Micah Gibson and Steff Willis have a ton of questions about life, so they've decided to get some answers! 52Q is the podcast that looks for answers to the big and little questions of life. Each week Micah and Steff will chat to en expert in their field, to get the lowdown on what you need to know! New episodes drop every Monday morning, so make sure you subscribe in your podcast app ,and start your week off right with 52Q. 52Q is a production of Brisbane's 96five. To find more podcasts like ...
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How Do I Find Meaning & Purpose in Singleness? With Danielle Treweek
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Society has preconditioned all of us to believe that we can only find meaning within a romantic relationship. But what about those who are single because of death or divorce? What about people who have deliberately chosen to be single? Or the many people who just haven't met their life partner yet? It is not true that we need to be in a romantic re…
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Should My Family Celebrate Halloween? With Brett Ryan
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Halloween is huge in the United States; in fact there is now more money spent on Halloween than on Christmas and Easter. And while Halloween has never been huge in Australia, it is slowly becoming more popular... not helped by retail giants who want to cash in on sales of decorations and chocolates. This now begs the question for many families - sh…
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How Do I Make a Difference in My World? With Naa Anang & Nicola Olyslagers
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In this episode we're looking at ways that we can make a difference in our own worlds and getting some inspiration from Naa Anang and Nicola Olyslagers (née McDermott). Naa and Nicola are both elite athletes, and have both represented Australia in track and field. Naa etched her name into the annals of athletic history by winning both the Australia…
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Do I Have ADHD or Just a Poor Attention Span? With Lindy Hadges
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More and more is known about ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and how it affects the lives of both children and adults. October is ADHD Awareness Month, so on this episode of 52Q, we're asking the question 'do I have ADHD, or just a poor attention span?' To help us answer this question is Lindy Hadges, who is a psychotherapist based …
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Why Do I Feel Angry All The Time? With Valerie Ling
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Someone cuts you off in traffic. The kids won't stop fighting. Or your colleague just can't get a handle on cleaning up their lunch mess. There's plenty of things that can make us angry - but what should we do if we are feeling angry all the time? To help us answer this question is clinical psychologist Valerie Ling. Valerie runs the Sydney psychol…
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Why Is a Good Night's Sleep Important? With Dr Moira Junge
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We all know that we need to get enough sleep - yet sleep is the first thing we're willing to sacrifice in order to do more of the stuff we love! Sleep is linked to a whole range of mental and physical health benefits, so why is it that we can ditch it so easily? And why do we actually need to prioritise getting adequate sleep every night? Dr Moira …
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How Can I Read More? With Steff Willis
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Do you ever wish you could find the time to read more books? You know, ditch the Netflix binge or the doom scrolling and read something for education or leisure? Maybe you see yourself as not the reading type and don't know where to start. In this episode our very own Steff Willis is donning the expert cap and exploring ways that we can read more. …
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What Can I Expect From Counselling? With Kerrie Sweetman
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One topic that has come up time and time again on the podcast is getting professional help if you're struggling in a particular area. But what about if you've never done counselling or therapy before? It can be a daunting experience booking in your first session when you don't know what to expect. To help us answer the question 'what can I expect f…
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What's The Balance Between Health & Body Image? With Hannah Craven
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When we're bombarded with images of what society thinks we should look like, it can be hard to find a balance between staying healthy and body image? If we look a certain way does that mean we're not healthy? And what does the Bible have to say about health and body image? To help us answer this question in Hannah Craven, who is an Associate Lectur…
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How Do I Be a Good Friend? With Dr Brian Harris
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Everyone wants to be a good friend, and often we can wonder if we are being a good friend, or how we could do better. In the current social media age, where a huge proportion of the population is reporting high levels of loneliness, it's more important than ever to maintain our friendships. To help us answer the question is Dr Brian Harris. Dr Harr…
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How Do I Deal With My Shame? With Jon Bergmann
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The number one question asked by millennials online is 'how do I deal with my shame?' The issue of shame affects just about everyone on the planet, and can often take root in the early stages of our development. To help us answer this question is Jon Bergmann. Jon works in leadership and organisational development, and believes that helping people …
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How Can I Cope With Change? With Michael McQueen
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Change can be hard, right? From something as simple as our taste in music, to things as complicated as our career choices or relationships, making change can be difficult. This only gets harder as we get older. But being open to change helps keep us young and helps us move forward in life, so it's important we can handle it. To help us answer the q…
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How Do I Manage The Issues of Doubt & Suffering? With Dan Sweetman
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If we are people of faith, it is almost certain that we will go through times of both doubt and suffering - often at the same time. How do we cope with those times of uncertainty? Especially when Western society has tried hard to do away with suffering and hiding that aspect of human life as much as possible. Dan Sweetman is the host of the 96five …
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How Can We Bridge The Gap Between Generations? With Clifford Morgan
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Sometimes it seems like the daily lives and experiences of Boomers, Gen Xer's, Millennials are worlds apart. With the rapid technological changes that have happened since World War 2, how we do life and work can look completely different depending on which generation we belong to. And what about those generational stigmas? Are younger generations r…
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How Do You Pursue a Dream Which Seems Crazy? With Naa Anang
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Anyone who's done something significant; whether in business, sport, politics or their chosen career, at one point started out with just a dream. What if your dream seems crazy to others? What do you do if people tell you that you can't achieve it? Naa Anang is an Australian track and field athlete who had dreams of representing her country at the …
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How Can I Manage Money During a Cost of Living Crisis? With Carrie-Ann McLean
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The cost of living crisis has been impacting everyone on various levels, leaving us feeling under pressure, affecting our mental health and general wellbeing. In this episode we'll be looking at ways we can improve our personal budget, and some simple tips for living within our means. Carrie-Ann McLean transformed her financial position from one of…
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How Do I Live a More Minimal Life? With Christine Wood
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There's always so much to do - work/life balance, family commitments, volunteering or community engagement, and then when we come home we can feel like we're drowning in stuff! If you've ever wished you could declutter your home, life and calendar this episode of 52Q is full of helpful tips to achieve this. Joining us is Christine Wood, who once up…
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How Do I Find the Motivation to Exercise? With David Young
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We're all lead busy lives - whether you're a professional, you run a business, you're a parent with kids, or you're trying to juggle work and study. With all the things going on in our lives, how can we carve out time for exercise? David Young is a nutritionist who founded Young Health after his own health journey. He is also the host of the 96five…
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This June, 96five is running its 'Hope For Everyone June Appeal'. 96five is a not for profit broadcaster and podcast production studio in Brisbane. If you want to keep podcasts like 52Q in your podcast feed, you can make a donation to the appeal here. And because appeal season is so busy for us at 96five, 52Q will be taking a short break. In the me…
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How Do We Approach Controversial Topics in Scripture? With Nathan Bean
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Discussing Scripture with non-Christians, or even other Christians can sometimes be a contentious issue. How can have meaningful conversations with people we may disagree with? Or how do we personally process passages of Scripture that we may have issues with? To help us answer this question is Pastor Nathan Bean, Senior Pastor of Nexus Church in E…
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How Do I Pass On My Faith to My Kids? With Ainsley Freeman
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For those of us with faith and with children, we all want to see our kids live out a life of faith. In Deuteronomy 6 the people of Israel are not just told to pass on faith to their children, but to impress it upon them. But when life is busy, what are some ways that we can help our kids to grow in their faith? To help us answer today's question is…
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What Are The Signs of Burnout & How Can I Prevent It? With Valerie Ling - Bu
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It seems like we're all getting busier and all the things in our lives are getting harder and harder to juggle. At the extreme end of this comes burnout - when you feel like you are completely exhausted physically, mentally and emotionally. What are some of the signs that we might be heading towards burnout? To help us answer this question, and to …
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How Do You Manage the Loss of a Loved One? With Ruth Larwill
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At some point in our lives we will all have to cope with the loss of a loved one. To help us find ways to cope with bereavement and loss is Ruth Larwill. Ruth holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Trauma Counselling and specialises in clients with complex trauma at her private psychotherapy practice in Brisbane, Australia. She is also the Founder a…
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What is a Reasonable Amount of Happiness to Expect? With Glen Cochrane
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We all want to be happy - but so often it feels like true happiness can be out of reach. Often we can get caught up in the comparison trap, thinking when I just to get to the point someone else is, then I'll be happy. But it doesn't always work like that. The actor Jim Carrey famously said "I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everyt…
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How Do I Break Binging Behaviours? With Ruth Limkin
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Binging behaviours, also known as addiction, appears more often than we realise. From food to our phones, most of us find ourselves binging something from time to time. Addiction or binging can be defined as ritualised comfort compulsion seeking. On this episode of 52Q, we're exploring how to break the bad habits and binging behaviours before they …
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How Do You Have Hard Conversations With Friends? With Amanda Vivier
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It's always hard to have those difficult conversations with our friends, especially if know if's going to cause conflict. On this episode of 52Q, we're exploring how we can have those difficult, but needed chats, with Amanda Vivier. Amanda is the Executive Director of Strategic Communications at Compassion Australia, as well as an author, speaker a…
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How Can I Set Up a Daily Devotional Practice? With Robert Fergusson
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Having an effective devotional practice can help us immensely in our faith walks. But life can sometimes get in the way - we're all busy, so how can we put time aside everyday to help us grow in our faith? Helping us to answer this question is Robert Fergusson who is the author of Jesus and... Robert is also the Teaching Pastor at Hillsong Church w…
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How Do I Talk to My Boss About a Pay Rise? With Daniel Ough
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You might be struggling because of the cost of living crisis. You might have been in your job for a while now and have never had a salary review. Or your role may have had extra responsibilities added without an increase in remuneration. Whatever the situation, approaching your employer for a pay rise can be a difficult and awkward conversation for…
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Where Do I Begin With Evangelism? With Rueben Skewes
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It's hard to know where to start with evangelism. Are we all called to be evangelists? Should we head out onto the streets, or head overseas to the mission fields? To help us answer this question around getting started with evangelism is Rueben Skewes. Rueben has a passion to see people know Jesus, and has extensive local church and global missions…
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What Are Some Child Safety Strategies I Can Teach My Kids? With Kim Kellaway
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Teaching our kids to be safe is such an important job for parents, and everyone who has children in our lives. It's important that we teach kids to be safe, without the topic scaring them - they need to know that they matter, and that their bodies belong to them. To help us answer the question is Kim Kellaway, the CEO and founder of Children's Safe…
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How Do We Know the Bible is Real? With Ken Green
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The Bible is the world's best selling and most printed book. For thousands of years Christians have looked to it for wisdom and guidance. But how can we know that the Bible is real, and actually is the Word of God? To help us answer this question is Ken Green, host of the 96five podcast Mind Made Matter, as well as the 96five breakfast show. Mind M…
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Why Do I Feel So Lonely Despite Having Close Friends & Family? With Dr Jonathan Andrews
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In 2023, the World Health Organisation declared that loneliness was becoming a 'global public health concern'. Other psychologists have described this as 'the loneliness epidemic'. Loneliness and social isolation are huge problems in the western world, despite, in theory, humanity being more connected than at any point in history. To help us answer…
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How Can I Build My Mental Health Resilience? With Teresa Jackson
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You don't have to look to far to know that so many people are struggling with mental health challenges at the moment. It could be family or marital pressures, the cost of living crisis, loneliness and isolation - whatever the reason - life can be hard at the moment. What are some of the ways that we can build resilience in our own mental health? To…
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What Are Employers Really Looking For in Resumes & Interviews? With Andrew Thonemann
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We've all been there; we see that perfect job advertised and we know we need to make a great first impression. But what do we need to include in our resume, and what do we need to leave out? How do we prove to the employer that we're the right person for the job? And then if we do get an interview, what is an employer looking for in that interview …
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How Do I Keep the Spark Alive in My Marriage? With Sabrina Peters
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We've all heard the divorce statistics and it can be a sobering thought. No one wants to be part of the almost 50% of Australian marriages that end in divorce, so what can we do to keep that spark alive within marriage? To help us answer that question is Sabrina Peters, a provisional psychologist and pastor of Kingdomcity Church in Brisbane. Sabrin…
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What Do I Do When I Feel Stuck in My Faith? With Gary Millar
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Anyone on the faith journey can know the feeling of being stuck in our faith, and in this edition of 52Q we're unpacking ways we can move beyond that feeling. To help us answer the question is Gary Millar who is the principal of the Queensland Theological College. After studying chemistry in his home city of Belfast, Gary moved to Aberdeen in Scotl…
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What Are Some Budget Friendly Ways to Stay Healthy? With Hannah Wilson
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Cost of living pressures are hitting everyone, but we know we need to be healthy for the sake of our loved one. But how can we do that without breaking the bank? To help us answer the question this week is Hannah Wilson. Hannah is a sports dietician and credentialed eating disorder clinician, and is also the director of All Bodies - a nutrition pri…
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How Can I Help My Child Thrive & Maintain My Own Wellbeing? With Dr Justin Coulson
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In this podcast we're joined by Australia's foremost parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson, and we're asking the question - how can I help my child grow and thrive while still maintaining my own wellbeing? Dr Justin Coulson is dad six daughters and recently became a grandfather. He's the parenting expert and co-host of Channel 9's Parental Guidance, a…
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How Do I Turn My Creative Passion Into a Career? With Cam Armstrong
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So many of us have creative outlets that we use to relax and unwind. But what do you do when you start to think your creative passion could become your career? How do you navigate transitioning that hobby into a full time, sustainable job? On this episode of 52Q, Cam Armstrong is going to be taking a deep dive into how he did just that. Cam is the …
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Why Do I Feel So Exhausted After Holidays? With Valerie Ling
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It's so often the case - we book in that holiday and we look forward to some much needed rest and relaxation. But often we come back from our holidays even more tired than before we left. Why is this and how can we change it? To answer this question is Valerie Ling - a Clinical Psychologist, who has a wealth of counselling experience, and a passion…
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Will I Ever Be Able to Buy a House? With Alex Cook
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It used to be an Aussie right of passage - work hard, save for a house deposit and buy a home of your own. But with house prices through the roof, continual interest rate rises and a cost-of-living crisis, home ownership now feels like a pipe dream for many. In this episode Alex Cook will answer the question - where do I begin to save for a house d…
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How Do I Set Achievable Goals? With Jaemin Frazer
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In this very first episode of 52Q, we're kicking off 2024 asking the question - how do I set achievable and meaningful goals? It's a question many of us ask as we assess the year ahead, and try to put in place some New Year's resolutions. To help us answer this question is Jaemin Frazer - Jaemin is widely recognised as one of Australia’s best life …
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Steff Willis and Micah Gibson have a ton of questions about life, so they've decided to get some answers! 52Q is the podcast that looks for answers to the big and little questions of life. Each week Micah and Steff will chat to an expert in their field, to get the lowdown on what you need to know! New episodes drop every Monday morning, so make sur…
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