Can you stay happy—no matter how much life throws at you? Karen Salmansohn is a best selling happiness author with over 1 million books sold - plus a designer, Oprah & Psychology Today columnist.

Sharon King talks to Becky Walsh about how your birth can affect your life psychologically in years to come.

Michael Neill and Ali Campbell talk to Becky Walsh. In this podcast we talk to life coaches Ali Campbell and Michael Neill about how we can up our level of happiness with a few powerful insights about the stories we tell ourselves.

Dr David Hamilton and Anita Moorjani talk to Becky Walsh. The true power of self-love - If everyone had self-love would be have world peace? If all of our insecurities were loved and accepted by ourselves, if we could see how amazing we are, how much nicer would we be as people to each other? In this podcast we talk to Anita Moorjani, who's near death experience gave her a powerful insight into self-love and saved her life. We also talk to Dr David Hamilton, a scientist who gave up a career in chemistry to teach about placebo and the mind body connection.

Dr Clea Warburton talks to Becky Walsh. The neuroscience behind memory and learning - How do we know what we know? How does our memory work and how can we totally forget who someone is when we see them in a different context. In this podcast we hear from Dr Clea Warburton professor of Neuroscience about learning, memory and the workings of the brain.

Amber Thorne and Sonya Shah talk to Becky Walsh. Restorative justice brings those harmed by crime or conflict and those responsible for the harm into communication, enabling everyone affected by a particular incident to play a part in repairing the harm and finding a positive way forward. In this podcast we hear from Sonya Shah, who lives in San Francisco and works within restorative justice, and Amber Thorne, who works in the Metropolitan police in London with victims of rape.

Bruce Alexander talks to Becky Walsh. Can solving addiction change the whole world? - Rat Park You might have seen a TED Talk by Johann Hari called ‘Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong’. It’s also been turned into an animation called ‘Addiction’. Both cite the experimental work of our guest, a professor of Psychology in Vancouver, Bruce Alexander and his experiments called ‘Rat Park’. Be prepared, what you think you know about addiction and the workings of society is about to change. This is a MUST HEAR podcast!

Ismene Cole and Vanessa Anstee talk to Becky Walsh. Courage and Resilience - Courage turns vulnerability into the opportunity for growth that it really is. Resilience comes from the blind faith that we must have in ourselves to be ok, no matter what and embrace courage. It's not what happens to you, but how you bounce back from it that counts. In this podcast we hear from two coaches; Vanessa Anstee and Ismene Cole and get their tips and advice on how to build courage and resilience in our lives. Music by kindly given by the brilliant Late Cambrian

I’m Becky Walsh and I’m the host of Idea Sex Podcast which is all about creating ‘Mindgasams’. Brilliant ideas are know as light bulb moment, but did you know they create a blast of the love drug Oxytocin to the brain which gives us that rush of excitement when we know that we’ve discovered something seriously perception shifting. During the podcast I’m in conversation with top thinkers in the world today Answering some of the most difficult issues of today, with humour, brilliance and joining the dots for new ideas to create a cognitive orgasm. We cover topics like how to find courage and resilience, or how to work with people who are resistant to change. Our intention is to resolve boundaries and see the impossible quite differently. Once a mind is stretched by a new idea it can never go back to the same size.