The Brian O'Loughlin Podcast

Join Brian as he explores mid-life and what it means to live a new way. Through conversations on burnout, purpose, parenthood, personal growth and the deeper questions of life itself, you'll learn how to stop merely surviving and start living with greater clarity, presence and meaning.

The Brian O'Loughlin Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Brian O'Loughlin, with 43 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Brian O'Loughlin hosts The Brian O'Loughlin Podcast, a education show with 43 episodes published.

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  #43 - Why You Can't Rest

  Aug 17, 20268 min

  You can finish work, sit on the couch, go on holiday or spend the weekend doing very little and still never really rest. For years, I thought I simply struggled to switch off. What I eventually realised was that my entire system had learned not to. In this episode, I explore what can sit underneath our need to keep moving, thinking, planning and achieving and why slowing down can sometimes feel more uncomfortable than being busy. Because for some of us, achievement hasn't just been something we've done. It's been how we've learned to feel safe. And when the movement stops, we finally meet what it may have been protecting us from. This isn't an episode about becoming less ambitious. It's about discovering whether you can still be ambitious without needing constant movement to feel okay. If you've ever wondered why you can technically be resting while something inside you is still going, this episode might help you understand yourself differently

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  #42 - Emotions Vs Feelings

  Aug 12, 20267 min

  What’s the Difference Between an Emotion and a Feeling? We often use the words emotion and feeling interchangeably, but what if they’re not quite the same thing? In this short episode, I explore a distinction that can completely change how we relate to difficult emotional experiences. An emotion is somatic. It happens in the body. Tightness in the chest. Heat in the face. A knot in the stomach. A heaviness we can’t quite explain. Often, what the emotion is asking for is surprisingly simple: to be felt and experienced. A feeling is what can happen next, when we attach a story, meaning or narrative to that emotion. And from that story often comes an urge to do something : fix it, escape it, distract ourselves, change our circumstances or make the discomfort disappear. But what happens when we stop trying to get away from the emotion? A six-minute reflection on learning to feel what is actually happening in the body, before the mind turns it into something we need to solve.

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  #41 - A Changing Relationship With Alcohol

  Jul 31, 20268 min

  In this episode, I explore why many people naturally find their relationship with alcohol changing, not through willpower or restriction, but because they're no longer relying on it to regulate how they feel. We'll look at why behaviours like drinking are often coping strategies rather than the real problem, how stress and the nervous system shape our habits, and why building a life you don't need to escape from is very different from simply trying to drink less. If you've ever wondered why you reach for a drink, or why it doesn't feel the same anymore, this conversation may help you see your relationship with alcohol and yourself in a completely different way. https://kynesis.ie/session

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  #40 - Know what to do but still can't do it?

  Jul 22, 20268 min

  Why do you keep ending up back in the same place? In this episode, I explore one of the biggest misconceptions about personal growth - that more knowledge creates more change. The truth is, most of us don't struggle because we don't know enough. We struggle because we're trying to change from the same state of fear, pressure, or survival that created the problem in the first place. We'll explore why behaviour is often a symptom rather than the problem, how your nervous system shapes your decisions, and why lasting transformation begins with understanding yourself rather than trying to fix yourself. If you've ever wondered why you know exactly what to do but still can't seem to do it, this episode is for you. https://kynesis.ie/session

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  #39 - Coming Home To Yourself

  Jul 15, 20267 min

  In this episode, I explore one of the deepest reasons so many of us feel disconnected, not because we're disconnected from life, but because we've become disconnected from our own experience. You'll discover why the exhaustion you feel isn't necessarily coming from your emotions, but from constantly interrupting them before you've had the chance to truly meet them. This is an invitation to understand yourself in a way you may never have before, and to see that healing isn't about becoming someone new, it's about learning to stop leaving yourself. If you've spent your life searching for clarity, peace, or a greater sense of aliveness, this conversation may help you understand what you've really been looking for all along. https://kynesis.ie/session

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