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Hosted by Maureen Kafkis · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 287 episodes
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Maureen Kafkis is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, the Brain BS™ coach, and the host of The Brain BS™ Podcast (previously The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast). When she learned that the average human brain has over 60,000 thoughts a day and that most of them are lies (Brain BS™) that cause needless suffering, she started to learn how to separate the fact from fiction in her mind and has never looked back. Maureen truly believes that living consciously, understanding how your brains work, and learning to feel your feelings are necessary for an empowering and fulfilling life. She brings her expertise and extensive knowledge to inspire people in the SB area and beyond to learn how to live consciously, tap into their personal power and become leaders in their community. In a world where there is so much division and way too much focus on competition, the Brain BS™ Coach is promoting a conscious community and lifestyle built on leadership energy, collaboration, and
Maureen Kafkis hosts The Brain BS™ Podcast, a business show with 287 episodes published.
In this episode I speak with candidate Cevin Cathell who happens to be a woman, a powerhouse, and somebody who has the qualities to be successful as a city council member in Santa Barbara. Cevin is running for the 5th di
In this episode I share with you how I cleaned up my energy around an upcoming trip to Ohio to see my family. I love them and want to spend time with them but it's so much harder to get to Ohio from the west coast than i
In this week's episode I share some of the Brain BS™ that kept me from recording a podcast episode last week. I also talk about how its normal for our nervous systems to be impacted by both our daily life and attempting
In this episode I give a general overview of the 12 Universal Laws. These laws are always at work so learning how to make them work for us is extremely beneficial. And the truth is that if we don't intentionally learn ho
Yesterday morning a friend offered our social group excess produce that they grew in her garden. Today I told her that The Unity Shoppe feeds families in need and if there was any still left over, I could pick it up and
In this episode I am speaking about beliefs and why we need to question them.
In this episode I speak with Alex Castenada who is the owner of the painting company that painted our new home in SB. Alex and I struck up a friendship working together and he shared a terribly sad story of losing a chil
In this episode I speak with Dante Bacani about how he has handled very significant health issues that might drag another person down. Dante's ongoing determination and commitment to recovery and getting back to independ
In this episode I discuss Tourette Syndrome with Jessica Sneed who is a mother and a metabolic health coach. We discuss what it's like for her to have a son with Tourettes and we discuss what it's like for me to be deali
In this episode, I am pretty transparent about how the house construction project impacted my mindset and my nervous system. In fact, I am so open in it that it actually made it uncomfortable for me to listen back to it.
In this episode I remind you guys what Brain BS is, why we want to be able to identify it when it shows up in our lives, and why we need to know how to manage it so we can create lives with way more fun and way less dram
I am so excited to be taking the first step to getting back to my weekly podcast. I have enjoyed a much needed break but looking forward to getting back to my passion which is talking about all things Brain BS. Listen to
In this episode I speak with Laura Abrignani who is a nurse practitioner and owner of Coastal Well Woman. Laura is a menopause expert who is passionate about supporting women through what can be a very challenging time i
In this episode I share that I am at a crossroads in my life when it comes to my podcast and what I want to do moving forward. I explain what is going on and why I can't commit to when you will hear from me next on the p
This week on The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast I speak with Kristina McKean about The Elephant Project in Thailand. We discuss her love for animals and how it inspired her to start this amazing project that
In this episode I am speaking about contempt. I am sure you see evidence of it like I do when you look around the world and the way we are all interacting with one another in 2025. What you might not be aware of is that
In this episode I am speaking with Martha Varela who is the Executive Director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA). Martha has been on the podcast in the past to talk about the Better With Horses Program that she
In this episode I am enlisting my podcast audience to help me win the lottery for a chance to go see Paul McCartney at the Santa Barbara Bowl next weekend! Which is why I am publishing it a day early:) Next week I will b
In this episode I speak with psychic, astrologer, and death mid-wife Beth Mc Donald about a subject that none of us are going to be able to avoid in this lifetime and that is dying. Often we think that is something to ad
This week on The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast I planned to do an episode called Going All-In. But it turns out I didn't have what it takes to make it happen. Listen to this brief episode to learn why and ho
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Laura Abrignani
Coastal Well Woman
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Martha Varela
Paralyzed Veterans of America
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Linda Kiefer
The Horse Project
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Angela Miller Beven
The Unity Shoppe
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Foreverbird Studio
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The Brain BS™ Podcast is hosted by Maureen Kafkis. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 287 episodes.
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