Super Brain

Super Brain host Sabina Brennan continues her conversation with her Fair City daughter Ruth Gilligan.They talk about storytelling and empathy, motherhood and mad cows, identity and Irishness, tradition and modernity, babies and borders but time and again come back back to storytelling and empathy.

Ruth is an ambassador for the global charity Narrative 4, which uses storytelling to foster empathy between diverse young people around the world.

WEBSITE: www.ruthgilligan.com

Twitter: @ruthgilligan

Link to book: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-butchers/

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Super Brain host Dr Sabina Brennan explains why your brain feels sluggish, slow and less sharp than usual during lockdown and gives some tips on how to clear the fog and think quicker, sharper, better.

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Sabina Brennan talks to author and academic, Ruth Gilligan about Fairy God Mothers, literary snobbery, Irish begrudgery and much more.

Ruth Gilligan is a novelist and academic from Dublin now based in the UK where she works as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham. She has published five novels to date and was the youngest person ever to top the Irish bestsellers' list. Her most recent book,The Butchers, came out in March 2020 and is set in the borderlands during the 1996 BSE crisis. Ruth is an ambassador for the global charity Narrative 4, which uses storytelling to foster empathy between diverse young people around the world.

WEBSITE: www.ruthgilligan.com

Twitter: @ruthgilligan

Link to book: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-butchers/

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With so many people reporting poor sleep and vivid dreams during the COVID19 pandemic Dr Sabina Brennan gives a neuroscience perspective on both, plus practical tips to boost your sleep.

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Sabina Brennan chats to journalist Hilary Freeman about self-censoring, identity, making tough decisions, the loss of her daughter and resilience.

If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis you may find www.brainhealth4ms.com helpful. As the name suggests it's a website that I developed that provides easy-to-understand information and animations about brain health for people living with MS.

To learn more about Hilary visit

https://www.hilaryfreeman.com/

Hilary's young Adult novels include:

When I Was Me (2015) a contemporary psychological thriller about identity, memory and the decisions that make us who we are, with a dose of quantum physics.

Camden Town Tales, 

Three books about the adventures of a group of friends who live in Camden Town, London.

• The Boy from France (2013)
• Stuck On Me (2012)
• The Celeb Next Door (2011)

Lifted (2010) is the story of a compulsive shoplifter who finds fame through her blog.

Don’t Ask (2009) the tale of a girl who invents a new internet identity in order to obtain information about her boyfriend.

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Neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan explains the impact that being over or under weight can have on your brain.

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Sabina Brennan chats to award-winning journalist, novelist and agony aunt Hilary Freeman about being publicly shamed online for an article she wrote about finding the balance between health messaging around obesity and the body positivity movement. As we chat we try to understand how social media went from a wonderful sharing, connected, caring community to an online mob.

To learn more about Hilary visit

https://www.hilaryfreeman.com/

Hilary's young Adult novels include:

When I Was Me (2015) a contemporary psychological thriller about identity, memory and the decisions that make us who we are, with a dose of quantum physics.

Camden Town Tales, 

Three books about the adventures of a group of friends who live in Camden Town, London.

• The Boy from France (2013)
• Stuck On Me (2012)
• The Celeb Next Door (2011)

Lifted (2010) is the story of a compulsive shoplifter who finds fame through her blog.

Don’t Ask (2009) the tale of a girl who invents a new internet identity in order to obtain information about her boyfriend.

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Neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan explains that loneliness is an alarm bell warning you to get connected or face serious health consequences.

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Sabina Brennan chats to award-winning novelist and columnist Sinead Moriarty about losing herself and her sense of humour to a chronic painful condition and how sharing stories helped her find her happy place again.

All proceeds from 'My RA Story' go to Rheumatoid Arthritis Ireland

Get to know Sinead Moriarty and her 14 novels on http://www.sineadmoriarty.com/

Sinead's latest novel, Seven Letters, is available now in paper back and ebook.

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Super Brain host Sabina Brennan reveals how having a laugh and cracking a smile are nature's stress busting, immune boosting weapons.

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