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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.

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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.


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Episodes
  • How Māori Experience Mental Health: Identity, Tikanga, and Access to Support

    How Māori Experience Mental Health: Identity, Tikanga, and Access to Support
    Apr 7 2026
    The representation and inclusion of indigenous models of hauora (health) in mainstream medicine is vital to ensuring culturally-safe health services. In this episode, we delve into Māori mental health specifically from the lens of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. We discuss the importance of whakapapa; knowing who you are, where you come from and your sense of belonging to hauora and ways that services can shift to a preventive care model for whānau, hapū and iwi.

    Our guest speaker, Tūrakawa Bartlett, addresses common narratives about Māori wellbeing and offers insights on how te ao Māori (Māori worldview) is beneficial for everyone, not just Māori. Together, we discuss what signs to look out for when someone you know may be struggling or how to know when you are struggling yourself.

    In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions:
    00:00 – Introduction
    03:05 – Framing today’s session from a Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei iwi lens
    06:00 – Mental health from a Māori worldview
    12:40 – Barriers preventing Māori from connecting with their true identity
    19:00 – What help is available for Māori experiencing mental health challenges
    22:50 – How support services can make it easier for Māori to reach out
    25:00 – Signs to look for when checking in on someone who may be struggling
    27:50 – Internal signs that you might be struggling yourself
    30:50 – What non‑Māori can do to create culturally safe support spaces
    39:00 – Definitions of kawa and tikanga
    42:35 – Differences in how Māori and non‑Māori experience health services
    46:50 – Why a bicultural Māori and non‑Māori health model is essential
    49:30 – Signs someone may need professional help
    52:30 – Rose, Letica, and Turaukawa’s personal wellbeing practices

    Leticia, from Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Kaipara, has completed her training as an Intern Clinical Psychologist and is currently working on research. Her approach to psychological well-being and oranga is shaped by clinical expertise and lived experience, with a strong focus on Māori mental well-being and previous experience in community alcohol and drug (AOD) services.

    Tūraukawa, from Ngāti Whātua ki Tāmaki, is the CEO and Director of MANAVATION, a kaupapa Māori hauora service supporting Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti in achieving their wellbeing goals through cultural and language revitalisation. Tūraukawa has received numerous recognitions, including the Bob Henare Award for Individual Excellence in Māori Mental Health and DAPAANZ Best Newcomer to the Addictions Sector. He also facilitates reo Māori wellbeing retreats to enhance cultural foundations and promote holistic wellbeing.

    Rose, a graduate Enrolled Nurse from Ngāti-Whātua Ōrākei and Ngāti Kahu ki Whangāora, draws from her lived experience of losing two siblings to suicide, which drives her commitment to providing compassionate care.
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    54 mins
  • 42 - Psychosocial Risk Management: How to Identify and Control Workplace Hazards with Dana Carver

    42 - Psychosocial Risk Management: How to Identify and Control Workplace Hazards with Dana Carver
    Mar 30 2026
    Psychosocial hazards are now recognised as one of the most significant and complex risks facing modern workplaces, but what do they actually look like in practice, and how can organisations address them in meaningful, effective ways? In this webinar, we unpack real-world case studies and discuss how factors such as workload, role clarity, leadership, culture, and organisational change can affect mental health, wellbeing, and performance at work. We will discuss what good practice really looks like, where organisations commonly get stuck, and how to move beyond a compliance mindset.

    Dana’s biography:
    Dana Carver is a Principal at the research and evaluation firm, Scarlatti. She has over 25 years’ experience in social research, organisational design and wellbeing. For the past 5 years, her focus has been on helping organisations identify, assess and mitigate psychosocial risks. Dana is also the co-creator and Chair of the Good Programmes Trust, home of the award-winning GoodYarn, https://www.goodyarn.org/, program, which has seen over 20,000 people educated in mental health literacy.

    In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions:
    00:00 - Intro
    02:05 - How did Dana become interested in psychosocial risk management?
    03:00 - What are psychosocial hazards?
    03:45 - How many psychosocial hazards are there?
    04:40 - What are the most common psychosocial hazards?
    05:25 - What is the framework used to prioritse hazards based on frequency and intensity?
    07:00 - What is the definition of psychosocial risk?
    08:45 - Should you eliminate or mitigate risk?
    10:05 - What is an example of a control that eliminated the risk?
    11:15 - Is psychosocial risk management a part of the Health and Safety legislation?
    12:50 - What are the obligations of the employer?
    13:55 - What are the 4 stages of psychosocial risk management?
    14:30 - What are the warning signs you need to assess your psychosocial risks?
    16:00 - What is the framework for identifying and assessing risks?
    18:00 - Poor pay as a hazard vs personal life choices.
    20:10 - What are some misconceptions about psychosocial risk management?
    21:50 - How do you get management to buy in?
    23:30 - How do you assess buy in up front?
    25:00 - What is the definition and some examples of controls?
    27:05 - Should employees be able to see the risk assessment results?
    28:30 - How do you know the controls are effective?
    30:05 - How long does it take to see impact?
    32:05 - Are there differences depending on the size of the organisation?
    33:00 - Dana’s top tips for psychosocial risk management.
    34:00 - What are lead and lag indicators of success?
    34:35 - How do you know if you have the right outcome measures?
    35:25 - How often should you do a risk assessment?
    37:25 - How do you get organisational buy in?
    38:45 - Do you need to measure employee mental health to measure reduction in harm?
    39:55 - What is the definition of psychological safety?
    40:35 - The shift away from fruit bowls to systemic change.

    Learn more about Dana (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-carver-a35553b1/)
    Learn more about Clearhead https://www.myclearhead.com/

    psychosocial hazards explained • workplace mental health risks • how to assess psychosocial risk • psychosocial risk management framework • employer obligations psychosocial risk
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    43 mins
  • 41 - Setting boundaries with Toxic Family with Dr. Sherrie Campbell

    41 - Setting boundaries with Toxic Family with Dr. Sherrie Campbell
    Mar 4 2026
    Family relationships can be some of the most supportive parts of our lives, but can be incredibly challenging when they are toxic. In this episode, we dive into what toxic family members really look like, and what to do about it. If you ever wanted to find a way forward when your relationships have become draining or unsafe, or learn how to set boundaries with family, including your parents, this is the episode for you. We cover the steps to protect our personal well-being and heal from trauma.

    Our guest today is Dr Sherrie Campbell, a licensed clinical psychologist and author known for her work on toxic family dynamics, where she specialises in helping healthy people cut ties with the toxic people in their lives. She is a nationally recognised expert on family estrangement, a best selling author, TEDx Speaker, top 1% Podcast host of the “Sherapy Sessions: Cutting Toxic Family Ties”, a well-known social media influencer and a regularly featured media expert. In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions.

    00:00 - Intro
    2:05 - How Sherrie became an expert in toxic families.
    3:10 - Defining a healthy vs toxic family.
    4:30 - Why it is easier to recognise you are in a toxic family in your 40s.
    7:45 - What can you do to recognise this earlier?
    10:00 - Where can you go to learn more about a toxic family?
    12:25 - What are the 5 types of estrangement?
    16:40 - When to use no contact as a coping strategy?
    18:40 - How do you set and maintain your boundaries?
    20:45 - Clinical example of boundary testing.
    23:50 - Dealing with the guilt of setting boundaries.
    26:00 - What support is available outside of therapy?
    27:20 - Why do some people get stuck in a victim mindset?
    28:40 - Why the "gray rock" method is a safer form of boundary setting for children.
    30:20 - How does the level of contact evolve in the healing journey?
    33:15 - How taking responsibility for your wellbeing is the first step to healing.
    36:00 - What can you do to not perpetuate the cycle of trauma?
    37:40 - Why providing validation is key in the role of a support person?
    39:35 - How to maintain boundaries during the holiday season?
    40:30 - Why self-love is an important part of healing?
    41:40 - How to respond when the legal system gets involve?
    43:30 - What is Sherrie’s one wellbeing practice?

    Learn more about Sherrie https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-ewing-7865712a/
    Learn more about Clearhead https://www.myclearhead.com/
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    44 mins
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