The Space

Any workout can end mindfully — even if your workout is more Crossfit than Buddhist. Just as rolling out your muscles is good for post-workout recovery, we want you to give your mind some recovery time too. You can thank us later!

LINKS

• Read ‘Lactic acid: Role in the body and impact on exercise’ written by Tom Rush and Amanda Barrell, medical reviewed by Gregory Minnis, DPT, for Medical News Today
• Try Balanced Breathing – ‘How Do Deep Breathing Exercises Help Recovery?’ NorthStar Transitions
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CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor: Adrian Walton

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What you post online on a Monday morning can impact your mood for the entire day – and even set the tone for the rest of the week! We’ve got 3 tips to help you nail your start of the week IG posts and Slack messages.

LINKS

• Read ‘How Your Morning Mood Affects Your Whole Workday’ by Nancy Rothbard for Harvard Business Review
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CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy 
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor: Adrian Walton

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The last 3 years has changed how we work; remotely, flexibly, maybe even shorter weeks. And with that flexibility comes a side serving of guilt; are you doing enough? Are colleagues judging you for leaving at lunch time? Chill bb, we’re going to help you reap all the benefits of WFH and short work weeks without the shame or guilt-trips.

LINKS

• Read ‘Four-day week: trial finds lower stress and increased productivity’ from Robert Booth for The Guardian
• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram  
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram 

CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy  
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper 
Editor: Adrian Walton 

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In the best news EVER, research shows napping is great for your mind and body; it improves our mood and memory for starters. There's a way to do it more mindfully so you don’t wake up feeling like a crusty husk of a human.

LINKS

• Read ‘Napping: Health Benefits & Tips for Your Best Nap’ from The Sleep Foundation
• Listen to the ‘4-7-8’ breathing meditation episode from us
• Read ‘This breathing technique will get you to sleep in just one minute’ from Metro News
• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram  
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram 

CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor: Adrian Walton

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Does a certain place give you the ick? A building you avoid on your morning walk? A restaurant where you broke up? That feeling is called “Place Attachment” and there’s research explaining why our brains tie a memory to a specific time and place. We’re going to explore how to overwrite those bad vibes

LINKS  

• Read ‘In the Brain, Memories Are Inextricably Tied to Place’ by Robinson Meyer for The Atlantic
• Read ‘There’s an art to happy memories: You can make more by experiencing more “first”s’ Meik Wiking for Ideas.Ted.Com
• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram  
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram 

CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor: Adrian Walton

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The last 3 years has changed how we work; remotely, flexibly, maybe even shorter weeks. That flexibility comes a side serving of guilt; are you doing enough? Are colleagues judging you for leaving at lunch time? Chill bb, we’re going to help you reap all the benefits of WFH and short work weeks without the shame or guilt-trips.

LINKS

• Read ‘Four-day week: trial finds lower stress and increased productivity’ from Robert Booth for The Guardian
• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram  
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram 

CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor: Adrian Walton

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au  

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When you're trying to start a family, suddenly EVERYONE around you seems to be falling pregnant with ease. You'd be forgiven for thinking you’re the only one struggling with fertility challenges – but about one in nine Aussie couples of reproductive age experience fertility issues. Research has find that mindfulness can ease the stress of infertility, so we’re going to teach you how to use it.  

LINKS  

• Read ‘Effect of mindfulness-based cognitive infertility stress therapy on psychological well-being of women with infertility' Middle East Fertility Society Journal, Volume 3, Issue 24, 2018  
• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram    
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok   

• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS 

Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88   
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy   
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper    
Editor: Adrian Walton 

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Living through a pandemic is a pretty good reason to have some anxiety around your general health. Even if your health anxiety is justified, obsessing over it can really mess with your happiness, relationships, and your actual health! We're going to explore some tips from the NFP organisation This Way Up to help you feeling overwhelmed by health anxiety.  

LINKS  

• Look into the ‘Health Anxiety Course’ from not-for-profit organisation This Way Up  
• Read into ‘The Nocebo Effect’ from Medsafe New Zealand 2019 
• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram   
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok  
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS 

Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88  
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy  
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper   
Editor: Adrian Walton 

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You know those arguments that turn over and over in your head? The ones where days later you think of the PERFECT comeback? Mindfulness ain't about being a pushover, so using advice from author Michelle Dempsey we're going to teach you how to win an argument – mindfully of course.  

LINKS

• Read Michelle’s post about mindful arguing here https://bit.ly/3LfUQMe  .
• Follow @themichelledempsey on Instagram
• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram  
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok 
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CREDITS

Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy 
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor: Adrian Walton

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Do you ever feel surrounded by problems? Work starts to get tricky and suddenly your relationship hits a rut? Maybe you've taken take on a new project and then you hurt your back?  We’re going to teach you how to stop lumping your problems together – because seeing them as one big struggle can make them worse! 

LINKS

• Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram  
• Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram 

CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy 
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper   
Editor: Adrian Walton

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au  

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