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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 epi
Does it take a crisis (or pandemic) for us to think a bit more deeply about what’s going on for other people? If so, what are the skills that we need to be a useful crisis buddy? In this episode Penny Terry takes a look at those little things t
For many of us we feel like we’re just getting on with life, despite social distancing. But when we stop and think about how many little things have changed in our lives since we were first told to keep 1.5 meters distance and clean ALL THE THI
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
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 ge
In Season Three of Health Speak, we go beyond the hand hygiene to work out what other key skills we need to live WELL during a pandemic (with others and in our own minds)! Penny Terry goes out into the community, into businesses and chats with
For some social and community services the demand for support has gone up during during COVID-19, however two local services say they've seen a drop in referrals or enquires from people with addictions. So what's going on? And how can we help?
There seems to be a handful of common words we're all using to explain our lives right now. For Monique and many of her friends, that word is 'confusing'. Monique is the Members President of Speak Out, which is both a membership organisation fo
When we hear someone is unwell or going through treatment, often our first instinct is to cook them food, or offer to look after the kids, or visit them in hospital. All those things just became more risky, than helpful. So how can we help peop
What have you lost since...well, since COVID-19? Some things are really obvious, like job loss or a lost routine, but others are not so obvious, like how having those things made us feel. In this episode of Health Speak, Penny Terry talks with
Thinking about what ‘self isolation’ during COVID-19 might mean for women and children who are experiencing family violence can be tough going. It can also make us feel pretty helpless when we’re stuck in our homes either unsure how to help and
Health Speak is back, but like our world right now, it's different too. Season one showed us the many way our health professionals could help us , and this season will show us the many ways we can help others, from our homes. Because, well #sta
It’s been a wild(-ly educational) ride dropping in to chat with some of the MANY health people who work in our communities so we’ve pulled together a short recap for you. While this season has come to an end, your listening doesn’t need to as t
There's a pretty good chance that you will have heard of a Speech Pathologist before, but I doubt you've been given the full rundown of all the different things they can help with. In fact, there are so many even Speech Pathologists themselves
How’s your body feeling today? While most people don’t love to hear your complaints, Osteopaths love hearing what’s going on with your body and your mind, trying to work out the cause of any pain or discomfort and then working out how to fix it
What’s the first image you get in your mind when you think about aged care? I bet it’s not an image of a group of health workers bringing three tones of sand into an aged care home so the residents could have a day at the beach?! Aged care brin
What services to you think you’d be getting if you went to visit a clinical social worker? Michelle Nicholson reckons it’s the best job in the world. She says she gets to work with the most incredible people in the world even though many of her
There’s a fair bit of detective work involved for many people who work in health care, but they don’t all use Dermatoscopes (a torch and magnifying glass all in one) everyday! Sue Basson does. Sue is a GP who has specialised in skin cancer and
This episode of Health Speak is a bit different. It’s less about supporting our own health and more about supporting other people’s health, in a way you probably don’t spend much time thinking about (which is fair enough because only 1% of peop
Talking about smoking can be tricky. Whether you are the smoker or it’s someone you care about, the conversation can get awkward and people can feel judged or lectured. So how do the good conversations, the ones that work, sound? Sue Hearn is a
You might expect that a Dietitian would put you on a diet, yet Milly Smith isn't a big fan of that word. Milly is an accredited practicing dietitian and she works one on one with people for all different sorts of reasons and helps them lay the
If you’ve ever wondered why someone would want to be a podiatrist and work with people's feet all day – you will not only have it explained in the next twelve minutes, but will also want to book yourself an appointment! Lyndsey Wright clearly l
We know that pharmacists tell us how to properly use our medicines, on this episode of Health Speak we learn how to properly use our pharmacists! Pankti Ajay takes Penny Terry on a tour of the chemist and explains why her job is so much more th
We’re back to sorting out your plumbing – in our first episode we looked at the bottom half of your pipes and in this episode we’re up the top. David Murray is an esophagogastric surgeon who deals with your digestive track and also specializes
How does having a job - the right job for you - affect your health? On this episode, Penny Terry wanders into an employment agency and introduces you to Alexis who witnesses everyday the many many different things that link your health with you
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