Minding Your Mind
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Minding Your Mind
Mental health expert Prof Ian Hickie and author & broadcaster James O’Loghlin explore all aspects of mental health; the different types of mental health issues we can experience, their causes, how they affect us, and what we can do to get help and find solutions.
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MYM – Rebuilding Trust 2
Ian and James share five more ideas to rebuild trust in politics, the media and society in general.
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MYM – Rebuilding Trust I
Ian and James share five ideas to rebuild trust in our politics, media and society.
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MYM – Pride
Are you proud of yourself? Are you proud to be an Australian? Pride is feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction at your own achievements. Is it a sign of...
MYM – When Can't You Trust Your Feelings?
People often say, "Trust your gut. If you feel something, act on it." But often our feelings push us to act impulsively. Anger is rarely a good feelin...
MYM – How Do We Talk to the Dying?
How do we talk to those who are dying? Is everything different now, or should we try to act normal and pretend it’s business as usual? Why does it fee...
MYM – Listener Questions: Inequities in the Health System, and Diagnosing ADHD
Why aren’t resources shared evenly across the health system? Why can getting an ADHD diagnosis be so challenging?
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MYM – Listener Questions: Asexuality
What determines how high your libido is? Are some people asexual? Is our level of sexual desire more a reflection of our biology or our personality?
MYM – Listener Questions: Why do some cry more than others?
Why do some people cry every week, while others haven’t cried since they were four? How do we strike the right balance between controlling our emotion...
MYM – Trust
Why is trust in government and media declining? What can be done to restore trust in our institutions?
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MYM – Listener Questions: Loners
Are some people simply loners from birth or is it a learned behaviour? Is it okay to be a loner? Can it be unhealthy?
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MYM – Reair: Self-Talk
What is self-talk? Does everyone have a little voice in their head? Or only some of us? How can self-talk help us, and hinder us? Can we control our s...
MYM – Reair: How to stop worrying in a scary world
The more we learn about the world, the more there is to worry about. Do we have an obligation to stay well-informed about every terrible thing that is...
MYM – Reair: King Lear with John Bell
What can we learn about our mind from one of the greatest and most complex characters of fiction, Shakespeare’s King Lear? We are joined by Shakespear...
MYM - Bondi
The Bondi shooting rocked Australia. How do we process and deal with it, as individuals and in groups?
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MYM - What is an Existential Crisis?
More listener questions. What is an existential crisis? What is the connection between bipolar disorder and the body clock? And how much do we know ab...
MYM – What is consciousness?
What is consciousness? Is it being aware of your thoughts? What does it have to do with our memory, feelings, perception and imagination? Do we all ex...
MYM – Dashed Dreams
What happens when you realise that some of the things you dreamed of happening in your life, aren’t ever going to happen? How do you make peace with r...
MYM – Mental Illness and Work
How should people discuss their mental illness with an employer? Should you disclose it a job interview? After you have been offered a job? Or not at...
MYM – Tidiness and Untidiness
Why are some people tidy and others untidy? If you’re tidy, does it mean you’re organised? If you untidy at home, does it suggest your whole life is a...
MYM – The Social Media Ban
In December, Australia will ban many social media platforms for those under 16. Is it a good idea? Will it work? Does the evidence in favour of the ba...
MYM – Favourite Kids
Do you have a favourite child? Were you a favourite child? Or was one of your siblings? How can being, or not being, the favourite affect people? Is i...
MYM – Coordination, the Body and the Brain
How do you tie your shoelaces, slice onions and juggle? Is it just repetition and muscle memory? Or is your brain in charge, directing every tiny move...
MYM: Bipolar and Relationships
What are common relationship challenges for those with bipolar disorder and whose moods wildly fluctuate? And for those in relationships with them? Ho...
MYM - Aging. Fight it or Accept It?
As we age should we accept the fact that we are slowing down or fight against it? What is the best mix of the two?
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MYM: Manic Episodes and Sexuality Plus New Body Clock Research
How can a manic episode affect someone’s sexuality? Plus, new research on Melatonin underlines the importance of taking care of our body clock.
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MYM – Nationalism, Patriotism and Shared Values
Can you make any valid generalisations about national character? Can 25 million people who live in the same country really all share the same values?...
MYM – Feeling Insecure
When someone feels insecure, what does it mean? It is doubting yourself? Not thinking you’re good enough? What is insecurity and how do we deal with i...
MYM – Toxic Positivity
"It’s all good." Is it, though? Optimism is good for our mental health, but is toxic positivity – the belief that no matter how dire a situation is, w...
MYM – All Types of Parents
We look at the many ways someone can be a parent. You can adopt a child, have kids via IVF, partner with someone who already has kids and become a ste...
MYM – Grief 2 – Job, Career, Identity
How do we deal with losing a job or a career, or our health or our home? Is the sense of loss grief, or something else?
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MYM – Grief 1 – Death and Relationships
How do we deal when we lose someone we care about, either through death or the end of a relationship? Are there really five stages of grief?
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MYM – Family Estrangement
Families are wonderful, except when they’re not. How do families become estranged? Should we try to reconcile? How?
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MYM – Vagueness
Some people never lose their keys or run late. Others always do. Why? What is vagueness? Do some people have a different relationship with reality tha...
MYM – Money and Mental Health
We live in a world where how much you have influences the amount of freedom and autonomy you have. A million books advise you what to do with your mon...
MYM – Tiger Mums and Stubborn Parents
Another listener questions ep. The pros and cons of Tiger Mums. How do you take care of an ageing parent who doesn’t want to be taken care of?
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MYM – The Connection Between Your Mental Health and Your Gut
Why does anxiety give us a clenched stomach? What is the relationship between our mind and our stomach? Can changing our diet and taking better care o...
MYM – Sophie Scott
Former ABC health journalist and now wellbeing expert Sophie Scott joins us to discuss her own mental health journey, the things that have helped her...
MYM – GPs Treating ADHD
One in 20 Australians have ADHD. Given its prevalence, should GPs be given the power to diagnose and treat ADHD? Or is it a specialised condition that...
MYM – Self-Talk
What is self-talk? Does everyone have a little voice in their head? Or only some of us? How can self-talk help us, and hinder us? Can we control our s...
MYM – Dissociation and Sexual Abuse
Dissociation occurs when a person feels disconnected from reality. Are those prone to dissociation more likely to have been subject to abuse when youn...