Health & Wellbeing
Where’s peace amongst everything happening in life? How do we look after our wellbeing?
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Hot and thirsty
Do you have a past you want to forget? Trying to ignore it by covering the pain with something else sometimes seems to be the only way, but the guilt and shame stick around.
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Called to serve
Do you ever feel inspired to make a difference but feel too small and insignificant?
‘I sometimes find I get a bit overwhelmed when I start looking at how many different ways that we could be helping and serving.
Don’t underestimate the power of being friends with someone, being a neighbour to someone, visiting someone who doesn’t get out of the house very often. It might be your grandma. The needs could be closer to you than you think. Making a difference for one person is making a difference.’
Listen as Eloise, a young person inspired to make a difference in the world, talks about the call to serve others.
Dealing with Stress
Life seems to be going 100 miles an hour. People all around us seem to be suffering from burnout and stress. This isn’t something new. But what is it that causes us to feel like it’s all just getting too much? Listen to Ali and Celia chat about what gets us stressed, how we react to it, what helps us when the crisis hits and managing in the longer term.
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New Beginnings
‘New beginnings for me mean you’re leaving something and moving to something in the future you’re not quite sure about. So that can be a whole mixture of emotions.’
New beginnings can be stressful. Unknown experiences of changing jobs, a medical diagnosis, moving to a new country, or a life-changing experience of another kind can impact family life and our expectations. Listen as Richard, Clare and Tania share their experiences and what helps them cope through change.
Redefining Rest
‘I take on more things, I’m so overwhelmed, I will end up sick or have some leave or take some time off. And then I have a little bit of respite and then I do the same thing again.’
Choosing to spend time resting is often the last of our priorities in what, for many of us, is a dizzying, fast paced and busy life. But have you ever considered that maybe the solution to all our stress and constantly feeling overwhelmed is to intentionally put rest first? Click here to listen as Lorrene shares 7 types of rest and why it is so important to prioritise.
Facing Fear
‘It’s amazing how often we just feel afraid, and we let it just sit there and we don’t challenge it. And I think that’s a real waste because you actually have to confront something and face it in order to deal with it.’ Sarah McCutcheon, National Relationship Manager for Global Leadership Network Australia, has extensive experience helping people to face their fears and embrace courage. Listen to Sarah share her insights into facing fear.
Find Out MoreBeing Well
I think COVID kind of exposed a few things that identified what we did hope in and what we thought our well-being was in, even something as simple as going to the football or whatever it might be, was just taken away. So where do we then centre that? Where do we place our hope? Well-being can be physical, emotional and spiritual. But what does it actually mean and how do you find it? Listen to Richard, Celia and Anna share their insights into well-being and how to find the source of peace.
Find Out MoreFinding Connection
There are times when the pieces of our life don’t seem to be fitting together as they should. Listen to Nancy – a wife, mother, and police officer. The stress of juggling everything had her feeling disconnected and becoming a person she just didn’t recognize. Hear how a change of perspective brought the sense of overwhelm back into balance.
Find Out MoreLiving with Confidence
Finding our way in life, can be a long journey. And our sense of self worth can take a battering. This week I’m talking with Peta, a Christian life coach and speaker who is passionate about helping women build self-esteem and purpose.
Find Out MoreWho Am I?
What do teenagers really think about their place in a world of confusion and challenges? Listen as Emma chats with some teenagers about identity, and how faith shapes who they are.
Find Out MoreSend Me An Angel
It would be great if managing depression was purely logical, but depression can be really difficult to manage. For the person struggling with it, and the loved ones who care for them, depression can challenge and test us. But there is hope. Listen to Jane’s story of depression and how she finds hope to live through it.
Find Out MorePeace Beyond Reason
What do think of when you hear the word peace? Not the dream of world peace, but inner peace. Peace that works even when the world, and perhaps even you, are in chaos. Are you at peace? Listen to listen as Noel Due shares his reflections on peace and a path to finding it.
Find Out MoreFighting Fires
Bushfires can be devastating. Even when you’re well prepared, they have a way of surprising you! So what’s it like to survive a catastrophic bushfire? Listen as Richard Fox talks with firefighters who had to face a fire head on and home owners who had to leave their homes. How do they make sense of a natural disaster like a bushfire?
Find Out MoreTeen Anxiety
Teen Anxiety “I remember when I had a really bad panic attack and I thought I was dying. It felt like I was just being covered in blankets almost like I couldn’t feel anything no one was around. It was just me and that feeling. No one expects it to be anxiety or an anxiety […]
Find Out MoreLetting Go Of Control
Life can be crazy and chaotic at the best of times, even more so when we’re in a pandemic. Listen as Celia, Noel and Richard discuss how we can live each day when the future is so uncertain.
Find Out MoreCoping With Change
Most of us have things we hope for and dream about for the future. But making those changes is often easier said than done. Listen as Richard and Celia share their struggles with change and explore what can give you confidence and peace in change.
Find Out MoreI Want to Be Healed
Have you ever felt like life is ripping you off? That what you’re suffering is unjust? Listen as Stephen and Therese share their story of years of suffering and how they found ways to embrace life and live in hope.
Find Out MoreEndless Love
When things are at their worst, is there still a place for love? What are we capable of when we are at the end of our reserves? Listen to Noel Due as he tells the true story of Geoff and his life changing experience in a Japanese prison camp.
Find Out MoreWhy Not Me?
What questions do you ask when you see, or experience, suffering? Listen as Richard, Celia and Noel share their thoughts and experiences on suffering and where to find hope to get through difficult times.
Find Out MoreAre You Afraid?
The Coronavirus and social restrictions have brought fear and anxiety to many households. How can we face our fears and anxiety? Is there any way to stop it from paralyzing our lives? And can we find peace even in times like the Coronovirus? Listen to Messages of Hope this week to hear a conversation about fear with Noel, Celia and Richard.
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