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The importance of grandparents for the next generations

22 June 2020 - 20 mins
Podcast Series Relationships on The Hard Shoulder

As lockdown starts to ease and families begin to meet again, Stephanie Regan takes a closer look at the importance of grandparents in the family dynamic.

From passing on knowledge and experience to supporting new parents, their influence is felt throughout the generations.

She and Ivan discuss the positive influences not just of grandparents on their grandchildren, but vice versa, and tackles the tricky subject of when advice becomes interference!

20 mins

Series Episodes

The Family: Adoption

The Family: Adoption

Stephanie Regan, clinical psychotherapist, continued our series “The Family”, where we’ve covered single parenting, same sex couples, blended families and more. This week she talked about adoption - who can adopt, who can be adopted, getting access to information and documentation decades after adoption etc. 

21 mins

9 December 2019 Finished

Fostering: "Sometimes what was short term can become long term"

Fostering: "Sometimes what was short term can become long term"

Stephanie Regan continues her series about the modern Irish family, and today she examined fostering. Everything from how you sign up, the potential challenges, the love, the heartbreak and the realities of fostering.

21 mins

18 November 2019 Finished

"Nobody steps out of a marriage lightly..."

"Nobody steps out of a marriage lightly..."

Clinical Psychotherapist Stephanie Regan joined Ivan on this evening's edition of the Hard Shoulder to continue our brand new series running every Monday about the changing face of the Irish families.  This week Stephanie talked about blended families, which often come about through broken relationships.

21 mins

11 November 2019 Finished

Families: The role of parents

Families: The role of parents

Clinical Psychotherapist Stephanie Regan joined Ivan to kick off a brand new series we will be running every Monday on The Hard Shoulder on the changing face of Irish families.  Each week we will be looking at different aspects of family life and family roles. This week it was all about motherhood and fatherhood.

20 mins

4 November 2019 Finished

"The Look of Love" - How Being in love changes your body language

"The Look of Love" - How Being in love changes your body language

Body language expert Judi James talks Ivan through what body language signals we give off when a relationship is going well, or is breaking down. 

11 mins

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