Tired but wired? Waking up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep? Hitting the snooze button over and over and over again? If quality sleep doesn’t come easily for you listening to Dr Stan Rodski, author of ‘The neuroscience of excellent sleep’ in this episode will equip you with the tools you need to make a meaningful difference. Stan helps us understand the importance of sleep, exactly how much is ‘enough’ and why, how to set ourselves up for the brain state that promotes sleep...
Oct 17, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 107
It's all about the food, but it's not about the food when it comes to eating disorders. In this episode Psychologist Harriet Isles explains different types of eating disorders, helps us understand some of the causes, she describes different treatment approaches and how they support recovery, how parents can talk to their children about food and function to develop healthy attitudes to food and body shape, where to get help and so much more. Harriet Iles is a Consultant Psychologist & Present...
Oct 10, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 106
People are experiencing burnout in epidemic proportions, and it’s not all work related. Underpinned by chronic stress, burnout is affecting professionals, carers and parents too. It’s complex, but there are telling ‘red flags’ on the road to burnout and it is treatable. In this episode Harvard PhD and clinical psychologist Dr Debbie Sorensen helps us understand burnout, what to look for, how to support ourselves, when we need help and strategies that make a genuine difference to our mental healt...
Oct 03, 2023•36 min
Self-harm can be difficult to understand until you hear it clearly and carefully explained with the most beautiful compassion by today’s guest Dr Madeline Wishart. Madeline talks us through what non-suicidal self injury (NSSI) means, when it happens, why it happens, the function of NSSI as a behaviour, signs to look for to identify if someone you care about might be self-injuring, what to do and what not to do as a parent or carer, powerful strategies to support anyone who is self-injuring, a br...
Sep 26, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Are you waiting until this is done before you can take better care of you? Perhaps you’ve been wondering just how much longer you can keep going before something’s gotta give? In this empowering conversation I talk with Fleur Heazlewood about building wellbeing and resilience by understanding wellbeing, knowing what actually contributes to wellbeing, snack-sized strategies you can start putting into action now, red flags on the path to burnout, how to build resilience and so much more. Fleur Hea...
Sep 19, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Micro skills that actually make a difference to the need to get things ‘right’, indecision, perfectionism, overthinking, fear of failure, procrastination and more are what today’s guest shares with incredibly clarity and compassion. The delightful Dr Patricia Zurita Ona, or 'Dr Z', brings her incredible experience as a clinical psychologist to this episode choc full of insights and actionable ideas to help anyone weighed down by anxiety get unstuck. Dr Z is a clinical psychologist, author, inter...
Sep 12, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Linked to the stress and anxiety of the pandemic, there’s been a rise in explosive onset tic like behaviours in teenagers over recent years. The tics are both frightening to experience and for everyone who loves and cares for the child experiencing them. A specialist in Tic Disorders; Dr Amanda Maxwell help us understand the difference between Tourette’s and Functional Tics, treatment pathways for young people, how medication can help, support for families and more. Dr Amanda Maxwell is a Clinic...
Sep 05, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 101
This milestone episode is choc full of gold nuggets as national and international experts answer the question: What would you love for people to know about anxiety? Five esteemed guests answer this question; each sharing an insight, a philosophy, a practical strategy, or all three; to support you to change your relationship with anxiety and loosen it’s grip so you can live the wonderful life that’s waiting for you, or support someone else to do the same. Huge thanks to Carly Taylor, Leslie Cohen...
Aug 29, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Who do you care for? If you were to write names down, who would be on your list? Last question - did you include yourself as you noted down the lucky people to be cared for by you? Today’s episode is about self-care, and, as you’ll learn, there’s more to it than massages and bubble baths. Don’t get me wrong, they’re amazing! But we can take care of ourselves in other important ways. Ways that are always at hand, and cost only a little time. Join me as I talk with Dr Lauren Hamilton and Dr Candic...
Aug 22, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Our health, our weight, how long we live, the pain we experience, even the healing of wounds can be profoundly impacted by what we believe. At first a skeptic, now a world leader in the effect of our expectations on outcomes; today’s guest, David Robson, shares the fascinating science linking our beliefs with our experiences as well as measurable biological changes that can have important implication for our health, lifespan and so much more. David Robson is an award-winning science writer speci...
Aug 15, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 98
When we change the way we think about anxiety we open up a world of possibility. But how do we shift our mindset? Today’s guest; Psychologist, Researcher, Author and co-host of the ‘Psychologists Off the Clock’ podcast, Tracy Dennis-Tiwary PhD shows us. She beautifully explains that anxiety and hope go hand-in-hand between where we are now and where we want to be, how we can apply the three L’s; Listening, Leveraging and Letting Go to develop emotional fitness and the practical strategies we hav...
Aug 08, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Everyone worries at some time or another but that’s little consolation when worry feels like it’s completely taking over. I’ve been there, I know how sickening it can feel when worry is part of the fabric of every single day; I also know what helps. In this week’s episode I’m sharing the ABC technique for managing worry. It’s a powerful and practical technique that can be applied to the occasional worry and, of course, to worry that so often goes hand-in-hand with anxiety. Thanks for listening t...
Aug 01, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Can you trust that you’ve done enough even when there’s more to do? If your answer to that question is no, my hope is that listening to this week’s guest will help you answer differently. We’re conditioned to be productive, to achieve more, to do more to tick more things off our list. There’s always more to do, there always will be. But what sort of a life are we living if we never stop to reflect, to recharge, to unwind, to rest? So many, including this week’s guest, know all too well that if w...
Jul 25, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Have you ever felt like you don't belong at the table? Or that one day soon, maybe even today, someone's going to question why you’re doing what you do or whether or not you’re even qualified? If you've had these thoughts and experienced anxiety around these ideas, you like me, and like today's guest, and like SO many others, have experienced what we know as ‘Imposter Syndrome’. In this incredible episode Dr Jill Stoddard tells us why ‘Imposter Syndrome’ is in fact, not at all a syndrome, who an...
Jul 18, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 94
“Children grow into their anxiety like a puppy grows into it’s paws”. This week’s podcast guest Leslie Cohen-Rubury explains anxiety in children, and the powerful role parents play along the journey, with compassion and so much wisdom. Not only that, she generously shares practical strategies we can all use when our children are anxious or feeling upset or distressed for any reason, and how we can all set our children up for long term success with the skills to cope with life’s curve balls. This...
Jul 11, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Meg Webb’s Generalised Anxiety Disorder started young and originally presented as constant worrying. It was incredibly difficult, but not a symptom others would notice. The anxiety she was struggling with eventually became more conspicuous during a high school presentation when her hands began to tremble uncontrollably. Later, in her first job, she experienced daily dread that she’d be asked to do something that would mean her colleagues would notice her shaking. She wouldn’t eat or drink in soc...
Jul 04, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Over 10 days of freezing, starving and being ‘hunted’, during brutal resistance to interrogation training with the British Royal Navy, helped inoculate this week’s podcast guest against the stresses of daily life. Events and situations that would have previously caused grief felt like ‘water off a duck’s back’; sparking an epiphany. Paul Taylor realised that psychological and emotional stress stimulated adaptive, protective responses in the same way exercise, physical stress, does. In this conve...
Jun 27, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 91
When Yael Schonbrun headed back to work after having her first child she thought to herself ‘I’ve got this in the bag’. The reality couldn’t have been any more different from the expectation, perhaps you can relate! Yael leveraged her experience as a parent, and an academic to firstly dive into the research, then begin to call out the myth of the work-life balance that was at the heart of so many available resources. She wrote ‘Work, Parent, Thrive’ filled with insights and practical strategies ...
Jun 20, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 90
One of my most memorable interactions with a stranger involved two random acts of kindness. That experience still gives me goosebumps when I think about it and will always stay with me. Little did I know at the time, that showing kindness reduces anxiety. The research around kindness is unequivocal; the giver, the receiver and even people lucky enough to witness an act of kindness all benefit from a flood of feel good hormones that are released. Kindness reduces stress, depression, anxiety, lone...
Jun 13, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 89
When Dr Helena Popovic found the courage to tell a surgeon that he’d never get the best out of her in the surgical theatre if he continued to speak to her in a derogatory way, it was the first day she didn’t go home and binge on food. In this episode Dr Helena Popovic shares her story of recovery from binge eating disorder, how our perception changes our physiology, how processed food is making our mental health worse, the strategies she uses to live life rich in laughter, gratitude and strength...
Jun 06, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 88
It’s so hard being a teenager. Pressures and expectations from friends, peers, parents, and those that they put on themselves can weigh heavily. Add in academic pressures, bullying, body image issues, changing bodies, romantic relationships, the ‘always on’ nature of the digital age plus the impacts of the pandemic and it’s no surprise we’re seeing overwhelming rates of stress and anxiety among teens the world over. In today’s episode, the incredible Professor James (Jim) Mazza shares practical ...
May 30, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Tapping. Have you heard of it? Have you tried it for anxiety, chronic pain, or something else? I was a total tapping skeptic to begin with, and had been for years before a listener reached out an asked me to record an episode on tapping for anxiety. My research revealed a mountain of evidence, including systematic reviews and meta analyses, data that lead me to the wonderful work of Dr Peta Stapleton who joined me for this episode. Combining elements of exposure, cognitive restructuring and acup...
May 23, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Struggling with anxiety but not sure where to start? This is the episode for you. What one person finds helpful to manage their anxiety may not be quite the right ‘fit’ for another. In this episode you’ll learn 21 different ideas you can put into practice straight away, but, there is one caveat. Not all at once! You’re invited to choose just one thing. Something to start doing, something to stop doing or something to continue. Episode 33. The fast track to sleep success w/ Olivia Arezzolo, Sleep...
May 16, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Brene Brown tells us that perfectionism is not the same as striving to be your best, healthy achievement and growth. Though some view it as a positive trait it’s actually debilitating in two main ways; an insatiable drive to meet unrealistic standards often spending way too long on unnecessary detail and prioritising the end product over the learning process, or feeling so pressured to achieve an unreachable standard that procrastination sets in and nothing gets done. In this episode Dr Clarissa...
May 09, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 84
At the risk of making you anxious I have something to tell you; if we’re not careful, we could spend as much as 17 years of our lives staring at our devices if we don’t do something about our digital habits. In this conversation Dr Kristy Goodwin shares the details of an accident with one of her boys that fuelled her determination to help us all to become the master of our devices rather than slaves to our screens. She explains how our devices trigger our fight or flight response, why our device...
May 02, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Why are we as women almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder over our lifetime than men? Why do only 1 in 10 French women experience PMT compared with 5 in 10 Australians and 9 in 10 Iranian women? Is baby brain a thing and how exactly do our hormones impact our mental and emotional health? Dr Sarah McKay answers all of these questions and more in this revealing episode of ‘Well, hello anxiety’. https://drsarahmckay.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drsarahmckay/ https://www....
Apr 25, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Casey Ehrlich’s son Cooper stopped eating, walking, talking and when he wasn’t hidden inside himself, he would explode. His violent meltdowns were escalating leaving Casey and her husband scared of what he might do. Casey left her career, moved her family to a small town and became Cooper’s full-time carer, mother and researcher - eventually understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance or PDA to be at the heart of their incredible challenges. Over many years of heartbreak, depression and feeling ...
Apr 18, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Will it ever go away? Will it always be this bad? Will I ever feel myself again? These are just some of the questions we ask ourselves when we are in the thick of horrendous anxiety. These questions are common, and it’s in our nature to wonder whether or not debilitating anxiety will always be a part of our lives. In this episode I answer all of these questions and more; I talk about when and where to get help and share a range of powerful strategies that help dial anxiety down. You’re not alone...
Apr 11, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 80
It’s time to think and talk about autistic children and adults differently. This week’s guest, the phenomenal autism academic and advocate Dr Luke Beardon, completely rejects the model of autism as a deficit, as a disorder, as individuals with impairments. He defines autism, shares his golden equation for understanding how the environment effects outcomes for autistic people, reveals how autistic people experience anxiety differently, shares valuable insights on how parents and teachers can cham...
Apr 04, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 79
I know how debilitating anxiety can feel, and how many people feel at a loss as to what can make a difference for their anxiety or that of someone they love. Knowing how incredibly difficult anxiety is to live with, you may be a little skeptical about today’s episode given the title but it is one of the most powerful conversations I’ve had when it comes to how we can harness anxiety, and exactly what we can all do to move on from it. Three time TED speaker and Dean of NYU’s College of Arts &...
Mar 28, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 78
