It's Brain Surgery
Welcome to It’s Brain Surgery, where we explore the mental, physical, and philosophical tools that help high performers thrive in high-stakes, uncomfortable, and uncertain parts of life.
I’m Dr. Andrew Brunswick, a neurosurgeon, athlete, and wellness advocate sharing first-hand insights from the operating room and the training ground. Here you’ll find conversations, strategies, and tools to help you:
•Strengthen your mindset 🧘
•Optimize physical and mental performance 💪
•Improve recovery and resilience 🔄
•Learn practical lessons from real neurosurgery stories 🧠
•Explore the latest in fitness, mindfulness, and wellness 🌱
Expect weekly podcast episodes, in-depth explainers, and highlight clips featuring guests ranging from doctors and elite athletes to thought leaders in mindset and recovery.
If you’re passionate about neurosurgery, health, fitness, mindset training, or unlocking peak human potential, you’re in the right place.
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It's Brain Surgery
Finding Joy in the Grind with LadySpineDoc
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What does it really look like to build a meaningful life in one of the most demanding professions in the world?
In this episode of It’s Brain Surgery, Andrew Brunswick sits down with Dr. Betsy Grunch, board-certified neurosurgeon, researcher, mother, and globally recognized creator known as @LadySpineDoc.
Dr. Grunch shares her personal journey into neurosurgery, inspired by her mother’s spinal cord injury, and how that early experience shaped the way she treats patients, delivers difficult news, and leads with empathy in a high-stakes field. Together, they explore what neurosurgical training is actually like, how surgeons learn to carry responsibility without losing their humanity, and why communication matters just as much as technical skill.
The conversation also dives into how Dr. Grunch built a powerful educational platform on social media, why evidence-based medical voices matter online, and how she balances medicine, family life, creativity, and leadership in a traditionally male-dominated specialty.
This episode is an honest, thoughtful look at purpose, resilience, and redefining what a neurosurgeon can look like in the modern world.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
What inspired Dr. Betsy Grunch to become a neurosurgeon
How empathy shapes patient care and family communication
The realities of neurosurgical training and life after residency
Balancing surgery, motherhood, marriage, and leadership
Building trust and education through social media
Redefining success in medicine and beyond
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