What is self-talk? Does everyone have a little voice in their head? Or only some of us? How can self-talk help us, and hinder us? Can we control our self-talk?
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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The more we learn about the world, the more there is to worry about. Do we have an obligation to stay well-informed about every terrible thing that is happening in the world, even if it negatively affects our mental health? If worrying about world events is affecting us, what can we do about it?
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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What can we learn about our mind from one of the greatest and most complex characters of fiction, Shakespeare’s King Lear? We are joined by Shakespeare expert and actor John Bell to discuss justice, power, aging, families dynamics, reconciliation and love.
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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The Bondi shooting rocked Australia. How do we process and deal with it, as individuals and in groups?
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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More listener questions. What is an existential crisis? What is the connection between bipolar disorder and the body clock? And how much do we know about what really goes on behind anyone else’s eyes?
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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What is consciousness? Is it being aware of your thoughts? What does it have to do with our memory, feelings, perception and imagination? Do we all experience it in the same way? Are animals conscious?
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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What happens when you realise that some of the things you dreamed of happening in your life, aren’t ever going to happen? How do you make peace with reality?
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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How should people discuss their mental illness with an employer? Should you disclose it a job interview? After you have been offered a job? Or not at all?
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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Why are some people tidy and others untidy? If you’re tidy, does it mean you’re organised? If you untidy at home, does it suggest your whole life is a mess?A bit of myth-busting.
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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In December, Australia will ban many social media platforms for those under 16. Is it a good idea? Will it work? Does the evidence in favour of the ban really stack up? Will there be unintended consequences? Ian and James have a big argument.
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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Do you have a favourite child? Were you a favourite child? Or was one of your siblings? How can being, or not being, the favourite affect people? Is it really a parent’s fault if they like one of their kids more than the others?
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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How do you tie your shoelaces, slice onions and juggle? Is it just repetition and muscle memory? Or is your brain in charge, directing every tiny movement?
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
If you would like to help us continue do this podcast by donating, please click here and select option two "Youth mental health research at the Brain and Mind Centre". Donations $2 and over are tax deductible. Thanks!
What are common relationship challenges for those with bipolar disorder and whose moods wildly fluctuate? And for those in relationships with them? How can those relationship challenges best be dealt with?
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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As we age should we accept the fact that we are slowing down or fight against it? What is the best mix of the two?
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
If you would like to help us continue do this podcast by donating, please click here and select option two "Youth mental health research at the Brain and Mind Centre". Donations $2 and over are tax deductible. Thanks!
How can a manic episode affect someone’s sexuality? Plus, new research on Melatonin underlines the importance of taking care of our body clock.
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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Can you make any valid generalisations about national character? Can 25 million people who live in the same country really all share the same values? Or is it all a fairy tale?
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To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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When someone feels insecure, what does it mean? It is doubting yourself? Not thinking you’re good enough? What is insecurity and how do we deal with it?
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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"It’s all good." Is it, though? Optimism is good for our mental health, but is toxic positivity – the belief that no matter how dire a situation is, we should always be positive about it – taking it too far? What if it’s not "all good"?
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
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We look at the many ways someone can be a parent. You can adopt a child, have kids via IVF, partner with someone who already has kids and become a step-parent, or be in a same-sex relationship where the child has the DNA of one, but not the other.
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
If you would like to help us continue do this podcast by donating, please click here and select option two "Youth mental health research at the Brain and Mind Centre". Donations $2 and over are tax deductible. Thanks!
How do we deal with losing a job or a career, or our health or our home? Is the sense of loss grief, or something else?
If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at mindingyourmind2@gmail.com . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.
To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.org.au . Thanks to Future Generation Global.
If you would like to help us continue do this podcast by donating, please click here and select option two "Youth mental health research at the Brain and Mind Centre". Donations $2 and over are tax deductible. Thanks!