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Real-world thinking on mental health, work and the juggle of life

Real-world thinking on mental health, leadership and resilience, for leaders, teams and the people who hold them together.

Dr Jo Prendergast
Articles
Media coverage

Broadcast and print interviews where Jo is the expert voice on mental health, burnout and resilience.

Not a cope in hell
Otago Daily Times
Beyond funny: Joanna Prendergast’s brave routine
New Zealand Womans Weekly
Jo Prendergast: coping, cancer and maybe saving a life or two
The Post
Creating comedy out of cancer
Radio New Zealand Saturday Mornings
Psychiatrist and comedian Jo Prendergast on parenting teens
Radio New Zealand Nine To Noon
The Cool Mum Edinburgh Fringe
The Herald Scotland
Jo Prendergast on navigating life’s twists with heartfelt humour and wisdom
Aussie Theatre
The problem with carrot and stick parenting
Sydney Morning Herald
How did the Queen’s favourite son end up in the back of a cop car?
One News
Dr Jo Prendergast: it’s hard to make my son laugh!
Womens Day New Zealand
Barely Coping
Metropol Magazine
Comedian and breast cancer survivor Dr Jo Prendergast’s tips for patients and what to say to them
NZ Herald
House of Wellness Podcast
The Breeze
The hidden behaviours driving burnout
The Specialist GP podcast
Podcasts

Longer conversations, where there is room for the whole story rather than a three-minute segment.

Clinician Burnout
The Specialist GP
Supporting teens through trauma
Raising Teens with Collett Smart
How long should you let your children live at home
The Parent Squad Newstalk ZB
Coping with cancer
House of Wellness
Jo Prendergast and breast cancer
That's So Chronic Jess Brien
Dr Jo Prendergast on a career in psychiatry and stand-up comedy
Creative Careers in Medicine, host Dr Elise Putt
When your teenager sucks
The Juggling Act
Parenting your teen through tough times with Dr Jo Prendergast
The Parenting Couch
Turning Tragedy Into Comedy
Ruddle Me That - Taylor Ruddle
The importance of sleep
IS Podcast
How do I parent my teen through tough times
The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show
Dr Jo Prendergast and her Cancer and Cartwheels
Get It Off Your Chest - The Funny Side Of Breast Cancer
When Life Sucks book cover
When Life Sucks

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