One man, thrust into fear, driven by his curiosity, travels the world interviewing experts on fear. The result is “Facing Fear”, the film. It’s toured Australia and is now rolling out in the USA, with an exceptional response. Film-maker and author, Bill Bennett, speaks of his journey through his own fear whilst making and touring the film, and his transformed attitude to his diagnosis. A universally relevant topic. A conversation illuminated by curiosity, openness, humility and compassion. You’ll enjoy this one.

When Dr. Petrina Barson was a medical student, she found that compassion was not emphasised in her training and, at worst, considered dangerous to a doctor’s ability to be objective. She knew that, as a doctor, she didn’t want to lose her compassion to fit the prevailing attitudes, and went on to make a study of compassion, teaching compassion cultivation to both medical students and the broader community.