Better Than Yesterday: Osher Günsberg Osher Günsberg

Did you used to do a little but the little wouldn’t do it so the little got more and more?

After Diane Young’s brilliant SXSW live episode, Osher puts together a primer on how addictive behaviours can mess up our dopamine to such a point that we’re no longer choosing to use.

A helpful listen for those who struggle, or who care about someone who’s struggling.

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Addiction is a bastard of a disease.

If you have it, you don’t know it.

In fact, the number one symptom of addiction is that it convinces you that you aren’t an addict.

That’s a terrible thing to get trapped in.

And it’s a terrible thing for the people who care about you, because you may not realise it - but your addiction affects them as well as you, and not just because they have to deal with your b******t. It changes the way they are around others.

However, every now and then - addicts have what’s called a ‘moment of clarity’. A moment where they can see what they’re doing, what is happening to them and those around them, and where they’re headed.

If you’re lucky - that moment is accompanied by a willingness to do something about it, something to interrupt a cycle of damage and destruction that they otherwise are powerful to interrupt.

Those moments don’t last very long, so when they do - what can we do to help the addict in our lives?

And what do we need to do to help ourselves?

Today Osher welcomes back to the show one of the most important voices in Australia when it comes to the treatment of addiction.

Diane Young, a Psychotherapist and Holistic Counsellor who is the Director of Clinical Supervision at South Pacific Private, Australia’s leading treatment centre of addiction, anxiety and depression.


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During a meeting with an SEO specialist this week, Osher was shocked that the third most popular search term (after Osher Günsberg and Osher Günsberg wife) was “Osher Günsberg height”.

Hundreds of Australians google this every day.

More than “Osher Günsberg podcast” (hence the SEO meeting).

To finally put all this internet speculation to rest (even though he’s taller than 6’2” on some websites) we present to you the definitive answer to a question which is bothering hundreds of Australians every single day…

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Osher’s conversation with Nazeem Hussain got him thinking about how responding to aggression with kindness can drastically change the outcome of an interaction.

But how can we assert ourselves, communicate our boundaries and still show grace and understanding in the face of rage?

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Laughing with people feels so good. In recent times, there has been a lot of talk about using comedy to change people’s minds. It is easy to forget how cathartic comedy can be. Nazeem Hussain is one of Australia’s most beloved comedians.
Osher and Nazeem caught up while they were both performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April. Nazeem was fasting at the time and so they discuss how fasting can be a form of devotion, how responding to racism with peace has unexpected effects and Australian comedy.
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In this episode, Osher talks about how in times of stress his “to do” list grows from an achievable series of tasks into an overwhelming mountain of improbable, high-stakes ideas.
Perhaps you can relate?
As the list gets longer, the stress mounts, the distraction gets worse, the quality of work plummets, your effective ability to complete any of those tasks dwindles and then you start to put other things on the list that make up for the things you’ve now missed on the list.
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Thankfully there’s a way around this.
The “To NOT do list”.
Enjoy writing yours.
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Take the time to figure out your personal values with a test like this one
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