Don't Quit on Me

Ralph De La Rosa (he/they) is an internationally published author, trauma-focused psychotherapist, and seasoned meditation teacher. Ralph began practicing meditation in 1996 and has taught since 2008. His new book, Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak Outs (Shambhala Publications) was celebrated as one of the "Top 10 Books of 2020" by Mindful Magazine. https://ralphdelarosa.com/ Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/

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Dr Amanda L Rebar is an associate professor at Central Queensland University, an NHMRC Early Career Fellow, and the founding director of the Motivation of Health Behaviours (MoHB) Lab. She obtained her PhD from The Pennsylvania State University in 2013. Dr Rebar is a health psychology and public health researcher with interests in the motivation of health behaviours, specifically the non-conscious elements of motivation (e.g., habits, automatic evaluations). She is currently working on developing physical activity interventions that build automatic biases toward physical activity through evaluative conditioning. Also, Dr Rebar is a huge stats nerd and R enthusiast. Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/

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Dr. Cathy Kezelman AM is President of Blue Knot Foundation – National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma, a medical practitioner by training, and has a lived experience of childhood sexual and emotional abuse. She is committed to supporting people who have experienced violence, abuse and neglect to find pathways to healing and a trauma-informed approach to care which puts the humanity back into services. Blue Knot web address www.blueknot.org.au and Blue Knot Helpline and Redress Support Service 1300 657 380 Mon-Sun 9-5 AEST The show website: dontquiton.me Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/

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Chony Bowden is an experienced and qualified educator who began witnessing the positive inner healing work that a regular arts based practice has on people's mental health and well being. She is a big hearted adventurer and truth seeker, who throughout her life chose to find answers to the 'deeper' questions in life by taking risks. Her journey's took her to places such as; Papua New Guinea, some indigenous communities in NT, United Kingdom, Scotland, Amsterdam, Asia and America.

Having come back 'home' to the Sunshine Coast in QLD where she was born, Chony has created her own Visual Arts teaching business called 'Chony's Art Room'. Through her business she facilitates 'art as therapy workshops' for NDIS funded adults, together with regular art workshops for people with various disabilities, also early learning centres, boutique art workshops for adults and children. Each providing diverse experiences for people to mindfully create, calm their mind and open their hearts.

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Dr Chapman completed his doctorate in measuring and positively influencing the physical activity patterns of adults with mental illness in 2016. His work spans research, mental health service and community sectors. He leads a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of interventions to promote physical activity in adults with mental illness, a health service improvement initiative to improve the focus on health and wellbeing of consumers, and implementation of state-wide healthy lifestyle intervention programs for youth and adults recovering from mental illness across Queensland. In acknowledgement of this program of work, he received the 2018 Mental Health Week Achievement Individual Award for improving the quality of life of Queenslanders with mental illness, and the 2020 Australian Rotary Health award for Mental Health Impact. Please contact Justin directly, to discuss your success using diet and physical activity intervention, or to offer support to his research at [email protected]. Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/

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Dr. Jud Brewer is an internationally renowned addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist. His TED Talk "A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit" has over 16 million views on YouTube. Dr. Jud is an associate professor at Brown University and executive medical director at Sharecare. His new book is called Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your MindDr. Jud Brewer's website Follow Dr. Jud Brewer on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Unwinding Anxiety (app) Eat Right Now (app) Craving To Quit! (app) Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/

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Janet Reich Elsbach writes about how all the numerous things going on in the average life collide with making dinner on her blog, A Raisin & a Porpoise. She is also an editor and writing teacher who loves to make space for people to get their point across. Her book, Extra Helping: Recipes for Caring, Connecting, and Building Community One Dish at a Time, was recently published by Roost.

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Sebene Selassie is a teacher & author who guides people to remember and trust their belonging. Born in Ethiopia and raised in Washington DC, she began studying Buddhism 30 years ago as an undergraduate at McGill University where she majored in Comparative Religious Studies. She has an MA from the New School where she focused on race and cultural studies.

For over 20 years, she worked with children, youth, and families nationally and internationally for small and large not-for-profit organizations.

She teaches classes, workshops and retreats regularly and is one of the most popular teachers on the Ten Percent Happier app. Sebene is a three-time cancer survivor of Stage III and IV breast cancer. Her first book "You Belong: A Call for Connection" is published by HarperOne. Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/

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Lama Christopher is a Lineage Holder in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. For more than 20 years he has studied and practiced intensively under the guidance of his root teacher, Lama Kunzang Tenzin, as well as many other accomplished masters, both Himalayan and Western.

Besides being committed to the authentic and accessible transmission of this timeless wisdom tradition, he is also a joyful parent and has enjoyed a professional career of four decades as a trusted legal and financial counsel.

Lama Christopher teaches and guides meditation throughout the USA and abroad) obviously you know, Covid permitting) and online.

And on a personal level, we are related as distant cousins, which I discovered roughly 20 years ago. A little bit over 20 years ago when I first came out to Australia, and so we've been in touch since then. But this conversation that you're about to hear is the first time that we have actually spoken, so I hope you enjoy it nearly as much as I did and that you get something useful from it. Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/

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Listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as the 30th "highest impact" psychologist in the world, Dr. Steven Hayes is a Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology in the Behavior Analysis Program at the University of Nevada. An author of 46 books and nearly 650 scientific articles, he is especially known for his work on "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" or "ACT" which is one of the most widely used and researched new methods of psychological intervention over the last 20 years. Dr. Hayes has received several national awards, such as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. His popular book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for a time was the best-selling self-help book in the United States, and his new book A Liberated Mind has been recently released to wide acclaim. His TEDx talks have been viewed by over 600,000 people, and he is ranked among the most cited psychologists in the word. Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/

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