The Balanced Brain Podcast
A podcast about healing, building resilience and making a comeback to have hope for the future. Melanie and Sean share stories from all around the world of how people have become their own alchemists, transforming hurt into harmony, worry into well-being. Woven through the guest episodes are their own stories of trauma healing told with humour, compassion, balance, and hope. Melanie and Sean ‘walk the talk’ through their bonus ‘Brain Snap’ episodes where they try out experiments like meditation, gardening, singing, and surfing to restore balance to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. With Melanie’s expertise in family and workplace mediation and Sean’s in communication, they run workshops on health and wellbeing, boundaries, building self-awareness and much more to compliment your listening experience. Hit the Subscribe button for tips on how to rebuild, reconnect and heal.
Episodes
Damien Linnane’s memoir, Raw, chronicles a childhood marred by physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and his subsequent ineffective search for identity in gangs, the military, and dysfunctional relationships. The ongoing impacts of childhood trauma reached a climax when Damien firebombed the home of a man accused of rape. He subsequently became an artist and writer in prison.
Warning: This episode contains recollections of childh...
Sean shares his experience with a recent injury and how it impacted his life. Sean shares his recovery journey and tips for our listeners in this not to miss episode.
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Speaking of trauma is an essential element of healing for all that life throws at us as human beings, no matter how long-ago that trauma was experienced.
So why can’t we talk about the most significant trauma that has occurred in this lifetime - the response to covid? The lockdowns, the mandates, the coercion, the broken lives, and relationships. The psychological and physical injuries.
We speak on this episode to share our expe...
Nereda Wills, business owner of “Natural Neddy” is a naturopath with a Bachelor of Health Science and studying for her Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Nereda uses powerful natural medicine to treat illness, overwhelm and stress. Nereda practices with a 'whole of body’ philosophy and talks about the importance of emotional wellbeing and its connection to physical health in this incredible episode.
What song reminds you of your first heartbreak ?
Do you listen to song lyrics or just the beat?
How do musicians make a song?
Emma White is a singer/songwriter and psychologist from the band “June Low” and shares the secrets of music in this incredible episode.
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Sean and Melanie share their life changing experiments to improve mental health and wellbeing.
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A Master of Counselling and Master of Tarot, Lana merges the mind and the spirit in her counselling practice, helping clients with anxiety and depression.
Combining her human science qualifications with the esoteric guidance of the Tarot, Lana’s message is clear - you have the power to choose your own destiny !
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Anna could see no escape from the terror she experienced at the hands of those she should have been most able to trust. She grabbed hold of opportunities to make changes and heal.
Courage and perseverance and determination allowed the girl to pursue a life she’d never dared to imagine for herself while ensuring those responsible for her torment didn’t win.
Anna went on to write her memoir “Blossom in the Dust.” which you can fi...
It’s been a big year for the Balanced Brain Podcast with a 537% increase in streams that got us trending in the USA podcast charts for the first time. It was a big year for everyone globally as humanity searched Google for how to change, find their passion, be a better friend, be fearless and evolve.
Sean and Melanie chat about their own highs and lows of 2022 in this raw and honest episode about making a comeback in 2023.
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The kids at Agnes Water Primary are leading the way to a positive mindset through meditation, mindfulness, gratitude, and emotional self-care.
Acts of Kindness are a daily practice. The school has been transformed through the “Smiling Mind” program led by passionate and dedicated Head of Curriculum, Leigh Tankey.
Leigh walks the talk with her own practice – as do the teachers at this school and the impact on the kids, their pare...
Sean and Melanie share their life changing experiments to improve mental health and wellbeing.
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Sean and Melanie talk about trust, vulnerability, breakups, expectations, rituals, gender differences, google trends, long term friends, how to make new friends and much more in this special episode on friendships.
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Harvey never wanted to be a Dad. A surprise arrived and he found himself having sole care of his tiny baby. He lost his job, his big house and his mind. He raised Dom in a bed sitter, setting the alarm at night to bottle feed him.
He is deeply sad that he could not enjoy the baby years.
He made up for it when he took extreme action to get Dom to a Lego show.
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Sean was in his darkest hour when his first child was born. He was 40, depressed and jobless. His identity shattered. He became a stay at home Dad and it bought him back to life. Rosanna was his guardian angel.
A shock surprise saw Dom become a Dad at just 20. Catapulted into adulthood, he made mistakes, but he had a great Dad and Pop to guide him through. Dom’s kids are ages 29 to 10. ohhh..and he has 3 grand kids!
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Sean and Melanie share their life changing experiments to improve mental health and wellbeing.
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“Confronting” is the word Heather uses to describe being a midwife during the pandemic. Dressed in full PPE, goggles and N95 mask to deliver a woman’s baby. Fatigue, loneliness, and ever-changing rules have challenged Heather at every turn. But through this journey there has been joy, incredible teamwork, and a deep commitment to give women the best birth experience she can. Heather can’t imagine doing anyth...
In this episode we talk about:
*Ongoing workplace mandates that are creating uncertainty.
* The changing narrative of mandates.
* How everyone is experiencing these times differently.
*The mental health crisis accelerated by covid with 4 out of 5 kids experiencing mental health issues in the last 2 years.
*What control do we have over our lives now?
*The emotional rollercoaster of “What’s next?”
*Looking for new opportunitie...
Sean and Melanie share their life changing experiments to improve mental health and wellbeing.
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International Speedway star Adam Shields shares his story on overcoming serious injuries to become a successful personal trainer.
His philosophy is to take control of your fitness by getting strong and moving well to create lifelong change.
Adam shares his hot tips for shedding Christmas kilo’s, making fitness a joy and letting go of guilt by creating a positive mindset.
We discuss surprising Google trends of 2021, the elephant in the room around the Christmas table, healing tools, sea shanties and all things mental health.
How do we reconnect in a divided society?
Tune in for Sean and Melanie’s recap of 2021 and tips on creating a new reality in 2022.
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