribunal.

In this episode we discuss:


why she swapped mathematics for the newsroom;
how the public perception of politics has changed; and 
she tells me about the story she covered during her time in New York that would later be recounted on television in the popular legal drama “The Good Wife”.

She also offers plenty of advice for young aspiring journalists. I hope you enjoy the episode.

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Adi Roche has made it her life’s mission to help survivors and those left behind in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster. She is the founder and voluntary CEO of Chernobyl Children International. She has researched and produced award winning documentaries which unveiled the true scale of the Chernobyl tragedy to the world.
She has received numerous awards in recognition of her activism and dedication to humanity. Five years ago she received an invitation to address the UN General Assembly in New York. Following this landmark address, the United Nations resolved to mark today, April 26th, an international day of commemoration to honour those whose lives were affected by the Chernobyl nuclear tragedy.
In this episode we speak about finding hope in the midst of tragedy, how her charitable organisation has coped during the pandemic, and the new pastime that has given her a new lease of life. 40 years on and Adi’s passion for her work is as infectious as ever and I just know you’ll really enjoy what she has to say in this episode…
If you'd like to make a contribution to Chernobyl Children International or find out more about what they do you can do this on their website:
https://www.chernobyl-international.com/
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Nearly eight years ago Maeve Mullin took redundancy from her job as an IT Project Manager and went back to education to pursue her love of Irish History. Inspired by her father's love of the subject she now works as an Irish Genealogist with Finders International here in Dublin.

She tells me what inspired her to make the career change and what she enjoys about her new role. We discuss everything from tracing your family tree, to Irish-American Presidents and how she's been helping the children of Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes reconnect with their birth families.

I hope you find the episode insightful.

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Over the course of her career my guest this week has delivered over 1,000 babies. Dr Vicky O'Dwyer is a mum of three, a Consultant Obstetrician and Director of Gynaecology at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.

She holds a medical doctorate, completed a fellowship in maternal medicine and went on to run a national preterm prevention clinic before joining the Rotunda. She previously led the Rotunda's colposcopy department before taking on her current role as their Director of Gynaecology.

She tells me what sparked her passion for medicine - and in particular, her love of the labour ward. We discuss everything from baby booms in a pandemic, to the Cervical Screening Program and how the 2018 referendum (which repealed Ireland's abortion ban) has impacted clinical practice and maternal medicine in Ireland.

If there's a guest you'd like to hear from in Season 2 or you'd like to get in touch with the podcast, you can email us at yourbestselfpodcast2021@gmail.com 

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