The Balanced Brain Podcast

About 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.

Publisher

The Balanced Brain Podcast

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jun 2021

Latest episode

19 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Mar 2026

   The Fight to Stay Human - Reality, A.I, smartphones and reclaiming your inner authority.

   The world changed after Covid. Trust fractured, reality has become one crisis after another and in a short space of time, A.I. is everywhere. In this episode of The Balanced Brain Podcast, we explore the challenge of staying human in an AI-driven world—from filter bubbles and smartphone addiction to the deeper question of who and what is creating our reality. We also look at the hope and trends emerging through a subculture of young people seeking real-world experiences again and a broader trend of renewed interest in the topic of nature and spirituality. The episode ends with the message of reconnecting with the most powerful guidance system we have – our own inner authority and wisdom. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   15 May 2024

   Childhood abuse survivor and artist, Damien shares his incredible story of transformation.

   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 childhood abuse and other sensitive topics. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

3. 

   1 Apr 2024

   Brain Snap 8 - Healing from Injury- mind, body, soul.

   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. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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