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All in the Mind
All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
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Emotionally immature parents and grandparents: what to do if you have them (or are one)
Should you consider estrangement from an emotionally immature parent? How do you process the grief of realising your more stable parent … might have b...
Handling emotionally immature parents, raising emotionally mature kids
If you've never had good parenting modelled to you, how do you raise emotionally mature kids?
Clinical psychologist Dr Lindsay Gibson has though...
How to catch a liar (it's harder than you think)
Rebecca figured out a brilliant way to catch her partner in a lie. It led to a career in forensic psychology…
These days, Rebecca studies lie de...
Ambiguous crimes and inattentional blindness: the science of eyewitness memory
If you saw a crime, how clearly would you remember it? What about if you were questioned years… even decades later?
Eyewitness testimony is an i...
Dealing with emotionally immature parents? We want your questions!
You might remember Dr Lindsay Gibson from our 2021 episode titled 'The damage done by emotionally immature parents (and how to heal)' — it was our mos...
Confessing to a crime you didn't commit
Imagine police are interrogating you over a crime you didn't commit.
If you're innocent, you're safe, right? Wrong.
Sometimes, being inno...
Can criminal profiling identify a killer?
Criminal profiling promises a lot — being able to piece together a picture of a suspect through clues, intuition and psychology sounds great. But how...
INTRODUCING — Forensic
Forget everything you’ve learned from crime dramas.
Forensic is a new podcast series from All in the Mind on ABC Radio National that takes you b...
Our millennia-long obsession with immortality
Would you want to live forever? The rich and powerful certainly do.
There are numerous examples throughout history of people going to extreme l...
Pretty privilege, surgery stigma and the cosmetic procedure paradox
Cosmetic procedures aren't reserved for celebrities anymore - they're becoming more and more accessible for every day people.
So if we're able...
The psychology behind our moral outrage
Politics, war, abortion, gun control — why do some topics make us so outraged?
One theory is that our preoccupation with preventing harm is to b...
Staying sane in space
In the last couple of weeks, a lot of people have been getting excited about space exploration thanks to Artemis II.
So this week, we revisit an...
Mind Hacks with Dr Billy Garvey: "being a bit kinder to myself"
Welcome back to All in the Mind's little sister: Mind Hacks.
In this episode, we're joined by developmental paediatrician and co-host of Pop Cu...
Tantrums, sleep training and anxiety: Dr Billy Garvey answers your parenting questions
How can I help my child with anxiety? What's the deal with sleep training? Are we supposed to ignore tantrums?
This week, we've invited developm...
The psychology of masturbation
This week we're talking about something intimate… and sometimes taboo: masturbation.
From self-love, to disordered behaviour and back again, we...
Mind Hacks: Casey Beros
Welcome back to All in the Mind's little sister: Mind Hacks. In this episode, health journalist and author Casey Beros on managing your inner critic,...
Tough conversations and anticipatory grief: being a carer
When Casey Beros' dad was diagnosed with mesothelioma, she knew her entire world would change.
More than three million Australians are carers —...
Family estrangement and infidelity: Esther Perel answers your questions
How do you grieve a dying parent you're estranged from? Do cheaters ever change? People say love should feel 'easy', is that true?
Psychotherapi...
Mind Hacks: Joel Pearson
Welcome back to All in the Mind's little sister: Mind Hacks. In this episode, cognitive neuroscientist Joel Pearson tells us how he manages his own st...
Is AI making our brains lazier?
Social media gave us brain rot; will AI give us cognitive atrophy? How can we possibly learn to cope with the sheer amount of uncertainty and change h...
Mind Hacks: Esther Perel
Introducing All in the Mind's little sister: Mind Hacks. Each week, we'll bring you bonus content with special guests, featuring rapid fire questions...
Esther Perel on love in the age of AI
Psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel has had a lot of 'firsts' over her four decade-long career — counselling her first polyamorous re...
We want your parenting questions
Developmental paediatrician Dr Billy Garvey is returning to All in the Mind and we'd love to ask him your questions!
Billy is an expert on kids'...
Why do we choke under pressure?
The siren has sounded. The scores are even. A footy player has one final chance to kick an easy goal to get his team into the finals.
He's right...
Can 'normalisation of deviance' help to explain a catastrophe?
40 years ago, NASA experienced one of its most devastating disasters.
The Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just 73 seconds after launch, k...
Got a question for Esther Perel?
Renowned psychotherapist Esther Perel is coming to All in the Mind! And we'd love to ask her some of your questions.
Esther Perel is an internat...
The paradox of petty problems: Why small annoyances can snowball
Slow walkers. Unmelted cheese in a toastie. Bad formatting in documents.
If these small annoyances make you weirdly mad, you're not alone (in f...
Grief and guilt: losing a loved one to suicide
When Blake's dad died by suicide, it came as a complete shock. Overwhelming grief, combined with confusion and guilt — it uprooted his life. The loss...
Driving me mad: why we get road rage
Simon considers himself a calm, conscientious, conflict-avoidant type of person. But in the car, his personality flips — and it scares him.
It c...
The cognitive distortions of a high achiever
Over years of practice, clinical psychologist Dr Mary Anderson started to notice a peculiar pattern across her many clients.
Despite being impre...
Healing from self-hatred
Many of us have felt self loathing at some point in our lives — maybe when you've failed at an important task at work, or lost an important relationsh...
The fight for focus in a world of distraction
Be honest, how many times have you checked your notifications in the last hour? Or opened a new, totally unrelated tab? Or stopped what you're doing e...
Got the ick? Dating, disgust and evolutionary psychology
Have you ever experienced "the ick"?
It's that sudden, visceral feeling of being put off by someone you're dating. Maybe it's their hat, a hobby...
What to know about kids mental health
Developmental paediatrician Dr Billy Garvey has seen a lot of kids with behavioural issue over the years, and there are ten things he wishes all paren...
Difficult people: answering your questions about tricky relationships
Difficult people are everywhere. Maybe you're one of them, or maybe you're about to sit through an awkward holiday situation with someone you REALLY d...
From prohibition to social media - what makes bans succeed ... or fail?
From the prohibition era in the US, to gun control in Australia, bans have been used throughout history to change behaviour.
Sometimes they wor...
Presents — Unravel: Huntsman
The ABC's biggest investigative true crime podcast Unravel has just dropped their new season, Huntsman, and it's already rocketing up the podcast char...
The music that saves us
When bad things happen, do you berate yourself or treat yourself with compassion? Do you journal, meditate, or listen to music?
Growing up, Sabr...
If everything is traumatic, is anything traumatic? The power of labels
We've come a long way in how we talk about mental health.
But while diagnoses like depression and anxiety can empower people to seek help and su...
‘Taboo’ intrusive thoughts: the unspoken aspects of OCD
You've probably experienced intrusive thoughts — bizarre, fleeting, sometimes inappropriate thoughts that cross your mind without warning. Although th...