Belfast Men's Health Group

Podcast with Matt Shields

This Podcast is with Matt Shields. Matt is a retired civil engineer who has now indulged himself in his lifelong hobby of running by volunteering at Parkrun. This has maybe grown beyond his expectations and in 2012 he became Parkrun Ireland Country Manager, a position he has fulfilled to this present day. Matt will talk about Parkrun, Counch 2-5k and also some of his interests.

Podcast with Cate Conway

Cate Conway is a Radio, TV, Webinar and Podcast presenter. She works for BBCNI and U105.

Radio presenter Cate Conway is also an ambassador for AWARE, the depression charity for Northern Ireland.

Cate become involved having experienced the impact of poor mental health following the loss of her former Q Radio co-host Stephen Clements in 2020.

This is a special podcast with Cate talking about herself and how she became involved in the media world.

 

Podcast with Dr Breanna Gentile, Ph.D.

Breanna Gentile, Ph.D., completed her bachelor's in psychology at Gonzaga University. She went on to receive two master's degrees, one from Golden Gate University in Counseling and the second from Palo Alto University in Clinical Psychology.

Dr. Gentile founded Dr. G's Lab, an incubator for teens that serves as a feeder to top accelerators in California. She has authored studies that have been published in peer-reviewed journals and has been an invited speaker about trauma-informed practices and design at multiple national conferences and symposiums.

Dr. Gentile has spent over 10 years working to improve outcomes for children, teens, and their caregivers working through Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. Her work with behavioural health providers, communities, and families has allowed her to develop a keen insight into the challenges of supporting resilience through trauma-informed practices.

Podcast with Robert O’Brien

The true story of a stuttering homosexual and his car. (just one more drive)

Robert O’Brien loves cars. Being behind the wheel was a refuge from bullying, insecurity, anxiety and confusion. His father’s race car, a BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution nicknamed the Beast, became his alter ego – powerful, admired, confident – and Robert began a quest to become a worthy owner, a “real man.”

Podcast With Dr Angela Atalla

In our Podcast Dr Angela Atalla who is a Consultant in Sleep and Respiratory Medicine talks about Sleep Apnoea and the issues around its causes and the treatments that are provided. Angela is based in the Regional Respiratory Unit, Belfast City Hospital.

Podcast with Vinny Hurrell

Vinnie Hurrell is a Radio, TV Producer and Presenter with BBCNI. He talks about how he got involved in broadcasting and the different types of work he is involved with. He produces the Stephen Nolan Show and has also expanded into other areas he has interests in. He also talks about his family life and how it was living under the Covid restrictions.

Podcast with Finian Murray

Finian Murray is a Senior Health Promotion and Improvement Officer for Men's Health with the HSE and Men's health Forum in Ireland. In the Podcast Finian will talk about men and masculinity.

Podcast with Denise Watson

Denise Watson has been involved in Television and Radio as a sports journalist and radio presenter. She worked for many years in the BBC and now on UTV. She broadcasts each morning with Maurice Jay on U105's Breakfast Show to a very large audience of listeners!!

On the Podcast she talks about her life, family, interests and how she got involved with the media.

Podcast with Dr Alan Curley

Dr. Alan Curley is a University Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing studies at UWS and a Director of UC-Mindsolutions Ltd, an Award Winning Centre for Sport and Life Improvement. He is also a Practitioner with the Faculty of Public Health (FPH), a member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

He is currently working as a lecturer in University Of Glasgow working in mental health and addictions. He also works as a sports psychologist with clients trying to improve their sporting performance. He has written a book called 'Playing the Game of Your Life'.

This book is a playing guide to happy successful living and for helping people who are looking to move forward in their life-journey or make a change to their life-game.

Podcast with Tim McGarry

Tim McGarry is a comedian, actor, broadcaster and member of the 'Hole in the Wall Gang'. On the podcast Tim will talk about who he is, what makes him tic and how he got involved in TV and Radio. He will also talk about how he leads his life and some of his interests which range from Cliftonville Football Club to being a Patron with the Northern Ireland Humanists.