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Build Your Ideal Day
by Duncan Young
Interviews on global wellbeing trends provided by international researchers and habit change experts to help us be the best version of ourselves.
Episodes
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Lessons From The Mountains - Finding Purpose Can Come From Unexpected Places
In 2015 Nepal experienced a devastating earthquake. I recently interviewed Neill Johanson, a prominent principal architect at Davenport Campbell and an experienced mountaineer, including summiting Everest. His life's purpose was transformed when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April…
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Ideas from Finland on Job Crafting & Workplace Wellbeing
What can we learn about workplace wellbeing from the happiest people? In 2025, Finland was voted the happiest country in the world for the eighth consecutive year. Finnish educational expert Dr Terhi Nissinen shares her insights on job crafting and the power of SISU.
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How to apply Olympic thinking to living your best life.
Caroline Anderson, Olympian, performance psychologist and dedicated mum of three, shares her insights on the critical elements of wellbeing, particularly for high performers in both sports and the workplace. With a wealth of experience in elite sports, Caroline blends her professional knowledge...
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Becoming Indistractable - How to control your attention and choose your life with Nir Eyal.
Nir Eyal, author of bestsellers "Hooked" and "Indistractable" with over 1 million books shares insights on how best to control attention and become indistractable. Key Topics Discussed: Nir's personal journey to becoming "indistractable" over five years (why he wrote the book) and how applying...
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Could a healthier diet improve your mental wellbeing? with Dr Jessica Bayes
How likely would you change your diet if it improves your mental wellbeing? Clinical nutritionist and researcher Dr Jessica Bayes joined us recently on the Build Your Ideal Day podcast and has been studying the impact of traditional diets on mental ill health in young men aged 18-25 with clinical...
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Why burnout matters and what workplaces can do about it? Dr John Chan
Dr John Chan joins the Build Your Ideal Day Podcast series to talk about burnout and what workplaces can do about it. John emphasizes the importance of creating a sustainable work culture to combat burnout, which has affected 38% of employees in the last year. Burnout, defined by the WHO as a...
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Everyday happiness. Seven tips to increase happiness with Dr Tim Sharp.
Have you ever felt bogged down by all the negative things going on in the world? If so, remember that despite all the hardships, there is a lot of good in this world, too. And it's by focusing on the good that we can find the motivation to make the world a better place for ourselves, our loved…
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Applying sports psychology to living your best life. Interview with Dr. Phil Hopley.
What can an elite sports mental health expert teach us about the effect of wellbeing on the workplace? And is it true that rest and recovery are the keys to high performance? In a recent episode of the Ideal Day podcast, I spoke with Dr. Phil Hopley to find out what he's learned about wellbeing…
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Reducing stress and optimising recovery with Tiina Hoffman.
Tina Hoffman is an exercise physiologist at global wellbeing business Firstbeat. She has an elite sports background in cross-country skiing as an athlete and as a coach. She is an expert in understanding stress and recovery through the measurement of heart rate variability which helps people see...
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Future of work. How the pandemic changed our relationship with work.
The future of work. How the pandemic changed our relationship with work. Aaron McEwan, VP, Research and Advisory for Gartner Australia HR Practice and was recently names in the top 100 global HR influencers. He provides strategic advice to world leading companies and helps leaders manage their…
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Social Biome - How socially fit are you right now?
Social Biome – how you shape your daily relationships and interactions can enhance your wellbeing and help build social fitness. We have all heard about 'gut biomes' and eating a wide range of foods but have you considered your social biome may be similar? A daily dose of alone time…
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Transforming Sydney's Coastline: The Living Seawalls Project
An inspirational story about community and scientists working together to enhance marine ecosystems. Living seawalls have been recognised in the Prince of Wales Earth Shot awards with a runners-up award. The project had its humble start in Sydney Harbour but now has a global reach and operates...
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Project Crayweed - Rewilding Cabbage Tree Bay
An incredible story of ocean restoration at Cabbage Tree Bay, Australia, one of the most marine biodiverse places on the planet, but this has only sometimes been the case. During the 60s and 70s, pollution and runoff destroyed much of Sydney's underwater crayweed forests and the vital marine...
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Wellbeing at work - The one simple thing that helps employees thrive with Camilla Frumar.
Interview with Camilla Frumar, Senior consultant at Gallup. As Gallup's research shows, to truly thrive, we need to find a balance between those five universal wellbeing elements seen worldwide. Wellbeing is all about a healthy combination of loving what we do daily, the quality of our...
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Reconnect and build communities where people thrive with Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP
How can we reconnect and build the kind of thriving communities were we want to live? An interview with Andrew Leigh: parliamentarian, academic, author, podcaster and marathon runner about creating a connected and thriving Australia. His book 'Reconnected' is a community builders handbook and...
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Stand up everybody and start moving! Why we all need to sit less and make constant movement part of everyday.
We all need to start moving more. Modern technology and changed working patterns have lead to an increase in inactivity and sitting. Research shows our sedentary patterns and high amounts of sitting are associated with an increased risk of early death but also an increased risk of a number of the...
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How to live heart-smart and prevent out of the blue heart attacks with Dr Warrick Bishop
Can you prevent a heart attack? – One man's mission to remove, stop and prevent out-of-the-blue heart attacks. An interview with Dr Warrick Bishop. A Tasmanian cariologist whose goal is to help prevent heart attacks and the diseases that cause them. Educating and supporting people to understand…
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Could job crafting help bring more enjoyment to your work? with Rob Baker
How might we shape work in small ways to align our passion, strengths and interests? By applying job crafting principles, we can make your current job a better fit for you and lift your enjoyment of work every day - interview with Rob Baker, chief positive deviant at workplace consultancy…
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How research into the world's happiest places has lessons we can apply at home.with Professor John Helliwell
Have you ever wondered where the happiest people in the world live? Professor John Helliwell the editor of The World Happiness Report shares his insights on what makes for a happy life and what we can learn from the countries who consistently feature in the top of the 157 country survey. This…
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How positive psychology can build a brighter future with Professor Felicia Huppert
Creating the world we want to live in. How positive psychology can build a brighter future. Podcast with Felicia Huppert. A book about hope and call to action to make the world the kind of place we want to live in for individuals, leaders and organizations.
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Connecting Communities through kindness with Jennie Sager.
Jennie Sager is the Australia CEO of neighbourhood app Nextdoor. Nextdoor's research suggests that small acts of kindness can improve mental health. Additionally, knowing as few as six neighbours can reduce loneliness and is linked to lowering depression and social anxiety.
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Healthy gut microbiome and enhanced wellbeing. Podcast with Dr Ken McGrath
Ken is the clinical services manager at leading scientific research organisation Microba Life Sciences. Their leading DNA research is helping unravel the mystery of our gut microbiome and its impact on our physical and mental health.
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Reconnecting with nature. Podcast with Martin Kiem
Martin is an eco-psychologist combining the power of nature with his training as an organizational psychologist and head of Frontier Wellbeing's European operations. We interviewed him in the Southern Tyrol region of Italy, where he is the only certified nature and forest therapy guide.
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How talking to strangers could help boost your happiness?
Could talking to strangers help boost your happiness? Gillian Sandstrom's research into the power of inconsequential conversations is fascinating. It will make you think differently about your everyday interactions, which boosts your mood and deepens the connection with the communities we live in.
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How are you feeling during lockdown?
Jay is a health tech entrepreneur and founder of Employee Assistance Program provider UPRISE who shares his insights on mental health during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Moving beyond resilience to understand the power of anti-fragility with Dr Paige Williams.
Paige is a honorary Fellow of the Centre for Positive Psychology and an Associate of Melbourne Business School, author and speaker who shares research on antifragility and the benefits of bouncing back not just being more resilient.
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Can less time at work increase your productivity?
Andrew is the founder of the 4-day working week movement and shares his real-life insights on creating a 4-day-week culture at Perpetual Guardian, NZ which increased company performance whilst reducing hours at work.
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Can food make you happier?
Joining us is Professor Felice Jacka to talk about the link between nutrition and positive mental health. She is the director of the Food and Mood Centre and the president of the International society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. Rigorous scientific research has uncovered the link between...
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How digitally distracted are you? with Dr. Kristy Goodwin
Joining this Build Your Ideal Day podcast episode is Dr. Kristy Goodwin to explore the profound impact of technology on our day-to-day thriving. Dr. Goodwin is an educator, an academic researcher, and a commentator on the role technology plays in our lives. We all agree that technology plays a...
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How might we end Loneliness together? with Dr Michelle Lim.
Did you know that 1 in 4 Australian adults are lonely? Loneliness is gaining attention globally for its negative impact on social functioning and exacerbating mental health symptoms, such as social anxiety, depression, and paranoia. We talk loneliness with Dr. Michelle Lim from Swinburne…
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Build Your Ideal Day - EP07
This episode of the Build Your Ideal Day series explores stress and burnout. As we know stress is a natural response to life but when does it become a chronic issue? The recent listing of 'Burnout' by the World Health Organisation as an official disease suggests that globally chronic stress is on...
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Build Your Ideal Day - Extra - Growth Mindset
Susan Mackey is the Co-Founder of The Growth Mindset Institute and joined us in Sydney for an interview about Mindset & Me. Growth Mindset: "In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the…
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Build Your Ideal Day - EP03
This episode of the Build Your Ideal Day series explores the impact of what we eat on our overall health. This is one of the least researched areas of health science and we explore the diets that extend longevity, time-restricted eating and how to build a healthy gut-biome for better mood and...
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Build Your Ideal Day - EP06
This episode of the Build Your Ideal Day series explores the importance of social connections. We are digitally connected like never before and yet loneliness and social isolation is on the rise which will have implications at work as well as on our health system. Building more socially connected...
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Build Your Ideal Day - EP05
This episode of the Build Your Ideal Day series explores that we are living in a world of constant distraction and stimuli. Attention is a muscle that needs to be developed and the ability to focus and work deeply is becoming more valuable at the exact time that it's becoming increasingly rare.
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Build Your Ideal Day - EP01
This episode of the Build Your Ideal Day series explores why maintaining wellbeing is hard. Most of us already understand the importance of getting enough sleep, moving more and eating well in order to optimise wellbeing, but the reality is harder than it looks. The good news is that by combining…
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Build Your Ideal Day - EP04
The secret to a good nights sleep This episode of the Build Your Ideal Day series explores sleep and recovery. We are living in a sleep deprived society and few of us are benefitting from the restorative power of a good night in bed. Quality sleep benefits us both physically and mentally and we...
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Build Your Ideal Day - EP02
This episode of the Build Your Ideal Day series explores the importance of movement & physical activity on our overall wellbeing. The way we work and live is changing and we are becoming increasingly sedentary with the rise of computerization and knowledge worker roles. Research suggests that...
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Interviews on global wellbeing trends provided by international researchers and habit change experts to help us be the best version of ourselves.
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Build Your Ideal Day is created and hosted by Duncan Young.
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