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When The Pain Sets In - The Role of Meditation in Chronic Pain
Oct. 29, 2023

When The Pain Sets In - The Role of Meditation in Chronic Pain

“ … it's really fascinating actually like the human, at the biological level at the psychological level, we are built to tolerate pain, and we're built to grow stronger from enduring difficulty, we're actually made for it. Th...

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Deon Bird - Playing Above The Line
Oct. 15, 2023

Deon Bird - Playing Above The Line

Deon Bird is a husband, a father of four, an ex professional rugby league player, a mental health advocate, a proud Aboriginal man, a trainer, a coach, and one of the wellbeing and education officers at the Redcliffe Dolphins...

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Dr James Kirby - Choosing Compassion
Oct. 4, 2023

Dr James Kirby - Choosing Compassion

is a Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychologist, and the Co-Director of the at the University of Queensland. He has broad research interests in compassion, but specifically examines factors that facilitate and inhibit compassionate...

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Edwina Kempe - Walking a Path Through Trauma
Aug. 20, 2023

Edwina Kempe - Walking a Path Through Trauma

Edwina Kempe lives and works on Turrbal, Jajera and Jinibarra Country in Meanjin, also known as Brisbane. Edwina is an accredited mental health social worker and a qualified yoga teacher. Edwina's, also qualified in trauma ce...

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Kelly Boys - The Deepest Sorrow & the Deepest Joy
July 5, 2023

Kelly Boys - The Deepest Sorrow & the Deepest Joy

Kelly Boys is a mindfulness trainer and author of The Blind Spot Effect . She has created mindfulness programs for UN humanitarians and veterans with PTSD, and directed a teacher training for Google. She has worked with the U...

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Dr Jakqui Barnfield - Courage & Compassion in Crisis
May 5, 2023

Dr Jakqui Barnfield - Courage & Compassion in Crisis

Dr Jakqui Barnfield FACMHN, MACN - Director of Clinical Services As a registered nurse, focusing her career in the area of mental health, Jakqui has held various roles in the tertiary public health sector and is a passionate ...

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Brett Lee - A Human Centered Approach to Staying Safe Online
April 15, 2023

Brett Lee - A Human Centered Approach to Staying Safe Online

Brett Lee is the Founder of Internet Safe Education,Brett is a former detective who took his 20+ years of working and training in cyber crime to helping parents, educators, and the general public to understand how to protect ...

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Celia Roberts - Pain as a Teacher
March 15, 2023

Celia Roberts - Pain as a Teacher

Celia Roberts introduces us to deeper dimensions of Yoga, Meditation & Lifestyle Medicine. Celia runs the BioMedical Institute of Yoga & Meditation in the foothills of Brisbane, Australia, and reaches a global online audience...

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Piotr Nabielec - Four Step Productivity Part 1 - Focus and Distractions
Feb. 17, 2023

Piotr Nabielec - Four Step Productivity Part 1 - Focus and Distractio…

Piotr Nabielec is the author of the 4 Step Productivity concept and courses. Piotr has a background in Engineering and Music, and loves connecting the world of logic and science with the world of emotions and intuition. Piot...

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Ralph De La Rosa - Making Space for You
Dec. 24, 2022

Ralph De La Rosa - Making Space for You

Festive Season Special on working through holiday times with a heavy or tired heart. Ralph De La Rosa, LCSW, (he/they) is the author of two internationally published books. He is a psychotherapist in private practice and seas...

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Sharon Salzberg - Somethings Just Hurt
Nov. 13, 2022

Sharon Salzberg - Somethings Just Hurt

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years a...

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Dr Daniel Harvey - The Path Through Pain
Oct. 19, 2022

Dr Daniel Harvey - The Path Through Pain

Daniel is a Lecturer in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and a pain scientist at the University of South Australia. His research focuses on new approaches to chronic pain that leverage new technologies and modern understandings ...

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Dr Stan Steindl - On Being Kind To Yourself
Sept. 30, 2022

Dr Stan Steindl - On Being Kind To Yourself

Dr Stan Steindl is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice at Psychology Consultants Pty Ltd, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is also co-direct...

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Matt Cowdroy - Ninja Skills for Managing Stress and Attention
Sept. 1, 2022

Matt Cowdroy - Ninja Skills for Managing Stress and Attention

Matt Cowdroy is a Productivity Ninja and the owner of Think Productive Australia. Having spent the first 20 years of working life in the corporate world, Matt has first hand knowledge and experience to understand the pressure...

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Elizabeth Stanley - Compassion and Insight Through Trauma
July 31, 2022

Elizabeth Stanley - Compassion and Insight Through Trauma

Liz Stanley is a Georgetown University professor and the creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT) ®, referred to as MMFT® for short. Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D., is a professor of security studies at Georgeto...

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Rob Buyea - A Conversation on Adversity & Fun
July 16, 2022

Rob Buyea - A Conversation on Adversity & Fun

ROB BUYEA taught third and fourth graders in Connecticut for six years before moving t Massachusetts, where he taught high school biology for seven years at Northfield Mount Hermon. In addition to teaching, Rob was also a hig...

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Krishna Das - Calming the Mind and Opening the Heart
April 5, 2022

Krishna Das - Calming the Mind and Opening the Heart

KD has been described by the New York Times as "the chant master of American yoga" - Krishna Das is an American vocalist known for his performances of Hindu devotional music known as kirtan. He has released seventeen albums s...

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Piotrek Nabielec   - Human Centered Productivity
April 4, 2022

Piotrek Nabielec - Human Centered Productivity

Piotrek Nabielec is a huge fan of human-centered productivity and the founder of the 4 Step Productivity system. For the last 6 years Piotrek has created courses that help people organize chaos, stop procrastinating and find ...

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Matthew Jackman - Mad Pride and Living Experience
March 2, 2022

Matthew Jackman - Mad Pride and Living Experience

Matthew received Australia's National Mental Health Advocate award by the Mental Health Foundation of Australia in 2020. Matthew is the Founder/CEO of The Australian Centre for Lived Experience, a peer run centre for lived ex...

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Lisa Jones - Lived Experience and Recovery
Jan. 28, 2022

Lisa Jones - Lived Experience and Recovery

Lisa Jones is the Director of Recovery for Metro North Mental Health. This is a lived experience role that sits within the Metro North Mental Health Executive Leadership Team and provides leadership to the Metro North Mental ...

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Michelle Mitchell - Chaos, Simplicity, and Kindness
Jan. 13, 2022

Michelle Mitchell - Chaos, Simplicity, and Kindness

Michelle Mitchell is an award-winning speaker, and bestselling parenting author. She has been termed ‘the teenage expert’ by the media and is sought after for her compassionate and grounded advice for parenting tweens and tee...

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Dr Christine Runyan - Mental Health and Covid - On Forgiveness and Healing
Dec. 31, 2021

Dr Christine Runyan - Mental Health and Covid - On Forgiveness and He…

Christine Runyan, PhD, ABPP Christine Runyan is a clinical health psychologist, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Co-Founder of Tend...

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Ralph De La Rosa - The Heart of Compassion
Oct. 4, 2021

Ralph De La Rosa - The Heart of Compassion

Ralph De La Rosa (he/they) is an internationally published author, trauma-focused psychotherapist, and seasoned meditation teacher. Ralph began practicing meditation in 1996 and has taught since 2008. His new book, Don't Tell...

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Dr Amanda Rebar - Habits that Help
Sept. 3, 2021

Dr Amanda Rebar - Habits that Help

Dr Amanda L Rebar is an associate professor at Central Queensland University, an NHMRC Early Career Fellow, and the founding director of the Motivation of Health Behaviours (MoHB) Lab. She obtained her PhD from The Pennsylvan...

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