
The Brian Keane Podcast
Irish Fitness Entrepreneur Brian Keane answers your questions and interviews leaders in the world of fitness, health, mindset and natural wellness to share tips about all things that can support you on your journey to becoming the best version of yourself. Lose fat, build muscle, improve your health and build a bulletproof mindset to get whatever you want out of life. Come join the fun!
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Dec 18, 2023 • 1h 30min
#464: Aidan O’Brien on How Curiosity Leads To Clarity, Listening To Your Inner Voice and The Healing Power of Ayahuasca!
Aidan O’Brien is a mindset coach, mentor, and keynote speaker. This is a joint back and forth fly on the wall conversation about both mine and Aidan’s experiences with plant medicine over the past few years. Enjoy. Here are some of the things we talked about: What lead him and me to our first Ayahuasca retreat Using plant medicine to heal from trauma and break ups to finding your career or life path Mushrooms vs Ayahuasca Disney movies and influences of plant medicines And much more. https://briankeanefitness.com/podcast/392-my-personal-experience-on-a-spiritual-ayahuasca-retreat-how-the-medicine-works-healing-trauma-and-finally-facing-my-own-demons/ Previous appearance on the Brian Keane Podcast: 411: Mindset Coach Aidan O’Brien on Building Confidence, Why Self Doubt Leads To Self-Sabotage and Making Peace With The Fact That YOU ARE ENOUGH! - Brian Keane Fitness Episode 411 - Mindset Coach Aidan O’Brien on Building Confidence, Why Self Doubt Leads To Self-Sabotage and Making Peace With The Fact That YOU ARE ENOUGH! (Instagram) Aidan O'Brien (@aidanobrienofficial) • Instagram photos and videos (Website) Home - The Aidan O'Brien (theaidanobrien.com) (Youtube) YouTube - The Aidan O'Brien (theaidanobrien.com) (Spotify-Podcast) Back To Me with Aidan O’Brien | Podcast on Spotify (Blog) Blog - The Aidan O'Brien (theaidanobrien.com)

Dec 12, 2023 • 2min
Business Mentorship for January 2024 (1 Slot Available)
Sharing this short episode from my other show ‘The Online Business Podcast’ Details for my 6 month business mentorship program or 12 week online business coaching. Email: brian@briankeanefitness.com

Dec 11, 2023 • 57min
#463: 5 Things I Know At Age 36 (But Wish I Knew At Age 26)!
Today is my 36th birthday. This is a solo press record and talk episode reflecting on the last decade in particular. I hope it helps you on your journey. Learning to forgive (yourself and others) is one of the hardest but equally best things you will ever do. 07:40 Letting go is a superpower but you have to learn how to do it 17:10 Movement, nourishment and recovery are the secrets to long-term health, fitness and wellness – rest is just noise. 26:17 Loneliness is from a lack of connection and being the lone wolf is an excuse to keep yourself protected and safe. 33:11 Attachment helps you get what you want; but makes you miserable in the process. 43:59 BKF Online: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/ All my books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=brian+keane&crid=K5FWAKZ9THQX&sprefix=brian+%2Caps%2C367&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Dec 4, 2023 • 49min
#462: Psychotherapist Jessica Baum on Attachment Styles, Why We Become Anxiously Attached and Relationship Red Flags To Avoid!
Jessica is a psychotherapist who helps individuals and couples restore connection and have conscious relationships. She is the founder of Be Self-full®, a company that provides tailored coaching services, helping women empower themselves. Be Self-full® is her sister company to The Relationship Institute of Palm Beach where she offers psychotherapy services to clients in Florida. She is the author of the great book – Anxiously attached – how to heal and feel more secure in love. Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s show: The different attachment styles – anxious, avoidant and secure The behaviors of the activated anxiously attachment and how it gets triggered in relationships The link of our primary caregivers, how we grew up and what we seek out in romantic relationships later in life Your inner child, the secret language of the “little me” pact and core wounds The Anxious Avoidant Dance why they are energetically drawn to one another Why we can't heal if we don’t feel safe. The reason our bodies won’t allow it. The 5 top signs you are in a toxic relationship (gaslighting, you’re the only investor, silent treatment, not supported, they never take accountability) And more.. (WEBSITE) Online Relationship Counseling | Online Couples Counseling (beselffull.com) (YOUTUBE) (1) Jessica Baum, LMHC - YouTube (FACEBOOK) Facebook (INSTAGRAM) Jessica Baum LMHC (@jessicabaumlmhc) • Instagram photos and videos Anxiously Attached book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anxiously-Attached-Becoming-More-Secure/dp/0593331060

Nov 27, 2023 • 54min
#461: Paul Scanlon on Dealing With Difficult People, Getting Unstuck and Why You Should Never Make Yourself Small Just To Suit Somebody Else!
Paul has trained and mentored people for over 30 years as a keynote speaker all over the world. He believes that everyone has huge but often untapped potential and helping them to discover and release it is his passion. He now focuses on three main passions - Communication, Leadership & Growing People. A lot of you will recognise Paul’s voice from episode 237 on 3rd May 2021: Paul Scanlon on The Art of Unlearning, Developing ‘Get Back Up’ Skills When Life Gets Difficult and Why It’s Okay To Outgrow People! - which is linked in description below as well. “Don’t blame a clown for acting like a clown, ask yourself why you keep going to the circus?” Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast: Getting “unstuck” in a relationship, a job or a health/fitness/wellness journey Why you shouldn’t be doing life with people that exhaust you! Self-acceptance vs self-love and the reason its so difficult to grow The reason you should stay away from people who make you feel hard to love! The beauty of not fitting in! Why should you stop trying to forget something bad somebody once did to you and focus on remembering and softening instead! Never make yourself small or dial yourself down just to suit somebody else Finding your “no” voice And more (Website) Personal Growth & Leadership Coaching | Paul Scanlon (Facebook) Facebook (Instagram) Paul Scanlon (@paulscanlonuk) • Instagram photos and videos @paulscanlonuk (LinkedIn) Paul Scanlon - Motivational Speaker - Paul Scanlon business | LinkedIn (Youtube) Paul Scanlon - YouTube (Twitter) Paul Scanlon (@paulscanlonuk) / X (twitter.com) (Paul Scanlon appearance on the Brian Keane Podcast) Episode 237 #237: Paul Scanlon on The Art of Unlearning, Developing ‘Get Back Up’ Skills When Life Gets Difficult and Why It’s Okay To Outgrow People! - Brian Keane Fitness

Nov 20, 2023 • 51min
#460: Glenn Livingston Ph.D on Defeating Cravings, How This Makes Weight Loss So Much Easier and The Food Recovery Plan If You End Up Binge Eating!
Glenn is a veteran psychologist and was the long-time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm which has serviced several Fortune 500 clients in the food industry A lot of you will remember Glenn from our widely popular episode in July 2021 episode 339 – Glenn Livingston on food addictions, overeating and how to never binge again! His new book Defeat Your Cravings – the back door to weight loss is available now everywhere books are around. Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast: Misunderstood craving triggers Why we are hardwired to crave food and how it’s our environment that’s the problem, not our biology How to avoid randomly reinforcing negative food cravings The role motivation and willpower plays The recovery plan if you binge. How character trumps willpower and identity theory And much more. Episode 339: https://briankeanefitness.libsyn.com/339-glenn-livingston-phd-on-food-addiction-overeating-and-how-to-never-binge-again (Website) https://www.defeatyourcravings.com/ (Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/people/Defeat-Your-Cravings/61550719047966/ (Twitter) https://twitter.com/DYCGlenn (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/defeatyourcravings/ Glenn Livingston (@livingstonglenn) • Instagram photos and videos

Nov 13, 2023 • 47min
#459: Ryan A Bush on How To Stop Managing Anxiety and Start Mastering It, Why Worry Causes Repeated Suffering and Breaking The Mental Health Cycle To Discover Who You Were Meant To Be!
Ryan is the multiple times best-selling author and founder of Designing the Mind. His central purpose is to provide wisdom, education and expand human potential beyond the norm. This journey has led him to write multiple bestselling books like Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture, build life-changing programs like The Anxiety Algorithm, and launch Mindform, the world’s first psychitecture collective and training platform. Through his books, programs, and community, he works to integrate the insights of ancient and modern thinkers to form a new vision for psychological growth and self-mastery. “Our goal is not freedom from the algorithms that make up our minds, but the autonomy to transform the algorithms which don't serve us into algorithms which do.” Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast The story of getting depressed that led Ryan to a new theory of mental health Why you need to break the worry/rumination suffering cycle Exercise and the link with mental health The resources to stop managing anxiety and start mastering it How to stop limiting yourself and removing barrier stories in your personal life And more.. (Website) Designing the Mind: Guide to Psychitecture and Self-Mastery (Youtube) (1) Ryan at Designing the Mind - YouTube (Reddit) (2) Psychitecture (reddit.com) (Tiktok) Designing the Mind (@designing_the_mind) | TikTok (Instagram) Designing the Mind (@designing_the_mind) • Instagram photos and videos (Twitter) Profile / X (twitter.com) ( Website Products) Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture

Nov 6, 2023 • 60min
#458: The Soul Coach Gerry Hussey on Finding The Freedom Within To Heal Emotional Wounds, Learning To Forgive Yourself and Discovering The Power of Inner Peace!
Gerry is the best-selling author of Awaken Your Power Within, a co-founder of soul space and a high performance and health coach. His new book The Freedom Within presents us with the secrets of releasing untapped reservoirs of strength and calm to live with more confidence, ease and an incredible sense of inner peace in our lives. His first appearance on the podcast episode 341: The Soul Coach Gerry Hussey on The Power Of Letting Go, Awakening Your Power Within and The Path To Your True Self was the most downloaded episode of 2021 so I highly recommend checking it out after this episode if you haven’t listened already. We picked up right from where we left off on our first episode together. Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast: Chasing the feeling of being enough and how this leads us down a path of toxic people or destructive behaviors Healing emotional wounds from the past and learning to integrate them so they don’t control you any longer Why we can only operate out of a place of fear or love – never both. The “unlovable” core wound and working through it Why learning to forgive yourself is the biggest gift you can ever give yourself The reason we have to face it to feel it to heal it and then we can move on And more. Tickets to national concert hall https://www.nch.ie/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=The-Freedom-Within-12Nov23&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id= Awaken the freedom within book https://www.easons.com/the-freedom-within-gerry-hussey-9781399727082?gclid=CjwKCAjwkY2qBhBDEiwAoQXK5SzpxT6c_J1Mdmslx9_sv8mJUKvd1ai9o1YwCBbrI-D4L8pijnCywxoCGq4QAvD_BwE (Webpage) Soul Space - Change Your Thinking // Change Your World (LinkedIn) Gerry Hussey - Co-Founder | Integrative Health and Wellness Coach - Soul Space | LinkedIn (Instagram) Gerry Hussey - THE SOUL COACH (@gerry_hussey) • Instagram photos and videos @gerry_hussey (Twitter) Gerry Hussey (@gerryhussey) / X (twitter.com) (Youtube) Soul Space - Miriam & Gerry Hussey - YouTube (Facebook) Facebook (Most recent Instagram post) Gerry Hussey - THE SOUL COACH (@gerry_hussey) • Instagram photos and videos

Oct 30, 2023 • 46min
#457: Talia Fox on The Power Of Conscious Connection, Why We Feel So Isolated or Alone and How To L.O.V.E (Listen, Observe, Value, Engage)
Talia is the CEO of KUSI Global, Inc. She holds an M.Ed. in counseling psychology from Howard University and she is a Harvard University Fellow. An inspirational leader in every sense of the word, Talia is often referred to as the Jedi of Inspiration by her clients. With over two decades of experience in transforming thousands of executives from all sectors, she has become a visionary for leadership and legacy building. In her new book, The Power of Conscious Connection with a foreword by Robin Sharma (a previous guest of the podcast and a personal favorite human being of mine), she addresses the growing mental health and mental well-being crisis and ways to protect our own mental health, parent differently, and develop awareness and compassion for the neurodiverse. Here are some of the things we talk about in today’s podcast: The framework L.O.V.E.” (Listen, Observe, Value, Engage). Why we can feel so disconnected, isolated and alone even when there are loads of people around us Learning how to listen to receive and hear vs listening to react and why deep listening is the key to mental health! How to avoid anxiety loops and use anxiety on feedback on what needs to change in our lives Playing the ‘identity game’ to break past self-created boundaries or limitations in your life Why your interactions with others can feel fake and rehearsed if you feel lost or stuck And more. (Website) KUSI Home - KUSI Global, Inc. (kusitraining.com) (Instagram) Talia Fox (@taliafoxspeaks) • Instagram photos and videos @taliafoxspeaks (YouTube) Talia Fox - YouTube (Twitter) https://twitter.com/TaliaFoxSpeaks (Amazon Book listing) The Power of Conscious Connection: 4 Habits to Transform How You Live and Lead: Fox, Talia: 9781646871353: Amazon.com: Books

Oct 27, 2023 • 51min
Bonus: Financial Advisor Ask Paul on Irish Investing 101 – Pensions/Real Estate vs Crypto/Stocks/NFT’s, Improving Financial Literacy and 2023 Mortgage Misconceptions!
This is from episode 130 of my other show 'The Online Business Podcast' - you can subscribe or follow that everywhere podcasts are found. The clips I posted of this episode have nearly half a million views so I am uploading the full episode on my main show. I hope it helps you as much as it helped me. _______________________________________________________ Paul is considered one of Ireland’s leading financial advisors, is an internationally recognized CFP® (Certified Financial Planner), as certified by the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB). With his straight-talking no-nonsense approach to money and business, he regularly features on TV, radio &, with an ever-growing social following he has quickly become Ireland’s favorite financial advisor. Paul Merriman CFP® launched askpaul in 2016 to provide jargon-free expert financial advice to the Irish consumer and provide advice that is centered around them, keeping their best interests at heart This is a podcast that I think is must listen for every Irish person (business owner or otherwise) Here are some of the thing we talked about: · His social media growth since 2016 · What Irish people need to know about investing · Why “a mortgage is the cheapest loan you will ever get” advice s wrong in 2023/2-24 · Where you should be investing your money · What feels like free money (that nobody talks about)– the Irish pension schemes · Improving your financial literacy as an Irish investor · And much more (Website) Ask About Money & Financial Advice in Ireland | askpaul (Tiktok) askpaul (@askpaul) Official | TikTok (Instagram) Paul Merriman (@askpaul.ie) • Instagram photos and videos (Youtube) askpaul The Financial Expert - YouTube (Facebook) Facebook (Linkedin) askpaul -The Financial Experts | LinkedIn