Hola The Podcast

*TW: pregnancy/surrogacy/loss* The last few years have been turbulent to say the least for Audrey. Throughout it all, Audrey always envisioned completing her family. After surgery, Audrey's only option was surrogacy. Listen to Audrey's extraordinary story which has not been easy yet led her to the birth of her beautiful daughter. As always, you can contact us via social media, we would love to hear your feedback @holathepodcast Lorna : @lorzylovey Audrey : @audreyfitzhagan

In this weeks episode we are discussing parenting. We look back on how our parents parented us versus how we parent our own children. Did your parents tell you they loved you? Do you tell your children? A lot has changed since we were kids and we recall some stories from our younger years. As always you can contact us via social media @holathepodcast we'd love to hear from you .

Well, what a week it has been. The Olympics kicked off and a lot of people are not happy with the opening ceremony. People are calling it an insult to Christians. What's your opinion, did you watch it? With video apps and social media, its easier than ever to steal a glimpse into other people's lives. We chat about the "Ballerina Farm" and discuss the vast differences some women live with. As always you can contact us via social media via @holathepodcast

We are back and its been a dramatic few weeks....especially in the United States. We discuss the disastrous summer we are having and how its not always viable to have a staycation in this country. Audrey discusses a dramatic case that you will love if your are a true crime fan! As always you can contact us via social media @holathepodcast we would love to hear from you!

We're discussing the amazing busy few days in Dublin! Taylor Swift, brought so much joy yet people still try to drag her down! Audrey is chatting about how to prepare for the future. Private pensions are something we all need to look at and unfortunately its mainly women who will be at a disadvantage!

After hearing of the shocking suspended sentence given to a bully who viciously assaulted Natasha O Brien, we ask, what is wrong with our justice system? Poor ole Trouser-snake was arrested for a DUI which must have Britney howling! Audrey, the deep dive queen, tells us about a lot of conspiracy theories attached to a well publicised missing persons case. As always you can get in touch with us via social media @holathepodcast or by email holathepodcast@gmail.com

Audrey is convinced she is best friends with all the celebrities and even has some selfies as proof! She recently had the pleasure of looking after a mega Hollywood superstar this week! We chat celebrity news, and we have an exciting update about our See You Next Tuesday group!! As always, you can contact us via social media @holathe podcast or email holathepodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening. Please like, rate and share our podcast if you enjoy it!

This week we have the wonderful Gillian Duggan White on the show. Gillian is co-founder of Sully and Juno clothing brand which produces stunning sensory friendly pieces. Gillian is a Mum to autistic children and recently decided to gift herself an assessment for her 40th birthday. Gill was identified as AuDHD, which is autism and ADHD. Gill openly speaks about the good and bad, her younger years, and how ADHD has benefitted her, especially creatively. It was such an inspiring and interesting chat that I'm sure you will enjoy. Be sure to check out Sully and Juno on social media. As always you can contact us via our social media @holathepodcast and by email at holathepodcast@gmail.com

This week Audrey completed the VHI marathon! She's now an official athlete. Would you like to live forever, or to age 100? So many different responses and reasons for wanting to live longer. We are both broke from spending money on lotto tickets and discuss how we'd spend it. We're fierce thrifty! We also want to party with you lovely people! Our Summer Celebration is on 5th July. Tickets available on Eventbrite or via links on our Instagram.

Would you be up for finding love again after a long term relationship ends? We've heard some horror stories of modern dating! Weight-loss Injections. We give our opinions on them and is it really anyone's business to judge anyway? Nepo-babies....find out who's the latest celebrity to cause uproar! We've a few words of advice for the junior and leaving cert students too. Is it all too stressful for the kids? Follow us social media @lorzylovey @audgefitzhagan @holathepodcast as we will be giving away 2 tickets to our Summer Celebration this week!

We are going live! Join us on 5th of July for our Summer Celebration, aka, an "Unmerciful Bop"! We will have pop up shops, a fabulous special guest, plenty of fun and laughter and we will end the night with a disco full of nostalgia hits! We would love to see you there. See our Instagram for more details. Lorna felt like she was on a school tour when she visited Dublin for our group walk in Phoenix Park. Audrey then put on her tour guide hat and we experienced all of Dublin's delights...even the Portal! The internet has been full of what can only be described as "Scuzzy Men" lately. Audrey has all the gossip on these scuzz-buckets! (Allegedly) You can follow and contact us on social media @holathepodcast or email us at holathepodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

We are having a party, a no notions party, so leave the shapewear a home, bring your flat shoes and get ready to laugh and have the best night on 5th July! Audrey has the secret to dealing with those pesky eyebags without cosmetic surgery and its actually hilarious! We wonder how we, and many others, ended up doing social media? The truth is we feel we have many different aspects to our lives and yet people only see what we want to show. The reality is there is so much more going on in "real life" than people know. We chat about the hit series "Baby Reindeer", the danger of social media, and has the real Martha been discovered? As always, thank you for listening. We would really appreciate if you could like and review or even share our podcast, as it really helps.

WE ARE BACK!!! We are so happy to back after a little break! We are catching up with you all in this episode. We are chatting about our group that we hilariously (or so we think anyway) called "See You Next Tuesday" and chat how its helping us in so many unexpected ways. Audrey has all the celebrity gossip and we chat about how dangerous , allegedly. the powerful mega celebs in this world

We're back with another tale of Audrey (bordering on being a stalker) and an encounter with Keith Duffy! We chat about the hype about Barry Keoghan's Saltburn, but quite frankly, we're afraid to watch it after hearing so much about it. Dirty git ha ha! Big week for Cork in the news this week and we catch up on our own wellbeing and reiterate that January can be a horrible month online with so many ads, chat of weight loss etc. Instead of our news feeds being saturated with weight loss, shouldn't we be promoting body positivity at any size you are comfortable with? As always, you can contact us via social media @holathepodcast and thank you for listening x

This week we have a very special guest. Dympna, aka Dimplestilskin, who rose to fame in 2023 with her hilarious sketches. Her videos are so relatable, and based on everyday simple situations that we all find ourselves in. We get to know more about Dympna, and chat about how she handles the attention her page has brought her. From her brilliant way dealing with trolls to the thousands of positive comments she receives. It's a very real chat and Dympna is so lovely and down to earth. We were thrilled to have her as a guest. As always, you can contact us via social media @holathepodcast and thank you for listening.

Welcome back to the first episode of 2024! We are chatting about our Christmas and how January can be a tough month. Apparantly January 8th is known as "Blue Monday". There'll be none of that here though! From social media being flooded with diet plans, to DM's insinuating we need "help" with our diet and fitness, it can be overwhelming. Ignore those doses! We chat about Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her sudden rise to fame. Is it right or wrong? We are doing a live podcast in Seachurch in Ballycotton on March 10th at 2pm. Tickets are available now at 20.00 Euro. We'd love to see you there and thank you as always for he support. https://seachurch.ie/event/podcast-festival-hola/

Happy Christmas!! In this special festive episode, we are discussing our happiest memories of Christmas. We share some of our listeners treasured memories and Lorna is absolutely appalled that Audrey has never heard of Tanora or spiced beef! They are a Christmas tradition like!!! This is our 40th episode and we really want to thank you all for listening, engaging and for your continued support. Have the most amazing Christmas, and we will be back in January. Lorna & Audrey x

Are you coming to our Fierce Fancy Ball in Febuary? They would be a great Christmas present for somebody! Tickets are on sale now and all proceeds go to Blath na hOige, an autism class in east Cork. We would love to see you there, a fun filled night is guaranteed. You can get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lorna-and-audreys-fierce-fancy-ball-tickets-768912577217?aff=ebdsshother&fbclid=PAAaZJ3uMVyLBEzXmPCRumF7FRwKGhJZ322Nn0pbm9pLe-rc9JZuEefMDpCCU This week, we, like everyone else, are running around like headless chickens trying to juggle work with getting ready for Christmas. We chat about the stress we put upon ourselves, when really it should be a day to relax and be with your nearest & dearest. Audrey has book. It's a Big Book Of Bastards and you will love it! In fact, we are thinking of changing careers now! As always, thank you for listening. You can contact us via social media @holathepodcast

Audrey is back from New York and chats about the real Black Friday deals in America. Ireland kind of drags the arse out of it with a black friday month, with a not very impressive discount at the end of the day!! We had to chat about the horrific riots that occured in Dublin and wonder will Dublin ever be the same again? Would you feel safe in the city? Christmas is almost upon us and we'd love to hear your favourite Christmas memories. You can contact us via social media @holathepodcast Thank you again to everyone who has supported our podcast this year x

We are back to normality after attending the Sparkle for Autism ball in aid of As I Am. Lorna tells how how she got lost trying to get home, and we discuss Christmas. We'd love to know your favourite Christmas traditions, have you kept any from your childhood? We discuss how here's a love/hate with people getting matching family christmas pj's or outfits, but is it ever ok to moan about it online? Why do people begrudge? Let us know your thoughts on our social media @holathepodcast