Clear the air

Addiction is a major global issue. While it may be seen as ‘part of our culture’ to use alcohol or even recreational drugs to unwind and celebrate important milestones, substance abuse often goes unnoticed until it has already taken a toll on our relationships, safety, and mental health. Whereby, the Alcohol and drug foundation states that 1 in 3 adults drink alcohol at levels that put them at ris...

Everyone has their own challenges to face, but have you ever considered yourself to be an obstacle in your mental health journey? Whether you are aware of it or not, it’s easier than you think to find yourself ‘in your own mental prison,’ letting certain doubts and beliefs hold you back from your full potential. In this webinar, we are joined by Dr. Paul Wood, who will help us learn how turn our p...

There are lots of studies that show innovation is unlocked when you have a diverse workforce that brings together individuals with unique perspectives, knowledge, and experiences. However, if we are not equipped with the right tools to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, we risk continuing to disproportionately affect underrepresented communities by failing to construct a saf...

Most people would like to know how to become a high performer, or at the very least more confident and less self-critical. However, the secret habits and quiet discipline to build the resilience required in becoming the best is not always easily understood. Whether it is imposter syndrome or self-sabotage that is preventing us from unlocking our true potential, there are simple steps we can take t...

There is never a good reason for bullying and sexual harassment to exist in the workplace. Due to fear of repercussions towards the victims, these cases are rarely reported with only 1 in 4 cases estimated to be reported. Shockingly, the perpetrators of these negative behaviours often don’t realise they are at fault and the bystander effect means that their behaviour never gets challenged. Additio...

It can be hard to stay positive when you are facing adversity, and it can be even harder to learn how to pull yourself out of a rut and start building positivity into your daily life. This session covers how you can stay optimistic and pick yourself up when you are down no matter how big or small the trials that you face are. Suzy's biography: Today’s guest is Dr. Suzy Green. Suzy is a Clinical Ps...

Self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-actualisation. Have you ever wondered how you could develop more self-love and less imposter syndrome? We scale the pyramid of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to discuss what you can do to quieten the inner critic that makes you feel like you aren't good enough, and unpack how to reduce the constant need to seek external validation from others. About Marco: Today...

Every day in the news, we hear about how divisive countries have become. In the workplace, relationship conflict is one of the most common issues individual employees and managers struggle with. Of course the holy grail we are all working towards is developing highly effective and collaborative teams to unlock innovation and productivity in the workplace. Here to tell us the secrets to making this...

Employees are increasingly expecting their employers to create workplaces that prioritises their wellbeing and provide them with free mental health support. We also see governments all around the world, especially Australia, introducing legislations that enforce the creation of psychologically safe workplaces. With all these changes coming, we speak to our guest Rachel King who unpacks what all th...

Relationships; we can’t live with them, and we can’t live without them! Yet our expectations for our romantic partners can be unrealistically high. We expect our partners to be our best friend, our trusted confidant, our passionate lover, the father/mother of our children, our financial security, our sense of identity and the ultimate source of our happiness. No wonder more than 50% of marriages e...

It’s the first week back for most people in 2023 and it sure feels hard to kick start back into the new year. For some its due to the overhang of being burnt out last year and for others the New Year serves as a cyclical marker of time during which the break gave us a bit of time to reflect and re-evaluate whether we are living our best lives that is consistent with our values. It is this search f...

Michael Bungay Stanier a Rhodes Scholar, is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership competency. He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organizations move from advice-driven to curiosity-led. They’ve trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like and their clients range from Micro...

**Trigger warning.** This episode contains content on suicide and mental health distress. If you need help please reach out to your free available mental health helplines or reach out to Clearhead for support if your employer uses Clearhead as your EAP provider. Today we are looking at what we can do to improve the mental resilience of those in the construction and manufacturing industry where the...

Since the pandemic we have seen a collective trauma and loss of the lives we used to live and the people we love. We also see people struggling to know how to support those coping with disruption, challenge, change and loss. Today’s guest is Dr. Lucy Hone, best-selling author and Adjunct senior fellow at the University of Canterbury, who’s work is regularly featured the Guardian, Washington Post,...

Today’s topic is about Burnout, which is clearly on the rise. The stress of the pandemic compounded by the stress of constant availability through remote work has led to burnout and prompted many to reorganize priorities. Whether it is the Great resignation of 2020 or the viral Tik Tok trend about Gen Z’s quiet quitting. They are all a symptom of an underlying global trend that I will unpack today...

Our guest Niki Harré is a professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland. Her recent research projects have focused on sustainable communities, positive youth development and political activism. She is the author of over 70 research articles, several books and hundreds of talks globally. If you find yourself regularly overwhelmed by the doomsday media coverage on climate chang...

Professor Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen practitioner. He is the Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running studies of adult life ever done. With 22 million views, his TED talk is one of the most viewed talks of all time. If you have ever struggled with loneliness, building new social connecti...

Dr Missy Wolfman is a clinical psychologist and a mother to twin girls. Being a mum to young kids, she knows how hard it can be for parents - the struggle is real! Her psychology practice offers assessment and therapy for kids, teens and adults with special focus on maternal mental health and neurodevelopmental issues such as ADHD and ASD. In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following...

Dr Missy Wolfman is a clinical psychologist and a mother to twin girls. Being a mum to young kids, she knows how hard it can be for parents - the struggle is real! Her psychology practice offers assessment and therapy for kids, teens and adults with special focus on maternal mental health and neurodevelopmental issues such as ADHD and ASD. In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following...

Helen Duyvestyn is a registered nurse with over 15 years of experience in mental health. Helen holds an Advanced Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health), an advanced Cert in Nursing and a Masters in Health Science (MH). She has completed training with ACNEM https://www.acnem.org/ (Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine) and is a member of AIMA https://www.aima.net.au/ (Australas...

Our guest today is Michelle Cooper who trained as a registered nurse before spending the next 15 years transforming safety culture and implementing systems in workplaces across New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Turkey. She spent 5 years working for one of New Zealand's largest employers, Foodstuffs, to drive a culture of Health and Wellbeing before venturing out with her own consultancy to help sm...

Our guest is Dr Anna Lembke, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar still seeing patients, Anna has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers as well as her new book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. The instant New York Times bestseller explores how to...

Hosted by Dr Angela Lim, Clearhead co-founder and medical doctor, Clear the Air is a podcast covering those experiences in your life or questions you have that you feel too vulnerable to share with those around you. We speak with experts to share the science behind what you’re experiencing and explore the answers to those questions. Together we get real and raw on the existential questions coverin...