There are over 2.65 million carers in Australia. If you love someone with mental or physical needs, and your support puts your own needs last, you may be a carer without realising it.

Guest, Rachael Mead cares for her paramedic husband emotionally and practically every day. She joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert Dr Jaime Lee to explore how our carers can be cared for.

Caring for the Carer

How do you survive when you lose your partner? The grief is overwhelming, unpredictable, and ever-present. Guest, Lahra Carey’s husband was killed in a tragic accident. Here she joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, to tell us how she rebuilt her life, in a candid conversation about grief that’s useful to all of us.

Losing a loved one

Change is inevitable in life. New baby, retrenchment, retirement. Whatever the transition, forging a new path can be really tough. Psychologist and author, Mary Hoang, joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert Dr Jaime Lee to explore how change can lead to positive transformation.

Finding yourself again

We all carry hurt, anger, sadness or fear with us, but we don’t need to be controlled by it. Author and Biodynamic Breathwork founder, Giten Tonkov, joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert Dr Jaime Lee, to explain how we can choose to respond to our feelings in a useful way, rather than react in a way that is destructive

You are not your emotions

When a relationship ends, it can feel like we’ve lost a part of who we are. Guest, Sam Nicholls, courageously tells the story of his marriage break-up, and his long journey to being happy on his own. Together with hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert Dr Jaime Lee, this episode celebrates the truth that we don’t need a partner to be whole.

Surviving a breakup, thriving alone

We all can find work stress overwhelming. Guest, Hassan Noura, shares his raw account of career-threatening anxiety. And hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, explore how we can care for ourselves so we can thrive at work.

Beat burnout and be your best at work

Being a parent is hard, especially when we are in conflict with our kids. Parent coach, Jane Parkinson, joins hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, to help us reconnect with our kids, so there’s less fight and more joy in our families.

Conflict to connection with our kids

We all have habits we’d like to be free of. Comedian Adam Richard tells how he transformed his life by breaking his bad habits. And hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, explore what strategies we can try to change the destructive behaviour in our lives.

How to break a bad habit?

When we don’t feel connected to our family, the pain can last a lifetime. At 61, guest Raven Abulhawa is still deeply hurt by an abusive childhood. Hosts Jo Stanley and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee, explore how she has healed her wounds, and learn what steps we can take to accept family, even when it’s difficult.

Healing the pain from a hurtful family

We all can feel sad, anxious or angry, and it’s OK to not feel OK. But did you know our bodies are a map for our emotions? Medical doctor and performance expert, Dr Jaime Lee joins host Jo Stanley to explore how we can use what our body is telling us to shift our feelings, and start to feel better.

It’s OK to not feel OK

Where can we find the courage to embrace life’s twists and turns? AFL star Brandon Ellis tells us how sharing the most painful parts of his life story with his teammates gave him resilience, and host Jo Stanley and mindfulness coach Emma Murray explore how that vulnerability empowered Brandon to overcome the hardest challenge of his career. Then Emma leads us in a life-affirming exercise in gratitude.

Thrive through change, with Brandon Ellis

BMX Champion, Caroline Buchanan, saved her own life with a breath exercise. Here she tells us about the horrific accident that nearly killed her, and how she has used mindfulness heal her body. Host Jo Stanley and mindfulness coach Emma Murray explore how, whether physical or emotional, you can shift your hurt. Then Emma teaches us a warming visualisation, that will change your pain.

Heal your body, with Caroline Buchanan

How do we overcome the shame of failing? Supercars Champion Scott McLaughlin tells us about losing what was supposed to be an unlosable championship for him, and host Jo Stanley and mindfulness coach Emma Murray explore the power of acceptance and celebrating your strengths. Then Emma teaches us a calming exercise that returns us to clarity and confidence.

Overcome failure, with Scott McLaughlin

Fear of other people’s opinions. It strips our confidence and disconnects us from who we want to be. Here, Olympic track and field athlete Morgan Mitchell tells how her fear of judgement was crippling her, and host Jo Stanley and mindfulness coach Emma Murray explore how Morgan overcame those destructive internal narratives. Then Emma teaches us a powerful breath exercise to shift our physiology away from fear.

Live your purpose, with Morgan Mitchell

All of us self-criticise. But we can be free of this hurtful habit. Mindfulness coach Emma Murray who helped AFL Club Richmond break a 37-year premiership drought, joins host, Jo Stanley, to explain the science behind our negative thoughts. She tells us how we can calm our emotions and reframe our thinking, even in the midst of grief, trauma and fear. Then Emma shares a mindfulness exercise that ignites self-awareness and restores self-acceptance.

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