Nick C

Don't Quit on Me

Health EN ↓ 56 episodes

Welcome to Don't Quit on Me - the podcast series where we consider alternative ways to manage the inevitability of stress and pain. Through speaking with a wide range of people who share their stories, strategies, and perspectives we aim to inspire hope, confidence, and belief in the fact that things can get better, no matter where you are.

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Nick C

Episodes

Dr Justin Chapman - Moving with Anxiety and Depression 26.06.2021 41:10

Dr Chapman completed his doctorate in measuring and positively influencing the physical activity patterns of adults with mental illness in 2016. His work spans research, mental health service and community sectors. He leads a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of interventions to promote physical activity in adults with mental illness, a health service improvement initiative to improve the...

Dr Jud Brewer - How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear 08.06.2021 41:24

Dr. Jud Brewer is an internationally renowned addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist. His TED Talk "A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit" has over 16 million views on YouTube. Dr. Jud is an associate professor at Brown University and executive medical director at Sharecare. His new book is called Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind Dr. J...

Janet Reich Elsbach - Recipes for Caring, Connecting, and Building Community. 19.05.2021 48:11

Janet Reich Elsbach writes about how all the numerous things going on in the average life collide with making dinner on her blog, A Raisin & a Porpoise . She is also an editor and writing teacher who loves to make space for people to get their point across. Her book, Extra Helping: Recipes for Caring, Connecting, and Building Community One Dish at a Time , was recently published by Roost. araisina...

Sebene Selassie - Belonging in an age of disconnect 11.03.2021 59:15

Sebene Selassie is a teacher & author who guides people to remember and trust their belonging. Born in Ethiopia and raised in Washington DC, she began studying Buddhism 30 years ago as an undergraduate at McGill University where she majored in Comparative Religious Studies. She has an MA from the New School where she focused on race and cultural studies. For over 20 years, she worked with childre...

Lama Christopher Coriat - The Stillness inside Stress 06.03.2021 1:04:55

Lama Christopher is a Lineage Holder in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. For more than 20 years he has studied and practiced intensively under the guidance of his root teacher, Lama Kunzang Tenzin, as well as many other accomplished masters, both Himalayan and Western. Besides being committed to the authentic and accessible transmission of this timeless wisdom tradition, he is also a j...

Dr. Steven Hayes - Psychological Flexibility in Times of Uncertainty 06.03.2021 59:33

Listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as the 30th "highest impact" psychologist in the world, Dr. Steven Hayes is a Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology in the Behavior Analysis Program at the University of Nevada. An author of 46 books and nearly 650 scientific articles, he is especially known for his work on "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" or "ACT" which is one of the mos...