Best Dr Paula Redmond Podcasts (2024)

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Professional Tree of Life - with Dr Julie Fraser & Dr Liz Matias 1:05:28

4M ago1:05:28

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The Tree of Life is a narrative therapy approach that helps people to tell stories about themselves in ways that make them stronger. It uses the metaphor of a tree to support this process in creative ways and has a broad applicability in both therapeutic and professional contexts. In this episode, Paula is joined by Dr Julie Fraser and Dr Liz Matia…

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The Heads and Hearts Model of Reflective Practice - with Dr Arabella Kurtz 49:59

4M ago49:59

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Reflective practice groups are a subject that has come up a few times on the podcast as being an important way of supporting both staff wellbeing and patient care. Paula wanted to explore this in more depth, so in this episode she is joined by Dr Arabella Kurtz, consultant clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist to talk about her H…

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take heART: how art and creativity can enhance staff wellbeing - with Dr Rachel Chater 1:08:25

4M ago1:08:25

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Art and creativity are good for the soul, both in and out of work. In this episode Paula is joined by clinical psychologist Dr Rachel Chater, discussing her inspiring work with the take heART Project, which aims to enhance the wellbeing of staff, patients and visitors to the Bedfordshire Hospitals through the arts. Rachel describes how this more un…

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Group Psychological Debriefs following distressing events at work - with Dr Sadie Thomas-Unsworth 1:03:44

5M ago1:03:44

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So far this series has talked a lot about the impact of traumatic experiences on us as individuals. But working in healthcare usually means working in teams and experiencing distressing events as part of a team. In this episode, Paula speaks with Dr Sadie Thomas-Unsworth, consultant clinical psychologist and lead for staff support and palliative ca…

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Using EMDR to support healthcare workers - with Dr Michael Paterson OBE 51:30

5M ago51:30

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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR, is a NICE recommended psychological treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, and is also becoming more widely used in the prevention of PTSD in healthcare settings where staff are exposed to traumatic events in their work. In this episode, Paula is joined by Dr Michael Paterson OBE, a cli…

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Coping with trauma as a health professional - with Dr Yvonne Waft 1:00:29

5M ago1:00:29

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Health professionals are not immune to trauma. In fact, many are motivated to become healthcare professionals as a way of understanding and even healing their own wounds. They are also vulnerable to experiencing trauma in their personal lives just as much as anyone else is, and especially likely to be exposed to trauma in their work. In this episod…

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When Work Hurts: Season 5 Trailer 6:15

5M ago6:15

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Dr Paula Redmond, clinical psychologist, is back for season five of the When Work Hurts podcast. On this show, she explores the stories behind the statistics of the mental health crisis faced by health professionals today and provides hope for a way out through compassion, connection, and creativity. This season is brought to you by the Association…

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From Cacophony to Symphony: The Harmonious Interplay of Animal Cognition and Communication with Dr. Tecumseh Fitch 1:07:55

9M ago1:07:55

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In today’s installment of the podcast, I’m really excited to share a fascinating conversation I had with Dr. Tecumseh Fitch about the evolution of cognition and communication. Tecumseh Fitch is Professor of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna where he co-founded the Department of Cognitive Biology and plays a leading role in the radically…

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Unraveling the Secrets of Cold Adaptation and Hybridization in Primates with Evolutionary Anthropologist Dr. Laura Buck 1:19:24

10M ago1:19:24

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For this episode, I sat down in the studio with evolutionary anthropologist Dr. Laura Buck in the Research Centre for Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology of Liverpool John Moores University. Dr. Susumu Tomiya of CICASP also joined the conversation. After waxing on the plausibility that some ancient hominins in cold climates might have hiber…

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Exploring Human-Primate Coexistence with Dr. Paula Pebsworth: A Journey from the Vineyards of Napa Valley to the Wilds of Africa, Asia and Beyond 49:59

10M ago49:59

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In today’s lecture, Dr. Paula Pebsworth joined us from her home in Texas to give a lecture titled “You never know where life will take you: an interdisciplinary and unconventional path”. This lecture was extra special for me, because Paula and I were grad students together at Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute over a decade ago, both und…

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Change: Primate Populations in an Anthropogenic World with Primatologist and Conservation Biologist Dr. Colin Chapman 35:02

11M ago35:02

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In today’s origin story, Dr. Colin Chapman joined us over Zoom from his home on Vancouver Island to talk about, quote, “A Few Fun Things I have Learned Studying Primates". Colin Chapman has a whole bunch of titles that are worth a quick once over: he is a Killam Research Fellow, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a fellow at Humboldt Foundati…

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Understanding the Ins and Outs of Tool Use in Capuchin Monkeys with Professor Patricia Izar 50:40

12M ago50:40

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In this episode of The PrimateCast origins, we’re sharing a lecture from primatologist and cognitive ethologist, Patricia Izar from the University of São Paulo. Pat is one of the eminent Latin American primatologists, and along with her close friends and colleagues Drs. Dorothy Fragaszy and Elisabetta Visalberghi - see episode #68 for more on this …

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Exploring Comparative Primate Cognition with Dr. Reggie Gazes and Dr. Ikuma Adachi 1:02:12

1y ago1:02:12

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In this episode, comparative cognitive scientist Dr. Reggie Gazes and my office neighbor Dr. Ikuma Adachi. Reggie is an associate professor of psychology and animal behavior at Bucknell University in Lewisburg Pennsylvania. She and Ikuma overlapped as trainees in the lab of Dr. Robert Hampton at the now-named Emory National Primate Research Center.…

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From Gorillas to Elephants: Dr. Ian Redmond on Wildlife Conservation in Africa 1:33:17

1y ago1:33:17

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In this episode of The PrimateCast origins, we’re sharing a lecture given by wildlife biologist and conservationist Dr. Ian Redmond, OBE. Ian is renowned for his work with gorillas and elephants in Africa. Through research, filming, ecotourism, and conservation science and activism, he’s spent over 40 years cultivating the wisdom and the network ne…

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Journey into the Wild with The Orangutan Conservation Project's Leif Cocks 1:07:01

1y ago1:07:01

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In this episode, conservationist, author and founder of The Orangutan Project, Leif Cocks. Leif is a tireless conservationist who seems to be involved in innumerable conservation projects throughout Southeast Asia, but most notably The Orangutan Project, which he founded in 1998. We talk about Leif’s path to conservation, which began early on with …

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Tarzan meets Darwin in conservation and evolution with conservationist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Fred Bercovitch 1:10:18

1y ago1:10:18

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This episode of The PrimateCast: Origins is taken from CICASP's International Primatology Lecture Series: Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field. The IPLS is dedicated to providing origin stories told by experienced researchers in primatology and related fields. The lectures are conducted via Zoom within our CICASP Seminar in Science Co…

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Born Free USA's Devan Schowe on animal advocacy, ethics, welfare and conservation in the USA 1:37:55

1+ y ago1:37:55

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This episode features a conversation with Devan Schowe, Campaigns Associate with animal advocacy and wildlife nonprofit, Born Free USA. Born Free USA, and its parent Born Free, are charitable organizations advocating for animal welfare and compassionate conservation, with the ultimate goal of ending human exploitation of animals for any reason. In …

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Walking with gorillas and Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian 52:46

1+ y ago52:46

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This episode of The PrimateCast: Origins is taken from CICASP's International Primatology Lecture Series: Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field. The IPLS is dedicated to providing origin stories told by experienced researchers in primatology and related fields. The lectures are conducted via Zoom within our CICASP Seminar in Science Co…

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What teeth can tell us about the life histories and behavior of extinct species (and cool science communication!) with Dr. Tesla Monson 1:36:27

1+ y ago1:36:27

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This episode features a conversation with Dr. Tesla Monson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Western Washington University. Tesla was in Japan visiting our own Dr. Susumu Tomiya to start some work with our collection of primate bones, so I asked Susumu to join us in the studio as well. Tesla runs the Primate Evolution Lab at…

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Fairness and economic behavior in human and nonhuman primates with distinguished professor and primatologist Dr. Sarah Brosnan 50:33

1+ y ago50:33

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“You should always collaborate with your friends!” - Sarah Brosnan In this episode I am really excited to be able to bring to you an interview with Dr. Sarah Brosnan, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Philosophy and Neuroscience in the Language Research Center at Georgia State University. Dr. Ikuma Adachi, from Kyoto University's Center for th…

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A Conversation about animal cognition and emotions, anthropomorphism versus anthropodenial, and the power of storytelling in science with distinguished Professor Emeritus Dr. Frans de Waal 1:07:06

1+ y ago1:07:06

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This episode of The PrimateCast: Origins is taken from CICASP's International Primatology Lecture Series: Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field. The IPLS is dedicated to providing origin stories told by experienced researchers in primatology and related fields. The lectures are conducted via Zoom within our CICASP Seminar in Science Co…

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Why you should care deeply about primate eponyms with Dr. Elaine Guevara 1:11:20

1+ y ago1:11:20

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This episode is all about where, how and why primates got their names! No, we won't be talking about popular primates like Kanzi the bonobo or Pan-kun (if you're in Japan), but rather the terms we use for the common and scientific names of primates across their taxonomy. Dr. Elaine Guevara is a Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke Universi…

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Emotional support swims with Newfoundland dogs - with Pete Lewin 44:50

1+ y ago44:50

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Pete Lewin is a paramedic and director of Pete Lewin Newfoundlands. Pete and his pack of beautiful emotional support dogs take people out to swim with them (including frontline workers and first responders) with often transformative results. In this episode, he talks movingly about his work with the dogs and also some of the hard times he's been th…

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Vicarious traumatisation in healthcare - with Anne McKechnie 1:00:54

1+ y ago1:00:54

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Health and social care professionals who work with people who've suffered traumatic experiences are themselves at risk of vicarious traumatisation. So what can you do to understand and protect yourself from this? This week Dr Paula Redmond is joined by Anne McKechnie, an independent Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist. The pair discuss th…

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A half-century journey into primatology and wildlife biology with Professor Mewa Singh 1:22:24

1+ y ago1:22:24

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This episode of The PrimateCast: Origins is taken from CICASP's International Primatology Lecture Series: Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field. The IPLS is dedicated to providing origin stories told by experienced researchers in primatology and related fields. The lectures are conducted via Zoom within our CICASP Seminar in Science Co…

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Creative enquiry and flourishing in medical education - with Dr Louise Younie 46:28

2y ago46:28

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The ways in which we relate to work are often shaped by our training experiences, and this is particularly true in medical education. Today Paula is talking to Dr Louise Younie, GP and Clinical Reader in Medical Education at Queen Mary University of London. The pair discuss how Louise draws on creative enquiry and the concept of flourishing to supp…

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Internal Family Systems and working in healthcare - with Wendy Kendall 39:57

2y ago39:57

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Internal Family Systems, or IFS, is a relatively new model of psychotherapy with a growing evidence base. In this episode Dr Paula Redmond takes a closer look at IFS with occupational psychologist Wendy Kendall. Wendy explores its application for making sense of how we relate to work as healthcare professionals, and how IFS can help us find space a…

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A conversation about what makes us human, paleontological time machines and bigging up science education with Dr. Briana Pobiner 1:06:29

2y ago1:06:29

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This episode features paleoanthropologist and science educator Dr. Briana Pobiner. Briana works in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She is also Associate Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology at George Washington University. Briana’s anthropological research focuses on understandin…

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Burnout In Healthcare - with Dr Julie Highfield 55:16

2y ago55:16

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Burnout is a really hot topic in healthcare. Every day there are new reports about NHS staff hitting higher and higher levels of burnout. But for a term that is used so much, how many of us know exactly what it is? And how can we begin to solve the issue? In this episode Dr. Julie Highfield - a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in adult and pediatri…

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A life among the apes with primatologist Dr. John Mitani 58:32

2y ago58:32

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This episode of The PrimateCast: Origins is taken from CICASP's International Primatology Lecture Series: Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field. The IPLS is dedicated to providing origin stories told by experienced researchers in primatology and related fields. The lectures are conducted via Zoom within our CICASP Seminar in Science Co…

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A conversation about what music means to us, and monkeys, with Dr. Charles (Chuck) Snowdon 32:58

2y ago32:58

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This episode features distinguished primatologist Dr. Charles Snowdon, or Chuck Snowdon, as he’s maybe better known by. Chuck is Hilldale Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and he’s widely known for his work on primate social development, communication and cognition. He ran the Snowdon Primate Center in the De…

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Language, anthropomorphism, and metaphor in science, and translating Kinji Imanishi and the flow of Japanese primatology with Dr. Pamela Asquith 1:14:39

2y ago1:14:39

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This episode presents an interview with Dr. Pamela Asquith, and anthropologist and meta-primatologist who has studied how primatology was done historically in Japan, and tackled the challenge of language, metaphor and anthropomorphism in science. In March 2022, she delivered an excellent talk for CICASP in our International Primatology Lecture Seri…

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Weaving between theory and practice in behavioral ecology and conservation with Dr. Karen Strier 1:16:33

2y ago1:16:33

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This episode of The PrimateCast: Origins is taken from CICASP's International Primatology Lecture Series: Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field. The IPLS is dedicated to providing origin stories told by experienced researchers in primatology and related fields. The lectures are conducted via Zoom within our CICASP Seminar in Science Co…

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Bonobos, Wamba Village in the DRC, and building theories of human behavioral evolution with Dr. Takeshi Furuichi 1:39:48

2y ago1:39:48

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This is podcast #69 with Dr. Takeshi Furuichi. I was really excited about this interview. I've known our guest - Dr. Takeshi Furuichi - since I was a grad student in the Section of Social Systems Evolution at Kyoto University's now rebranded Primate Research Institute. He was the Section Head until this year when we were all redistributed together …

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"The NHS as Death Mother" - a conversation with Dr Libby Nugent 50:30

2y ago50:30

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To understand how and why we get caught up in unhelpful dynamics with our work we need to consider the role of the unconscious. Dr Libby Nugent is a clinical psychologist who uses a psychoanalytic approach to understand our complicated relationship with work. She draws on Jungian theory, group analysis, myths and fairy tales to explore the painful …

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"Surviving suicide" - a conversation with Dr Rachel Gibbons 50:39

2y ago50:39

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This episode contains discussion of suicide and its impact Losing a patient or colleague to suicide can be devastating. In this episode Dr Rachel Gibbons (psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and group analyst) talks about her personal experience of surviving patient suicide and the work she has done to understand suicide and homicide; its impact on healthc…

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Being a Primate, Becoming a Primatologist with Dr. Elisabetta Visalberghi 55:01

2y ago55:01

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In this installment of The PrimateCast we continue with our International Primatology Lecture Series: Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field. The IPLS is dedicated to providing origin stories about experienced researchers of primatology and related fields, through lectures delivered by those very individuals. The lectures are conducted …

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"Knitting for wellbeing" - a conversation with Dr Mia Hobbs 42:22

2y ago42:22

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Dr Mia Hobbs is a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about the mental health benefits of knitting. She also hosts the podcast Why I Knit. She and Paula explore how we can use craft, and knitting in particular, to benefit our mental health - and how this is especially relevant for health professionals. You can find Mia at www.therapeuticknittin…

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"Tackling racial inequalities in the NHS workforce" - A conversation with Owen Chinembiri 54:07

2y ago54:07

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Racism and racial inequality continues to plague the NHS - with negative outcomes for individual staff, but also for organisations and patients. To get to grips with this issue, and how to tackle it, Dr Paula Redmond speaks to Owen Chinembiri. Owen is Senior Implementation Lead at the NHS Race & Health Observatory - but is chatting today in a perso…

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Paleontology, the past, present and future of biodiversity, beardogs, and doing and communicating science with CICASP’s Dr. Susumu Tomiya 1:25:09

2y ago1:25:09

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This is podcast #67 with Dr. Susumu Tomiya. It's such a pleasure to be able to share my interview with Dr. Susumu Tomiya, my colleague for the past 3+ years in the Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology (CICASP). Susumu and I have worked closely over that time toward developing our capacity at Kyoto University to…

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"Being a Doctor-Patient" - A conversation with Dr Claire Davies 37:10

2y ago37:10

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Being a doctor and a patient can be a challenge. Not only do you have to deal with your illness, but you also need to deal with the identity conflicts this can create. In this episode Dr Paula Redmond talks to GP, coach and writer Dr Claire Davies about her experience as a doctor-patient when she was diagnosed with Lupus. And how it didn't fit her …

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"Civility saves lives" - A conversation with Dr Chris Turner 1:06:45

2y ago1:06:45

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Being treated rudely at work can have a horrible impact on us. Unfortunately it's an all too common experience if you work in healthcare. And the consequences can reach far beyond the individual - affecting teams and patient care. In today's episode Paula talks to Dr Chris Turner (Consultant in Emergency Medicine and co-founder of Civility Saves Li…

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How the social brain evolved with Dr. Robin Dunbar 52:51

2+ y ago52:51

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In this installment of The PrimateCast we continue with our International Primatology Lecture Series: Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field.. The IPLS is dedicated to providing origin stories about experienced researchers of primatology and related fields, through lectures delivered by those very individuals. The lectures are conducted…

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Comparative Cognition and Managing a Chimpanzee Research Program with Dr. Ikuma Adachi 1:17:50

2+ y ago1:17:50

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This is podcast #65 with Dr. Ikuma Adachi. Before getting into the interview, I announce with great sadness the passing of Dr. Steve Ross, as announced by Lincoln Park Zoo. Steve was a formidable figure in chimpanzee conservation and animal welfare science in general, in addition to being an all around good person and key figure at Chicago's Lincol…

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A Compassion Warm Up - An exercise with Dr Chris Irons 18:14

2+ y ago18:14

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If you were running a marathon or doing any kind of athletic training it's unlikely you'd start without a warm up or end without cooling down. And it's the same with being compassionate in healthcare work - you need to warm up your compassion muscles, and cool down at the end of your working day or shift. In this bonus episode Dr Chris Irons takes …

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"How To Do Compassion" - A conversation with Dr Chris Irons 57:17

2+ y ago57:17

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Compassion is a big buzzword right now in healthcare, but what does it really mean and how can you actually be more compassionate? This week Paula is joined by clinical psychologist Dr Chris Irons, an expert in Compassionate Mind Training. The pair examine what compassion is, why it matters and how it can be applied within organisations and teams a…

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"The Whole Yoga Thing" - A conversation with Dr Peter Donnelly 41:16

2+ y ago41:16

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Staff wellbeing initiatives - like yoga classes - can feel like a cynical move by employers to paper over the cracks of the very serious issues affecting staff. But wellbeing is imporant - not just for healthcare workers themselves, but for patients too. Dr Peter Donnelly is a consultant paediatric intensivist at the Royal Hospital For Children in …

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"Something Shiny Just For Me" - A conversation with Megan Tjasink 49:53

2+ y ago49:53

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Art therapy in healthcare settings has traditionally been used to support patients. But it's also a practice being used with doctors struggling with burnout. In this episode Dr Paula Redmond chats to Megan Tjasink, Lead Art Psychotherapist in Cancer and Palliative Services, at Barts Health NHS Trust in London. She talks about her work with doctors …

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Passengers On The Bus - An exercise with Ross McIntosh 11:38

2+ y ago11:38

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In this bonus episode Work Psychologist Ross McIntosh takes Dr Paula Redmond and you through an ACT exercise called "Passengers On The Bus" to help identify unhelpful mind chatter. Click here for the accompanying handout.By Dr Paula Redmond

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"Disconnecting from work" - A conversation with Ross McIntosh 44:10

2+ y ago44:10

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Disconnecting from work can be a real struggle for many people working in healthcare -which can have a huge impact on our mental health. In this episode Dr Paula Redmond speaks to work psychologist Ross McIntosh about about bringing contextual behavioural science and ACT to the workplace - particularly around disconnecting from work. Ross guides Pa…

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