S6:E12 Meet your self
Modern life can estrange us from what truly matters. We chase goals that look like success but feel hollow – and before we know it, we’re ov...
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The Podcast for Everyone with a Brain Dr Sabina Brennan talks to an eclectic mix of inspiring guests about thriving and surviving in life. In addition, Sabina injects a weekly booster shot p...
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S6E11 THe Science of Serendipity
Episode Summary: Why do some people seem to attract good fortune? In this episode, I explore the neuroscience of serendipity – those chance...
S6E10 - The great unlearning - AI's hidden cost
In this episode, Dr Sabina Brennan explores how generative AI changes learning. She looks at why effortful thinking is the engine of mastery...
S6:E9 New Moment - New Choice
If New Year’s resolutions leave you inspired one day and flattened the next, it’s not a willpower problem – it’s a nervous system problem. I...
S6:E8 Visualisation
Episode summary What happens when you close your eyes and try to “see” something in your mind? For some people it’s a full-colour mental mov...
S6:E7 Imposter Phenomenon
Have you ever walked into a room and thought, “Any minute now they’re going to realise I’ve no idea what I’m doing”? In this episode of Supe...
S6:E6 Brain Rot
Episode summary: “Brain rot” was named the Oxford Word of the Year 2024 – a tongue-in-cheek term for that fried feeling after too much scrol...
S6:E5 Puppy Love
pisodic-like memory • How dog ageing helps us understand human dementia • Why your dog is a genuine co-regulator of your nervous system Tool...
S6:E4 Sunshine and SAD
Summary (short version): Why does winter feel heavier for some of us? In this episode, we explore the neuroscience of Seasonal Affective Dis...
S6:E3 Self-criticism is self-harm
Why are we so much harsher on ourselves than we are on others? In this episode of Super Brain , I explore the neuroscience of self-compassio...
S6:E2 Magic Mushrooms and the Human Brain
Psilocybin — the psychedelic compound in so-called “magic mushrooms” — has exploded into headlines and social media feeds. Some call it a mi...
S6:E1 Tomorrow Brain
Why do we put off the very things that matter most? In this episode of Super Brain , I explore procrastination — the irrational gap between...
Season 6 Promo: 'Super Brain is Back!'
If you’ve ever wondered why you do the things you do, you’re going to love Season Six of Super Brain . In each episode, psychologist and neu...
S5:E7 Mood, Food and the Gut Brain Connection with Prof John Cryan
Dr Sabina Brennan has a fascinating conversation with Prof John Cryan stress neurobiologist and co-author of the Psychobiotic Revolution abo...
S5:E6 Help Me with Marianne Power
Dr Sabina Brennan chats to journalist Marianne Power about the year she spent following the advice of one self-help book per month. -The boo...
S5:E5 Bird girl with Mya-Rose Craig
Dr Sabina Brennan chats to 20 year old Dr Mya-Rose Craig about her memoir Birdgirl. Already a woman if substance this young woman who has ac...
S5:E4 Secrets
Dr Sabina Brennan takes a look into secret research. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
S5:E3 Control
Dr Sabina Brennan explores the psychology and neuroscience of control, impulsivity, self-control, taking control and relinquishing control....
S5:E2 Headspace for healthy eating with Dr Rupi Aujla
Dr Sabina Brennan chats to NHS doctor, Sunday Times best-selling author and host of the The Doctor's Kitchen podcast about how he overcame a...
S5:E1 Imaginers
The Super Brain podcast returns with this audio documentary produced and presented by Super Brain host Dr Sabina Brennan Dr Edward O'Sulliva...