Episodes

  • The importance of grandparents for the next generations

    The importance of grandparents for the next generations
    Jun 22 2020
    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!
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    21 mins
  • The Family: Adoption

    The Family: Adoption
    Dec 9 2019
    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. 
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    21 mins
  • Fostering: "Sometimes what was short term can become long term"

    Fostering: "Sometimes what was short term can become long term"
    Nov 18 2019
    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.
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    21 mins
  • "Nobody steps out of a marriage lightly..."

    "Nobody steps out of a marriage lightly..."
    Nov 11 2019
    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.
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    22 mins
  • Families: The role of parents

    Families: The role of parents
    Nov 4 2019
    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.
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    21 mins
  • "The Look of Love" - How Being in love changes your body language

    "The Look of Love" - How Being in love changes your body language
    Jul 22 2019
    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. 
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    12 mins
  • Relationship Slot: I saw my partners dad on Tinder!

    Relationship Slot: I saw my partners dad on Tinder!
    Jul 15 2019
    Every week Ivan is joined by Clinical Psychotherapist Stephanie Regan for our weekly relationship slot. This week Stephanie advises a listener who wrote into thehardshoulder@newstalk.com.  The Listener explains how after visiting the family home of her current partner for the first time she realized that she had previously been on a Tinder date with her partners dad and is struggling to decide if she should tell her partner or keep it a secrete.   ILLUSTRATION - Auf einem Smartphone ist am 18.02.2014 in Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg) das Logo der App Tinder zu sehen. Photo by: Franziska Kraufmann/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
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    13 mins
  • Relationships: Are holidays the answer for a troubled relationship?

    Relationships: Are holidays the answer for a troubled relationship?
    Jul 8 2019
    The kids are off school, we’ve finally got a bit of warm weather over the last few weeks and holiday season is definitely upon us. But what about holidays for couples - are they always the relaxing break that’s anticipated?  Stephanie Regan is a clinical psychotherapist and our relationships guru joins Ivan to discuss why a holiday is not always the magic fix for a relationship. 
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    12 mins