This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to Dr Andy Cope who is a qualified teacher, best-selling author, happiness expert and academic. His ‘Spy Dog’ series has sold in excess of a million copies worldwide. His other titles include the 'Art of Being Brilliant' and 'Diary of  a Brilliant Kid' and a second book in that series has just been released BRILL KID: THE BIG NUMBER 2 - The New book helps 7-11 year old's to flourish when the world's doing its worst.

Clare is also joined by John Delany who is a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, and former senior counselling manager with Fighting Blindness. He joins Clare to talk about a condition he has experienced Charles Bonnet Syndrome.