The Breen Time Podcast

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The BreenTime Podcast is a personal development podcast focused on helping you think better, build discipline, and take control of your life. Through real conversations with experts, thought leaders, therapists, doctors and high performers, each episode delivers practical advice you can apply immediately. Hosted by Sabrina Brown MA, the podcast is designed for people navigating life’s turning points—whether you’re feeling stuck, rebuilding after a major change, or looking to move forward with more clarity and intention. Each week features a mix of guest conversations and solo episodes, covering mindset, discipline, decision-making, resilience, and personal growth—grounded in real-world experience, not surface-level motivation. With over two decades of experience leading large-scale transformation across complex organisations, Sabrina has operated at board level, delivered multimillion-pound change programmes, and supported organisations through high-stakes recovery. That experience shapes every conversation—cutting through noise and focusing on what actually works in real life. A qualified coach with an MA in Coaching & Mentoring Practice and advanced training in AI in Business Strategy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sabrina brings both structure and insight to every episode. If you want to think better, act with intention, and create meaningful change in your life, this podcast is for you. New episodes released weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 8H AGO

    Life Storms - Finding Your Clear Skies with Guest Tracy Doyle

    You can look like you've got it all together and still be quietly running on empty. This episode is for anyone whose composure has started to feel like a costume. This week Breen is joined by Tracy Doyle - entrepreneur, emotional wellness advocate, and author of Life Storms: Finding Your Clear Sky. After years of leading an award-winning business while privately burning out, Tracy developed the Aurora Method: a psychology-informed, mindfulness-based framework for healing emotional burnout and reconnecting with yourself and the people who matter most. Her story moves from childhood trauma and instability to reinvention, and her work is rooted in the belief that the patterns running our adult lives were usually written long before we noticed them. In this episode, you'll hear: Why high achievement so often coexists with emotional exhaustion, and how the two can quietly feed each other for years.How early life experiences shape the internal beliefs we carry into adulthood - and how those beliefs distort how we think, feel, and relate to others.The difference between stress and emotional burnout, and the subtle signs that you've crossed from one into the other.What it actually looks like to rebuild after years of holding it together for everyone else.Why reconnection has to start internally before it can happen in our relationships.Practical entry points into the Aurora Method, and how mindfulness becomes useful when life feels anything but calm.The reframe Tracy offers on storms: not as something to escape, but as the weather you learn to navigate on the way to your clear sky. Your clear sky isn't on the other side of the storm - it's on the other side of how you've been weathering it. Breen Time is hosted by Sabrina Brown - life coach and management consultant. New episodes every Monday - listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebreentimepodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/breentime/ Website: https://shows.acast.com/the-breentime-podcast Brum Radio: https://www.instagram.com/brumradio/ More from Tracy Doyle: https://www.tracydoyle.life Life Storms: Finding Your Clear Sky - available on Amazon. If this episode raised something for you, support is available: Counselling DirectorySamaritansMindNHS Mental Health & Talking Therapies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min

  2. MAY 11

    The Problem with Constant Comfort

    You've made life easier. But has it made you weaker? We've engineered discomfort out of almost everything - and it's quietly costing us our drive, our patience, and our ability to cope. This episode of Breen Time asks a question worth sitting with: what happens to us when nothing is ever hard anymore? In this episode, you'll hear: Why the brain's reward system is wired to respond to effort - and what happens when rewards arrive without it, dulling our sense of satisfaction over time.How instant access to food, entertainment, and work has quietly removed the everyday friction that once built resilience without us even noticing.Why constant comfort doesn't make us calmer - it can actually increase anxiety and restlessness, leaving us less equipped to tolerate uncertainty.The link between deliberate difficulty and confidence: why doing hard things, even small ones, rebuilds trust in your own ability to follow through.Practical ways to reintroduce resistance into your daily life - from adjusting how you exercise to how you work and how you complete even the simplest tasks.Why discipline isn't about punishment or grinding - it's about closing the gap between what you intend to do and what you actually do.How patience and persistence aren't personality traits you're born with, but capacities that grow through practice - and shrink without it.A reframe that changes everything: discomfort isn't the enemy of a good life. In the right doses, it's what makes one possible.The goal isn't to suffer more. It's to stop mistaking ease for wellbeing. Breen Time is hosted by Sabrina Brown - life coach and management consultant. New episodes every Monday - listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebreentimepodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/breentime/ Website: https://shows.acast.com/the-breentime-podcast Brum Radio: https://www.instagram.com/brumradio/ If this episode raised something for you, support is available: Counselling Directory: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk NHS Mental Health & Talking Therapies: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/nhs-talking-therapies/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17 min

  3. MAY 4

    Positivity that Produces Results with Guest Lori Rogers

    Good intentions don't build great businesses. Disciplined daily habits do. In this episode, Sabrina sits down with Lori Rogers, business owner, speaker, and creator of the Positive Activity™ methodology - a science-backed approach to mindset that goes far beyond motivation and good vibes. After reaching her own breaking point in 2011, Lori transformed her business and her life through consistent, evidence-based practices - and went on to increase her sales by 200%. Now, through Rogers Marketing and the Positive Activity™ programme she co-created with her husband Neil, she helps individuals, sales teams, and business leaders do the same. In this episode, you'll hear: Why there's a meaningful difference between surface-level positivity and what Lori calls "disciplined mindset practice" - and why that distinction changes everything.How consistent daily activities, not bursts of motivation or hype, are what actually shape performance, culture, and long-term results.What the Positive Activity™ methodology is built on, and how decades of real-world business leadership informed its development.Why mindset isn't just something you feel - it's something that shows up visibly in your decisions, your habits, and the way you show up in relationships.How responsibility and ownership sit at the heart of sustainable change, and why wishful thinking can quietly keep you stuck.What it means to be a "rational optimist" - holding space for the hard stuff while actively choosing the thoughts and habits that move you forward.Why incremental, almost imperceptible changes are often more powerful than dramatic overhauls - and how to trust that slow, steady progress is still progress.Practical entry points for bringing Positive Activity™ principles into your daily life, whether you're a business owner, a team leader, or simply someone ready to do the inner work differently.Positivity isn't a personality trait. It's a practice - and like any practice, it gets stronger the more consistently you show up for it. Breen Time is hosted by Sabrina Brown - life coach and management consultant. New episodes every Monday - follow, subscribe, and share with someone who needs to hear this. Instagram: instagram.com/breentimepodcast  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sabrinabrown  Website: sabrinabrown.co.uk  Brum Radio: brumradio.com Learn more about Lori Rogers and the Positive Activity™ methodology: positiveactivity.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min

  4. APR 27

    The Real Cost of Perfectionism with Guest Rubina Chada

    The Real Cost of Perfectionism You're achieving. You're delivering. So why does it feel like you're running on empty? Rubina Chada joins Sabrina this week for a conversation that goes beneath the surface of high performance — exploring what happens when ambition is fuelled by pressure rather than genuine alignment. Drawing from lived experience and professional practice, Rubina brings a grounded, honest lens to the quiet ways perfectionism and chronic stress erode the things we rely on most: clarity, creativity, and trust in ourselves. In this episode, you'll hear: Why perfectionism often isn't about standards — it's about what we believe happens if we fall short of them.How chronic stress quietly dismantles the clarity and creativity we need most to do our best work.What it means to build achievement from alignment rather than anxiety — and how to begin making that shift.Practical ways to regulate your nervous system when pressure starts to override your thinking.How developing emotional awareness can change the way you show up in work, relationships, and decision-making.Why slowing down isn't the opposite of growth — and how it often becomes the conditions for it.How to start building a more stable inner foundation, even when the demands around you haven't changed. The cost of perfectionism isn't failure — it's the version of yourself you never gave permission to exist. Hosted by Sabrina Brown — life coach and management consultant. New episodes every Monday on Brum Radio and wherever you listen to podcasts. Instagram: @breentimepodcast LinkedIn: Breen Time Podcast breentimepodcast.com Brum Radio: brumradio.com Guest website: theinnerdesign.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min

  5. APR 20

    Tough Conversations And How Avoiding Them Ruins Your Life

    You've rehearsed it in your head a hundred times. You know what needs to be said. And yet - you stay quiet. Again. Avoidance feels like keeping the peace. But over time, it quietly dismantles your relationships, your self-respect, and your sense of who you are. In this episode, Sabrina gets direct about one of the most common patterns she sees as a life coach and management consultant: the high cost of the conversations we never have. In this episode, you'll hear: The five fears that drive avoidance — and how to identify which one is yoursWhy silence isn't neutral: how staying quiet teaches people exactly how to treat youThe hidden damage of unspoken truths — from invisible walls in relationships to eroded self-respectEight practical techniques for handling tough conversations with confidence and emotional maturityWhy the goal isn't to be right — it's to be honestHow braver conversations lead to deeper relationships, stronger boundaries, and a life that actually fitsBecause the pain of avoidance doesn't disappear — it just changes shape. Breen Time is hosted by Sabrina Brown — life coach and management consultant. New episodes every Monday — listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the Breen Time Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebreentimepodcast/ And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/breentime/ Visit the website: https://shows.acast.com/the-breentime-podcast Brum Radio: https://www.instagram.com/brumradio/ If this episode raised something for you, support is available: Counselling Directory: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk NHS Mental Health Services: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/ NHS Talking Therapies: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/counselling/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 min

  6. APR 13

    The Long Walk Back to Yourself — With Guest Linda Magoon

    Some losses are clean. Others dismantle you slowly - from the inside out, and in front of everyone. This week, Sabrina is joined by Linda Magoon for a conversation about what it actually takes to rebuild a life after long-term control, public shame by association, and the kind of emotional collapse that leaves you questioning who you even are. Linda's story is not one of slogans or easy reframes. It's one of putting one foot in front of the other - literally - when everything else has fallen away. What emerges is a grounded, honest account of recovery rooted in action: deliberate physical challenge, time in nature, professional support, and the quiet discipline of showing up for yourself when you have nothing left to prove and nowhere left to hide. In this episode, you'll hear: What long-term control does to a person's sense of self — and how disorienting it is to reclaim itHow public shame by association compounds personal grief, and what it takes to separate someone else's choices from your own identityWhy motivation alone is not enough in the aftermath of collapse — and what actually anchors recoveryThe role of deliberate physical challenge and time in nature as tools for rebuilding from the inside outWhy professional support isn't a shortcut — it's part of the disciplineWhat responsibility really looks like when you're the one picking up the pieces Resilience isn't a mindset you adopt. It's a practice you return to, every day, whether or not you feel ready. Linda's website and resources: www.lindamagoon.com Breen Time is hosted by Sabrina Brown MA - qualified coach, management consultant, and host of Breen Time on Brum Radio. With over two decades of experience leading large-scale transformation and advanced training in AI in Business Strategy from MIT, Sabrina brings structure, depth, and real-world insight to every conversation. Follow the Breen Time Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebreentimepodcast/ And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/breentime/ Visit the website: https://shows.acast.com/the-breentime-podcast Brum Radio: https://www.instagram.com/brumradio/ If this episode raised something for you, support is available: Counselling Directory: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk NHS Mental Health Services: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/ NHS Talking Therapies: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/counselling/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min

  7. APR 6

    When Life Keeps Repeating Itself - With Guest Rachael Kennard Wall

    Most of us know what it feels like to be stuck in a loop. The same argument with a different person. The same job that starts well and then doesn't. The same feeling, dressed up in new circumstances. We tend to call it bad luck - or just life. But what if the loop is actually the lesson? This week, Sabrina sits down with Rachael Kennard-Wall - holistic health practitioner and co-founder of It's All About Health - to explore why the same patterns keep showing up, and what they're really asking of us. Drawing on her clinical work in subconscious and root cause approaches, Rachael reframes repetition not as a sign that something is wrong with you, but as feedback - a signal pointing to a misalignment between what you believe, how you behave, and what's true for you beneath the surface. In this episode, you'll hear: Why life keeps repeating itself - and why that's not a flaw, but a featureHow to read recurring patterns as feedback rather than failureThe role the subconscious plays in keeping us anchored to familiar (but unhelpful) cyclesWhy surface-level change rarely sticks - and what root-level change actually involvesHow intuition and personal responsibility work together in breaking old patternsPractical ways to pause, get honest with yourself, and begin creating change that lasts Because the pattern doesn't repeat to punish you - it repeats until you're ready to understand it. For more about Rachael, visit her website: www.itsallabouthealth.co.uk Sabrina Brown is a professional life coach and management consultant, and the host of Breen Time on Brum Radio. Connect with the show on Instagram and LinkedIn: @breentimepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min

  8. MAR 30

    Outgrowing the Life You've Built - With Guest Ayanna Dutton-Diaz

    There's a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn't come from working too hard - it comes from working hard at the wrong thing. If you've ever looked around at everything you've built and felt quietly hollow, this episode is for you. This week, Sabrina sits down with Ayanna Dutton-Diaz - brand strategist, founder, and self-proclaimed Chief Purpose Officer - to explore what happens when the life you worked so hard to create stops feeling like yours. Drawing on her own journey across corporate life, entrepreneurship, and motherhood, Ayanna gets honest about misalignment: what it actually is, why it's so easy to miss until it becomes burnout, and what it really takes to find your footing again. In this episode, you'll hear: Why burnout is often an identity problem, not a workload problem - and what that distinction changesThe early signs of misalignment that most people talk themselves out ofHow major life transitions (career pivots, becoming a parent, leaving something behind) quietly erode confidence - and how to rebuild itWhat "finding yourself again" actually looks like in practice, beyond the clichésHow inner misalignment leaks into your work, your relationships, and your decision-makingSmall, practical questions you can ask yourself today to start recalibrating Because sometimes the bravest thing isn't starting over - it's getting honest about where you actually are. For more about Ayanna, visit her website: https://www.ayannadutton.com/ Sabrina Brown is a professional life coach and management consultant, and the host of Breen Time on Brum Radio. Connect with the show on Instagram and LinkedIn: @breentimepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min
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The BreenTime Podcast is a personal development podcast focused on helping you think better, build discipline, and take control of your life. Through real conversations with experts, thought leaders, therapists, doctors and high performers, each episode delivers practical advice you can apply immediately. Hosted by Sabrina Brown MA, the podcast is designed for people navigating life’s turning points—whether you’re feeling stuck, rebuilding after a major change, or looking to move forward with more clarity and intention. Each week features a mix of guest conversations and solo episodes, covering mindset, discipline, decision-making, resilience, and personal growth—grounded in real-world experience, not surface-level motivation. With over two decades of experience leading large-scale transformation across complex organisations, Sabrina has operated at board level, delivered multimillion-pound change programmes, and supported organisations through high-stakes recovery. That experience shapes every conversation—cutting through noise and focusing on what actually works in real life. A qualified coach with an MA in Coaching & Mentoring Practice and advanced training in AI in Business Strategy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sabrina brings both structure and insight to every episode. If you want to think better, act with intention, and create meaningful change in your life, this podcast is for you. New episodes released weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Brum Radio
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Brum Radio
  • Show Website
    The Breen Time Podcast