The Mind Mate Podcast

Joseph has worked with a wide range of individuals. This includes coaching children with ADHD, teens transitioning to college, adults seeking improved mental focus/performance, and elderly searching for life’s purpose.  This experience, his personal “revelations” and research led him to the work of Swiss Psychologist Carl Jung. A rather synchronistic journey in itself (a story to be told some...

Heidi is a psychotherapist, counsellor and speaker with 18 years experience in mental health, with a focus on trauma therapy. Heidi has worked in the US and Australia delivering therapeutic services to clients across the age and cultural spectrum. She works in private practice in Melbourne, delivering online courses and webinars to equip parents, individuals and schools with tools to implement the...

East Forest is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, and international leader in underground sound meditation.  His work explores living authentically within a modern context through an introspective methodology that weaves together elements of electro-acoustic live music, nature, technology, brain science, and guided meditation.  His "ceremony-concerts" utilize a skilled instrumental re...

The topic of this week is all about Expectations. They can either be highly damaging or wonderfully motivating. If they're challenging and fair, they will pull you forwards; if they're subconscious drivers, derived from the opinions of others, they will overwhelm you and make you feel worthless. Expectations can be placed on us by our parents. They can also be placed on us by the societies and com...

The great Johann Hari is back on the show promoting his latest book "Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention". This book is absolutely fantastic, from the front to the back. I personally believe Johann has touched on the most pressing issue facing our contemporary world as it bleeds into many of the problems our societies face. In fact, our ability to think deeply—to observe our impulses, emotio...

Welcome to episode 145! A client recently asked me about the best ways to reduce his anxiety at work; we spoke about how different tools work best at different times. She told me how he would do his best to sit with his fears and stress, but sometimes they got the better of him. So, I asked her to rate his anxiety levels on a scale of 1-10, and then asked him what his different tools were for the...

Writing helps with the consolidation process because writing (hand-thinking) slows and filters thoughts emanating from significantly affective experiences into coherent analytical structures. Put simply, we slow the mind down because we can’t write as fast as we can think and that slowing down helps us formulate our opinions, conceptualisations and assumptions. Additionally, by doing so, we remind...

Snippet From Chapter 20 of my Book: Echoes From The Past! "I tried to find my purpose for far too long. I read every book, watched every YouTube lecture and demanded that each of my therapists and counsellors show me the way to liberation and fulfilment. The thing is, “your purpose” doesn’t exist. It won’t every exist. “Your purpose” is a marketing ploy designed to keep you attached to an idea tha...

Bee Mohamed is the Head of Patient Advocacy & Engagement of Astrid, the first female-led dispensary in Australia. She made her mark in the medicinal cannabis industry in 2019 when she joined Canopy Growth Asia Pacific as the Stakeholder Relations and Advocacy Manager (Asia Pacific) and saw the regulatory barriers patients faced in Australia in accessing medicinal cannabis. Prior to the cannabi...

Though psychedelic drugs remain illegal, guided ceremonies, or sessions, are happening across the country, especially in major cities. But more people seek out safe, structured environments to use psychedelics for spiritual growth and psychological healing. For today's episode, Tom Ahern with his guest, Dr. Dan Engle will discuss what you need to know about psychedelic therapy and how psychedelic...

During this pandemic, most people are in social distress, and that affects their mental health. For today's episode, Tom Ahern, with his guest, Nick Bracks will discuss the struggles people face that leads to questioning their self-worth and how stories of other people give us hope and comfort in a way that what you are going through is relatable. They will also talk about different kinds of techn...

Love. What is love, and how do you define it? For today's episode, Tom Ahern will narrate how you view yourself in a relationship. In many ways, relationships determine who you truly are. To understand yourself is to know the way your mind works. It's a vital key to any healthy relationship and can lead to so many amazing things like self-love and compassion. Uncontrolled emotions like anger and f...

For today's episode, let's listen to Tom Ahern as he reads a wonderful story of Debbie, a 46 years old woman who happened to be a victim of unfolding circumstances. How she overcomes the fear of losing control and how psychological healing helped her through self-understanding. Stay tuned! Here are the things to expect in the episode: How to deal with intrusive thoughts. What does it mean to let l...

What thoughts come to your mind when you think of death and dying? Some people identify themselves as spiritual but not religious and that can be interpreted in so many different ways. In this episode, let's join Tom Ahern with his guest, Gary Laderman as they talk about cultural-religious, spiritual beliefs and how death is related to life. Stay tuned! #sacredmedicine #religiousstudies #psychedel...

Man am I excited to be releasing this podcast! THIS IS WHY WE DREAM. Dreams function as a way to “forget”8 experiences which no longer apply to an individual’s life; a kind of re-structuring, re-mapping process. Dreams appear to act as an intermediary, making distinctions between which memories will help navigate the uncertainty of the future and which ones are to be rendered obsolete. If we remem...

Neil Laughton is a former Royal Marine Commamdo, helicopter pilot & Special Forces officer. A business career followed in construction and he sold his company to a FTSE 100 in 2011. Currently he is a business leadership trainer, charity chairman and Captain of the England Penny Farthing Polo Team.   He is passionate about travel, sport and adventure. He has in the last 35 years organised and led 5...

Roy Dean is an expert in the art of jiu jitsu, and his inspiring videos on YouTube have educated people around the world. Dean’s martial education is well rounded, holding first degree black belts in Kodokan Judo and Aikikai Aikido, and third degree black belts in Japanese and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Professor Dean has written about his adventures in two books,"The Martial Apprentice" and "Becoming t...

Heidi is a psychotherapist with 17 years experience in mental health counselling and trauma therapy. Heidi has worked in both the US and Australia and has extensive experience delivering therapeutic services to children and families. She works in private practice in Melbourne, has online parenting programs to support families, and when COVID allows, she tours with her tailored talks specialising i...

Here we go guys! Round two with the incredible Dr Nicole LePara. I first had a chat with her back in early 2019 and WOW what a massive few years she's had! From creating a healing circle, to writing a book and moving across the country, we had heaps to catch up on and she did not disappoint! Funnily enough, we spoke a lot about pizza! (You'll have to listen to find out!). Dr. Nicole LePera was tra...

Marg is a senior clinical psychologist at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne working in Psychosocial cancer care and Palliative Medicine depts. Marg is the Chief Principal Investigator for Australia's first Psilocybin assisted psychotherapy trial to treat depression and anxiety associated with terminal illness. #magicmushrooms #psychedelicassistedtherapy #cancertreatment

Joseph is a former TV weatherman turned psychologist, life coach, podcast and event host and founder of Humber-U Media. Through original content, unique coaching programs, Live! Events and Workshops, The Humble-U Podcast, and a new membership resource, Joseph covers all areas for you to begin a humbling journey towards your true Self. Search @humbleumedia on Instagram or visit humbleumedia.com for...

Kevin Wilkinson is the founder of the Living Full Project which is a movement that believes in the Abundance in all areas of life and the ability to create a life by design rather than default. Additionally, Kevin guides ambitious men to achieve bigger goals, create better relationships, find purpose, have more freedom & design ideal lives for themselves. You can find him @living_full_project...

Michael Wood Jr. is a police management scholar who after spending a career in the USMC and Baltimore Police Department, took to disrupting the long-standing blue wall of silence and creating the pathway to reform; a model called Civilian-Led Policing. His fight for justice has included leading the historic Veterans for Standing Rock action in December of 2016, standing on the front lines of justi...

Born and raised in South Wales, Geraint F. Lewis is now professor of astrophysics at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on cosmology, gravitational lensing and galactic cannibalism, all with the goal of unravelling the dark-side of the universe. As well as 400 publications in leading journals, he is the author of two popular-level books, “A Fortuna...

Vijay Ravikumar (Victorious Son of the Sun in Sanskrit) is the Float Guru. He is the being behind the revolutionary art of studying 'The Self' and "Transformation of Consciousness' using the sensory deprivation tanks. For over 3 years his passion has helped people to raise their consciousness and take their lives to a new magnification - in the areas that matter most: their inner peace, fulfilment...