Climate Courage
Hosted by clinical psychologist Emily Toner, Climate Courage is a 10-episode audio journey for anyone navigating emotional fatigue, eco-anxiety, or burnout in the face of the environmental crisis. Whether you're a frontline climate professional, an activist, or an everyday person who cares deeply about our collective future, this podcast offers grounded psychological tools, personal and science-based insights and a safe space to process challenging thoughts and emotions. Each episode blends insights from wellbeing science, behavioural pyschology, mindfulness, and systems thinking to help you process grief, regulate your nervous system, and rediscover agency and courage.
Episodes
11 episodes
Ep 10. We Are All In This Together
Ready to transform climate overwhelm into empowered action? This finale episode brings together 10 episodes of climate psychology, positive psychology, and mindfulness practices into one clear roadmap for sustainable environm...
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Episode 10
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13:09
Ep 9. Climate Leadership — You Are More Powerful Than You Think
Why small steps matter when finding your voice as an environmental leader.Feeling like you're "not enough" to make a difference on climate change? You're not alone. In this episode, clinical psychologist Emily Toner explores how i...
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Episode 9
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13:59
Ep 8. Self-Compassion Ingites Action
✨ Could being a little bit kinder to ourselves be the secret to collective climate courage?In this episode of Climate Courage, Emily Toner, Clinical Psychologist, explores how self-compassion is the missing link we...
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Episode 8
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15:01
Ep 7. The Courage to Change — One Person's Ripple Effect
Do you ever catch yourself thinking: "I’m just one person, what difference can I make?” In this episode, we explore how to weed out unhelpful thoughts that lead to overwhelm and powerlessness, and plant seeds of empowerment...
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Episode 7
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16:08
Ep 6. Remembering You Are Nature
In this episode of Climate Courage, clinical psychologist Emily Toner explores how reconnecting with nature—and our own inner nature—can help us cultivate joy, resilience, and clarity in the midst of stress, uncertainty, and the challe...
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Episode 6
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12:01
Ep 5. Positive Emotion — Why Feeling Good Helps the Earth
In this episode of Climate Courage, we explore why prioritising your personal wellbeing may be one of the most powerful actions you can take to heal the earth.After honouring grief in our last session, today we shift into...
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Episode 5
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14:38
Ep 4. How to Be with Climate Grief
Episode 4: Knowing Grief — How to Sit with Climate Grief In this episode of Climate Courage, we gently explore the emotional landscape of climate grief — a incredibly reasonable response to the experience of e...
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Episode 4
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16:26
Ep 3. From Shame to Courage — How Emotions Shape Action
In this episode of Climate Courage, we explore how some emotions spur us into action while others stop us in our tracks. From shame, guilt, and fear, which tend to paralyze us, to courage, acceptance, and ...
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Episode 3
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14:53
Ep 2. A Brain That Can’t Feel, Can’t Act
In this episode of Climate Courage, clinical psychologist Emily Toner explores how our emotions shape decision-making and behaviour—and why avoiding discomfort may be the greatest barrier to meaningful climate action....
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Episode 2
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15:28
Ep 1. Climate Courage — Seeing the Human Side of the Crisis
In this powerful first episode of Climate Courage, clinical psychologist Emily Toner explores the emotional toll of climate change and why our greatest environmental challenge may not be a technology problem at all, but a...
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Episode 1
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