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A crazy number of you are putting your money where your mouth is

We received some surprising stats about this Substack experiment this week — namely, that an insane proportion of you are paying for this show. Like, off the charts. So, thank you. We’ve got more cool stuff coming up to reward you.

Meanwhile, in Radio Land…

Can we all stop being so fucking fabulous?

Have you ever chosen to be content with the humdrum? Is there someone in your life who tries to make everything fabulous? Have you at some point said "you know what? Ordinary is fine."

I was joined by Clinical psychologist Tamara Cavenett talks to hear some great stories of celebrating being ordinary, and finding contentment in life.

Are you (like me) intellectually intelligent… but emotionally dumb?

Emotional intelligence is the capacity to understand and manage your emotions to cope with stressful situations. Not everyone seems to have this ability, despite having a high intellect.

Joel Pearson is the Director Future Minds Lab, UNSW, and each week he joins me to tackles matters like this in the Brain Box segment.

Loads more people are getting multiple sclerosis. Why?

The number of people living with multiple sclerosis in Australia is on the rise and the rate of growth is accelerating.  Researchers think sun avoidance, teenage obesity and women having children later could be some of the lifestyle factors contributing to the rise.

The CEO of MS Australia Rohan Greenland joined the show to tell me more.

A job application asks for your salary expectations. How do you answer?

When a prospective employer asks what you think you're worth, how do you respond? It's a balancing act between not going too low and not pricing yourself out of contention.

Professor John Buchanan from the University of Sydney Business School joined me with some strategies that can assist.