THRIVING MINDS PODCAST

Why don't we want to use the cheapest tool known to prevent and improve mental health disorders? Dr Ben Singh is a research fellow at the University of South Australia and recently published a paper in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, that is the most comprehensive to date, encompassing 97 reviews, 1039 trials and 128,119 participants. It shows that physical activity is 1.5x more effec...

Every 11 seconds, an older adult is admitted to the emergency room due to a fall, and every 19 minutes, a fall-related death occurs. We focus on what we eat, exercise, and relationships and connections.  We think about preventing cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and dementia to have longer healthier lives. However, falling is the most prevalent and expensive issue facin...

Navigating Unplanned Childlessness. Birthgap, the population collapse out of view. For many people, the idea of having children is deeply ingrained in their life plans. From a young age, we are taught to aspire to find a partner, settle down, and start a family. But for some, life has a different plan. Stephen Shaw joins us  to discuss unexpected findings that there is a 30 per cent increase in pe...

Become a HEERO™ and make lifelong relationships with Dan Martin, Founder of HEERO and Raven Bartman and Alicia Johnson    HEERO™ is a revolutionary practice approach that recognizes the importance of relationships in overall health and wellbeing. Young people with lived experience are providing tools, helping others learn about adverse childhood experiences (ACES) and other to health using network...

Are you stuck? Daniel Mate, co-author of “The Myth of Normal” calls these blind spots that we get a lot of benefit from. He asks, do you really want to change?  Have you ever said that you want change in your life but still find yourself stuck in the same old habits and thought patterns? You're not alone. Daniel Mate, the co-author with his father Gabor Mate of the Myth of Normal, discusses w...

I recently had the pleasure of being part of a documentary film called  "The Great Separation," a powerful portrayal that explores the impact of disconnection, social media, and lost community on our lives.  At the center of the film is Joey Fry, who gives an incredible performance as the lead character. Fry plays a young man struggling to navigate a world where social media and technolo...

NURTURE YOUR BEAUTIFUL BRAIN. We eat right to protect our bodies; we exercise to strengthen our hearts and muscles – it’s time to create a wellness plan for our brains. Getting started is easy! Follow the Link BrainHealth Week is an annual five-day, interactive experience to inspire healthy-brain habits that can easily become part of our daily routine. THREE WAYS TO PARTICIPATE 1.     Take simple...

The phrase "it takes a village to raise a child" is often used to emphasize the importance of community and support in the upbringing of a child. It's a reminder that parenting is not just the responsibility of a single individual, but a collective effort that involves everyone in the child's life. As a parent or care-giver or adult with children, it can be challenging to balan...

The true character of society is revealed in how it treats its children” – Nelson Mandela.  Imagine knowing that the maltreatment of children and adolescents, or adverse childhood experiences (ACES) can lead to addiction and mental health disorders. The public health crisis can be diverted by learning you have the power to stop the transmission of ACES by seeing them in your life and then helping...

Food and diet-related chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and some types of cancer pose a major public health problem. Today, more than half of adults have one or more diet-related chronic diseases. How do we know whether what we are eating is medicine or is toxic and leading to chronic diseases.  To address this question the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Amer...

Is Buddhism a religion? This is the question that Dr Pierce Salguero, Professor of Asian History & Health Humanities, Program Chair for Multidisciplinary Studies, Integrative Arts, & Health Humanities , The Abington College of Pennsylvania State University asks his first-year students every year. He is an author, researcher, teacher, fan, and critic of Buddhism & Asian medicine and we...

Everything that remains in silence stays in silence and you feel it to heal it. Please join Dr Ken Duckworth  who discusses his journey into psychiatry started when he was a boy growing up with a dad who experienced severe bipolar disorder. His father was loving, kind and periodically quite ill, hospitalized for months at a time. Ken became a psychiatrist in part to help his father. Ken is double-...

Imagine you are given the gift of life.  You may have already have it but are caught up in the business of life. You may not realise it or you may have genes hidden in your history lurking to come out at any moment that change your wellness. Self-care is not selfish but self-preservation. Dr. Simran Malhotra is a triple board-certified physician in internal medicine, hospice & palliative care,...

How do you go from being a police officer included in undercover operations, major crime and homicide investigation,  police hostage negotiation and as team Leader at both domestic and counter Terrorist level to being afraid to leaving your house? This is the untold story for many people on the front-lines  who are serving the community, protecting  and keeping us safe.  Firefighters, police offic...

Dr Jeff Rediger is a revolutionary intellectual in the field of spontaneous healing from incurable diseases. He has written the best selling book called CURED- Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life. His book describes: " When it comes to disease, who beats the odds -- and why? When it comes to spontaneous healing, skepticism abounds. Doctors are taught that "miraculous" r...

Dr Dennis-Tiwary is in praise of anxiety. She teaches people how to sit with the bad feelings that accompany anxiety by trying to listen to what it is telling us, leverage from the knowledge to understanding to find new solutions and then let go. For example, if you wake in the middle of the night, worried about something that happened during the day. Instead of lying awake and ruminating on these...

The words of Einstein stir our hearts, ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result’ He has worked towards working out different ways to grow older in life and navigate debilitating conditions. Can we turn back the clock on the aging process?    Can research on longevity help us combat the ‘diseases of aging'?  Is it possible to live a better quality...

Imagine knowing there are steps you can take to overcome major impacts on the brain from being on the front-lines of police, military, healthcare worker, tow truck driving and many other first responder positions. David C. Lee is a coach, author, entrepreneur and speaker who has honed his skills as a operator, motivator, mentor and coach in a thirty year career in business, police, military  and p...

Sarrah Le Marquand describes the power of telling people’s stories about people’s courage to get stronger despite setbacks, grief, trauma and loss.  From losing her mother at age of 17 to leading Editor in Chief of Body and Soul and Stellar and many other journalistic feats. “Hoping someone will connect and be inspired by your story”.  Kurt Fearnley, Sharing his cheat codes to thriving. It is all...

Professor Nadja Reissland and Professor Jackie Blissett are experts in how mother’s eating changes the faces of foetuses. They are researching and building technology to allow us to see the changes in the facial expressions in utero in response to food, maternal depression on infant cognitive, emotional and social development.   Professor Nadja Reissland is in the Department of Psychology at Durha...

Episodes on food are the most downloaded. We have put together parts of the episodes that are compelling listening with ideas to consider.   On the Healthyish podcast  Felicity and I discuss sugar addiction and what to do about it. Dr James Muecke, Lieutenant Governor, South Australia discusses diabetes and the impact of sugar. Dr. Robert Lustig is Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the Unive...

Imagine knowing that if you get dementia everyone around you knows how to take care of you. This is gift from dementia and care with dignity.  Did you know the Inuit see dementia as a gift. Judy Cornish does as well. Judy is asking us to become more human.  People in Idaho have been gifted the intuitive talents of Judy Cornish, an attorney turned dementia care revolutionary. She created the Dawn m...

Today we are celebrating 100 episodes of the Thriving minds podcast. It is being listened to in 99 countries, and 2,251 cities. The program being produced in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and is across cities in Australia, cities in Canada, France, Norway, Ireland, USA, Serbia, Israel, Balearic Islands, Majorca, Spain to name a few.  There are 4 main themes that have arisen from examining the d...

Guy MacGillivray he is a psychologist and social worker in Port Lincoln that discovered he was using sugar to medicate the stress in his life. He decided to change this. He started to reduce his sugar intake and noticed he started to lose weight. He changed his morning routine, thought about 3 things he is grateful for, that included his family, friends and meditative prayer. He decided to start t...

People  who live to be 100 (and beyond!) have four factors in common that… Seems to have nothing to do with their: ·      Genetic makeup ·      Family history ·      Lifestyle choices ·      Diet ·      Environment ·      Socioeconomic status In fact, according to clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Mario Martinez, your genes have only a 20 percent impact on your health and longevity. The rest is attri...