Send us a text We showcase the Communities of Practice event organized by MTU's Department of Applied Social Studies, featuring expert speakers on recovery, addiction, and trauma-informed approaches that support student wellbeing. • Communities of Practice bring together students, academics, practitioners, and placement hosts to explore current trends in social care • Mark Wright shares his journey from addiction to working with the Recovery Academy, emphasizing multiple pathways to recovery...
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Send us a text We showcase the Communities of Practice event organized by MTU's Department of Applied Social Studies, featuring expert speakers on recovery, addiction, and trauma-informed approaches that support student wellbeing. • Communities of Practice bring together students, academics, practitioners, and placement hosts to explore current trends in social care • Mark Wright shares his journey from addiction to working with the Recovery Academy, emphasizing multiple pathways to recovery...
Send us a text We showcase the Communities of Practice event organized by MTU's Department of Applied Social Studies, featuring expert speakers on recovery, addiction, and trauma-informed approaches that support student wellbeing. • Communities of Practice bring together students, academics, practitioners, and placement hosts to explore current trends in social care • Mark Wright shares his journey from addiction to working with the Recovery Academy, emphasizing multiple pathways to recovery...
Send us a text This episode focuses on "A Healthy MTU" initiative, emphasizing its efforts to improve health and wellbeing for students and staff. The discussion includes strategies to address common challenges, such as financial stress and the importance of social connections in enhancing the university experience. Guests Bio: Dr Andrea Bickerdike Andrea is a Lecturer in Health & Wellbeing, and health researcher at MTU. Her research interests include health promotion, and the design/deli...
Send us a text Key Discussion Points and Time Stamps: 1. 20 - Introductions, Niall McNamee and Michael Guerin 4.00 - What is Problem Gambling, what are the challenges of gambling 5.20 - People get addicted to the ritual of speculating money 7. 45 - Niall tells his story from gambling a few bets to losing up to €250,000 18.45 - Niall talks about his low self esteem, negative self talk and how he couldn't see a ...
Send us a text In this episode I talk to Jack Cooney, Player Development Lead with the GAA. Jack has played, coached and managed at elite level in the GAA. He also has a Sport and Exercise Science degree and Masters in Sports Performance from University of Limerick. He is currently doing his Professional Doctorate in Elite Performance in Dublin City University. On this episode Jack shares his insights and experiences in how he supports young athletes in sport. His positive attitude towards ...
Send us a text On today's episode I am joined by clinical psychologist Mark Smyth. We talk about the new mental health initiative from the HSE. We also discuss the challenges that you, the students are facing on a daily basis and Mark provides some practical suggestions as to how to look after yourself. We discuss areas including; talking about your challenges, social anxiety, focusing your attention, getting the right balance and getting the support when you need it. We also have a&nbs...
Send us a text On today's podcast I talk to Mary Crilly from the Sexual Violence Centre and of Safe Gigs. We chat about the safe gigs and spiking campaigns. Mary shares her stories from over 40 years of her work in the sexual violence centre. The purpose of this episode is to raise awareness particularly at this time of year which typically sees an increase in sexual assaults on nights out. Mary also talks about how we should "call each other out and check in with our friend...
Send us a text In this episode I talk to Conor Hammersley and Joe Murphy, Conor has joined us from the National Centre from men’s health and will be talking to us today about all things men’s health and masculinity. We have many interesting points to go through and have even gotten some opinions from students on certain matters Time Stamps 00:27 - Introductions 12:48 - How power relations develop within a social group? 23:10 - How could you do it differently? &...
Send us a text On today's podcast I'm delighted to be joined by a good friend of mine, Des Golden, a performance coach who helps leaders, entrepreneurs and business-people improve their performance. To quickly frame our conversation, Des shared the blog “Nailing the Basics” on Twitter which was about getting the very simple things in life right and we will be discussing movement nutrition and sleep and some top tips on they can affect you. Time stamps 0.36 - Introductions 3.2...
Send us a text On today's episode, we talk about health and wellbeing in MTU from a staff perspective. I am delighted to be joined by my good friends and collegaues; Dr Con Burns, Andrea Bickerdike and Prof Jim O'Mahony. We talk about what health and wellbeing means for them in MTU. We discuss what they do in their various roles to support students and they give us their top practical tips on what students can do to increase their health and wellbeing as they journey through MTU. Time...
Send us a text On today's episode I talk to Masters student in MTU, Johanna Forde. We discuss how she balances the college, work and life commitments, how she manages feedback from lecturers and Johanna highlights how she prioritizes wellbeing by doing what works for her. Johanna is our 1st student on the podcast so delighted to have the opportunity to talk to her about her journey in MTU. Time Stamps: Time Management 3 min 45 secs How emails are open to interpretation Dea...
Send us a text Hello and Welcome, to the MTU Wellbeing Podcast, on this the 2nd episode I chat to Aishling McCormack, who is a Outreach Health Promotion Officer, in the Sexual Health Centre in Cork. We chat about how students can connect with the Centre and highlight what services they offer. We dispel some sexual health myths, discuss student trends and have an open and honest conversation about many areas of sexual health including consent, pornography and STIs, I really love th...
Send us a text In this episode I talk to Dr Honor Carroll, head of student counseling in MTU. We talk about why counseling is about doing what is right for you and not focusing on what is wrong with you. Honor discusses how to engage with the counseling service in MTU and what it might look like for you as a student when you do so. Honor also shares with us 3 golden nuggets for all students to consider to support their mental health. We finish off the podcast by discussing 2 important initiat...
Send us a text We showcase the Communities of Practice event organized by MTU's Department of Applied Social Studies, featuring expert speakers on recovery, addiction, and trauma-informed approaches that support student wellbeing. • Communities of Practice bring together students, academics, practitioners, and placement hosts to explore current trends in social care • Mark Wright shares his journey from addiction to working with the Recovery Academy, emphasizing multiple pathways to recovery...
