Mind and Soul Matters

In Part 3 of "Aging and Mental Health", Mrs Nahid Meshgin summarises her personal journey with life and aging, giving us valuable tips on some of the protective factors in aging well.

In Part 2 of "Aging and Mental Health", Gabriela Di Perna shares her research findings to highlight issues around loneliness in older adults. She sheds light on how we can prevent loneliness and gives us insights into...

In Part 1 of "Aging and Mental Health", Dr Frans Hugo, a psychiatrist with expertise in older adults, distinguishes the facts from the myths. He highlights some of the challenges older adults face and how they can...

In Part 3 of "Youth Mental Health" series, Dr Jay Thomas shares his experiences of working with youth in the Baha'i community, exploring issues related to meaning, purpose and importance of hope. Preventative measures...

In Part 2 of "Youth Mental Health" series, Amie shares publicly for the first time her personal experience and struggles with mental illness. She courageously highlights for us the challenges and gives us an insight of...

In Part 1 of "Youth Mental Health" series, psychologist Sarah McPharlin gives us an insight into the changes in the brain of a young person as they move from childhood to adolescents, providing an explanation of some of...

Is there a downside to winning? What is the cost of competition? And what is the alternative? Luke McPharlin, a former Australian Football League player, is back by popular demand to share his insights and to answer...

As part of the Mental Health Forum series, this episode captures from both a professional and personal lens what constructive resilience looks like when migrant women are faced with challenges.

In 1971, Charlie Pierce left his home in the UK and took a post as a school teacher in Port Villa, in Vanuatu. For over 40 years Charlie dedicated himself to teaching in the small island nation. In 2012, however...

Dr Laura Hedayati, a clinical psychologist, discusses the impact of forgiveness on our well-being and shares steps we can use to train ourselves to move from hurt, anger and resentment towards forgiveness, peace and...

In Part 3 of the "Family Wellbeing" series, Danae Watkins from Relationships Australia talks about the importance of connection. Danae explains that as we make time for our physical fitness, we must also prioritise our...

In Part 2 of "Family Wellbeing" series, we welcome back Veronica Anderson, facilitator of the Spiritual Parenting Program who shares with us an overview of how we can bring out the best in our children. "Regard man as a...

In Part 1 of "Family Wellbeing" series, family therapist Nilly Cope shares findings from research on how we can be masters in our relationships, rather than disasters. She also identifies for us what John Gottman, a...

Hero candidly shares her struggles with mental health and how the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of therapy has helped her navigate through these challenges. What can we take away from her story to help us in our own...

In Part 3 of 'Conversations About Suicide', Lisa O'Malley MLA (member of parliament) candidly and courageously shares with us her personal struggles with mental illness and the impact of losing her brother, Michael to...