Puka Up - Your Weekly Wellbeing Conversation

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The aim of this podcast is to educate and assist listeners on their journey to better understand, invest into and improve their individual wellbeing, in what has been a challenging year for us all. PukaUp Founder & AFL legend Wayne Schwass, draws on his personal 26 year wellbeing journey to combine authentic and genuine storytelling with skill-based learning through inspiring conversations with a wide variety of world-class wellbeing experts, thought leaders and qualified practitioners to explore the benefits and value of the practical tools, techniques and strategies available that can help you start your mental health journey and begin to invest into your wellbeing. We all have mental health, but for a lot of us, it’s not easy to talk about wellbeing openly, in fact it’s difficult but it doesn’t have to be. Creating safe spaces and environments allow people to begin to have authentic and genuine conversations about mental health and emotional wellbeing. Wellbeing applies to 100% of the population. Our focus is to help you stay healthy by equipping you with the tools so that you can start taking steps toward a healthier, longer, happier and better life. It’s time to reclaim your wellbeing and we’re excited to be joining you on this important journey

  1. Gratitude, empathy and mindfulness - Hugh van Cuylenburg

    01/24/2019

    Gratitude, empathy and mindfulness - Hugh van Cuylenburg

    Gratitude allows us to appreciate the things in our lives we may fail to see. It shifts our focus away from what we don’t have to what we do have.Empathy allows us to develop kindness and kindness has been proven to have a positive effect on our mental health and emotional wellbeing, and Mindfulness teaches us to be calmer and more present so we can enjoy the things we do have.In this episode, host Wayne Schwass sits down with the founding director and facilitator of the Resilience Project Hugh van Cuylenburg. The Resilience Project delivers emotionally engaging programs to schools, sports clubs and businesses, providing practical, evidenced-based, positive mental health strategies to build resilience and happiness.In this episode we discuss:? Why gratitude, empathy & mindfulness are important skills? Practising gratitude for 21 consecutive days can have a profound impact on your wellbeing? 6 weeks of practising gratitude, research suggests you are less likely to get sick ? Empathy helps develop kindness? Mindfulness teaches us to be calmer and more present? 3 simple things to help you start practising gratitudewww.facebook.com/resiliencep www.theresilienceproject.com.au @theresilienceproject (Instagram)@ResilienceP (Twitter)www.pukaup.comwww.pukaup.com/helpwww.facebook.com/pukaup @pukaup (Instagram)@pukaup (Twitter)@wayneschwass (Instagram)@wayneschwass (Twitter) See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Support the show: http://pukaup.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    49 min
  2. Holiday health special - Pat McGorry AO

    12/19/2018

    Holiday health special - Pat McGorry AO

    The Christmas holiday period can be a wonderful time spent celebrating with family and friends. It is also a stressful and difficult time for many people within our families and communities. What do we do during these challenging times if we feel overwhelmed, stressed, emotional or living with mental health conditions? Equally, it can also be difficult to know what to do if we are concerned about a family member or friend.   In this special Christmas episode, host Wayne Schwass sits down with psychiatrist and former Australian of the Year Pat McGorry to discuss some of the early warning signs of stress and potential mental health conditions, what to do if we identify with any signs, what strategies we can use to help cope with stressful situations or emotions.  Pat also offers some important advice for anyone who might be suicidal as well as advice for family and friends who are trying to support a loved one who is suicidal.  In this episode we discuss: • Early warning signs of stress and potential mental health conditions • What to do if we identify with any warning signs or symptoms • Types of behaviours, decisions that are not helpful  • Strategies that we can use to help ourselves • Strategies that family and friends can use to help a loved one • What to do if we are feeling suicidal • What to do if we are concerned about a loved one who is suicidal Getting Help Emergency support 000Lifeline 13 11 14Beyondblue 1300 22 46 36Sane 1800 18 72 63Panda 1300 72 63 06Mind Australia 1300 28 64 63Mensline 1300 78 99 78Kids Help Line 1800 55 18 00Suicide Call Back Service 1300 65 94 67Qlife 1800 18 45 27 PukaUp www.pukaup.comwww.pukaup.com/helpwww.facebook.com/pukaup@pukaup (Instagram)@pukaup (Twitter)@wayneschwass (Instagram)@wayneschwass (Twitter) See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Support the show: http://pukaup.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    24 min

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The aim of this podcast is to educate and assist listeners on their journey to better understand, invest into and improve their individual wellbeing, in what has been a challenging year for us all. PukaUp Founder & AFL legend Wayne Schwass, draws on his personal 26 year wellbeing journey to combine authentic and genuine storytelling with skill-based learning through inspiring conversations with a wide variety of world-class wellbeing experts, thought leaders and qualified practitioners to explore the benefits and value of the practical tools, techniques and strategies available that can help you start your mental health journey and begin to invest into your wellbeing. We all have mental health, but for a lot of us, it’s not easy to talk about wellbeing openly, in fact it’s difficult but it doesn’t have to be. Creating safe spaces and environments allow people to begin to have authentic and genuine conversations about mental health and emotional wellbeing. Wellbeing applies to 100% of the population. Our focus is to help you stay healthy by equipping you with the tools so that you can start taking steps toward a healthier, longer, happier and better life. It’s time to reclaim your wellbeing and we’re excited to be joining you on this important journey

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