

Super Brain
Sabina Brennan
Dr Sabina Brennan talks to an eclectic mix of inspiring guests about thriving and surviving in life and shares practical tips to transform your everyday brain into a healthy, happy, Super Brain.Unleash Your Super PowerHost: Sabina BrennanEdited by Emily Burke (Seasons 1 - 4Original Music by Gavin BrennanRecorded at the Super Brain StudioSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 28, 2020 • 12min
Booster 12 - What's the difference between brain health and mental health?
In this Super Brain Booster, psychologist and neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan unpicks the difference between mental health and brain health.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 25, 2020 • 1h 9min
S1:E12 Lubricant of Life with Alison Spittle
Sabina Brennan chats to comedian, writer, actor and all-round lovely person Alison Spittle her turns some lovely phrases as they talk about mental health, growing up, and looking back. Alison turns some lovely phrases as she shares her thoughts on truthfulness and communication.Sabina also chats to Alison about hosting the CoVideoParty every night during lockdown - if you'd like to join in and watch a movie online with Alison simple search for #covideoparty on Twitter or follow Alison on Twitter @alisonspitteAlison's tour dateshttps://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/alison-spittleIf you'd like to buy Alison a coffee you can do so hereAlison's website alisonspittle.comFollow Sabina Brennan & Super BrainTwitter: https://twitter.com/Sabina_BrennanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sabinabrennan/ and https://www.instagram.com/superbrainpodcast/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 21, 2020 • 13min
Booster 11 - What is mindfulness? Does it work?
In this Super Brain Booster, psychologist and neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan takes a closer look at what the science says about mindfulness meditation.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 18, 2020 • 47min
S1:E11 Mind Full? with Dermot Whelan (Part Two)
Super Brain host Sabina Brennan continues her conversation with Masters in Mindfulness and Meditation teacher Dermot Whelan about combining mindfulness with comedy in his new, and brilliantly titles show 'Mind Full? The also chat about 'The Mind' and how people would rather receive electric shocks than sit with their own thoughts - literally.Dermot's live stage show, Mind Full?, sold out in record time and is about to embark on a national tour. In these live events, Dermot marries his stand-up comedy experience and his passion for meditation to bring a truly unique evening of transformation and fun to audiences across the country.Website: www.dermotwhelan.comSocial: @dermottodayfm - Instagram and Twitter Dermot Whelan - FacebookUpcoming events:Mind Full? The Helix Thursday 24th September and Sunday 12th OctoberMore dates to be announced soon.Dermot and Dave Today FM Monday to Friday 9am to 12 noon.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 14, 2020 • 13min
Booster 10 - Making and Breaking Habits
Super Brain host Sabina Brennan teases apart the components of the habits explaining how unhealthy habits can be deconstructed and reformed as healthy onesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 11, 2020 • 38min
S1:E10 Autopilot with Dermot Whelan (Part One)
Super Brain host Sabina Brennan chats to award-winning broadcaster and comedian Dermot Whelan about meditation, living life on autopilot and brain fog.Dermot's live stage show, Mind Full?, sold out in record time and is about to embark on a national tour. In these live events, Dermot marries his stand-up comedy experience and his passion for meditation to bring a truly unique evening of transformation and fun to audiences across the country.Website: www.dermotwhelan.comSocial: @dermottodayfm - Instagram and Twitter Dermot Whelan - FacebookUpcoming events:Mind Full? The Helix Thursday 24th September and Sunday 12th OctoberMore dates to be announced soon.Dermot and Dave Today FM Monday to Friday 9am to 12 noon.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 7, 2020 • 17min
Booster 9 - What is Empathy?
Super Brain host Dr Sabina Brennan wonders whether empathy is endangered and questions whether empathy is always good.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 4, 2020 • 42min
S1:E9 The Stories we Tell with Ruth Gilligan (Part Two)
Super Brain host Sabina Brennan continues her conversation with her Fair City daughter Ruth Gilligan.They talk about storytelling and empathy, motherhood and mad cows, identity and Irishness, tradition and modernity, babies and borders but time and again come back back to storytelling and empathy.Ruth is an ambassador for the global charity Narrative 4, which uses storytelling to foster empathy between diverse young people around the world.WEBSITE: www.ruthgilligan.comTwitter: @ruthgilliganLink to book: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-butchers/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 30, 2020 • 10min
Booster 8 - What is Brain Fog?
Super Brain host Dr Sabina Brennan explains why your brain feels sluggish, slow and less sharp than usual during lockdown and gives some tips on how to clear the fog and think quicker, sharper, better.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 27, 2020 • 39min
S1E8 Fairy God Mother with Ruth Gilligan (Part One)
Sabina Brennan talks to author and academic, Ruth Gilligan about Fairy God Mothers, literary snobbery, Irish begrudgery and much more.Ruth Gilligan is a novelist and academic from Dublin now based in the UK where she works as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham. She has published five novels to date and was the youngest person ever to top the Irish bestsellers' list. Her most recent book,The Butchers, came out in March 2020 and is set in the borderlands during the 1996 BSE crisis. Ruth is an ambassador for the global charity Narrative 4, which uses storytelling to foster empathy between diverse young people around the world.WEBSITE: www.ruthgilligan.comTwitter: @ruthgilliganLink to book: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-butchers/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.