Podcast

They don’t talk and then when they do talk they are rude. How does communication change in the teenage years? In this Teen Clinic Podcast, youth advocate, teen expert and mother of three Lucy Dahill tackles hot topics such as respect, trust, and how to effectively get talking with your teen. As Lucy always says, all behaviour is a form of communication. Teens are working with a brain that is rejig...

It seems to dominate our lives. How do we support teens to be discerning social media users? In the fourth episode of the Teen Clinic Podcast, youth advocate, teen expert and mother of three Lucy Dahill discusses parent's roles and responsibilities when it comes to their teen's social media usage. Lucy reinforces the age old wisdom of 'walking the talk' in terms of setting a good example of social...

Parents At Work CEO Emma Walsh interviews Catherine Brooks about her book "Let's Make It Work, Baby". Catherine is a senior employment lawyer and associate director at the innovative firm Law Squared. She is also about to go on her second parental leave. Emma and Catherine explore some of the common questions parents ask when they are about to go on leave such as 'how much leave should I take off?...

In Meditation for Parents and Carers, Katie Walls – complimentary health and wellbeing practitioner and educator and experienced meditation facilitator – will take us through the simple yet highly effective Gentle Breathe Meditation. This 1-hour webinar will include: - Starting with a Gentle Breathe Meditation - What is meditation exactly? - Dispelling meditation myths – anyone can do it - Why med...

To really understand why your toddler behaves in a certain way you have to first understand what is happening in their brain! The first 3 years of a child’s life are the most critical in their development and your toddler’s brain is going through radical changes as they work to understand their place in the world! During this podcast, Sharlene Vlahos, the Director of Education and Business Develop...

In the past the ‘breadwinner’ role represented success for a lot of dads, but today things are different. Today’s dads have an opportunity to care for their families in far broader and more satisfying ways. In this podcast, The Father Hood team talk to Rob Sturrock about the changing definitions of masculinity in the modern world and how a man's approach to fatherhood is at the forefront of this s...

Anxiety, Stress and Overwhelm – What’s normal, what’s not? Do you wake up thinking about your to-do list? Does your mind and heart race? Do others comment on how calm you are yet you still feel the pressures of modern day life? How can you support yourself when you feel overwhelmed, stressed and tired? Chances are you have experienced some level of anxiety or stress in your lifetime, and you are n...

Improving the Quality of Our Relationships (and how this affects our wellbeing) Do you feel you are being yourself in all your relationships? Are there any relationships you would like to change or improve that may currently be quite negative or destructive? Does how you relate to others impact on your health and wellbeing? When we are free to be our real selves we connect more deeply with others...

Burnout is now officially recognised as a medical condition by the World Health Organisation. Given most of us spend more time at work than we do with friends and family, we’d like to hope the hours we spend at work are worthwhile, enjoyable and rewarding – at least most of the time. But what happens when we give too much to work, it’s no longer enjoyable, it’s demanding, overwhelming and there se...

We’re back with Part 2 of the Shared Care Special, where we’re following Sarah and Peter on the journey of their parental leave. Sarah Maxwell, People & Performance Director at Solotel, and husband, Peter, are sharing the parental leave with their newborn baby girl. The couple are alternating their blocks of leave, with Sarah having just returned to work after her first block of leave, handing...

- What’s getting in the way to making sustainable change with your wellbeing goals? - Why does change feel hard? i.e. losing weight, getting fitter, new job roles, finding time to connect with the kids? - Is it possible to feel well and full of vitality every day? Most of us start the year with the intention to keep New Year’s resolutions. The genuine desire to support ourselves is there yet most...

The Father Hood talks to Professor Richard Fletcher, who has been studying fatherhood in Australia for the past 20 years. Richard leads the Fathers and Families Research Program at the University of Newcastle, and also started the SMS4dads program. In this podcast he shares his insights into why father's mental health is so important and what men can do to look after themselves. Today, 1 in 10 new...

Menopause is a normal life event for women (trans gender and non-binary people too), and yet we very rarely talk about it, even amongst our friends and particularly not in the workplace – but why?  Given that women aged over 45 comprise 17% of the Australian workforce and menopause typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 55 – you would think that conversations about such a natural ev...

We all want our children to be at ease in themselves - the adult that is capable, responsible, warm-hearted and, most importantly, genuninely enjoys being themselves. The question is, how do we support our child to have this foundation within themselves? “Not only do those who struggle with the core curriculum, but equally those who excel, have unhealthy reactions to not understanding, also refusi...

There are few people who don’t have some form of self-sabotaging behaviour these days. Be it excessive social media checking, overeating, working in overdrive mode, smoking, drugs, alcohol – even simply not leaving enough time to get ready so that every morning we rush ourselves and the kids out the door. Anything that leaves us feeling less than amazing within ourselves is having a detrimental ef...

Self-doubt is a sure-fire way to kill off any career progression. The ‘should I’ ‘can I’ ‘what if’ thoughts all hamper our style when it comes to going for it with our work. Hear Parents At Work, CEO, Emma Walsh and Work Life Wellbeing Executive Coach Gill McLaren address the big challenges both men and women face when it comes to taking a career to the next level. What do you really want your car...

What if every movement we made had an impact on our bodies, our mental health, our contribution to the world? What if the quality in which we moved made a lasting impression on our cellular memory? If, as Einstein proved - everything is energy - could it be that the effort or energy we put into caring for ourselves (and all the benefits that abound from this - including greater productivity at wor...

We have had a bit of time to settle into the New Year now – are the cracks starting to show? In our first episode of the Teen Clinic Podcast youth advocate, teen expert and mother of three, Lucy Dahill from Why Be You, answers some common questions from parents of teenagers. It’s a jam packed episode for parents that includes: “how do we deal with parties”, “how do I support my teenager to do home...

Is your career integrated in your broader life? Is your career in line with who you are? Are you actually happy doing what you do? Parents At Work, CEO, Emma Walsh talks to Executive Career Coach and Author, Gill McLaren on how to have a fulfilling career that integrates well with your life.   Emma and Gill address how you bring clarity and purpose to your career including what this conc...

This episode, the team talks to Aaron Williams about the challenges that arise within relationships when we become parents. Aaron Williams is the CEO and co-founder of Mindstar, a leading workplace wellbeing provider that works with some of the biggest companies across Australia on how to manage these challenges. Aaron is a counsellor who has worked closely with many couples to help them adjust to...

Our brain makes up only 2% of our total body weight. Whilst we know it has an intelligence that can support us to activate healthy decisions for ourselves – what information is it using to make these decisions? Quite often the source of information we use is external from us – an article or opinion from another person. But what if the other 98% of our body has an intelligence that could give us th...

Join Emma Walsh, CEO of Parents At Work, as she talks to Rene Ryan Thompson and Glenda Cameron-Strange about how to demystify kindy from both a practical and an emotional point of view. Rene is Deputy Principal of Currans Hill Public School and Glenda Cameron-Strange is an experienced child educational specialist. The discussion covers topics like: 1. Covering the basics – what’s practically neede...

Listen to  psychotherapist and relationship family counsellor Jean Gamble, and Kiri Stejko, from Parents At Work as they discuss how to enrich and evolve your relationships ~ be that with your partner, your colleagues/manager and your children... even the milkman gets a mention! Jean provides some great real life examples, including her own experience and what she commonly sees in her practice, to...

Sometimes as a dad it can feel like you’re never winning - leaving work at a time that feels too early, but when you get home it feels too late. We all know that mothers are familiar with huge amounts of guilt when they don’t feel like they’re meeting all of life’s demands - is it any different for dads, or is it similar? The Father Hood team talk to one of our favourite working dads - the honest...

Listen to child development expert Sharlene Vaholos from Karitane and Emma Walsh, CEO of Parents At Work talk all things toddlers. If you enjoy this free 1 hour podcast you might like to try our Raising Toddler Course which is a 3 part series.