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Don't Quit on Me
by Nick C
Welcome to Don't Quit on Me - the podcast series where we consider alternative ways to manage the inevitability of stress and pain. Through speaking with a wide range of people who share their stories, strategies, and perspectives we aim to inspire hope, confidence, and belief in the fact that things can get better, no matter where you are.
Episodes
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When a System Learns to be Compassionate - Professor Liz Grant
What does it look like when a system learns to be compassionate? In this thoughtful and timely conversation, we explore that question with Professor Liz Grant from the University of Edinburgh. Liz is Professor of Global Health and Development at the University of Edinburgh, where her work brings...
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Quiet Strength - Caring Deeply Without Burning Out - a Conversation with Margaret Cullen
In this episode, I'm joined by author, and mindfulness and compassion teacher Margaret Cullen for a thoughtful conversation on equanimity - the steady, grounded quality that helps us meet life's uncertainty without being swept away by it. Together, we explore her new book Quiet Strength, and what...
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Empowering Wellness: Exercise as Medicine for Mind and Body
Empowering Wellness: Exercise as Medicine for Mind and Body Welcome to another episode from our series exploring the profound impact of taking deliberate actions on various aspects of health, where today, we're delving into the interplay between physical exercise and mental health - particularly…
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A conversation with Dr Lara Boyd - Harnessing Neuroplasticity & Mastering Change in Uncertain Times
"The brain is always capable of change ... behaviour is the price of admission." How much can the brain really change - and what does it take to make that change last? In this episode, Dr Lara Boyd shares her winding journey from sport and physical therapy into neuroscience, sparked by a deep...
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Embracing Compassion: A Journey through Mindfulness and Resilience - An Interview with Nick
Embracing Compassion: A Journey through Mindfulness and Resilience Welcome.This conversation is one I've been sitting with for a while. It was originally published in November on World Compassion Day in 2025. I had the chance to be interviewed by Jesse Spurr and Liz Crowe, from the 5 Things…
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Finding Space in a Chaotic World - Ralph De La Rosa
Welcome to this special holiday episode as we approach the end of 2025. As the year draws to a close, many of us find ourselves reflecting on what we've been working through - both personally and professionally. Today, we explore a profound question that I have been working with this year: What…
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The Art of Being: Embracing Mindfulness and Compassion During Challenging Times with Cortland Dahl
The Art of Being: Embracing Mindfulness and Compassion During Challenging Times with Cortland Dahl In this enlightening episode, we delve into the transformative journey and work of Dr Cortland Dahl, a meditation expert, scientist, translator and researcher at the Center for Healthy Minds. Cort's...
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Never Quit: Lessons in Leadership and Life - A conversation with Greg Robertson
Never Quit: Lessons in Leadership and Life - A conversation with Greg Robertson In this episode, Greg Robertson shares his extensive military background, from joining the Army at 17 and serving for 25 years, including 15 years as a sniper in special forces and regular army. Greg was inspired by…
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Crisis and Compassion: Meredith Parfet on Transforming Loss into Meaning
Crisis and Compassion: Meredith Parfet on Transforming Loss into Meaning In this episode, we delve deep into the multifaceted world of grief, crisis management, and emotional resilience with Meredith Parfet, a CEO, hospice chaplain and death doula. Meredith shares her poignant and personal…
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The Generous Exchange: Maria Sirois on Burnout, Resilience, Beauty and Excellence
The Generous Exchange: Maria Sirois on Burnout, Resilience, Beauty and Excellence In this heartfelt conversation, Nick interviews Maria Sirois, Psychologist, Leadership Consultant and Author about her journey and her book 'The Generous Exchange.' Maria shares her experiences working with families...
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The New Happy - A Journey into Compassion and Resilience - Stephanie Harrison
The New Happy A Journey into Compassion and Resilience - Stephanie Harrison In this insightful episode, we start with a tribute to the life and work of friend of the show Ralph De La Rosa, who graced our show on three different occasions, offering profound insights, support and wisdom. We are so...
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The Future of Behavioral Science with Steven Hayes: Beyond Bell Curves
The Future of Behavioral Science with Steven Hayes: Beyond Bell Curves In this captivating episode, Dr Steven Hayes returns to discuss the significant developments in the landscape of behavioral science and the ACT model over the past four years. Steven explores the limitations of traditional...
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The Healing Power of Expressive Writing: An Interview with Dr. Jamie Pennebaker
The Healing Power of Expressive Writing: An Interview with Dr. Jamie Pennebaker In this enlightening episode, we delve into the transformative world of expressive writing with Dr. Jamie Pennebaker, a leading researcher in the field. Dr. Pennebaker recounts the fascinating journey from his initial...
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Embracing Self-Compassion: A Conversation with Chris Germer
In this insightful conversation, Chris Germer talks about his journey in discovering and co-creating mindful self-compassion with Kristen Neff. Chris shares his personal struggles with anxiety, shame and public speaking, and how practicing loving-kindness meditation transformed his experiences of...
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Building Resilience in Ukraine with MMFIT - Liz Stanley
Dr. Liz Stanley is a renowned expert in resilience, stress, and trauma recovery. As a professor at Georgetown University, she has dedicated her career to understanding the social structures that drive human behaviour, especially during times of stress and conflict. Dr. Stanley is the creator of...
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Dr Shauna Shapiro - Transforming Lives with Self-Compassion and Mindfulness
Transforming Lives with Self-Compassion and Mindfulness: An Interview with Dr. Shauna Shapiro. In this heartfelt and insightful interview, Dr. Shauna Shapiro, a renowned psychologist and professor, shares her journey into the field of mindfulness and self-compassion, shaped significantly by a...
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Ralph De La Rosa- Finding Meaning Amidst Chaos: A Journey Through Trauma, Compassion and Healing
Finding Meaning Amidst Chaos: A Journey Through Trauma, Compassion and Healing In this moving episode, I have a chat with freind of the show Ralph, who is a trauma therapist, meditation teacher and author. Ralph shares candid details about his recent harrowing experience of facing sudden liver...
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Nikki-Szabo-Building-Resilient-Individuals-and-Communities
Nikki Szabo is a dedicated and compassionate professional with over 25 years' experience in community welfare and the education sectors. Nikki holds a graduate diploma in social science and a degree in Community Welfare from Southern Cross University, and has worked in various roles including...
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Dr Jane Compson Being Mindful of Trauma in Meditation
Dr. Jane Compson is an Associate Professor in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Tacoma. With a rich background in religious studies and ethics, she passionately applies insights from Buddhist traditions to contemporary contexts, including higher education,...
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Venerable Robina Courtin - The Boundless Potential of the Human Heart
The Transformative Journey of Venerable Robina Courtin: Insights from "Don't Quit On Me" Podcast The latest episode of "Don't Quit On Me," is an an extraordinary conversation with Venerable Robina Courtin, a Buddhist nun whose life epitomizes the boundless potential of the human heart. Her…
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Nick Propper Rest and Recovery the Keys for Long Term Success
Rest and Recovery - the Keys for Long Term Success Nick Propper is a sought after expert, keynote speaker and facilitator on the topic of building sustainable human performance. Nick works extensively within the senior leadership groups of some of the world's leading organizations, including Yale...
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Mark McConville- Humour and Laughter as Protective Factors for Mental Health
Mark McConville is a seasoned comedian and a respected lecturer in Suicidology. With over two decades of experience in the entertainment industry, he has become one of Australia's most reliable and professional comedians. Mark's academic journey in mental health is equally impressive; he…
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Maggie O'Shea - Is Self Compassion The Antidote To Burnout
Maggie O'Shea is a relationship therapist and mental health social worker in private practice with over 30 years of experience in the field. Maggie lives in Castlemaine in Australia and teaches Masters of Counselling students in Melbourne at Swinburne University and Relationships Australia....
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Amber Lea Starfire - How Journaling Can Help To Relieve Stress
Amber Lea Starfire is a writer and writing coach who has published two memoirs and several journaling how-to books. She has also developed a series of online classes and workshops that have helped many people journal and deepen their writing practice. Amber says "Bringing truth and creativity…
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Dr Rick Hanson - Compassion - Good Medicine For Difficult Times
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 31 languages and include Making Great Relationship, Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing,...
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When The Pain Sets In - The Role of Meditation in Chronic Pain
" … it's really fascinating actually like the human, at the biological level at the psychological level, we are built to tolerate pain, and we're built to grow stronger from enduring difficulty, we're actually made for it. That's like how it works. Joy matters too - don't get me wrong, you know,...
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Deon Bird - Playing Above The Line
Deon Bird is a husband, a father of four, an ex professional rugby league player, a mental health advocate, a proud Aboriginal man, a trainer, a coach, and one of the wellbeing and education officers at the Redcliffe Dolphins for both the NRL team and the state league. Deon says that he once...
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Dr James Kirby - Choosing Compassion
James N. Kirby, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychologist, and the Co-Director of the Compassionate Mind Research Group at the University of Queensland. He has broad research interests in compassion, but specifically examines factors that facilitate and inhibit compassionate responding.…
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Edwina Kempe - Walking a Path Through Trauma
Edwina Kempe lives and works on Turrbal, Jajera and Jinibarra Country in Meanjin, also known as Brisbane. Edwina is an accredited mental health social worker and a qualified yoga teacher. Edwina's, also qualified in trauma center, trauma sensitive yoga as a facilitator, trainer, and mentor. Her...
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Kelly Boys - The Deepest Sorrow & the Deepest Joy
Kelly Boys is a mindfulness trainer and author of The Blind Spot Effect. She has created mindfulness programs for UN humanitarians and veterans with PTSD, and directed a teacher training for Google. She has worked with the United Nations Foundation, Search Inside Yourself Institute, and the...
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Dr Jakqui Barnfield - Courage & Compassion in Crisis
Dr Jakqui Barnfield FACMHN, MACN - Director of Clinical Services As a registered nurse, focusing her career in the area of mental health, Jakqui has held various roles in the tertiary public health sector and is a passionate advocate for mental health and suicide prevention. She is committed to...
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Brett Lee - A Human Centered Approach to Staying Safe Online
Brett Lee is the Founder of Internet Safe Education,Brett is a former detective who took his 20+ years of working and training in cyber crime to helping parents, educators, and the general public to understand how to protect themselves and, most importantly, their children online. Brett has…
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Celia Roberts - Pain as a Teacher
Celia Roberts introduces us to deeper dimensions of Yoga, Meditation & Lifestyle Medicine. Celia runs the BioMedical Institute of Yoga & Meditation in the foothills of Brisbane, Australia, and reaches a global online audience with Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training. She invites people from all...
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Piotr Nabielec - Four Step Productivity Part 1 - Focus and Distractions
Piotr Nabielec is the author of the 4 Step Productivity concept and courses. Piotr has a background in Engineering and Music, and loves connecting the world of logic and science with the world of emotions and intuition. Piotr has spent over 10 years in IT, first as a software developer and then a...
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Ralph De La Rosa - Making Space for You
Festive Season Special on working through holiday times with a heavy or tired heart. Ralph De La Rosa, LCSW, (he/they) is the author of two internationally published books. He is a psychotherapist in private practice and seasoned meditation teacher known for his radically open and humorous…
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Sharon Salzberg - Somethings Just Hurt
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness…
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Dr Daniel Harvey - The Path Through Pain
Daniel is a Lecturer in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and a pain scientist at the University of South Australia. His research focuses on new approaches to chronic pain that leverage new technologies and modern understandings of body-related perceptual processes. Along with Lorimer Moseley, Daniel...
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Dr Stan Steindl - On Being Kind To Yourself
Dr Stan Steindl is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice at Psychology Consultants Pty Ltd, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is also co-director of the UQ Compassionate Mind Research Group, and convenor of the…
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Matt Cowdroy - Ninja Skills for Managing Stress and Attention
Matt Cowdroy is a Productivity Ninja and the owner of Think Productive Australia. Having spent the first 20 years of working life in the corporate world, Matt has first hand knowledge and experience to understand the pressures faced in todays fast-paced environment. Matt's formal qualifications…
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Elizabeth Stanley - Compassion and Insight Through Trauma
Liz Stanley is a Georgetown University professor and the creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, referred to as MMFT® for short. Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D., is a professor of security studies at Georgetown University. She speaks, teaches, and writes about resilience…
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Rob Buyea - A Conversation on Adversity & Fun
ROB BUYEA taught third and fourth graders in Connecticut for six years before moving t Massachusetts, where he taught high school biology for seven years at Northfield Mount Hermon. In addition to teaching, Rob was also a high school wrestling coach. He is best known for his Mr. Terupt series,...
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Krishna Das - Calming the Mind and Opening the Heart
KD has been described by the New York Times as "the chant master of American yoga" - Krishna Das is an American vocalist known for his performances of Hindu devotional music known as kirtan. He has released seventeen albums since 1996. He performed at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where his album Live...
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Piotrek Nabielec - Human Centered Productivity
Piotrek Nabielec is a huge fan of human-centered productivity and the founder of the 4 Step Productivity system. For the last 6 years Piotrek has created courses that help people organize chaos, stop procrastinating and find the time for hobbies and dreams. Before this he spent 10 years as a...
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Matthew Jackman - Mad Pride and Living Experience
Matthew received Australia's National Mental Health Advocate award by the Mental Health Foundation of Australia in 2020. Matthew is the Founder/CEO of The Australian Centre for Lived Experience, a peer run centre for lived experience persons seeking alternative peer approaches. They live with...
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Lisa Jones - Lived Experience and Recovery
Lisa Jones is the Director of Recovery for Metro North Mental Health. This is a lived experience role that sits within the Metro North Mental Health Executive Leadership Team and provides leadership to the Metro North Mental Health lived experience workforce. Lisa has experienced acute mental...
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Michelle Mitchell - Chaos, Simplicity, and Kindness
Michelle Mitchell is an award-winning speaker, and bestselling parenting author. She has been termed 'the teenage expert' by the media and is sought after for her compassionate and grounded advice for parenting tweens and teens. Michelle started her career as a teacher, but soon discovered a...
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Dr Christine Runyan - Mental Health and Covid - On Forgiveness and Healing
Christine Runyan, PhD, ABPP Christine Runyan is a clinical health psychologist, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Co-Founder of Tend Health. After starting her career as a psychologist in the US Air…
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Ralph De La Rosa - The Heart of Compassion
Ralph De La Rosa (he/they) is an internationally published author, trauma-focused psychotherapist, and seasoned meditation teacher. Ralph began practicing meditation in 1996 and has taught since 2008. His new book, Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak...
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Dr Amanda Rebar - Habits that Help
Dr Amanda L Rebar is an associate professor at Central Queensland University, an NHMRC Early Career Fellow, and the founding director of the Motivation of Health Behaviours (MoHB) Lab. She obtained her PhD from The Pennsylvania State University in 2013. Dr Rebar is a health psychology and public...
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Dr. Cathy Kezelman - The Journey of Healing
Dr. Cathy Kezelman AM is President of Blue Knot Foundation – National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma, a medical practitioner by training, and has a lived experience of childhood sexual and emotional abuse. She is committed to supporting people who have experienced violence, abuse and...
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Welcome to Don't Quit on Me - the podcast series where we consider alternative ways to manage the inevitability of stress and pain. Through speaking with a wide range of people who share their stories, strategies, and perspectives we aim to inspire hope, confidence, and belief in the fact that things can get better, no matter where you are.
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Nick C
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