Neurodiversity in the workplace is becoming a big conversation around boardroom tables - tapping into extraordinary minds to solve the complex issues of our time.  BHP Neurodiversity Lead Alexandra Helens shares her top tips for creating a neuro friendly workplace and the huge benefits to be found through the minds of autistic employees.  

“They will revolutionise your workflow, they will help you develop faster, better performing and easily designed products ...” – Alexandra Helens

“The stuff that makes you a kind of a pain in the butt is what makes you interesting and valuable.” – Alexandra Helens 

*CORRECTION from the interview:  Mensa actually started in England, at Lincoln College in Oxford University.

 You’ll hear:

• What is neurodiversity? (2:00)
• Why should workplaces embrace neurodiversity (6:00)
• Stereotypes (7:50)
• Centrelink and false starts as a young person (9:00)
• Joining the corporate world (10:10)
• Disability (11:00)
• Leading Neurodiversity at BHP (13:00)
• Autistic or person with autism? (16:30)
• Being more neuro-friendly (18:30)
• Mensa – the high IQ society (22:00)  (see above for where Mensa started)
• What we should know (27:00)

Duration: 29 minutes.

Links:

BHP - Neurodiversity

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Curtin Autism Research Group (CARG)

Autism Academy for Software Quality Assurance (AASQA)

Mensa

Book: Alice in Quantumland by Robert Gilmore

 

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My Warm Table, translated into Italian is Tavola Calda. These were the words my Papa used to describe a table of good friends, good food and good conversation. I always aim to create a tavola calda in my life and I hope this podcast encourages you to do so too!

One in 100 children in Australia will be born with autism.  Neuroscientist Professor Lyn Beazley tells us why we should tap into the incredible capabilities of autistic people. In fact, the greatest advances we have made on the planet were made by people with autism. 

“People on the spectrum will solve things in ways that you would never have thought of” – Professor Lyn Beazley.

You’ll hear:

• Spectrum (2:10)
• Importance of early intervention (6:10)
• Embracing autism in a fast-paced world (7:20)
• Brain development in utero (11:00)
• Neuroplasticity (14:30)
• The adolescent brain (16:00)
• Alcohol and the brain (17:10)
• Brain wiring (18:00)
• Getting support (21:00)

 Duration: 24 minutes.

 
Links:

Curtin University Autism Academy

Telethon Kids Institute

 
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My Warm Table, translated into Italian is Tavola Calda. These were the words my Papa used to describe a table of good friends, good food and good conversation. I always aim to create a tavola calda in my life and I hope this podcast encourages you to do so too!

Former WA Chief Scientist Prof Lyn Beazley is a world pioneer of neuroscience - the study of the human brain. 

You’ll hear:

• Lyn’s early years and road to neuroscience (2:30)
• Biodiversity (8:00)
• WA Chief Scientist (10:00)
• Radio astronomy (16:20)
• WA is a smart state (20:00)
• Coming to Australia and early career (23:00)
• Neuroscience – recovery from brain damage (26:00)
• The human eye – glaucoma (30:00)
• The wiring of the brain (33:00)
• The hippocampus, memory and dementia(36:00)
• Circadian rhythms and sleep (39:40)
• Awards (42:00)

 Duration: 48 minutes.

 Some of Lyn’s honours: (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Beazley)

• In 2009, a new species of sponge discovered in the Perth Canyon off Rottnest Island was named Manihinea lynbeazleyae after Beazley. 
• 2009  Officer of the Order of Australia for services to medical science
• 2009 Fellow of Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering
• 2011 Western Australian Women's Hall of Fame
• 2012 Governor's Award for Giving
• 2013 Inducted into WA Science Hall of Fame
• 2015 WA Australian of the Year
• 2015 RiAus Honorary Bragg Membership
• 2014 Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International
• 2018 Honorary Doctor of Science ANU
• 2019 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

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Epilepsy is an invisible illness affecting one in every 150 Australians.  Nurse and epilepsy educator Heather Patman shares her lived experience with the illness, important first aid tips, and triggers. 

“I don’t get a warning, I get a bit of an aura … I just feel a bit all odd and nearly like I’m having an outer body experience as I see myself fall when the seizure starts ...” – Heather Patman

You’ll hear:

• What is epilepsy? (2:00)
• What a seizure feels like (5:00)
• Medication (8:00)
• Stigma (11:00)
• Epilepsy first aid (13:20)
• Epilepsy myths (19:00)
• Growing up with epilepsy (20:00)
• Epilepsy education (21:30)
• Swimming and water seizures (23:30)
• Top tips for teachers (26:30)
• Epilepsy medication and pregnancy (31:40)
• Managing epilepsy without medication (33:40)
• ‘Poster Girl’ for epilepsy! (36:10)

Duration: 40 minutes.

Links:

Epilepsy Action Australia

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• Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyr

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My Warm Table, translated into Italian is Tavola Calda. These were the words my Papa used to describe a table of good friends, good food and good conversation. I always aim to create a tavola calda in my life and I hope this podcast encourages you to do so too!

Are you suffering from Busy Woman Syndrome? Nurse Practitioner Shiree Walker knows only too well how you can push yourself to the brink of adrenal fatigue and has some reassuring tips to help you slow down and heal. 

 This is the third of our three-part special on ‘Women’s Wellness’. 

 A Nurse Practitioner, Shiree’s expertise stretches across 21 years of emergency care nursing and specialist skills in continence and uro-gynaecology, and further post graduate training to become an advanced cosmetic injector. 

“Our bodies are always going from a caveman/cavewoman mode of fight or flight or rest and digest … when we become too busy or stressed it can become a cycle where we stay continually in fight or flight.” – Shiree Walker

You’ll hear:

• Busy Woman Syndrome (1:30)
• Adrenal Fatigue (3:30)
• Pushing our bodies too hard for too long (9:00)
• Bringing the body back into repair (10:10)
• Yoga (11:55)
• Perfectionism (16:00)
• Mental health (20:20)
• Integrated medicine (21:30)
• Signs to look for (23:15)

Duration: 26 minutes.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Find out more and book a timeslot with Shiree Walker (Glow Aesthetics Perth) via Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/glowaestheticsperth/?hl=en
• Shiree's website: http://glowaesthetics.com.au/
• Vital Beat Yoga and Reformer Pilates in Midland https://www.vitalbeat.com.au/

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My Warm Table, translated into Italian is Tavola Calda. These were the words my Papa used to describe a table of good friends, good food and good conversation. I always aim to create a tavola calda in my life and I hope this podcast encourages you to do so too!

Shiree Walker demystifies menopause and perimenopause, helps you find your pelvic floor and explains why this life change may feel as though you’ve turned into a crime scene and puffer fish over night!  

She brings the science to ‘the change’ in the second of our three-part special on ‘Women’s Wellness’. 

 A Nurse Practitioner, Shiree’s expertise stretches across 21 years of emergency care nursing and specialist skills in continence and uro-gynaecology, and further post graduate training to become an advanced cosmetic injector. 

“The one we always hear about is the night-time sweats … but there’s urinary incontinence, pelvic floor, vaginal dryness, lack of libido – that fun stuff that’s all to do with menopause and perimenopause.” – Shiree Walker, Nurse Practitioner.

You’ll hear:

• Fertility, menopause and evolution explained (2:05)
• Personal training – hormones, cycles and wellbeing (4:00)
• Perimenopause (5:00)
• Anxiety (5:30)
• Flooding bleeding (6:30)
• Weight gain, metabolism slows down (7:30)
• Get tested – tests don’t guess (8:00)
• Vaginal dryness (11:40)
• Urinary incontinence (16:45)
• Pelvic floor (17:30)
• Night sweats (22:20)
• How long does menopause last? (27:30)
• Supplements, hormones, diet and next level testing (28:00)
• Keeping a symptom tracker (32:00)

Duration: 34 minutes.

Mentioned in this episode:

Find out more and book a timeslot with Shiree Walker (Glow Aesthetics Perth) via Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/glowaestheticsperth/?hl=en

Shiree's website: http://glowaesthetics.com.au/

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My Warm Table, translated into Italian is Tavola Calda. These were the words my Papa used to describe a table of good friends, good food and good conversation. I always aim to create a tavola calda in my life and I hope this podcast encourages you to do so too!

Shiree Walker gives you the low down on laugh lines and wrinkle relaxers and shares a behind the scenes look at the ever-growing cosmetics and injectable industry. 

This is the first of a three-part special on ‘Women’s Wellness’. You’ll find out what a Nurse Practitioner can do, what the ‘gateway drug’ into cosmetics is, and why there are different skin aesthetic techniques for people of colour. 

As a Nurse Practitioner, Shiree’s expertise stretches across 21 years of emergency care nursing and specialist skills in urinary, gynaecology and further post graduate training to become an advanced cosmetic injector. 

“When someone asks us ‘what is the number one anti-aging skin care product?’ We always say that it is by far, SPF.” – Shiree Walker, Nurse Practitioner.

You’ll hear:

• What is a Nurse Practitioner? (1:30)
• Cosmetics and injectable treatments (7:30)
• Skin needling (10:10)
• Wrinkle relaxers (12:20)
• Sun damage (16:00)
• Dermal fillers (22:00)
• Laugh lines (26:00)
• Mechanical thread lifts (28:00)
• Aesthetics for people of colour (32:20)
• Fitzpatrick skin scale (33:20)

Duration: 37 minutes.

 Mentioned in this episode:

• Find out more and book a timeslot with Shiree Walker (Glow Aesthetics Perth) via Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/glowaestheticsperth/?hl=en
• Shiree's website: http://glowaesthetics.com.au/
• Fitzpatrick skin scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale 

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My Warm Table, translated into Italian is Tavola Calda. These were the words my Papa used to describe a table of good friends, good food and good conversation. I always aim to create a tavola calda in my life and I hope this podcast encourages you to do so too!

Spice Mamas, Shaheen Hughes and Sultana Shamshi, enthral you with tales of Bombay, the invisible storytelling of spices and the connecting power of curry.

“Perhaps it’s the small, untold, invisible stories that hold the most power” – Shaheen Hughes

You’ll hear:

• Bombay (1:10)
• Belonging and welcome (6:10)
• Recipes of how to live (7:20)
• Sultana at 70: art, creativity and wisdom (29:10)
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities (36:00)
• Shaheen on inclusion, diversity and hope (42:20)
• The power in invisibility (45:45)

 Duration: 48 minutes.

Links:

Spice Mama: http://www.spicemama.com.au/

https://www.instagram.com/ilovespicemama/?hl=en

Sultana Shamshi jewellery: http://www.sultanashamshi.com/

https://www.instagram.com/sultanabotanica/?hl=en

Dharavi slum: https://www.easemytrip.com/blog/dharavi-slum-in-mumbai

Community Arts Network (CAN): https://www.can.org.au/

Book: The Nutmeg’s Curse (parables for a planet in crisis) by Amitav Ghosh

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My Warm Table, translated into Italian is Tavola Calda. These were the words my Papa used to describe a table of good friends, good food and good conversation. I always aim to create a tavola calda in my life and I hope this podcast encourages you to do so too!

Raj Kandiah shares some startling sustainability statistics, what over consumption means for our planet and its poorest people and why we should heed the lessons of our grandparents.  

Raj has had an illustrious corporate career and has travelled the world. He has always remained a curious student of life which has led him back to university to undertake a Masters of Sustainability. 

Despite being vexed by the consumption crisis, Raj remains hopeful that human ingenuity can turn the tide of some of our more pressing social and environmental issues …. and that the actions and choices you and I take, will make a difference. 

 “At the moment, we’re consuming 1.7 planets per annum … and in the context that we only have one planet, that is an incredible statistic to think about.” – Raj Kandiah

 You’ll hear:

• What vexes and excites Raj about sustainability 
• Three pillars of sustainability (5:20)
• Think global, act local (8:40)
• Walkability score (12:30)
• Recycling (14:10)
• Coffee culture consumption (18:00)
• Curious citizenry (21:10)
• Social issues of electric vehicles (22:10)
• Consumption (25:15)
• Governance (28:10)
• Personal impact (32:10)
• Climate change (36:15)
• Human ingenuity (40:00)
• Raj’s Grandfather (43:20)

Duration: 50 mins

Links:     
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2022 Report
Walkability Score
Blood Cobalt in the Congo
Cynefin framework

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Songwriting has been both therapy and a lifelong career for Perth-born singer/songwriter Helen Shanahan.  It’s taken her to Nashville and London, across Australia’s regions and now to The Songwriters’ Café where she shares her experiences, creativity and storytelling in song through an intimate Fremantle café setting.

“Sometimes I’m inspired by other people’s stories … but often it is the day to day and even mundane interactions … I think that’s why it’s important to stay curious.” – Helen Shanahan

You’ll hear:

• Songwriting process (13:50)
• Music track: Unborn (29:15)
• Working with Tim Minchin (32:00)
• The Songwriters Café (34:00)
• Helen’s Warm Table (38:00)
• Motherhood (41:30)
• Independent musician (47:00)
• Music track: Finding Gold (51:00)

Duration: 54 minutes

Links:
Helen Shanahan
The Songwriters Café Facebook page
Helen Shanahan on Spotify
I Heart Songwriting Club
Tim Minchin
Book: ‘Writing Better Lyrics’ by Pat Pattison

 A Warm Hug in a Cookie Recipe
Ingredients: 125g butter (room temp), ¼ cup caster sugar, ½ cup of brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup plain flour, 1 cup of self-raising flour, ½ teaspoon bi carb, ¾ - 1 cup choc chips
Method: Mix ingredients, roll into 12 balls. Press down slightly, then place into the oven at 190deg for approx 10 minutes.

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