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In M Scott Pecks book “The Road Less Traveled “ he points out that the cause of most mental illness is avoidance of problems The fact of the matter is problems just don’t go away …… they just get bigger and bigger. Often times they even reach the point where problems can affect one’s mental and physical health Its difficult to argue that many people who unhappy are so because they avoid their prob...

How is it possible that we have more technology, more convenience, more comfort, and more opportunity than any generation before us… yet so many people feel emotionally drained, anxious, disconnected, and lost? Australians are now working some of the longest and most pressured weeks in decades. Mental health conditions are estimated to cost the Australian economy more than $220 billion every year...

Tonight on Change the World with Matt McQuinley, we are going to tackle something millions of people are feeling… but many struggle to explain. We live in the most technologically advanced and connected time in human history — yet people have never seemed more overwhelmed, exhausted, distracted, and stressed. In both Australia and the United States, burnout and chronic stress are reaching alarming...

We are living in one of the most advanced, comfortable times in human history…
yet internally, something is going very wrong. Right now in Australia, 1 in 5 people are dealing with a mental health disorder every year… and nearly half of Australians will struggle with mental health at some point in their life. Anxiety affects around 1 in 5 people, depression hits millions… and substance use disorde...

“Right now in Australia, we have lived through and will continue to live through a quiet shift — one that most people haven’t fully caught up with yet. According to the Australian bureau of statistics The average worker changes jobs every 3-5 years . In fact, n Median job tenure sits at just over three years. And across a typical career, most people will have well over a dozen different roles. Red...

Right now… Over 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s In Australia, it’s estimated more than 200,000 people are affected And around 10–20% are diagnosed before the age of 50 — what’s called Young Onset Parkinson’s So this isn’t rare. This isn’t “someone else’s problem.” This is happening… in our communities… to people in the middle of their lives. Parkinson’s doesn’t ask for perm...

Matthew 16:26 (KJV) states: "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? On the surface, success is something most people admire. We celebrate the business owner who built something from nothing. We admire the leader who carries responsibility. We respect the person who keeps showing up, keeps producing, keeps pushing forward, keeps providing. From the outs...

Like most things in life, our greatest strengths can also become our greatest weaknesses — and sometimes what feels like a weakness, properly understood and supported, can become a source of extraordinary power. Such is the case with certain mental health challenges. One of the clearest examples of this paradox is bipolar disorder. Individuals living with bipolar disorder often exhibit visionary t...

Before we talk about business… Before we talk about leadership… Before we talk about changing the world… We have to talk about something even more fundamental. Your health. Because you can’t lead your team… You can’t grow your business… You can’t show up for your family… If your body is fighting you every single day. Right now, nearly 1 in 2 Australians live with a chronic health condition. Almost...

Before the written word… before recorded history… humanity recognised—perhaps deep in the reptilian part of our brain—the value of strong leadership. Across time, we’ve honoured our leaders by carving them into stone, raising statues in their image, and even placing their faces on the coins and currency we used to secure the goods and services that sustained—and improved—our lives. That reverence...

For thousands of years, the family has been the core building block of civilisation — the foundation that creates stable communities, safe neighbourhoods, and resilient nations. When families are strong, society thrives. But when the family weakens, everything built upon it begins to crack. And over the past few decades, that foundation has been eroding. In Australia, 1 in 3 marriages end in divor...

Across the United States and Australia, we are facing a national emergency — an epidemic that doesn’t make the nightly news often enough, but impacts every school, every workplace, every family, every neighbourhood. In the United States, suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among people aged 10–24. Every year, over 49,000 Americans take their own lives — the highest number ever recorde...

Today we’re talking about an issue that touches nearly every Australian family in one way or another: the struggle to buy a first home, the difficulties of building a property portfolio, and how home ownership in Australia has changed over the last 30 years. For first-home buyers, the dream of owning a place to call home is becoming tougher. Deposits are bigger, interest rates are unpredictable, a...

According to the OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development — the group of the 38 wealthiest, most advanced economies on the planet — the numbers we’re about to discuss aren’t just statistics… they’re warning signs. In the United States, household debt has climbed to about 102% of net disposable income. The average American now carries roughly US$22,000 in personal, non-mortgage de...

Theodore Roosevelt who, my second son is named after said The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again... who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly" The great Chinese warrior...

Today families and indeed entire communities face a mix of challenges with substance use, gambling, psychosocial stressors and suicide risk that are quietly eroding safety, productivity and wellbeing across both Australia and the U.S. In Australia, work-related mental-health conditions now account for roughly 9 per cent of all serious workers’ compensation claims, and the downtime for each of thos...

It is hard to argue that the bedrock of society is the nuclear family. It is in the home that values are first learned, that work ethic is shaped, and that loyalty to a community is born. At the centre of that home lies the relationship between the married or partnered couple — the rock on which everything else rests. But in the past century, especially in the West, this foundation has been steadi...

Every year in Australia, nearly 45,800 people experience a stroke — that’s one every 11 minutes. Across the country, almost half a million Australians are living with the aftermath of stroke — survivors navigating recovery, relearning, and rebuilding their lives. In the United States, the scale is even greater. More than 795,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year, and about 7.8 million adults rep...

Matt discusses self sabotage’s and how to avoid being one’s worst enemy with Uma Panch, a multi-award-winning Leadership Coach | Mindfulness Trainer | International Keynote speaker and PhD candidate

When we include de facto partnerships, the Australian Institute of Family Studies estimates that around 50% of all relationships—marriages and de facto unions—end in separation, with 60,000 to 70,000 couples parting ways each year. About 50% of these involve children under 18, impacting roughly 50,000 children annually. But can we prevent these splits before they happen? Before marriage or partner...

Worldwide, more than 460,000 new cases of leukaemia are diagnosed each year. In the United States, that number is over 28,000. In Australia, in 2022 alone, over 5,200 people were diagnosed with leukaemia — roughly 60% male and 40% female. More than 2,100 of those Australians lost their lives. Yet there is hope. In Australia, the five-year survival rate for leukaemia is about 64%. For children in c...

A young professional—we’ll call her Emily—landed her dream job at a major firm. She was smart, dedicated, and passionate. But within just a few years, Emily went from bounding out of bed with excitement to dreading every Monday morning. The constant pressure, endless hours, and lack of recognition wore her down. She started calling in sick more often, her creativity dried up, and one day—she simpl...

Nothing makes us appreciate something more than losing it . That is definitely true for our health and physical abilities and even more true for those of us who believed we were about to lose out lives . These kind of experiences often spark profound shifts in our thinking- less fear of death, heightened compassion , a feeling of appreciation and gratitude for what we do have, and perhaps most of...

The teaching profession is a vital pillar of society and facing significant challenges in Australia and across the Western world. Teachers shape the minds of future generations, yet their salaries and the respect they deserve often fall short of reflecting their profound impact on our communities. Furthermore, society frequently fails to provide the essential resources—modern tools, adequate train...

Today, we’re diving into a challenge that’s quietly affecting millions of households: the hidden burnout of ambitious mothers trying to do it all. Across the country, women are launching businesses, raising families, managing households—and doing it with little sleep, limited support, and a constant tug-of-war between ambition and obligation. The truth is, while society praises the “supermum,” the...