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Psych Up!

Veretis Australiawww.veretis.com.au
Get ready to level up your psychology game! Tune in to Psych Up!, the podcast that delivers expert tips and tricks straight from the minds of experienced psychologists. Our team has conducted extensive research to bring you the most effective methods to boost your performance and achieve your goals. So sit back, relax, and take control of your life!
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Episodes

Gaslighting in the Workplace

In this episode of Psych Up! Hana has interviewed Grant, Veretis' head of clinical and consulting, to discuss gaslighting in the workplace. From strategies identifying, addressing and overcoming gaslighting in the workplace, this episode covers it all. Tune in to discover how to protect yourself and others from this form of psychological manipulation.

Jul 13, 202118 min

What Is Gaslighting?

Today we are discussing the term gaslighting with in house psychologist, Ash. We cover topics ranging from 'what is gaslighting?' to 'how to identify gaslighting' as well as 'how to help people experiencing gaslighting.' The link to the episode is below: https://anchor.fm/veretis/episodes/What-Is-Gaslighting-e139g9t

Jun 23, 20217 minEp. 34

The Skillset a Manager Needs to Succeed in this Changing Environment

In this episode of Psych Up! Grant Brecht talks about critical management skills that can be applied to ensure adaptability and success in our ever changing environment. Grant will explain how to implement these skills so that we can overcome challenges that may present themselves in the workplace, especially during these turbulent times of Covid and Post Covid.

Jun 22, 202119 minEp. 33

Life Goes on - Training in the Pandemic

Oliver Moran, ranked 4th in the UCI rankings in Junior Elite and 2nd in the BMX World Championships along with 4 time National Championship wins in BMX Cycling is interviewed in this podcast where he expresses his ongoing experience of training during the pandemic. He expresses how he is maintaining his motivation to train especially during the period where all competitions were cancelled. Oliver finishes the podcast with some valuable advice being, 'become comfortable with the uncomfortable'....

Jun 08, 202123 min

Socially Healthy Employees

This episode of Psych Up explores the importance of an organisations culture for their employee's happiness, well-being and performance. Healthy organisations have cultures that enable the individual to get tasks done well and to interact with each other in a constructive, committed and accountable manner. Hence, a constructive culture leads to socially healthy employees, who give more back to the organisation.

May 05, 202117 minEp. 31

The Power of the Mind

This episode of Psych Up explores the power of the mind where Jasmin Sargeant, Australian representative in 2017 and 2018 at the World Mountain Running Championships expresses the critical role your mind plays in competitive sport. She highlights how a strong and powerful mind can fuel performance along with mental preparation, self-talk and mental rehearsal.

Apr 22, 202118 minEp. 30

The Mental Game

This Psych Up focused on the mental game! It explores the skills that are critical to be built to be as successful as we are capable of becoming in the pursuits that are meaningful to us. The importance of attitude, motivation levels, specific goals and commitment to these goals and our interpersonal skills are discussed. It's stressed that we must learn from both our successes and failures and we should pursue excellence not perfection.

Apr 12, 202125 minEp. 29

Challenges are a Learning Opportunity

This episode of Psych Up! explores how to adapt a positive mindset to use challenges as an opportunity to learn about ourselves, the world or what to do next time in a similar situation. Additionally, the barriers that can stop us from learning from challenges is discussed as well as effective strategies that can be implemented to allow us to learn from our challenges.

Mar 15, 202112 minEp. 28

Bravery in Challenging Yourself - Confronting Personal Challenges

This episode of Psych Up! explores the bravery in challenging yourself. Ex-AFL player, Ed Lower is interviewed this week where he expresses his personal and professional sporting challenges that he confronted throughout his life, in particularly his career ending injury. He sheds light on his learnings and perspectives gained from facing adversity along with his new mindset shaped by reflecting on his past.

Mar 05, 202131 min

The Power of Compassion

This episode of Psych Up! explores the power of compassion. Oliver Brecht, Managing Director at Veretis interviews Janoah Vankekem, from Momentum Lifestyle where they discuss the transforming role of challenges and how they can be an opportunity to grow and learn into today's current environment. Currently, Janoah runs the Momentum Lifestyle Project which is a men's wellness performance organisation as well as Mind Maverick, a meditation business. He provides valuable insights into the place of ...

Feb 21, 202118 minEp. 26

Compassion in Today's Current Landscape

In this episode of Psych Up! Grant Brecht explores compassion in today's environment, one of uncertainty and adaptability as we live during a pandemic. He communicates ways to show compassion to others as well as the importance of self-compassion.

Feb 08, 202122 minEp. 25

What Makes Humans Hard to Predict - Interview with Human Synergistics Part 1

Psych Up! Episode 24 explores the challenges and benefits in predicting human behaviour. Part 1, specifically focuses on what makes people unpredictable. It explores the questions why do we respond to things differently and why do we interpret different triggers and stimulus in different ways to others.

Jan 20, 202128 min

Where to go after the 'big dance?' Interview with Penrith Panthers trainer Craig Catterick

This episode of Psych Up! explores how to move forwards after the big dance - in this case, the NRL Grand Final. The Penrith Panthers made the Grand Final in 2020, a season of upsets and turmoil. After working towards a goal for so long, how can you work to move forward once the major event has passed? Our clinician Kate interviews Penrith Panthers trainer Craig Catterick on planning, mindset, preseason and moving forward from a Grand Final experience.

Dec 11, 202033 min

How to Move Past a Roadblock

In this Episode of Psych Up!, clinician Rachel explores how to move past roadblocks that may occur in your every day life. These include 2 common examples of issues that may occur and how to work past them.

Nov 23, 202015 min

Why is R U OK? Important?

This episode of Psych Up! looks at why R U OK? is important to lots of different demographics. Our clinician Kate also looks at how to raise resilient children, messages that Veretis hopes people took away from R U OK, and recommendations for follow up conversations. This also explores how people's mental health has changed in 2020 with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 29, 202014 min

Interview with Sydney Roosters player Angus Crichton on life in the bubble and R U OK?

Veretis clinician Oliver interviews Angus Crichton of the Sydney Roosters on the topic of R U OK?, life in the bubble, staying in touch with your mates and the best way to check in. COVID-19 has certainly presented challenges to elite athletes in the NRL, with the biosecurity bubble preventing players from seeing their friends and family. Angus speaks about how he has been able to work around this, stay involved, and check in on those around you to stay engaged but also help with any problems th...

Sep 24, 202021 min

What's Your Self Talk Around Resilience?

In this episode, Grant Brecht explores self talk around resilience. This focuses on how to build a good toolkit of resilience techniques and strategies, to enable you to move past issues as they arise.

Sep 02, 202017 min

How to Not Be Resilient for the Sake of Being Resilient

Episode 15 of Psych Up! digs into the nitty gritty of what resilience is and how having purpose can make you more resilient. Our Managing Director at Veretis, Oliver Brecht, explores why we should have a reason to be resilient and how having a clear understanding of our goals can influence not only our resilience, but our lives.

Aug 13, 202016 min

Relationship Styles and How to Improve

This episode of Psych Up! looks at the different styles of relationships that exist, how they function, and how to improve on them. Head of Clinical and Consulting Grant Brecht takes an in-depth dive into how to create, maintain and sustain healthy and beneficial relationships.

Jul 27, 202020 min

Success and Determination - Interview with Rod Higgins of Mortgage Choice Part 1

In this episode of Psych Up! , Grant Brecht talks with co-founder of Mortgage Choice Rod Higgins about grinding out the win, and steps to achieving success. Part 1 focuses on taking on the big 4 banks, where the idea for Mortgage Choice came from, some steps to 'Grinding out the Win', and why people are a valuable asset. Stay tuned for Part 2!

Jul 03, 202027 min

Grinding Out the Win - Managing the Balancing Act

Episode 12 is an interview with Oliver Brecht, the Managing Director of Veretis and Rachel Wood, a Consultant, regarding how they both balanced their professional and demanding sporting careers with work and their personal life. They offer effective and helpful advice for all focusing on how to achieve an optimal work-life balance to ultimately successfully pursue your goals in life.

Jun 29, 202018 min

Exercise Routines and Maintaining Motivation

In this episode, Oliver Brecht talks with Bladen from our physical health partner, Healthfix. Bladen explores how COVID-19, winter months and daylight savings, and various other things may all have affected your exercise routine, and how to get it up and going again. If you could only do one exercise for the rest of your life, what would it be? Tune in to hear Bladen's answer!

Jun 04, 202025 min

Ten Tips to Becoming a Better Leader

The episode provides 10 simple tips you can use to improve your leadership. This could be professionally or personally, but helps gives some background into what works, what doesn't, and what's best!

May 07, 202011 min

Lessons in Leadership From Grant Brecht

Our Director of Consulting and Clinical services Grant Brecht provides some insights into leadership from his 40+ years of experience in psychology. Tune in for tips on how to be the best leader you possibly can, and what traits successful leaders need to possess.

Apr 30, 202021 min

Communication Styles and How to Improve

This episode of Psych Up! looks at different communication styles and the effects they can have. Poor communication through thing such as feedback can lead to ineffective work and detrimental relationships. This episode from our consultant Rachel Wood covers these effects in detail, as well as looking at aggressive, passive, assertive and passive aggressive styles of communication.

Mar 02, 202014 min
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