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Do music, podcasts or a chat with a friend count as rest? A listener asked us whether screen-free things that still stimulate the brain count as recovery, or whether you need to fully get bored to rest properly.
26 Oct 2026 · 26 min
Can't focus? A listener asked us how to improve focus and motivation with a busy mind, and whether meditation is the key or there's more to it.
19 Oct 2026 · 26 min
Can you live with chronic stress without being chronically stressed? A listener asks, and the answer is recovery: real breaks, resting vs relaxing, and why beer and Netflix doesn't count.
5 Oct 2026 · 24 min
"I won the debate. I lost their heart." The finale of our ADHD series: what ADHD does to relationships, romantic, family and work.
28 Sept 2026 · 25 min
Phone on silent didn't work. Phone in another room did. Habits, focus, and why David's procrastination was always fear. Part 3 of 4 in our ADHD series.
19 Sept 2026 · 24 min
Cold water, yoga, a five-second cold shower: they all train the same thing, your nervous system's tolerance for stress. Part 2 of 4 in our ADHD series. Last week was the mind, this week is the body.
14 Sept 2026 · 22 min
"My brain never switches off, so I can't meditate." Rebecca hears it constantly from clients with ADHD, and her answer is: neither does anyone's. Every human brain thinks. That is the job. This is Part 1 of 4 in our ADHD series.
7 Sept 2026 · 30 min
You scrolled through your lunch break. You watched two hours of Netflix to switch off. Neuroscientists say that isn't recovery, it's just soothing, because your brain is still being stimulated the whole way through. This episode is the practical follow-on to last week: what real recovery actually looks like, especially at work.
31 Aug 2026 · 26 min
Burnout is a real clinical diagnosis, and it builds quietly over months or years before it ever announces itself. By the time you feel it, the cleanup is expensive. So this episode is about prevention, the same way you'd prevent a cyberattack.
22 Aug 2026 · 25 min
"Fake it till you make it" gets one thing wrong: new behaviour feels fake because it's unfamiliar, not because it's inauthentic. That awkwardness when you try something new isn't fraudulence, it's neuroplasticity doing its job.
15 Aug 2026 · 25 min
Your identity protects you, until it starts breaking you. Fresh off her TEDx Hobart talk "Strong Identity Loosely Held", Dr Rebecca Chabot unpacks why a rigid identity keeps your nervous system in permanent defense, and what it costs you.
8 Aug 2026 · 25 min
"Busy" has become a handshake: a badge of honour that hides what we actually feel. Problem is, your brain is listening every time you say it.
1 Aug 2026 · 26 min
Chronic stress takes your brain's decision-maker offline, turns everything into a crisis, and fogs your memory. This week we get into what's actually happening in your head, and the trainable skill that reverses it.
31 July 2026 · 31 min
A PhD scientist and a recovering corporate high performer walk into a podcast. Welcome to Wellness for Nerds: real science, honest stories, zero woo.
30 July 2026 · 26 min
Describe what is on your mind. Pod finds the minute where Rebecca and David talk about it.
