Tertiary Catalogue

The actions we take can influence the very function of our brain cells, and ground-breaking research has proven just how much control we have over our mind-body connection. This video explores how ‘hacking’ our ‘feel-good’ neurotransmitters – those responsible for chemicals including serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphins – tricks the body into resilience, helping it to bounce back from disruption quicker and better than before. Featuring expert interviews, this video is ideal for students of Health, Personal Development and Science. Show Less

Our world is currently in a state of disruption not before seen in our lifetimes. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the social, economic and political structures that humans once took for granted, understandably impacting the mental health of many. This program explores how long-term stress manifests in disruptive times and how resilience is built by coming out the other side. Featuring expert interviews, this video is ideal for students of Health, Personal Development and Science. Show Less

Encountering a wild animal predator may be a stress we long left behind in history, but the survival mechanisms humans developed then still serve us in today’s stressful situations, from exams to online bullying. This video explores the chemical and physical changes our bodies experience when our fight-or-flight response is triggered by the sympathetic nervous system. Featuring expert interviews, this video is ideal for students of Health, Personal Development and Science. Show Less

While the sympathetic nervous system triggers the fight-or-flight response to danger, the parasympathetic nervous system allows the body to relax and repair. This video looks at ways we can help our bodies to engage the parasympathetic nervous system, including quality sleep, deep breathing and mindfulness techniques, in order to counter feelings of stress and anxiety. Featuring expert interviews, this video is ideal for students of Health, Personal Development and Science. Show Less

Hannah is young woman full of life, enthusiasm and a smile that is infectious. If you met her on the street you would never guess the challenges she has faced in her young life. During this episode Hannah shares some of her journey with us. The frightening realisation that she had an eating disorder, the courage with which she immediately faced it and the years that followed until she hit rock bottom. ​ Hannah is not lacking in courage, she trained and completed the Kokoda Trail as a teenager whilst struggling with bulimia, completed high school and fashion college and unsurprising it was Hannah who found the retreat which was the beginning of her recovery. ​ Hannah shares her story with courage and honesty. She works for an organisation called endED, which helps people living with eating disorders. Show Less

Keenan lost his parents as a young child and was separated from his brothers. He was moved from his home in Redfern to the suburbs of southern Sydney. At the age of 13 he went to find his brother who had returned to Redfern against the wishes of his carers. From then on Keenan lived on the streets learning how to survive from his cousins. Keenan started committing crimes, became addicted to drugs and eventually went into juvenile detention followed by jail at the age of 18. Keenan shares his story with such generosity and uses his experiences to help others. Keenan and his wife Carly are co-founders of Deadly Connections an organisation helping indigenous and non indigenous people struggling to overcome the challenges of their lives. Show Less

Emma was adopted at six weeks old, she always new this. Emma she spent her first five weeks of life in care and was never held by her birth mother. When Emma was three her family adopted another baby girl, as kids they were inseparable but as they grew older they started to see the world differently. Emma lacked a sense of self and developed disordered eating as a way of coping with that and the world around her. Emma shares how she navigated the emptiness she felt, her depression, abusive relationships and trauma. Emma is now a Peer Worker, Peer supervisor and Trainer in mental health. Emma explains how seeing her life through the lens of trauma changed life completely. Show Less

Jett is nineteen, he suffered from extreme bullying, which led to severe anxiety, depression and resulted in Anorexia Nervosa. When Jett was in primary school the bullying started because of the friends he had, mostly girls and his interest in performance and dance. The bullying continued as he moved onto high school. When he was 13 something felt wrong to Jett about the bullying, he new they were only words and they shouldn't hurt but they did. Her realised he was gay and he was being bullied for who he was. Jett shares his story with us, as he navigates depression and anxiety that lead him to anorexia nervosa and finally working towards his goals to be a director in the film industry. Show Less

Olive is sixteen, she lives with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), Major Depressive Disorder, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Anxiety. At the age of nine, Olive began to have negative thoughts but she managed to hide them from everyone until she was eleven and a half, the first year of high school. After much school refusal, multiple psychologists, and several schools Olive had to be admitted to a youth mental health unit for six weeks. Watch her as she tells her story, her challenges and how she grows from her experiences, not always smoothly but always forwards. Since making this film, Olive has had several difficult periods but she is still growing in her self-knowledge and learning new techniques for coping with her extremely challenging life. Show Less

Pete grew up on a farm, north western new south wales. His father was a farmer and all he ever wanted to do was follow his dad around and be a farmer too. After school Pete went to another farm and learnt about sheep, he bought this knowledge back to his dad and they started to raise sheep as well. Pete’s dad got sick while he was still young, and this bought him home to the family farm sooner than expected. He had learnt a lot about managing the property from his dad and other farmers, but he hadn’t learnt about the stress that came with the longest drought in history. Pete struggled to sleep, he was short with his wife and couldn’t make decision. The mountain started to get too high, he didn’t know if he would ever get over it. Pete realised that there was help and that Dr’s don’t only fix broken arms, he realised you need to talk about things. Show Less

Criminal (or Offender) Profiling is an area that’s currently capturing the public imagination once more in TV shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds. But what’s the reality behind the hype? This film introduces students to a range of ideas and issues, from defining different types of criminal profiling, through outlining what profilers do to perhaps the most important question of all: Does profiling work? The film features contributions from leading contemporary UK profilers and psychologists - including Professors David Wilson and Craig Jackson - and uses a number of famous British and American case studies and examine different approaches to Criminal Profiling. Show Less

Learn to Worry Less is a video which acknowledges we are inundated with worry, but shows we can learn to manage it even in unpredictable times. Learn to Worry Less is a video in which psychology expert Peter Quarry shows simple strategies to break your worry cycle through recognising the triggers and substituting positive thinking and action and putting the worries into a broader perspective. Show Less

Survive Uncertainty and Fear is a video that helps people understand feelings of uncertainty and fear, especially with the pandemic and its domino effect on global economies, job losses, health issues and a stream of bad news. This video helps people to manage their fear and concern. Survive Uncertainty and Fear helps move our focus on today and this week, and psychology expert Peter Quarry suggests using certainty anchors, a pause button and a contingency plan to cope with uncertain times and fear in people's lives. Show Less

Survive a Personal Crisis is an important program for anyone facing death of a loved one, illness, relationship breakdown, financial loss or trauma. Each can deeply affect your ability to work. During times of personal crisis, Peter Quarry suggests that we realise it is normal to experience strong emotions, and that we need to reach out for help. Survive a Personal Crisis offers helpful ways to cope with and survive with life's many challenges and explores ways to seek assistance, recognise that healing takes time and seek a professional if you're in a downward spiral. Show Less

How to Develop Optimism is a simple video that shows how optimism is a skill you can learn and how you can benefit in your relationships, your work and your health. Psychology expert Peter Quarry describes the considerable difference you make to your life once you choose to view events optimistically. How to Develop Optimism helps learners to cope with life's challenges in a positive way. Learn to see what can be changed positively in your situation. As Peter Quarry explains, when you choose the 'glass half full' approach, difficulties become markedly easier and your relationships improve. Show Less

Mind over Mood will help you understand how to control your moods and switch to positive constructive thinking. Psychologist Eve Ash explains how to change, what she calls, the Negative Land of W (Wishing, Whining and Wasting Time) to the Positive: Wanting to Achieve, Willing to Learn and Working Effectively. Once this video is completed you will have learned how we waste valuable time wishing for something different or whining about finishing a task or project. You will know how to choose your mood using the Positive Land of W approach: Wanting to achieve, being Willing to learn, and Working effectively. It's a case of mind over mood. Show Less

Overcome Anxiety will help people feel normal, given 1 in 4 people now experience anxiety more frequently. In this video, learners will discover that anxiety includes symptoms like a racing heart, a desire to withdraw socially, excessive worrying, even panic attacks. Overcome Anxiety is a timely video for the increasing number of people experiencing and complaining of anxiety, providing proven ways to overcome the problem. Psychology expert Peter Quarry suggests slow breathing, mindfulness and challenging your self-talk. Show Less

Overcome Insomnia is a video that will help the estimated 30% of people who have trouble with how well or how much they are sleeping. While everyone's sleep hours differ, we all need sufficient deep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep to be physically, emotionally and mentally healthy. Overcome Insomnia is a video that will help learners to manage and reduce insomnia by learning to quieten your mind and stress levels. Yoga is a proven technique for reducing stress, but any daily exercise helps. You will learn the importance of avoiding stimulants and making your bedroom a place of rest, not work or screens. Show Less

Overcome a Knockback is a video explaining how knockbacks handled correctly, can be useful guides to achieving what we want. Whether it's a rejected job application, a project proposal or an idea that you floated at a meeting, knockbacks can be hard to overcome. Overcome a Knockback shows how knockbacks or rejections are an inevitable part of life. When they occur, it feels deeply personal and it's hard to pick up the courage to keep going. But knockbacks are opportunities in disguise. In this video, psychology expert Peter Quarry shows how to overcome knockbacks through self-talk, creating new strategies, using a support network and taking a realistic approach to moving forward. Show Less

Eyewitness testimony and its veracity presents problems for juries and judges, according to the University of California's Dr Elizabeth Loftus. She tells Eve Ash that this intersection of psychology and law has revealed that the more confident a witness, the more they are believed even if their memories are mistaken. More than 300 people, such as Steven Titus (misidentified as a rapist) have been convicted through faulty or false memories. The problem is compounded when zealous detective coach witnesses, or when false and distorted memories are "implanted". People sometimes cling to a mistaken belief, even when the evidence shows they are wrong. Show Less

Eve Ash discusses why people tell lies with the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Professor Robert Feldman, a specialist in psychological and brain sciences. He has studied lying for many years and observes that (1) all people tell lies in different situations; (2) many are not truthful on their resumes and in job interviews; (3) sometimes people confabulate to fill memory gaps caused by stressful or traumatic conditions. In crime situations, he explains that false memories occur, and people's eagerness to find a culprit sometimes leads to the wrong person being convicted. You can't always tell a liar from their physical cues (e.g. excessive blinking, looking away). This can cause deception bias and investigations clouded by tunnel vision. Dr Feldman and Eve Ash discuss the case of Sue Neill-Fraser, convicted and jailed for murder in Tasmania in 2010. Show Less

Eve Ash talks to Professor Robert Feldman (University of Massachusetts Amherst) about his research for the book "The Liar in Your Life": He reveals that we all lie at different times, there are many types of lies ranging from the unconscious to lies of commission, and that people often lie within the first ten minutes of meeting someone. We lie to create an impression, we lie because we are anxious, we make up narratives to fill gaps in our memories. We have a "truth bias" in as much as we don't want to believe another person might be lying. Lies create spiral effects ("You lie, I lie"). We might be suspicious of liars, but we also tend to forgive them. Lies lead to inauthenticity in relationships. People compartmentalize lies and can live with them for many, many years. Show Less

People sometimes lie for a reason and will exaggerate to enhance their prestige in the eyes of others. People having secret affairs tell lies; this was the situation for Eve Ash's mother who lied for years about Eve's biological father. Eve's subsequent investigation revealed her real father, and how he was built into her story, although her mother never admitted the truth. Discovering her personal story has led Eve to forgive her mother's deception. Show Less

Worry and anticipation can easily flood our minds, whether at work or before falling asleep. Mindfulness is a technique used to press pause on these thoughts of worry, and instead to pay attention to the present moment. Drawing on relaxation techniques and neurological benefits, this video explores how mindfulness can make a positive impact in your day-to-day life. Show Less