Covid-19 is one of the biggest events in our living memory – and many parents are extremely anxious about the pandemic: the impact on our health, loved ones, children’s education and finances… not to mention, how the saturation media coverage, is affecting all of our mental wellbeing, particularly our kids. Amid growing anxiety in Australia and overseas, Life Education has produced this special podcast. Host Tracey Challenor chats with leading parenting and wellbeing expert and author Dr Justin Coulson about how to help children navigate one of the biggest challenges of our time. He urges parents to take a deep breath, focus on the positives, keep hold of hope and find the joy in the simple everyday activities that we can enjoy at home with families.

Life Education podcast - Corona Virus

Keeping kids cybersafe can be a minefield for parents.  From cyberbullying to avoiding online predators, there’s so much for parents to know in the digital age. 

In this Life Education podcast, Australia’s federal eSafety commissioner Julie Inman-Grant chats with host Tracey Challenor about how parents can stay one step ahead when it comes to helping their kids navigate the online world. 

Julie heads the only government office in the world dedicated to the safety of citizens online, providing Australians with a place to report online abuse. 

As Julie explains, from the moment we hand our child a digital device, we need to be talking with them about the dos and don’ts, how to make good choices and how to stay safe.

From online harassment to ‘sharenting’, this podcast has some great tips for parents to help them raise responsible digital citizens in an increasingly complex digital world.

How to keep your kids safe online

Never have we been more focused on our health and wellbeing than right now, amid a global pandemic. 

And whilst no single food or lifestyle can make us immune to COVID-19, there are many things we can do to boost our immunity and stay fit and healthy during the coming months.  

Host Tracey Challenor chats with Life Education’s passionate educator and health and nutrition officer Matt Dowling.  

 From eating well on a budget and encouraging kids to ‘eat a rainbow’ of foods, to changing habits and boosting your mood through exercise, this inspiring chat will leave you feeling positive and motivated to live your best healthy life.

Life Education podcast - Boost your Immune System

Is your child resilient? Host Tracey Challenor chats with best-selling author, speaker and popular Australian parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson PHD about the concept of resilience. 

Dr Coulson shares practical, relatable advice about what’s really needed to help our kids navigate life in the 21st century. 

From how much freedom is enough, to managing anxiety, and why it’s important to slow down and give kids time to just ‘be’, this Life Education podcast offers expert insight, and a dose of humour, to help parents raise kids who are emotionally-equipped to deal with modern life.

Talking Resilience with Dr Justin Coulson

One in four children in Australia is affected by bullying and the impact on children’s mental health can be profound. 

In this Life Education podcast, host Tracey Challenor joins psychologist, bullying expert and co-author of the Resilience Triple P Positive Parenting Program, Dr Karyn Healy, to examine why bullying behaviour occurs and what to do about it. 

From the importance of strong friendship ties, to the role of warm supportive parenting, Dr Healy offers down-to-earth advice and says there is plenty parents can do to help their kids handle school bullying situations and grow into strong resilient adults.

Beating Bullying with Dr Karyn Healy

Are you struggling to get your children to eat their greens? 

Why won’t kids eat what’s packed in their lunchbox? And how do you make vegetables as enticing as pizza? 

Join host Tracey Challenor for this engaging Life Education podcast as popular naturopath, educator and holistic health blogger Georgia Harding gives the lowdown on nutrition for kids. 

From resisting junk food marketing, to how to get your kids eating wholesome nutritious food, you’ll love Georgia’s fad-free advice and meal ideas that will take the headache out of healthy eating.

Staying 'Well Nourished' with Georgia Harding

There’s no doubt 2020 has been a year of upheaval. The global coronavirus pandemic causing fear, unemployment, and disruption to school, work, and social lives. Join host Tracey Challenor as she chats to Dr Judith Locke, popular clinical psychologist, and best-selling author of The Bonsai Child. From how to help kids adapt to being back at school, to putting fears in perspective and stepping outside our comfort zones, or metaphorically ‘reaching for the next higher branch’, Dr Locke offers great advice on how to help families stay resilient and happy as Australia emerges from lockdown.

Back To School After COVID Lockdown

This is the first episode of a two part series with The Resilience Project founder Hugh van Cuylenburg.  

Some teachers have a lasting impact on young lives. Hugh van Cuylenburg is one of those teachers.  
 
He was so passionate about boosting the mental health and wellbeing of young people, he developed an inspirational program called The Resilience Project.  
 
In this Life Education podcast chat with Tracey Challenor, Hugh talks about the GEM principles at the heart of The Resilience Project - gratitude, empathy, and mindfulness - and the three simple things that can instantly shift our mood.  

In a year that has seen so much upheaval, Hugh’s warm, wise, and relatable advice is a welcome tonic for mental wellbeing.  

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