The UPLIFT Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Bruce Lipton: The Science Behind Why We Need a Community May 19, 2019

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Have ‘survival of the fittest’ theories led to a breakdown of community? Dr Bruce Lipton argues that humanity’s best survival strategy is unity.

Michael St George: One Light Together Nov 09, 2018

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What role does dub poetry have in the struggle for justice?

Anita Moorjani: The Power of Living Your Purpose Mar 29, 2018

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Why the world needs more sensitive people to embrace their egos.

Daniel Horowitz: The History of the Happiness Movement Jan 30, 2018

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Exploring the fascinating history of positive psychology and how the pursuit of happiness became a global industry.

Dr. Saida Désilets: Claiming Your Sexual Sovereignty Jan 16, 2018

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How to claim full ownership of our bodies and sexuality.

Tali Sharot: The Influential Mind Jan 09, 2018

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It’s pointless debating with someone who’s got their mind set on certain beliefs...right? We’ve all been in a situation where, despite a clear presentation of all the facts, we just can’t change someone’s mindset. But perhaps we try to influence others in all the wrong ways. Neuroscientist Tali Sharot says using facts and figures is incompatible with how the brain works. When someone disagrees with us what we tend to do is either stop listening or we’ve come up with reasons while they’re talking why they’re wrong and I’m right. She says the brain encodes information differently depending on how we relate to the other person and that emotion plays a bigger role than reason. When trying to influence others she says the best first step is find common ground. When two people make decisions together, when they disagree…. the brain really fails to encode the information coming from the disagreeing partner. But when two people agree, each person is very precisely encoding the information coming from the agreeing partner. Her latest book, The Influential Mind, explores the many ways our brain receives information and why. Listen here to Tali Sharot explain the core elements that govern the human brain. January 9th 201836:16 About Our Guest: Tali Sharot is the founder and director of the Affective Brain Lab at University College London, and author of The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain, and The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals about Our Power to Change Others.

Robin Grille: Using Flow States for Positive Change Jan 03, 2018

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Psychologist Robin Grille has been theorising for some time that economic movements correlate directly with parenting and teaching trends. Right now, he says, the future is looking good. There’s definitely a new kind of society emerging, far bigger than what the regular media would ever let you know. He says people around the world are moving away from a top-down governance to a more community style model and believes it’s because we’ve also returned to a more needs based parenting style. He’s also linked it to an awareness of ‘flow’ and cites global research which shows that when children are engaged in activities where they find ‘flow,' their academic performance and behaviour improve. We don’t want to beat each other up when we have access to being who we are...I know places where they’ve started to use democratic schooling systems as a treatment for social violence. Listen to Robin Grille explain the link between economics and parenting here. January 3rd 201833:52 About Our Guest: Robin Grille is a psychologist and parenting educator. His articles on parenting and child development have been widely published and translated in Australia and around the world. He’s also the author of ‘Parenting for a Peaceful World’ and ‘Heart to Heart Parenting’.

Craig Hassed: The Freedom Trap Dec 27, 2017

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Everybody wants to be free. Freedom and liberty are central to happiness. But can we have too much freedom? Dr. Craig Hassed is one of Australia’s leading mindfulness experts and the author of The Freedom Trap. He says that contemporary definitions of freedom will not lead to happiness but are instead harming us and our planet. Our modern notions of freedom are just removing more and more limitations, or barriers, to a person’s individual will and desire. Whatever we want to do, we should be able to do it as much as we want to. Stay up as late as we want to, eat what we want to...So we’ve got... more opportunity for indulgence than probably any other time in history. All this, he says, is counter to notions of freedom expressed by the world’s great wisdom traditions. Freedom wasn’t just a matter of satisfying every desire you’ve got. Freedom was a matter of transcending desire, being non-attached to desire, not driven by desire. He says that constant desire and wanting only brings dissatisfaction and agitation. If you want true freedom then it’s through non-attachment. It’s through not being subject to every whim or want that goes through the mind. Listen to Dr Craig Hassed’s tips for true freedom here. December 27th 201723:29 About Our Guest: Dr Craig Hassed is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of General Practice at Monash University. He is an internationally recognised speaker on holistic, integrative and mind-body medicine in medical practice and connecting knowledge systems.

Catherine Ingram: Why Courage is Better than Hope Dec 21, 2017

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Does 'hope’ have the potential to do more harm than good?

Ira Israel: Surviving Your Childhood Now You’re an Adult Dec 14, 2017

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Learn the secret to living a truly fulfilling life by revisiting your childhood.