In this episode I am joined by Amarah Radford from Made By Mars where we talk about self love. We look at the importance of stating boundaries for strengthening your sense of self, making sure the home inside your head is a good place to be and the benefits of being kind to yourself. We discuss habits and how turning self-love practices no matter how small into habits have an accumulative effect that becomes easier and less effortful with time. As well, we talk about the having hobbies for fun and keeping them separate to work as we don’t need to monetise everything we do

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In this episode I’m joined by cognitive neuroscientist, educator and author Dr Jared Horvath. We talk about the mind and brain, how they are different and the process of emergence. We discuss how stories influence how we perceive the world and how openness to new experiences and being present can change our stories which then changes how we perceive the world. We talk about how these changes occur both in our environment and on a molecular level and why we often hesitate towards change.

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I am joined with Psychologist Matthew Briglia where we discuss some of the challenges and rewards with being a psychologist as well as how compassion may be a better approach to helping people rather than empathy. We also talk about how capable the mind is to endure pain from both trauma and things like extreme sports. We touch on more mainstream psychology and it’s benefits and conclude no matter what the coping mechanism is- whether there’s no evidence, looks odd or isn’t typical if it works for you it works for you and there shouldn’t be any fear of judgement.

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In this episode I am joined by psychology student and co-founder of the 5:30 Club, Vani. She talks about her acting career and how a sudden injury forced her to stop and reasses her life. This time created the space for her to get into reading, yoga and meditation. After going to India and doing workshops she felt a false sense of happiness that isn’t obtainable outside of that and realised you’ve got to okay with the boring, that’s there’s beauty in the mundane.

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In this episode I am joined with Monica the founder of The Health Classes You Missed. We speak about some of the challenges people are facing with mental, physical and sexual health that isn’t spoken about due to stigma, fear or judgement or is just missing in the education system. We talk about her own journey tackling some of these challenges both her own mental health and how she is closing gaps in the education system. Despite many of these challenges being at an educational or social level we talk about some changes that can be made at an individual level which starts with open communication and a willingness to listen.

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To start off season 2 I speak about how Explore Your Core came to be and one of the most valuable lessons exploring my own core- finding balance. I talk about my experience, challenges and realisations trying to find balance with exercise, food, work and life as well as the importance of balance to avoid burnouts.

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Sam badrock is a local artist from Bright who left an abusive relationship and returned to art for expression. After the birth of her daughter she decided to leave nursing and found being an artist allowed her to be more flexible. We talk about her experience as a nurse as well as the process of her becoming an artist. We also talk about the physical benefits of doing art including the lowering of cortisol and blood pressure, and how it helped her in times of dealing with domestic violence.
We talk about flow state and the sense of space it creates, how to find it and barriers that stop you from finding that flow state.

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In this episode I am joined with local singer songwriter Nic Jean. We speak about her beautiful journey to becoming a singer and how having Autism has made that journey a little harder to navigate. We talk about neuro diversity and how beautiful it is that we are all unique and have our own mechanisms and ways of processing information to understand the world around us. Nic shares a bit about her experience and some of the perks of having a neuro diverse brain as well as some of the accompanying challenges. She talks about her songwriting process and how important space is for creative thinking.

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In this podcast I bring back on artist and coach Sara De Clercq were we delve into ideas around curiosity and in particular about having a beginners mindset. We also explore labels and how they have their purpose but can be detrimental if we attach to them and the problems with having expectations.

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In this episode I speak with Noosa artist Amanda Brooks. We speak about the importance of having courage in both your art practice and life. We unpack how having your own space dedicated to creating helps build a boundary between life and work as well as how mistakes can act as inspiration for new ideas.

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