Health Speak?

Penny Terry

In our 3rd Season of Health Speak, Penny Terry goes looking for those key life-skills that we need to live well through a pandemic (with others and within our own minds)! Over five episodes, this season will go beyond hand hygiene and the basics of social distancing to discover what other key skills people are using to 'deal' with this pandemic... and successfully get on with their lives. So if you could do with some tips on how to cope with change and uncertainty, work out what 'self-care' really means (and actually fit it into your day-to-day), or if you're wondering how to politely ask someone to 'stick to the rules' and nail that conversation respectfully - then this is the podcast for you. Or perhaps you're keen to find out how to maintain good habits (and drop the bad ones) that you started during isolation, or need to take a fresh view of your pandemic-budget, well we've got you covered. Plus, we'll pick up some skills to manage pandemic-exhaustion and how we can continue to care even if sometimes COVID-19 feels 'gone'. As she does, Penny will cut through the really complex stuff, so you can leave each conversation knowing you can be helpful rather than helpless..

  1. Do you really know how much COVID has changed your bank account?

    09/16/2020

    Do you really know how much COVID has changed your bank account?

    How much thinking have you done about money since the pandemic started? How much you’ve got, how much you’ve lost, how much you’ve saved, how much you’re entitled to, how much you’ll need to get through to whenever this thing ends?! In this episode Penny Terry takes a look at how this pandemic has affected the money that is going in and out of our bank accounts, and in and out of our communities. We get into the nitty gritty of actually looking at your spending with financial planner Nick D’Emden from Findex in Launceston. Sarah from the Low Head Tourist park shares a little about how she’s re-looking at her future business opportunities. Mental health clinician Caroline Thain helps us with those tricky money conversations, and also gets us wondering how we continue to care about this pandemic even when, at some stages, it can feel gone. We then catch up again with Dr Nicolas Hookway, sociologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania about how we can create better community structures to help us live well during a pandemic into the future. Plus some thoughts from our favourite fitness instructor Kylie Moore and real estate agent Maureen Lacey about how we prepare for the future. SHOW NOTES: Dr Nicholas Hookway drew his four points from colleague Associate Professor of Sociology at Woolongong University Roger Patulny. Check out his article as featured in The Conversation here: https://theconversation.com/reconnecting-after-coronavirus-4-key-ways-cities-can-counter-anxiety-and-loneliness-136606 You can find out more about Nick D’Emden and Findex here: https://www.findex.com.au/office/launceston Nick passed on these links: Findex Covid-19 Resource Centre: https://insights.findex.com.au/covid19/ Australian Government Covid-19 Services: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/coronavirus-covid-19-and-how-we-may-help Australian Government Treasury Support Information: https://treasury.gov.au/coronavirus/households Here’s a link to a budget planner, one of many you will find with a quick internet search: https://moneysmart.gov.au/budgeting/budget-planner See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  2. Need some hacks to sort out your habits (or perhaps just become aware of them)?

    08/26/2020

    Need some hacks to sort out your habits (or perhaps just become aware of them)?

    Turns out we all have habits, that we're probably not even be aware of, that help us get on with... life! During a time when there is heaps of change and our routines are all out of whack (cue pandemic), it's pretty easy to break those helpful habits and replace them with helpful ones. In this episode Penny Terry goes deep on habits, why we need them, how we form them, how we break them as she starts to make a plan to 'fix' them. She gets the low down from podcast regulars Clinical Psychologist David Bakker and Mental Health Clinician Caroline Thain, checks in with fitness instructor Kylie Moore (and some of her clients!) and finds out about helpful food habits with Dietitian Ngaire Hobbins. SHOW NOTES: Find out about the awesome Healthy George Town program here: https://georgetown.tas.gov.au/healthy-george-town-programs/ You can find out m ore about Clinical Psychologist David Bakker and his app mood mission here: http://moodmission.com David Mentioned a couple of habit apps. You can check out Habitica here: https://habitica.com/static/home Or Streaks here: https://streaksapp.com Kylie Moore runs Sherriff Health and Fitness: https://www.facebook.com/Sherriff-Health-Fitness-1773868172887751/ If you’d like to get in touch with Caroline Thain – just message Health Speak on social and Penny will pass on her details: Instagram: @podcasthealthspeak Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthspeakpodcast/ And you can get in touch with Dietitian Ngaire Hobbins here: https://www.ngairehobbins.com If you or someone you know needs support with mental health right now please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or you can click through to Beyond Blue here https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  3. Are you waiting for 'it' to hit the fan?

    08/19/2020

    Are you waiting for 'it' to hit the fan?

    One thing that’s certain, is that dealing with uncertainty is hard. Which really sucks right now as uncertainty seems a constant state during COVID-19! So how do we live well amongst the uncertainty of a pandemic? In this episode Penny Terry gets teary as she hears about dealing with the loss of control from Bianca Welsh who is deep in the tourism and hospitality industry. George Town locals Maureen and Kylie talk about those skills that have helped them cope with uncertainty. And Penny gets some tips from the experts as Mental Health Clinician Caroline Thain explains what our brain is doing, and Clinical Phycologist David Bakker gets us excited about an app that will help us track our moods. SHOW NOTES: Find out about the awesome Healthy George Town program here: https://georgetown.tas.gov.au/healthy-george-town-programs/ You can check out the Mood Mission app here: http://moodmission.com/#home-section You can find out more about Bianca Welsh here: https://www.stillwater.com.au https://www.stillwater.com.au/seven/ https://blackcowbistro.com.au Maureen Lacey works for Harcourts East Tamar: https://easttamar.harcourts.com.au Kylie Moore runs Sherriff Health and Fitness: https://www.facebook.com/Sherriff-Health-Fitness-1773868172887751/ If you’d like to get in touch with Caroline Thain – just message Health Speak on social and Penny will pass on her details: Instagram: @podcasthealthspeak Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthspeakpodcast/ If you or someone you know needs support with mental health right now please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or you can click through to Beyond Blue here https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    24 min

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In our 3rd Season of Health Speak, Penny Terry goes looking for those key life-skills that we need to live well through a pandemic (with others and within our own minds)! Over five episodes, this season will go beyond hand hygiene and the basics of social distancing to discover what other key skills people are using to 'deal' with this pandemic... and successfully get on with their lives. So if you could do with some tips on how to cope with change and uncertainty, work out what 'self-care' really means (and actually fit it into your day-to-day), or if you're wondering how to politely ask someone to 'stick to the rules' and nail that conversation respectfully - then this is the podcast for you. Or perhaps you're keen to find out how to maintain good habits (and drop the bad ones) that you started during isolation, or need to take a fresh view of your pandemic-budget, well we've got you covered. Plus, we'll pick up some skills to manage pandemic-exhaustion and how we can continue to care even if sometimes COVID-19 feels 'gone'. As she does, Penny will cut through the really complex stuff, so you can leave each conversation knowing you can be helpful rather than helpless..