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Clear the air

Clear the air

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Hosted by Dr Angela Lim, Clearhead co-founder and medical doctor, Clear the Air is a mental health and wellbeing podcast covering those experiences in your life or questions you have that you feel too vulnerable to share with those around you.

We speak with experts to share the science behind what you’re experiencing and explore the answers to those questions. Together we get real and raw on the existential questions covering mental health and wellbeing that have puzzled humans for millennia.

Follow the podcast to get notified as we drop new episodes monthly.

Clearhead is an innovative employee wellbeing platform with a social mission to ensure personalised mental health and wellbeing support is accessible to everyone. Making it easier for you to build self-awareness and be guided to either digital self-help tools or book therapy on the Clearhead platform when and where you need it.


Have a burning question about mental health that you want us to answer?
Email us at contact@myclearhead.com, or visit our website: www.myclearhead.com
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  • 46: Why Bullying Persists and How Workplaces Can Tackle It with Professor Michelle Tuckey

    46: Why Bullying Persists and How Workplaces Can Tackle It with Professor Michelle Tuckey
    2026/06/29
    Bullying can leave lasting impacts on mental health and feel very personal to the victim, it shapes how people then cope, connect, and work throughout their lives. In this episode, we’ll explore how bullying show up in workplaces, and what truly prevents bullying at a organisational level in the workplace.

    Michelle’s biography:
    Professor Michelle Tuckey is the Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at Adelaide University. She is a leading researcher whose work has reframed bullying as a structural issue and not just an individual’s bad behaviour. Michelle investigates how workplace systems and environments drive bullying and harassment, and how to redesign them to prevent interpersonal harm. This work underpins an award-winning prevention program reaching nearly 10,000 employees, and has shaped national policy through bodies including Safe Work Australia and the Australian and Queensland Human Rights Commissions.

    In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions:

    0:00 – Introduction
    2:10 – How Michelle started specialising in bullying
    2:55 – Defining bullying
    4:15 – A real-world example of bullying at work
    6:05 – How a power imbalance can exist in peer bullying
    7:15 – Can managers be bullied?
    8:05 – What are common misconceptions about workplace bullying?
    9:35 – What conditions make bullying more prevalent in certain industries?
    13:25 – Why rebuilding relational fabric is the key solution to reducing bullying and improving workplace culture
    16:00 – How to create psychological safety in an organisation that lacks it
    20:10 – How to end toxic cultures that promote bullying
    21:05 – Early intervention and peer feedback as a way to reduce bullying
    22:05 – How to align organisational systems with company values to reduce bullying
    23:45 – How grassroots interventions can drive small culture change even without senior leadership buy-in
    25:45 – Types of harm caused by workplace bullying
    28:15 – Gaslighting through a network of silence
    29:20 – Why you should see bullying as a systems issue rather than taking it personally
    29:50 – How to take back power when you are being bullied
    30:45 – Are there gender-specific types of bullying?
    33:15 – Toxic culture, role clarity and leadership as organisational red flags
    34:55 – Why the number one risk factor in bullying complaints is how leaders give constructive performance feedback
    36:25 – The benefit of strong workplace relationships when giving constructive feedback
    38:15 – Examples of how leaders can build a relational foundation with their direct reports
    41:55 – Values alignment as the number one thing organisations can do to reduce bullying
    43:15 – What are the early warning signs before bullying occurs in an organisation?
    45:35 – What should individuals do if they are being bullied?
    48:45 – Why bullying persists even when interventions have been introduced
    53:05 – Why bullies do not see themselves as bullies and may feel they are bullied themselves
    54:15 – How a country's culture can contribute to a bullying culture
    56:30 – Why proactive intervention is key in bullying prevention policies
    58:20 – Is moving the target away from the perpetrator enough to deal with bullying?
    59:50 – Why HR and Health and Safety need to work together to reduce bullying
    1:01:40 – Michelle's one wellbeing practice

    Learn more about Michelle
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-michelle-tuckey/

    Learn more about Clearhead
    https://www.myclearhead.com/
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  • 45: Closing the Leadership Gender Gap with Dr. Amanda Sterling

    45: Closing the Leadership Gender Gap with Dr. Amanda Sterling
    2026/06/02
    Women continue to face unique pressures, balancing professional, family, and social expectations while carrying the often-invisible mental and emotional load. In this webinar, we’ll explore the experiences of women in leadership roles and what organisations can do better to support women into senior roles and maintain their wellbeing.

    In this episode, we sit down with leadership coach and consultant, Dr. Amanda Sterling, to delve into questions on gender equity in the workplace and closing the gender representation gap. Dr. Amanda will share insights from both her research findings on women in leadership and her own experiences in the field.

    Amanda's Biography:
    Dr Amanda Sterling is an award-winning consultant who partners with organisations to remove barriers for women into leadership and create inclusive workplaces where people and businesses thrive.

    Amanda combines her decades of experience working in corporate leadership development and culture change, as well as deep expertise on leadership, gender, and inclusion, to help organisations attract and retain more women in leadership and close their gender pay gaps.
    Amanda’s groundbreaking PhD research (completed in 2023) revealed critical insights into what is still holding women back from leadership roles and the opportunities to address this. Her research has been featured in multiple media channels such as RNZ, and was highlighted by Global Women and the University of Auckland.

    Amanda is originally from the Kaipara region but has called Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland home for the last 20 years. She is also a proud parent to one son.


    0:00 – Introduction
    2:20 – Why Amanda decided to research women's leadership
    4:35 – What barriers prevent women from becoming leaders?
    6:05 – What assumptions perpetuate these barriers?
    7:55 – How can we challenge societal assumptions about mothers in leadership roles?
    9:30 – Why men are key to increasing leadership opportunities for women
    11:00 – How can we help men feel comfortable being part of the solution?
    14:05 – How can women influence men in the workplace to change the status quo?
    16:50 – Why women's leadership development programmes alone are not enough
    17:55 – Why representation does not equal inclusion
    20:00 – How to develop the measures needed to drive organisational change
    21:15 – The case for men's leadership development programmes
    22:20 – What are the benefits of having more diverse teams?
    23:55 – Why women leaders leave leadership positions
    25:45 – The false assumptions behind the belief that women are less confident than men
    28:05 – Are organisations acknowledging the additional emotional burden women face?
    30:00 – The four-factor framework for increasing women in leadership roles
    31:55 – Factor 1: Flexible work
    32:19 – Factor 2: Partner support
    33:10 – Factor 3: Manager support
    33:35 – Factor 4: Women's leadership development programmes
    34:40 – How workplaces can shift gender expectations around parental leave
    37:00 – When is there a place for women-only safe spaces?
    39:15 – What can workplaces do to create more supportive managers?
    42:45 – How the four factors change across career stages
    44:33 – Making the case for change in the workplace
    46:15 – Case study: Z Energy
    49:20 – What are the long-term measures for assessing the impact of inclusive teams?
    50:04 – What is one thing organisations can do to create change?
    51:00 – Amanda's one wellbeing practice

    Learn more about Amanda
    https://dramandasterling.com/

    Learn more about Clearhead
    https://www.myclearhead.com/
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    52 分
  • 44 - What Drives Motivation? Psychology, Leadership and Actively Caring for People with E. Scott Geller

    44 - What Drives Motivation? Psychology, Leadership and Actively Caring for People with E. Scott Geller
    2026/04/30
    Bringing out the best in ourselves and others is something many of us strive for - but how do we realistically work towards it, especially in the workplace? In this episode, behavioural psychologist Dr. Scott Geller explores how motivation, Actively Caring for People (AC4P), and evidence-based behaviour-change strategies can support personal wellbeing, leadership, and more connected, high-functioning teams. This episode highlights the role of community and coaching in empowering both ourselves and those around us.

    Scott’s biography:
    Professor Scott Geller is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Virginia Tech and the former Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems. He has authored 55 books and more than 300 research articles looking at behavior-based interventions to improve human welfare on a large scale. His talent is well-recognised and he has received multiple awards for his work.

    In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions.
    00:00 – Introduction
    02:10 – Why Scott became a behavioural psychologis?
    03:35 – What is the definition of motivation?
    05:00 – The three factors that drive self‑motivation.
    08:15 – Applying the 3C framework to motivate yourself to go to the gym.
    10:30 – The importance of learning and social support when trying something new.
    13:00 – How to stay motivated to help others when you’re struggling.
    14:30 – Self‑transcendence and the top of Maslow’s hierarchy.
    18:00 – What is the Actively Caring for People (AC4P) framework?
    20:50 – How to give corrective feedback with empathy.
    21:40 – The COACH framework for inspiring people to care at work.
    24:50 – The role of leaders in creating a safety culture.
    26:55 – How to build interdependent communities where everyone benefits.
    7:45 – Three steps to empowering employees to try something new.
    31:05 – How to get teams to actively care.
    32:25 – The role of leaders in encouraging active caring.
    34:35 – How to sustain choice, competence, and community in an organisation.
    36:35 – Example: eliminating bullying in a school using caring principles.
    38:00 – Summary and final reflections.

    Learn more about Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-geller-3045211/
    Learn more about Clearhead https://www.myclearhead.com/
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    40 分
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