BRAINZ PODCAST

How to Accept an Apology That May Never Come - Brainz Podcast with Christie Frenette

Christie Frenette is the Executive Director of Riptide Counselling Inc., an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and a therapist whose work focuses on trauma, attachment and grief. For more than a decade, she has supported individuals, couples and families in building stronger bonds, deepening safety and connection, and creating resilience across generations.

In this episode, Christie explores living goodbyes, disenfranchised grief and why some losses are difficult to name. She explains what it means to hold pain, how connection can support healing, and why people need to feel seen before they can move forward.

She also shares insights on repair, shame, dignity and accepting an apology that may never come. From co-regulation and attachment to setting boundaries and healing at any age, this conversation offers a compassionate look at how grief can be held without losing yourself. It can open space for hope and connection.

With podcast host Míceál O'Kane
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The Marriage Ended. Their Business Didn't - Brainz Podcast with Susan Griffin-Black and Brad Black

Susan Griffin-Black and Brad Black are the Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of EO Products, the personal-care company they built from their garage in California. More than 30 years later, EO and Everyone remain independently owned, locally made brands created with the belief that business can be both successful and deeply human.

In this episode, Susan and Brad share how they continued to lead their business and raise a family together after their divorce. They discuss the trust, respect and shared purpose that allowed their partnership to endure, even as their relationship changed.

They also explain why they chose to grow without venture capital or private equity, keeping production close to home and making products accessible without compromising on care. From EO’s care of self to Everyone’s care of others, this conversation explores local manufacturing, values-led leadership and building something that lasts.

With podcast host Míceál O'Kane
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92M Jobs Will Disappear by 2030. Why? - Brainz Podcast with Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg

Futurist, psychologist, entrepreneur and human sustainability expert Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg joins the Brainz Podcast to explore how we can remain human, resilient and connected in an age of accelerating artificial intelligence. Drawing on her work across psychology, technology and sustainability, Anabel asks not only what AI will do for us, but what it may quietly change within us.

In this episode, Anabel explains why AI’s deepest effect may not be on our jobs alone, but on our cognition, identity, agency and capacity to think critically. She explores the risk of offloading too much thinking to intelligent machines, why uncertainty is vital to creativity, and the distinctly human skills that will matter most as technology evolves.

Anabel also introduces the idea of human sustainability: creating conditions in which people can continue to learn, contribute, connect and develop without sacrificing their psychological, physical or social resources. She discusses why sustainable businesses cannot ignore burnout and disengagement, how leaders can guide teams through uncertainty, and why resilience is not simply tolerating unlimited stress.

From AI, critical thinking and future leadership to women in technology, purpose beyond marketing, rest, wellbeing and finding your inner voice, this conversation offers a thoughtful and grounding look at the future. Anabel shares why progress should not only make people more efficient, but help them become more fully human, not just efficient.

With podcast host Míceál O'Kane
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Burnout Is The Symptom, Here’s The Problem - Brainz Podcast with Courtney Stough

Attorney and author Courtney Stough joins the Brainz Podcast to explore people pleasing, burnout and the personas we can build to feel accepted, successful and safe.
After achieving the kind of life that looked successful on paper, Courtney found herself disconnected from who she truly was. She shares how living as the high-achieving “good girl” professionally and the endlessly accommodating “cool girl” personally left little room for her own needs, voice and energy.

She also explains why healing can become another form of striving, and how all-or-nothing thinking can keep us disconnected from the small practices that genuinely restore us. This conversation is a reminder that coming back to yourself does not require blowing up your life, but learning to listen to what you need within it.

In this episode, Courtney discusses why saying no can feel unsafe, how childhood messages can shape our boundaries and identities, and why burnout is often a signal of a deeper disconnection rather than simply a need for more rest. She also explores heart-mind resonance, self-sovereignty and learning to trust your internal compass in a world full of outside opinions.

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With podcast host Míceál O'Kane
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Certainty Can’t Fix OCD, But This Can - Brainz Podcast with Lee Solomon

OCD specialist, therapist, educator and founder of The OCD Therapists, Lee Solomon joins the Brainz Podcast to explore one of the world’s most misunderstood mental-health conditions: obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drawing on his own lived experience and his work supporting clients, Lee reveals why OCD is about far more than being tidy or organised, and why intrusive thoughts can feel so frighteningly real.

In this episode, Lee explains how OCD can create an exhausting cycle of unwanted thoughts, distress and compulsions. He explores how checking, reassurance-seeking, researching, avoidance and rumination can become attempts to “fix” fear, and why the relentless hunt for certainty can quietly take over a person’s life.

Lee also shares his deeply personal journey with harm OCD, from living in fear of his own intrusive thoughts to finally understanding what was happening and finding a path forward. He discusses why OCD can affect even highly capable people and why recovery is not about trying to outthink every thought that appears.

From intrusive thoughts, compulsions and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to radical acceptance, uncertainty, self-compassion and the courage to face fear differently, this conversation offers an honest and practical look at OCD through the eyes of someone who has both lived it and dedicated his career to treating it. Lee also shares the message he most wants listeners to hear: your thoughts do not define you, and recovery is possible with the right support.

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