The Grow Your Mind Podcast

Welcome! The Grow Your Mind Podcast is a mental health education podcast hosted by kids for kids. This episode the kids are talking about blue and pink. Like why is it baby girls are given pink things and baby boys blue things? Is it okay for boys to play netball, and if not, who made up that rule? Listen to the kids debate and discuss why girls and boys should be friends and why being friends wit...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Grow Your Mind Podcast. This mental health podcast is for primary school kids, teachers & parents! Listen in your classroom, car or kitchen. This episode, your 11 year old hosts will explore empathy, soccer goals and 8 legged sea creatures. And you’ll meet a NEW animal representing a very special part of the brain. This creature will be joining the other animal...

Surprise! Our podcast is back by popular demand. This episode is a BIG one, probably best for upper primary school students.  Miss Thea’s awesome class talk about racism, respect, empathy and curiosity.    During the Meet The Experts section we hear from a bunch of truly wonderful kids from Gawura School, a Kindergarten to Year 6 school for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children loca...

In this final episode your 12 year old hosts of the show explore the connection between Australia’s deadliest spider and the strength of hope. We hear the true and remarkable story of holocaust survivor, Eddie Jaku, who at nearly 100 years of age spreads kindness, love and compassion wherever he goes. (Please note - Eddie’s story involves the death of Eddie’s parents and his belo...

This episode, the 12 year olds uncover the secret to living to 100. They answer other big questions too, such as why do some blind people raise their hands when they win a race - even if they’ve been blind of their lives! We also discover what endorphins are and why our brain and body thrives on them. The students take it to the school population to uncover ways people like to move their bod...

In this episode you'll learn all about a super power that boosts your mental health! But there's a catch. It only works when you use authentically, otherwise that super power turns into a super flop. Listen in as the12 year hosts of the show walk you through gratitude, negativity bias and optimism. You'll also learn another animal analogy but this time it involves sharks and dolphins. The students...

This episode is all about the opposite of loneliness. Listen as your 12 years old hosts explore friendship and what makes a good friend, how to keep your friendships healthy and what the difference is between belonging and fitting in. Hear from students of all ages about their techniques for dealing with conflict, getting over grudges and when they know a friendship is true and good for them. This...

This episode is about why failure takes courage and how sometimes your mistakes can turn out to be a good thing in disguise. Listen as your 12 years old hosts take you on a journey into a pit where it feels like sharks and snakes are waiting for you!… This uncomfortable place is often referred to as 'the pit of learning'. Hear interviews with other kids from around the school about their mi...

In this episode, our 12 year old experts introduce you to B.O.B - which stands for 'Be Of Benefit'. It's a mindset anyone can practice using. The students describe why adopting a B.O.B mentality boosts our wellbeing and they take it out into the playground to discover how other kids B.O.B it up. Because as the Wise Owl says, ‘If you think you are too small to make a difference, you have neve...

Did you know there are animals in your head? There’s a Guard Dog, a Wise Owl, a Sifting Sooty and an Elephant! This episode, meet the Grow Your Mind animals and learn ways to keep them talking to each other.  Your hosts, the 12 year old experts from Miss Thea’s class, discover why happiness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and they deep dive into what it means to flouri...