The Brain Scrub
The Brain Scrub starting in June, 2026, is about two men sharing how they are living an authentic, engaging, and intentional life in their 50's. Regardless of the turbulence in their life, they learned that we all have agency to live our best life. The purpose of the show is to share how living your best life can be accelerated by self-care, authenticity, and building community.
This podcast explains a path to living a more authentic life by taking a courageous look at self and focusing on what can be controlled.
We are not an experts and the tools and techniques shared are based on research, practice, and ideas. For mental or physical health challenges, please seek the advice of a qualified practitioner. Absolutely seek professional help to deal with trauma, depression, personality disorders, etc. Support is out there - get it.
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Episodes
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Right vs. wrong. What is right and what is wrong. Well, that depends on our mental model. We all have them and if we take the time to understand what they might be, we may all have a chance to build a stronger and sustainable global community. BTW, the museum that I couldn't remember the name of is Pearl Harbour.
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
The 2024 US election is an example of how people in power positions role model bullying - both sides. Yet, we are trying to teach our youth to not bully. Maybe, to bully, is to be human, and, we do have a choice. In this episode I address how I cleared the air with a bully in my life and my hope is you can do the same. To hate, is to carry negativity in our life, and clearly, most of us carry a lot of that around (As per scientific studies - "According to the National Science Foundation, 80% of our thoughts are negative and 95% of our thoughts are repetitive."
Saturday Oct 26, 2024
Saturday Oct 26, 2024
A big shout out to DW news and the amazing job they do in presenting the facts, not the fiction. They inspired today's episode as I watched a great video on Climate Change and why, despite our know how, things are getting worse, not better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK3wf_17hxY
This episode is how to get more motivated to commit to changing. All the best in your change efforts!
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Most of our habits are created at a young age. Who teaches us...our care givers? Some of those ways of being with them may be creeping up now as an adult and could risk a healthy relationship. In this episode, I share a bit about my awareness about this.
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
We all have core needs that impact how we communicate and show up in the World. These needs are not necessarily new and when we were younger, we learned behaviours and strategies to get what we wanted. Very likely, these ways of being are showing up in aspects of your life now. How are they working for you and what might be the impact on others? In this episode I chat about mine.
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
In this episode, I chat with a good friend about the challenges and gifts in parenting a child with ADHD. As a father who had a son with OCD, ADHD and Anxiety, I could have really benefited from hearing these words of advice YEARS ago.
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Ahhh....to be content. In this episode, we will explore that and my possible methodology of achieving greater contentment.
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
I need to say nothing here about this episode other than what would life be like if you didn't worry about mattering?