Psych Bite!

Part 2 of this series discusses how technology can impact our mental health and mindfulness. Strategies are discussed to change the use of technology and devices into a tool to encourage mindfulness and meditation.

Part 1 of the 'Technology for Mindfulness and Meditation' series provides an overview of what meditation and mindfulness is and why it is important for individuals. We touch on some research that has shown significant mental health benefits from the practices of mindfulness and meditation.

In this Psych Bite podcast, we focus on our inner critic with the aim of shifting the critic from a negative influence to a protective voice of an empowering life coach. 

This Psych Bite explores loneliness. It touches on what is loneliness, types of loneliness, where it comes from, why you may feel lonely and most importantly how to combat loneliness.

In the final podcast of the 'Pain' series, we explore pain pacing techniques that are essential to addressing chronic pain. 

In part 2 of the 'Pain' podcast series, we explore the psychoeducation around pain - What is it and how does it work?

Part 1 of the 'Pain' podcast series explores the difference between acute and chronic pain as well as the impact of chronic pain on our everyday functioning. 

The final episode of the sleep podcast series offers tips for getting to sleep quicker and for maintaining good quality sleep on a regular basis. Don't forget to catch up on all the podcasts in this series!

Part 2 of the 'Sleep' podcast series explores the five stages of sleep and why they are important. 

Did you know that 30% of the Australian population has difficulties getting to sleep or staying asleep during the night. Hence, the first podcast of the sleep series explores what affects sleep and the factors that impact individuals need for sleep. 

The final podcast in 'The Art of Assertiveness' series explores the most difficult assertion. The lost art of saying no. 

The second podcast of the assertiveness series explores different techniques to help you communicate more assertively. 

Part 1 of this podcast series explores what is assertiveness and why people are reluctant to be assertive. Additionally, it clarifies the difference between assertiveness and aggression. 

This Psych Bite podcast explores our fight flight response that is activated in certain situations and is dependent on each individual. The differences are explored and strategies to get yourself out of these states are expressed. 

The last podcast in this series summarises the explored topic, emphasising that mental health is something everyone has and battles with. It fluctuates on a continuum as we go throughout life and it should be nurtured and prioritised. 

Part 2 of this podcast series explores the difference between a mental disability and a mental illness. 

There is confusion around the meaning of mental health. This leads to increased stigma in mental health conversations and increases negative attitudes or beliefs around it. This podcast explores the difference between mental health and mental illness. 

This episode of Psych Bite wraps up the resilience podcast series by providing strategies to improve your resilience as well as empasising a worthwhile Ted Talk by Lucy Hone, a resilience expert. 

This episode of Psych Bite explores the importance of resilience, in particularly highlighting the benefits associated with building this skill. Additionally, the podcast expresses ways to increase resilience in various manners. 

This Psych Bite episode explores resilience, in particularly what is resilience and explores the difference between good and poor resilience. It's stressed that resilience is not about never feeling that you can't give up or that it's too hard because these feelings are natural to have at times. Hence, resilience is not static. 

This episode of Psych Bite explores how to get through the day when grieving. In particular functioning in grief, when you are balancing grieving and getting things done. 

This episode of Psych Bite, explores the area of grief and loss. There is no wrong way to grieve. We all experience loss at different times and severities throughout our life. Grief is dependent on the individual. We all express grief in different ways. 

Part 3 of the conflict resolution podcasts explores a 7 step conflict resolution process that we can adapt and personalise to our lives as our confidence increases in dealing with conflicts. 

Part 2 of the conflict resolution podcasts explores the different conflict styles and approaches we can take when faced with conflict. Some may be positive while others can prevent us from moving away from a situation of conflict to conflict resolution. Grant Brecht highlights the importance of adopting a constructive approach rather than a passive and aggressive stance. 

In this episode of Psych Bite! Grant Brecht, a clinical psychologist discusses conflict. He explores the reasons why we typically avoid conflict and why it makes us feel uncomfortable even when it's actually an opportunity to form solutions, to build stronger relationships, to build our resilience and to show others we are there for them. He emphasises the importance of attitude where we can...