Busy & Wrecked LIVE
SYDNEY, Paddo RSL,
Friday 29th November 2025
It’s comedy meets meditation, which sounds mad, but trust me, it works.
One minute you’re laughing your socks off, the next you’re being gently guided into a moment of calm (without a whale sound in sight). It’s part stand-up, part stress relief, and totally unlike anything else out there.
And now… it’s going global!
After a string of sold-out shows around Ireland, I’m thrilled to be bringing Busy and Wrecked to Sydney, Australia for the very first time this November.
If you’ve got mates, family or frazzled colleagues Down Under, tell them to get their tickets fast, I’m coming for them with jokes, breathing techniques and a very large suitcase (just to fit my Tim Tams in!)
It's Serious Transformation
Without Being Too Serious
This is where stand-up comedy meets meditation! Free yourself from stress, get out of your own way and have a laugh while doing it! For personal growth, corporate wellbeing and exciting live events and adventures, this is where it all begins!
It's Serious Transformation
Without Being Too Serious
This is where stand-up comedy meets meditation! Free yourself from stress, get out of your own way and have a laugh while doing it! For personal growth, corporate wellbeing and exciting live events and adventures, this is where it all begins!
It's Serious Transformation
Without Being Too Serious
Order My New Book
BUSY AND WRECKED
If life feels like a never-ending to-do list and you’re stuck on the hamster wheel of stress, help is here! My brand-new book, Busy and Wrecked, is packed with real-life solutions (and plenty of laughs) to help you de-whelm your day, reclaim your calm, and finally put yourself first.
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The Mind Full Podcast is the latest offering in Dermot Whelan’s highly successful Mind Full adventure. The Mind Full Podcast is a home for people whose minds are…well, full! Dermot explores the topics that can help us to calm a frantic mind, understand our behaviour and explore our own potential.
With a new topic of focus each week in discussion with an exciting array of guests ranging from Hollywood stars, musicians and broadcasters to expert technical contributors from the world of science, listeners will get the best information to help them make positive changes in their lives and create that mental space to live their days with more joy.
As a certified meditation teacher, Dermot also presents his own expertise through weekly guided meditations and answering callers’ questions.
It’s serious transformation, without being too serious!
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Please note: This episode contains references to sexual abuse, which some listeners may find triggering.
My guest this week is the best-selling author & psychologist Katriona O’Sullivan. Not only does Katriona have a life-story that is nothing short of exceptionally powerful, she is the author of the phenomenal book Poor, which spent over 40 weeks at No.1 on the Irish non-fiction charts, won Biography of the Year and the Listeners’ Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards, and is now being adapted for the stage at the Gate Theatre during the Dublin Theatre Festival from Sep 26.
Katriona speaks openly about her childhood journey, which was marked by extreme poverty, neglect, and abuse, to becoming a respected academic and advocate for educational equity. In this fascinating conversation we look at healing from trauma (with a big and little ‘t’) , how mindfulness can be harmful if not approached correctly, and Katriona shares her own healing journey through therapy and much more. This is a powerful conversation about compassion, purpose, and how just surviving isn’t enough – we need to build a world where more people don’t have to.
If you’re new to the series, why not take the time to go back and catch up on the wonderful interviews that you may have missed!
Visit www.dermotwhelan.com for more information and don’t forget my new book Busy and Wrecked is out now!
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Join Me in Kilimanjaro!
Join me for the adventure of a lifetime next January 2024! I’ve teamed up with global leaders and all-round adventure legends, Earth’s Edge, to bring you a bucket list event like no other. 20 of us will venture to Tanzania to climb the world’s tallest free standing mountain and take in some of the most incredible sights and landscapes the beautiful continent of Africa has to offer. We’ll meditate together on the mountain, embracing this amazing opportunity to let go of the the things in our life we no longer need and set our trajectory for how we’d like to see our life unfold, all in the shadow of the immense Mount Kilimanjaro. You will challenge yourself, share the experience with other wonderful like-minded souls and see the world from a truly different and magical viewpoint. You don’t have to have any mountaineering experience, just a sense of adventure, a willingness to step out of your comfort zone and a strong desire to shout “let’s do this!” 😄 Feeling like this adventure is calling you? Just click the button below for all the details on the trek and how to sign up!
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I’ve been standing on comedy stages and talking to millions of people on the radio for 20 years. Over that time I’ve come to realise that a lot of our problems stem from taking ourselves and our lives too seriously. How about a solution to life’s challenges that can make you less anxious, more creative and so much happier?
No, it’s not beer – it’s meditation!
15 years ago, I was struggling. On the outside, everything looked fantastic. I had my own TV show, a hit radio show and my stand-up comedy career was taking off. On the inside, it was very different! I was anxious, stressed, not sleeping properly and lacking in self esteem and self belief. The only coping mechanism I had been taught to handle stress was alcohol so I was tucking into the pints to find comfort but that wasn’t really working. One panic attack and a drunken fall later, I knew something had to change.I had heard about meditation and decided to give it a shot. I soon realised it wasn’t the hippy, woo-woo, far out practice of crusty types who keep talking about humus. It was grounded in science and I didn’t have to shave my head or move to a draughty cave. It worked and was for everyone! I never looked back.
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I’ve been standing on comedy stages and talking to millions of people on the radio for 16 years. Over that time I’ve come to realise that a lot of our problems stem from taking ourselves and our lives too seriously. How about a solution to life’s challenges that can make you less anxious, more creative and so much happier?
No, it’s not beer – it’s meditation!
10 years ago, I was struggling. On the outside, everything looked fantastic. I had my own TV show, a hit radio show and my stand-up comedy career was taking off. On the inside, it was very different! I was anxious, stressed, not sleeping properly and lacking in self esteem and self belief. The only coping mechanism I had been taught to handle stress was alcohol so I was tucking into the pints to find comfort but that wasn’t really working. One panic attack and a drunken fall later, I knew something had to change.I had heard about meditation and decided to give it a shot.I never looked back.
