Jan Bayliss Counselling

Jan Bayliss Counselling

Jan has been counselling for over 20 years specialising in grief and loss, working with individuals, couples, families and children offering support in various ways including post separation issues and domestic violence. Jan’s podcast offers discussions, insights, guidance and meditations garnered from her time working as a counsellor to help support and nurture your self, your children and your relationships in your every day life.

Episodes

June 4, 2023 14 mins

This podcast, number 43, is the last for this season. Today's episode looks back briefly on past episodes whilst exploring some exciting possibilities and formats for the new season ahead (which we are planning to launch in a few month’s time).

Today, Jan and Jerry talk about gratitude, appreciating differences in others, the various ways people grieve throughout the world and the importance of boys feeling safe enough to share th...

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Jan was a guest speaker recently for The Star Conferences International forum on Mental Health and Women’s Wellbeing. Jan’s topic was Building Resilience in Children from a Young Age which assists with tools to self regulate and manage emotions differently. This weeks podcast features the audio recorded remotely from this conference.

If you'd like to contact Jan directly you can find her at mail@janbaylisscounselling.com.au. - she...

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I was honoured to be a guest presenter on the KPI Life Management Science Labs Raising Parents Podcast where I was interviewed by Dina Sargeant on the topic of How to Foster Effective Parent-Child Communication.  An in-depth discussion was had around the values of effective communication with children from an early age and how it builds resilience and strength in the formative years which carries over into adolescence.

 

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Today's podcast is taken from a discussion I had with Aditi Kutty from the Relationships Science Labs/KPI Institute who invited me to share my thoughts with them around couples rituals. It was a real honour to be approached and to be included amongst other professionals in the therapeutic field of relationships from other parts of the world and to have this open discussion around such a transformative topic. 

 

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May 7, 2023 20 mins
In this episode- recorded before Jan left us for warmer climes- Jan discusses the concept of 'love languages' with Jerry and how, through identifying and sharing each others love languages in relationships, we can bring about a closer intimacy and understanding.

 

Thank you all so much for listening and supporting this series. If you'd like to contact me you can find me at mail@janbaylisscounselling.com.au. - I'd love to hear from...

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Jan talks about how she manages her self-support in the lead up to heading away for a few weeks whilst beset by family stresses. She also talks about the benefits of self-care, of being 'self-ful' and how that can in actual fact help others. During this episode Jan mentions the following books which you may find helpful: Until Today by Iyanla Vanzant The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn - 4 complete books: The Game of Life, The ...

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April 23, 2023 5 mins

‘Today, settle back to listen to a meditation titled ‘Walk in the Woods’ which allows you to gently tune into your inner and outer world before you settle in to enjoy your stroll in the woodland of your choice’.

 

As always, I do hope you enjoy this podcast; thank you all so much for listening and supporting this series. If you'd like to contact me you can find me at mail@janbaylisscounselling.com.au. - I'd love to hear from you. ...

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April 17, 2023 9 mins

In this, our last episode talking about the Ness series, I talk with Mel (CEO, Films4Change) about Kookaburra, about bringing joyfulness into our lives and about all the feelings we have looked at over the past few weeks listening to the series.

I hope you enjoy this podcast; thank you all so much for listening. If you'd like to contact me you can find me at mail@janbaylisscounselling.com.au. - I'd love to hear from you. And if you...

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April 9, 2023 7 mins

In this, the 6th episode in a series of shorts produced by Films4Change about Ness, a young girl who learns to identify and manage her feelings through her conversations with various Australian animals, Ness is found sitting up in the tree talking with Koala, beautifully voiced by Evie the daughter of Mel, CEO Films4Change. Ness is telling Koala about her nervousness and shyness, knowing her mum is having people over.  Koala tells ...

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April 2, 2023 13 mins

This is the 5th episode in a series of shorts produced by Films4Change about Ness, a young girl who learns to identify and manage her feelings through her conversations with various Australian animals. Today Ness talks to Lyrebird, voiced by Jerry from Films4Change, about how proud she is of herself for overcoming her nervousness in her dance concert and winning a medal.  Jerry and I discuss positive ways for parents to be able t...

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March 27, 2023 10 mins

This is the fourth episode in a series of shorts produced by Films4Change around a young girl called Ness who learns to identify and manage her feelings through her conversations with various Australian animals.

Today Ness talks to wombat, beautifully voiced and characterised by actor Leofric Kingsford-Smith, about her feelings around having to clean her room and her mum calling her cranky and lazy.

Mel and I again discuss the impo...

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March 20, 2023 14 mins

This is the third episode in a series of shorts produced by Films4Change around a young girl called Ness who learns to identify and manage her feelings through her conversations with various Australian animals.

Today Ness talks to Butterfly about her anxious feelings around having a new baby brother.

Mel- CEO of Films4Change- and I go on to discuss about the importance of hearing and validating feelings in children and how valuable...

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March 13, 2023 12 mins

The second in a series of shorts produced by Films4Change which involve a young girl called Ness is now available.  Today Ness talks to Joey about her sadness at having to leave her Mum for a short while.  Joey is able to talk to Ness about the cosiness he feels in his Mother’s pouch, however understands he will need to leave the pouch as he gets bigger, knowing his Mum is still there for him.. Mel- CEO of Films4Change- and I discu...

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March 6, 2023 17 mins

In today's episode we listen to the first in a series of shorts produced by Films4Change which involve a young girl called Ness. Ness learns to express and manage a variety of different feelings with the help of her interactions with different Australian native animals. Today, Ness is Angry and discusses how she feels with a Tasmanaian Devil. 

Anger in children can be confronting and triggering for us as adults - Mel and I discuss ...

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Today I have a lovely discussion with Melinda Arnold, CEO Films4Change, about the beautiful Ness series of 7 online episodes dealing with building resilience in children from a young age. Ness is a young girl who, in each episode,  interacts with Australian animals and shares about her feelings. Each animal, beautifully drawn by Belinda Lindhardt of Creative Hardt , is able to assist Ness in finding another way to deal with some of...

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February 13, 2023 33 mins

In my podcast released today, it is my pleasure to introduce to you a man who I completed my relationship counselling training with over 20 years ago.  His name is John Dimond of John Dimond Counselling.  John talks about the life changing experience he encountered during our training, the benefits of undertaking Gestalt body work therapy as well as learning techniques that allow for a deeper respect, understanding and connection t...

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Continuing my conversation with Melinda Arnold, CEO of Films4Change and director at Studio Kreadiv ; this is the third and final part of our 3 part series and centres around ‘It’s Just a Choice’, the series which Mel and the Films4Change team developed and which demonstrates how it becomes a choice in all relationships to be abusive as well as modelling ways to be able to change those behaviours. Being role models for our children ...

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This episode is Part 2 of a three part discussion with Melinda Arnold from Films4Change, which explores how the rewarding benefits of volunteering can steer a person into finding ways to readjust and begin to know who they truly are.

We also explore the healing benefits which came up for Melinda as a result of producing the ‘It’s Just a Choice’series. This was Films4Change's first series (it is freely available on line at https://w...

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In this episode (part 1 of 3) I begin a conversation with Melinda, CEO of Films4Change Inc, around her journey. We discuss relationships, family and domestic violence, personal change and growth. This was such a great conversation and we went way over time so have divided the whole discourse into 3 parts for ease of listening. each part will be published as usual on Monday mornings 0830 AEST. Thanks so much for listening.

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January 16, 2023 27 mins

Explores the difficulties that can emerge when any thought of personal change is considered, acknowledging how the body remembers and holds onto old patterning and ways of thinking. How changing old habits can benefit relationships is explored along with bodily adjustment to a new way of being.

 

This podcast was recorded at Studio Kreadiv, Central Coast NSW, Australia by the team at Films4ChangeInc. © Jan Bayliss Counselling 2022 ...

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