Shine the Spotlight: The Psychology of Health & Business
Shine the Spotlight is a podcast about how we actually function as humans — in our health, our work, and the lives we’re trying to build. My name is Nichi Morrin, clinical psychologist, writer, lifestyle architect, and entrepreneur. I explore the psychology behind health, business, and sustainable success.
Each episode brings practical, real-world conversations at the intersection of:
Applied psychology and human behaviour
Invisible health, energy, and nervous system regulation
Business psychology, leadership, and doing work smarter — not harder
Building freedom, meaning, and a life that supports you, not just your output
This is not therapy — and it’s not hustle culture.
It’s about understanding how your mind and nervous system shape your health, your choices, and your ability to create a life and business that actually works for you.
Whether you’re a founder, professional, creative, or high-functioning human who knows there has to be a better way to live and work, Shine the Spotlight offers insight, language, and perspective to help you move forward — without burning yourself out or abandoning what matters.
Because success shouldn’t cost your health. And a good life shouldn’t be postponed.
Shine the Spotlight: The Psychology of Health & Business
Latest Episodes
Ep. 25: POTS - The Hidden Health Condition Medicine Missed
Key Takeaways1. POTS is real, physiological, and common Up to one million Australians may be living with it right now. It is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system — not anxiety, not stress, not "in your head."<...
Ep. 24: Touch, Intimacy & Consent in a Dysregulated Body
In this episode, Nichi explores touch, intimacy, and consent when living in a dysregulated body. She unpacks how chronic pain, trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and medical trauma can reshape safety, trust, communication, and connection — a...
Ep. 23: Stop Building a Job & Start Designing a Life
As a new year begins, many people feel pressure to push harder, set bigger goals, and do more. But for high-functioning professionals, founders, and business owners — especially those living with health challenges, fatigue, or nervous system ov...
Ep. 22: Flow, Not Force: The Psychology of Creative Energy & Deliberate Living
In this episode Nichi explores what it really means to live and lead deliberately — and why flow, not force, is the key to creative energy, clarity, and sustainable success.We live in a world that glorifies hustle, busyness, and pushing ...
Ep. 21: The Cut Footage from the TV Interview: Spotlight on EDS & POTS
In this deeply personal and vital episode, Nichi shares the behind-the-scenes truth that didn’t make it into the national TV segment which aired on A Current Affair recently about her daughter’s shocking heart attack from Spontaneous Coronary A...