410 episodes
All In The Mind ABC Podcasts
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4.3 • 1.9K Ratings
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All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
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How dopamine drives our addictions
What role does dopamine play in cycles of addiction — and how might we use that knowledge to break them?
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Making big decisions
Career, family, relationships - how do we think about big decisions and in turn how do they shape our lives? And what makes a 'good decision?'
On All in the Mind this week, we hear from three people who have faced big life decisions and an expert who researches life's choices and how we can make better ones. -
The toxic effects of rudeness
Are your colleagues rude?
Do people regularly ignore each other or dismiss opinions in meeting? Ever gotten an all caps email?
On All in the Mind this week, we examine the toxic effects of rude behaviour.
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Language and loss
What goes on in the multilingual mind? And what does it mean to 'lose' your language?
Author and linguist Julie Sedivy with a story of losing – and re-discovering – her native language. -
Habits and making them stick
Habits are notoriously hard to change—exercising more often, practising calmness, getting healthy—it all takes time and effort. So perhaps you’ll be pleased to know that there’s a way to get habits into your routine. We talk with Bernard Balleine, Director of the Decision Neuroscience Lab at UNSW; and with B J Fogg, founder of the Behaviour Design Lab at Stanford University about his new book Tiny Habits.
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Tears, fears and hope — your pandemic life
With restrictions easing around the country, we wanted to know how you've survived the past year and a half - what's gotten you through and what you can't wait to do next.
On All in the Mind this week, we turn the show over to you, our listeners, and hear your pandemic survival stories.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant, fascinating and current
I’ve been listening to this podcast by ABC Radio for years. It never fails to deliver. Quality, clear and always fully clear on the sources of information, both experiential and researchers.
Great content, beautifully presented
I love Sarah voice, she present beautifully. All the topics are so relatable but also exquisitely different. My fav thing about this podcast is that it dives straight into the topic at hand and doesn’t fiddle with useless banter. Keep up the good work! Big fan Sarah
Delirium in the ICU - astounding!!
This episode should be part of every aged care worker’s tool box when helping individuals and their families with post hospitalisation of a loved one. My 95 year old mother’s entire character changed and the paranoia was acute. This podcast explained EVERYTHING. While dementia was diagnosed post hospitalisation, mum has since almost recovered and this information has helped us all recover and come to terms with, through a new understanding, of what mum experienced and what we can expect. The trauma was terrible for us all and this has been a great comfort. I can’t thank you enough. Mind-changing information.