Deliberately Better: Recent Episodes
Dr Damon Ashworth
The Deliberately Better Podcast interviews several people about how they have successfully dealt with certain challenges in their lives. Other experts are consulted on how they would recommend overcoming common difficulties. Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth and Osteopath Dr James Gillard also set monthly challenges for themselves, where they aim to apply the Deliberately Better ten-step process to improve a specific area or thing in their lives.
Dr Damon Ashworth, Clinical Psychologist, chats with Dr Jimmy Obed, Psychiatrist about mental health in Vanuatu.
They discuss:
1. What led to Dr Obed's interest in psychiatry
2. What's the difference between a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse or life coach
3. How mental illness has been historically perceived and managed in Vanuatu
4. When the mind care clinic began in Vanuatu and how big the team is
5. What the mind care clinic does to help out individuals, their families, and their communities
6. What the most common mental health difficulties in Vanuatu are
7. The main differences between gas and anxiety or panic attacks
8. When medication is most useful or necessary
9. How therapy, or non-medication strategies help
10. The help that is offered to people who cannot make it to Port Vila hospital for an assessment or treatment
11. How home visits help and how they can reduce inpatient hospital stays
12. The type of support provided to people with mental health concerns on the other islands of Vanuatu outside of Efate
13. If there still an issue with stigma or discrimination towards people with mental health difficulties in Vanuatu
14. What someone can do if they are feeling stressed or worried or know a family member or friend who doesn't seem to be coping too well
15. What Dr Obed's hopes are for the future of mental health and psychiatry in Vanuatu
Dr Damon Ashworth, Clinical Psychologist, sits down with his older brother and Audiologist Kurt Ashworth to discuss:
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what Audiology is,
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The difference Audiology can make in improving people's quality of life,
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How hearing aids and cochlear implants can help,
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What causes tinnitus and misophonia and how these conditions can be managed,
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How Audiologists can help make custom earplugs for people with a bed partner who snores, and
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Kurt's hopes for the field of Audiology in the future.
For those who want to get more help with their hearing, get in touch with Kurt at Ballarat Hearing (https://www.ballarathearingclinic.com.au/).
Dr Damon Ashworth sits down with Ryan Hassan to discuss addiction and mental illness. They talk about all-natural outpatient therapies that help people with substance use issues without medication.
Dr Damon Ashworth sits down with Dr David Cunnington, Sleep Physician, and Sleep Psychologist Hailey Meaklim and asks them about everything that can impact your sleep.
Damon chats with Author, Nutritionist and Health Coach Kitty Cheng to discuss everything related to Nutrition and Healthy Eating.
Discussing with Nutritionist and Dietician Jess Turton from Ellipse Health about everything to do with nutrition and how it can help you to improve your health.
Many people will tell you all the different things you could try if you want to sleep well. But do you understand why you are sleeping poorly? Or what you can do to help improve your specific sleep issues? If you understand these three underlying sleep mechanisms and how to influence them, you can try the things that are most likely to work the best for you and get your sleep back on track quickly.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Osteopath Dr James Gillard on their fourth Deliberately Better Challenge. They first recap on how they went with their third monthly challenge about James reading more books, and Damon focusing on his right knee rehabilitation following his ACL injury back in February 2020. They then discuss their fourth challenge of James trying to implement the Wim Hof method daily by practising his breathing and taking daily cold showers and Damon ordering Macros and aiming to eat more healthily.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Ben Buchanan on his company NovoPsych, the importance of tracking your client's or your progress over time, and how to best set SMART goals to improve things over time. By setting specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely goals, you are most likely to improve exactly what you want over time.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Erin Todd on her new online course that is helping people to best make behavioural changes in their life. They discuss the differences between her course and other courses on behavioural changes, and how to best make habits stick going forward.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews General Practitioner Dr Martin Fox about blood pressure and his work as the primary GP at Southgate Medical Centre, at 3 Southgate Avenue Southbank, Melbourne. They discuss what blood pressure is, what causes it, and what can be done about it.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth chats again with Osteopath Dr James Gillard about the ten-step Deliberately Better process. James and Damon discuss how much progress they achieved with improving their handstands and lowering their blood pressure. James then talks about how he wants to read more over the next month, and Damon discusses how he would like to improve his knee rehabilitation following his ACL injury to his right knee back in February 2020.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Chaos Coordinator Natasha Ace on how she works with mental health professionals. They discuss the differences between working with psychologists in Melbourne, Australia and the United States of America. Natasha then discusses her work with private practitioners here in Australia, and her new course on helping them to develop passive income streams so that they aren't just reliant on seeing people on an hourly basis for their income.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Educational and Developmental Psychologist Dr Allison Haynes about all things to do with Autism, ADHD and the NDIS. They discuss how scary it was to take the step to move into running a private practice business, and using strengths and outside supports to best help someone in their mental health and overall health.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth catches up with the Author and Motivational Speaker Dr Scott Harris about how he has been over the last two years since he has been last interviewed for the podcast. Scott talks about how the book launch was, how his work has been since then, and how he approaches his public speaking work.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones about the top five things that anyone can do to look after themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Osteopath Dr James Gillard about their first Deliberately Better Challenge on improving their sleep and their meditation practice. After recapping how their first challenge went, Damon and James both discussed their new monthly challenge of trying to get better at doing free handstands (James) and lowering his blood pressure (Damon).
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Jon Finch about trauma, PTSD and recommended treatments. Jon is a specialist is an expert in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) who helps to train and supervise other psychologists in CPT. They discuss trauma in the public, and what is most effective for PTSD.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Bodybuilder Michael Moses about what it is like to be a bodybuilder. Damon asks Michael some questions about diet and working out too.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Jasmine Labrie about what it is like to live with cancer.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Author and Motivational Speaker Scott Harris on his excellent book Crashing Into Potential and the experiences that influenced this. Scott suffered a traumatic brain injury following a motorcycle accident. They discuss the accident, his time in a coma, his long rehab process and how other people were towards him during this time too.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones about what it is like to work in Neuropsychology. They also discuss a number of questions about brain injury.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth chats with Osteopath Dr James Gillard about their intentions behind the Deliberately Better podcast. Damon describes the ten-step Deliberately Better process. For their first month challenge, Damon aims to apply this process to improve his sleep to see how much it can improve. James aims to meditate more regularly and see the benefits that this process can have on his life and overall well-being.