BRAINZ PODCAST

How to Meditate When Your Mind Won’t Switch Off - Brainz Podcast with Morgan O. Smith

Morgan O. Smith is a meditation facilitator, spiritual teacher, author and creator of Yinnergy Meditation. A Gemini Award winner and former stand-up comic, he now combines sound technology with contemplative practice and leads Bodhi Mental Care & Wellness, a charity offering free meditation and neurofeedback training to youth and families in underserved communities.

In this episode, Morgan explores why so many people feel like they’re meditating wrong, what to do when your mind wanders and how he uses binaural beats in his practice. He shares how he got started and recalls the moment he realised his practice was carrying over into everyday life, when he found himself remarkably calm after driving into a ditch during a snowstorm.

From watching a thought pass without following it to finding a session length you can stick with, Morgan offers practical ways to get started. He also explains how noticing your reactions can give you more choice in how you respond, whether you’re stuck in traffic or halfway through a difficult conversation.

With podcast host Míceál O’Kane
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Here’s Why You Keep Saying Yes When You Want to Say No - Brainz Podcast with Jacqueline Young

Jacqueline D. Young is a former CEO, keynote speaker, leadership consultant and founder of The MindShift Coach. With more than 35 years of experience across education, executive leadership, counselling and human development, her work explores the hidden patterns that shape how people think, respond and lead.

In this episode, Jacqueline explores how childhood experiences can influence adult leadership, why people pleasing and perfectionism can become exhausting, and how midlife can prompt us to question a life that looks successful. Drawing on her own experience, she explains why recognising a pattern does not always make it easy to change.

She also shares insights from her Calm Authority framework and forthcoming book, Fierce. From pausing before saying yes to setting boundaries and sitting with the discomfort of saying no, this conversation offers practical ways to lead with greater clarity, confidence and self-trust while protecting your wellbeing.

With podcast host Míceál O'Kane
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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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