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Social Prescribing: The power of conversation – Episode 3

Resilience Radio - July 18, 2024 09:44 ★★★★ - 1 rating
Meet John Humphries, a retired mechanic with a big heart. He volunteers at a rehab centre, offering a listening ear, validating feelings, and connecting with patients. Join Lyn and John as they discuss how these meaningful connections can make a profound difference—improving lives throughout the...

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EP 110: Dread

Inspiration from the Couch - July 18, 2024 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
What in your life do you dread? How do you experience dread? What’s the point of dread? How do we make our dread go away?  We dive into all these questions in today’s podcast. Jamie, Avery, and Lucy share their own experiences with dread, and we explore the different ways dread can show up (e.g....

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Social Prescribing: Finding Connections – Episode 2

Resilience Radio - July 05, 2024 06:15 ★★★★ - 1 rating
Join Lyn Worsley (Clinical Psychologist & Director, of The Resilience Centre) and journalist Leigh Hatcher for their social prescribing series. This episode explores how community connections boost mental wellbeing. Meet MarieClaire, a surf lifesaver and the Centre’s Practice Manager, whose stor...

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EP 109: Parenting with Self-Compassion

Inspiration from the Couch - July 04, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Jamie, Lucy, and Avery have found self-compassion to be incredibly helpful in their own lives and in the lives of their clients. In this episode, we talk specifically about how we use self-compassion as parents. We’ve found self-compassion to be especially useful in parenting situations where we...

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EP 108: Mother-Daughter Relationships with Hilary Truong, MA, LPC

Inspiration from the Couch - June 20, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Avery, Jamie, and Lucy are so excited to interview mother-daughter relationship expert, Hilary Truong, MA, LPC! Hilary is a leading voice on keeping mothers and daughters in relationship through the teenage years and beyond. Join us as we discuss what people get wrong about the mother-daughter r...

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Social Prescribing: A Different Approach To Mental Health – Episode 1

Resilience Radio - June 13, 2024 03:27 ★★★★ - 1 rating
Join clinical psychologist and Director of The Resilience Centre Lyn Worsley and Dr James Ibrahim, a General Practitioner and Chair of social prescribing for the RACGP (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners) as they discuss the science and benefits of social prescribing. The post So...

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EP 107: Resentment

Inspiration from the Couch - June 06, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
In this episode, we discuss resentment-how it feels, what kinds of situations may cause it, and what we can do about it. Resentment is defined as a negative feeling in response to a perception of unfairness or being mistreated. We discuss various negative feelings that come up when we’re experie...

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EP 106: Adult Friendships

Inspiration from the Couch - May 23, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
In this episode, we revisit the topic of adult connection and the importance of adult friendships. We review the mental health benefits of social connection (hint: it’s more important than diet and exercise for longevity!). We talk about the advantage of the friend role as compared to other role...

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EP 105: Lost Pieces (of Yourself)

Inspiration from the Couch - May 09, 2024 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
In today’s episode we talk about the parts and pieces of ourselves that we’ve lost along the way. Some of these might be aspects of ourselves we’re glad to be rid of (like people pleasing or caring about what other people think), whereas there might be other facets of ourselves (like seeking adv...

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Unlocking Peak Performance with Dr. Eddie O'Connor

This Hour Has 50 minutes - April 30, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes
Can we perfect perfectionism without succumbing to anxiety?  Join us for an enlightening episode as we sit down with Dr. Eddie O'Connor, a renowned expert in sport psychology, to explore how becoming the "perfect perfectionist" and shifting our perspective on failure can lead us closer to peak p...

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EP 104: Preparing for Liftoff: Is your kid a quitter?

Inspiration from the Couch - April 25, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Perseverance and grit are great to teach our kids but when is it appropriate for them to quit or change directions? In today’s episode, we talk about all of the complicated reasons that we may pressure our kids to stay with things longer than what’s good for their well-being (including our “own ...

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EP 103: Preparing for Liftoff: Financial Literacy

Inspiration from the Couch - April 11, 2024 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Today’s episode is all about fostering financial literacy in our teens and young adults. We start with some of the main financial related concerns we hear from kids during and after college, and we work backwards, highlighting specific tools and skills we can teach our kids before they leave hom...

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Understanding Childhood Alarm with Ashleigh Warner

This Hour Has 50 minutes - April 04, 2024 18:00 - 54 minutes
What is childhood alarm? How are some traditional approaches to childhood anxiety developmentally inappropriate? Does CBT work for kids? What can we do instead? All of this and more in this episode with the holistic family psychologist, Ashleigh Warner.   Ashleigh has spent over a decade work...

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EP 102: Preparing for Liftoff: Stepping Back

Inspiration from the Couch - March 28, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
We sometimes forget that one of the most effective things we can do as parents is to simply get out of our kids' way. In today’s episode we talk about the importance of allowing our kids to face natural consequences. We touch on issues that can make it difficult for us as parents to take a step ...

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Update on This Hour has 50 Minutes

This Hour Has 50 minutes - March 21, 2024 18:00 - 3 minutes
Hey everyone, thank you for listening to This Hour has 50 Minutes. After much deliberation, I have made the decision to end the podcast for a host of personal and professional reasons. There are two more episodes coming out before we end. Be sure to check those out. CE credits are available un...

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EP 101: Disappointment

Inspiration from the Couch - March 14, 2024 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
In today’s episode, we focus on disappointment, a feeling most of us don’t name or talk about enough. We explore what makes disappointment a harder emotion to acknowledge, highlighting the tendency to quickly detour to anger, judgment, shame, or embarrassment. We discuss our own experiences with...

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EP 100: Milestones

Inspiration from the Couch - February 29, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
It’s our 100th episode! We mark the occasion by talking about milestones and taking a walk down memory lane. We discuss the different lessons we’ve learned along the way and relive some of our favorite moments on the podcast. We talk about some of the struggles and disappointments we’ve faced al...

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EP 99: Envy

Inspiration from the Couch - February 15, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Today, Jamie, Lucy, and Avery discuss the often misunderstood emotion, envy. In short, envy can occur when someone has something or is doing something that you want for yourself! It often involves some sort of social comparison, usually with people who are similar to us in some way. We talk abou...

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EP 98: Self Love

Inspiration from the Couch - February 01, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Love is on our mind as we’re preparing for Valentine’s Day, and today we’re talking about self-love. While we may not be super-fans of the terminology (something about the phrase kind of gives us the ick), but we do actually do love the concept. In this episode, we define “self-love” as loving o...

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Are you feeling stuck in a rut? Struggling to find your spark?

Resilience Radio - January 25, 2024 10:39 ★★★★ - 1 rating
  In this podcast, Clinical Psychologist Mathew Pfeiffer dives deep into how we interact with the world, from doing the dishes to work, school, relationships and life! Discover: Why engagement matters for your happiness & success. Common barriers that hold you back (like “ugh, Mondays!”). Powerf...

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EP 97: Out of sync, out of step, out of sorts

Inspiration from the Couch - January 18, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Today’s episode was listener inspired! In this podcast, we talk about what it’s like when the trajectory of our lives is out of sync with what we imagined or expected. We see this during transitions and turning points (whether they are expected or unexpected). We discuss some of the major develo...

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Secrets to Thriving in Any Environment

Resilience Radio - January 08, 2024 08:52 ★★★★ - 1 rating
Tired of miscommunication and misunderstandings? Dive into the depths of cultural awareness with psychologist Stephanie Schwartz and host Leigh Hatcher! Uncover secrets to: Boost engagement & collaboration across cultures Break down unconscious biases that hold you back Build bridges of understa...

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EP 96: The Dilemma of Self-Discipline

Inspiration from the Couch - January 04, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
It’s the New Year, and resolutions are a hot topic! The concept of “self-discipline” has a tendency to sneak into our conversations about goals and resolutions.  So in today's episode, we take a deep dive into self-discipline: what it is, our (unpleasant) emotional reaction, how it can be helpfu...

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EP 95: When the holidays get hot

Inspiration from the Couch - December 21, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
One of our favorite analogies when it comes to stressful situations is temperature. Conflict can heat things up and everyone can help keep the environment cool and comfortable. In this episode, we talk about what can cause us to come in “hot” to the holiday season and we discuss strategies that ...

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How Making Friends with your Emotions can Improve Wellbeing

Resilience Radio - December 21, 2023 00:20 ★★★★ - 1 rating
  Ever wondered about your relationship with emotions? Join psychologist Megan Webster as she delves into the fascinating question of where emotions come from. Are they embedded in our DNA, or are they learned? Discover insights on befriending emotions during tough times, such as the COVID pande...

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EP 94: Staying grounded during the holiday season

Inspiration from the Couch - December 07, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
For many of us, the holidays can feel like a whirlwind! When we’re busy with the hustle and bustle, it can be hard to stay centered and tuned in. In today’s episode, we explore what, specifically, about the holidays pulsl us off center and leads us to disconnect from ourselves. In addition, we s...

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EP 93: Delights of December

Inspiration from the Couch - November 23, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Today’s episode is all about delight!  We explore how to be more present to delight, how to choose and feel more delight, and how delight can bring us together. We share some of our favorite, specific delights of the holiday season and what can interfere with being delighted. We also invite our ...

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EP 92: Rock your Midlife with Ellen Albertson, PhD

Inspiration from the Couch - November 16, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Dr. Ellen Albertson is a psychologist, registered dietician, board certified health and wellness coach, reiki master, and mindful self-compassion teacher. She’s an author and has over 30 years of experience in the healing field. In today’s episode, Ellen  joins us for a conversation about mental...

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EP 91: Shed what no longer serves you

Inspiration from the Couch - November 09, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Today we talk about 7 ways of thinking – 7 cognitive traps – that increase our suffering and increase the likelihood we’ll abandon ourselves. They are:  Stories Expectations Rules Shoulds/Oughts Judgments / negative self-talk Comparison Perfectionism We define each of these, exploring ho...

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EP 90: Unicorn Space with Eve Rodsky

Inspiration from the Couch - October 26, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
“Life is a series of storms. As we get older, they tend to be more frequent. Taking time to have “fun” is how we weather them. The storms will keep coming so we must learn to dance in the rain.”  Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky Eve Rodsky is known for her game-changing book and social mov...