Mental Work
Mental Work is the Australian podcast for mental health workers about working in mental health.
Hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins (PhD, MPsych)
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Recent Episodes
July 13, 2025
What should early-career mental health workers know more about?
Hello! Bron here - I'm looking for new episode ideas and guests. This podcast is for you, so I want to hear from you! If you would like to be a guest to chat about a topic that early-career mental health workers should know a...
July 9, 2025
Working as a mental health researcher (with Dr Alix Woolard)
Bron is joined by Dr Alix Woolard, a Senior Research Fellow at The Kids Research Institute, to give us an insider peek into the world of being a youth mental health researcher. Along the way, we chat about how research and cl...
July 2, 2025
Where are you on the burnout continuum? (with Matthew Jackson)
Not all mental health professionals experience burnout, but if they do, they might not realise just how bad it is. Matthew returns to the pod to chat with Bron about the five phases of burnout, starting from the honeymoon pha...
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About the Host
Bronwyn Milkins
Mental Work Founder / Psychologist / Researcher
Mental Work was founded by Dr Bronwyn Milkins (PhD, MPsych), an Aussie Psychologist and Mental Health Researcher on a mission to help early-career mental health workers have sustainable and enjoyable careers from the get-go so that they can skip the burnout and thrive. Since 2021, Bron has loved hosting Mental Work across 150+ episodes with 80+ guests. She's a bubbly ADHDer who likes dogs, sewing, and sci-fi.