Written by Aron O'Dowd on 23 March 2025.
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Jacqui Taaffe is a Life & Mindset Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Amazon Bestselling Author of INSPIRE HEAL EMPOWER. She continues to expand her services into Hypnotherapy, Mind Coaching.
Family means everything to Jacqui.
She believes and knows that confidence, self-empowerment, and peace of mind come from self-knowledge and becoming an authority or expert on you. Jacqui inspires & empowers clients to be done and have what they want. Jacqui believes’ You Are Your Greatest Advocate!
Written by Aron O'Dowd on 22 March 2025.
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Dr. Kymn Harvin Rutigliano has a passion for nurturing the human spirit through her work as a professor, mentor, scholar, leader, and guide. She intends to live life fully and empower others to do making the world a better place.
Dr. Kymn has been a change agent and leader of transformational initiatives in public and private sectors and academia. She served as Speech Writer to the Secretary of Education and Governor of Pennsylvania, Director of Information and Education for the Pennsylvania Commission for Women, Media and Employee Relations leader at Bell Laboratories, and as manager of Culture Transformation in the nuclear power industry.
She is internationally known for her groundbreaking work at AT&T, the subject of her dissertation, “Bringing Love Back into Business.” Dr. Kymn is the recipient of the Carl Barus Award for Outstanding Service in the Public Interest awarded by the Society on the Social Implications of Technology of the IEEE, the world’s top engineering association. The award is for her contribution and personal sacrifice in drawing attention to significant safety problems at a U.S. nuclear facility.
She earned a Ph.D. in Organization Development and Spirituality from The Union Institute and University. She is a member of faculty at Penn State University, Northcentral University, and the University of Phoenix before joining SUNY Empire State College. Dr. Kymn has a passion for making online learning transformational and championing courage and action for the greater good with her students.
Written by Aron O'Dowd on 21 March 2025.
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Karen Newton is the founder and director of The £2.73 Club. She is naturally evolved, of finance first, leaving school, working for Inland Revenue in the UK, then moving to New Zealand. She went into Banking before setting up her businesses and finally founding the £2.73 Club. She moved from New Zealand to Australia, but it was short-lived.
She started writing books about property investing in 2003. Her books sell worldwide in the markets being America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2014 She was awarded ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ from America for my books.
Today, she has property investments in UK, France, and Spain. A Share Investment Portfolio. Books that sell worldwide and an array of different businesses. In this capacity, she provides not only funding but training on Business Planning and Quality Management Systems.
Written by Aron O'Dowd on 19 March 2025.
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Bill Phillips is the owner of a trade-up partnership limited. He is a coach and trainer.
He discovered an amazing process called future-base, Future‐mapping: a practical way to map out the future and achieve what you want.
Future-mapping is an innovative process for creative strategic thinking and decision-making. The idea consists of imagining already living in an ideal, successful future, describing it in detail as if it were real, and then “remembering”, step‐by‐step, how it was arrived at.
Written by Aron O'Dowd on 18 March 2025.
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Emer Dunne was among the Irish youths who were the toast of youth swimming championships in the late 80s and early 90s, along with Gary O’Toole and Michelle Smith. Her championship days were interrupted at age 17 due to a back injury, but her true sporting life and times had not begun.
She started swimming at six or seven years of age and joined the swimming club, Rags. Johnny Powell, who is now a coach with the Athlone Swimming Club, used to open the door for us all at that hour.
Emer was only 16 when she had won more than what was required at the National Age Group Championships to get on the youth Olympic team in 1991. She won two gold medals and two silver medals in the Championships.
She studied recreational leisure management in Cork IT ’93-’95 and studied physical therapy at the Milltown Institute of Physical Therapy and Applied Science ’96-’99.
She worked full-time in the Merrion Hotel leisure center to pay her way in the physical therapy course. After graduation, Emer set up her business clinic with two other therapists in Leopardstown, and the successful business continued for four years.
She also works with the Ashbourne Rugby team and the Blackrock School rugby team doing sports massage work for the athletes simultaneously. At the same time, she worked part-time as a Gym and Aerobics instructor in Friarsland gym in Clonskeagh. Emer also does a radio slot about once a month on Paul Gill’s show on the i105 radio station, on the theme of relationships.
Written by Aron O'Dowd on 17 March 2025.
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Johann Callaghan is a bestselling Author, Sleep Science Coach, Speaker & Online Trainer. She has featured many times in the media; on radio, TV, newspapers, and magazines and she is an award-winning entrepreneur. Johann’s first book ‘How to get a good night’s sleep has been a major success in Ireland and across the world. Johann gives seminars, workshops, and online training in health & wellness and is a go-to-sleep expert and a Johann helps empower, inspire and educate mums to take back their power to live a better, healthier, and happier life with better sleep and a healthier lifestyle.
After losing her baby daughter, Megan, in 2007 her whole life changed. As part of her healing, Johann found a new holistic way of being. She discovered the innate healing power we all have, to overcome any obstacle with a positive outlook. Johann believes that we can be our health care advocates and anybody with the right attitude, knowledge, and inspiration can sleep better and improve their quality of life, health and happiness.
" You will sleep better and feel more rested if you read and apply the information in this book! Johann Callaghan has created a simple, easy-to-read masterclass on sleep." – Dr. Gloriane Giovannelli (www.drgloriane.com, Shining Light On The Journey, Together) “Johann has an incredible amount of knowledge. She understands her clients’ needs and can always come up with a solution specifically for each individual. I highly recommend a consultation with her. She truly cares about serving.
Written by Aron O'Dowd on 16 March 2025.
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Siobhán O’Brien is a singer-songwriter who performs with acoustic guitar and harmonica. O’Brien has performed with Bob Dylan, The San Diego Symphony, and The Chieftains and supported Christy Moore, Donovan, Damien Dempsey, Pete Cummings, Sharon Shannon, Henry McCullough, Maria McKee, Mick Flannery, Paul Brady, and The Cranberries.
Her solo work incorporates traditions of American song, including folk, blues, country, rock and English, Scottish and Irish traditional music.
O’Brien is the niece of Brendan Bowyer of The Royal Showband and the great-granddaughter of Albert Bowyer of the Bowyer/Westwood Opera Company of Blackpool, England. She made her first musical recording of a sea shanty at the age of six. In 2008, O’Brien toured the United States with performances in New York City, Boston, Nashville, and California. She performed as a guest vocalist on “Lakes of Ponchartrain” with The Chieftains at Boston Symphony Hall, Massachusetts.
In 2008, she released her third album, I Grew Up To, which features Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains) on “Long Black Veil” and “Lakes of Ponchartrain. In 2010, she performed as a guest vocalist performing with The San Diego Symphony in California.
Written by Aron O'Dowd on 15 March 2025.
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Peter Duke is a media technology strategist. He can define, design, and apply appropriate technology solutions to business problems.
He is also a machinery veteran. He created and produced solutions for a variety of companies such as 20th Century Fox (The X-Files), Fox Sports, Sega GameWorks, Microsoft, Sesame Street Workshop, EMI Capitol Records, Virgin Entertainment, RL Leaders (military), Monitor 360 (NSA) and Kelton Global.
He concentrates on advanced technology solutions that effectively drive business enterprises forward. Possessing the unique ability to communicate with both engineers and designers in their respective languages, Peter brings mission-critical collaboration experience to every project.
Peter served as project lead for PMG’s Research and Development Lab. He specializes in ground-breaking technology solutions that effectively drive business enterprises forward. Possessing the unique ability to communicate with both technical and aesthetic designers in their respective languages, Peter brings mission-critical collaboration experience to every project. Specialties: User Experience Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Disruptive Innovation, Visual media.
Written by Aron O'Dowd on 14 March 2025.
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Sharon Bannister is an Alternative Practitioner and adviser for over 30 years. Her Business name is Connect to Health. She committed to guiding my clients to reconnect to their unique healing plan using touch and spoken word.
She confronts their everyday health challenges, taking back control and supporting them on their journey to optimum health and vitality.
Sharon has a clear understanding of the demands and focuses needed to succeed. As an experienced Craniosacral Practitioner and Mentor, she has the tools to create unique plans for you to gain optimum health, focus and achieve goals. In these ever-changing times, you need techniques that work, produce results, and inspire your teams to succeed Sharon will do this.