Best of You In The House Of Wellness

There are over 2.65 million carers in Australia. If you love someone with mental or physical needs, and your support puts your own needs last, you may be a carer without realising it.

Guest, Rachael Mead cares for her paramedic husband emotionally and practically every day. She joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert Dr Jaime Lee to explore how our carers can be cared for.

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How do you survive when you lose your partner? The grief is overwhelming, unpredictable, and ever-present. Guest, Lahra Carey’s husband was killed in a tragic accident. Here she joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, to tell us how she rebuilt her life, in a candid conversation about grief that’s useful to all of us.

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Change is inevitable in life. New baby, retrenchment, retirement. Whatever the transition, forging a new path can be really tough. Psychologist and author, Mary Hoang, joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert Dr Jaime Lee to explore how change can lead to positive transformation.

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We all carry hurt, anger, sadness or fear with us, but we don’t need to be controlled by it. Author and Biodynamic Breathwork founder, Giten Tonkov, joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert Dr Jaime Lee, to explain how we can choose to respond to our feelings in a useful way, rather than react in a way that is destructive

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When a relationship ends, it can feel like we’ve lost a part of who we are. Guest, Sam Nicholls, courageously tells the story of his marriage break-up, and his long journey to being happy on his own. Together with hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert Dr Jaime Lee, this episode celebrates the truth that we don’t need a partner to be whole.

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We all can find work stress overwhelming. Guest, Hassan Noura, shares his raw account of career-threatening anxiety. And hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, explore how we can care for ourselves so we can thrive at work.

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Being a parent is hard, especially when we are in conflict with our kids. Parent coach, Jane Parkinson, joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, to help us reconnect with our kids, so there’s less fight and more joy in our families.

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We all have habits we’d like to be free of. Comedian Adam Richard tells how he transformed his life by breaking his bad habits. And hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, explore what strategies we can try to change the destructive behaviour in our lives.

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When we don’t feel connected to our family, the pain can last a lifetime. At 61, guest Raven Abulhawa is still deeply hurt by an abusive childhood. Hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, explore how she has healed her wounds, and learn what steps we can take to accept family, even when it’s difficult.

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We all can feel sad, anxious or angry, and it’s OK to not feel OK. But did you know our bodies are a map for our emotions? Medical doctor and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee joins host Jo Stanley to explore how we can use what our body is telling us to shift our feelings, and start to feel better.

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