UNDISTRACTED with Laura Bennett

This week author and licensed professional counsellor Debra Fileta returns to the show. Debra specialises in relationship, sex, dating and marriage issues and helps us understand why we have some of our worst habits.

Her new book 'RESET' is out, and Laura asked her how to know which feelings to trust, the best ways to deal with emotional triggers from our past and what the signs are that we need a personal reset.  

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Grammy award winning songwriter Matt Redman has been a leading voice in worship music for over 20 years, with standout tracks including The Heart of Worship and 10,000 Reasons sung in churches around the world.

His 19th album Lamb of God has just been released and here he speaks about where parenting and worship collide, the role of worship in tough times and what inspired him to first write music. 

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Our guest today is HR consultant and host of the My Millennial Career podcast, Shelley Johson. On the back of her own career crisis, Shelley and her co-author Glen James (My Millennial Money) wrote 'Sort Your Career' out, a book that helps readers navigate career transitions, build a values-based career and tackle the times when work doesn't seem to suit you anymore, 

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Do you ever feel like you're too comfortable? Are modern conveniences holding you back?

Exercise physiologist, nutritionist and neuroscientist Paul Taylor is a former Royal Navy Aircrew Officer with the British Navy. He's the Director of The Mind-Body-Brain Performance Institute and was a regular contributor to 'The Biggest Loser' TV series and author of 'Death by Comfort'.

On this episode Paul talks about the limiting effects of comfort on our health, motivation and progress and how to utilise stress for good.

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Hugh Sheridan is one of the most familiar faces in Australian television. For 6 years he played Ben Rafter on the hit series 'Packed to the Rafters' – which earned him four Logie Awards - he appeared in shows like 'INXS: Never Tear Us Apart', 'House Husbands', was the star of his stage show 'Hughman' and is now playing Broadway playwright Jonathan Larson in 'Tick, Tick, Boom!'.

Hugh joined Laura to talk about the responsibility he feels in his work, the real reason he did 'The Masked Singer' and the life lessons he’s learned from Jonathan. 

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All of us have beliefs and ideas that influence the choices we make and what we think is right and wrong, but have you ever truly examined what they are and whether they’re helpful?

Christopher Watkin is a philosopher and PHD graduate from the University of Cambridge, He's an associate professor in French studies at Monash University in Melbourne and has an international reputation in the area of modern and contemporary European thought, atheism, and the relationship between the Bible and philosophy.

Taking from his book 'Biblical Critical Theory', Christopher in this conversation evaluates the underlying assumptions that shape our society and how to approach them from a biblical lens.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ahead of their long-awaited return to Australian shores Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman is on this mini-pod talking about writing for family, why the band took a break and the enduring message of the band's music. 

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Marking their 30th anniversary as a band, Hanson's Taylor Hanson speaks about retaining a sense of identity in the public eye, how he's maintained motivation beyond his youth and the message he wants to offer the world in his life and music. 

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Today’s guest is South-Korean born Aussie popstar Dami Im. Dami got the country’s attention on 'X Factor' in 2013 when she won the show, later topping the ARIA charts and going on to represent Australia at 'Eurovision' in 2016.

Marking a decade since her professional entrance in the music industry Dami has released her memoir ‘Dreamer’, sharing the challenges of forging her own path in a sometimes-toxic environment, and how her own sense of identity and purpose has grown since her first time on stage. 

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Celebrity and Christianity. What do you think about the relationship between the two? Does celebrity culture contribute to the downfall of leaders whose star rises too high?

In a time where news of Christian leader’s moral failures is common, and sadly becoming unsurprising, do we need to ask questions about whether pastors’ platforms are distracting from the work of ministry that gave it to them?

Journalist Katelyn Beaty is the former editor of US-based evangelical magazine 'Christianity Today', and a keen observer of trends in the American church. On this episode we talk about her book 'Celebrities for Jesus' and the origin of celebrity culture in Christianity, Jesus’ relationship to fame and the lost art of contentment. 

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