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After 10 years in the mental health sector supporting patients, and being a patient himself, Max Simensen believes there is a better way to approach treatment.
Max speaks up against emotional suppression and discusses how people with mental health issues find a need to perform 'unwellness’ in order to access the treatment they need.
Over the last two years, Max has led NSW’s first operational SafeHaven - a drop-in service, offering an alternative to Emergency Departments for people in suicidal distress. SafeHaven is staffed by peer workers who have their own lived experience of suicidality.
https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/safehavenIAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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What happens to young people when religious dogma clashes with sexual identity? In many cultures, living outside of sexual norms can evoke guilt, shame and rejection. But, Mohammad Awad who runs the award-winning Muslim Peers Project, which supports young Muslims, says that religious identity and queer identity are not mutually exclusive - they can exist in harmony.
An artist, writer and poet, Awad talks with Chris Jaeger about mental health consequences of marginalisation, advocating for acceptance, and creating a safe place where young Muslims can access culturally sensitive support.
The Muslim Peers Project
The Muslim Peers Project is an initiative by Outloud to support young queer Muslims experiencing mental health distress.
https://outloud.org.au/projects/muslim-peers-project/
https://www.instagram.com/muslim_peers_project
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Leon Fernandes talks with Meg, a clinical psychologist who reveals how stigma and shame inhibit members of her profession from discussing and seeking treatment for their own mental health issues.
Meg’s perspective is shaped by having faced mental health trauma and the uncomfortable reactions exhibited when communicating her experiences to colleagues.
Leon, who has for a long time been in therapy with Meg, talks about the comfort that he feels from knowing that his therapist truly understands what it’s like to walk in his shoes.IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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In Part II of Big Feelings, Chris Jaeger introduces Natalie Toal - a ‘super feeler’ who is an advocate of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for managing big feelings.
Natalie explains what is involved in the therapy, and outlines its benefits. Natalie relies on DBT herself and, as a peer worker in mental health, she is involved in helping others who are dealing with overwhelming feelings.
Chris and Natalie also discuss the burden of stigma faced by people with big feelings and diagnoses of borderline personality disorders.
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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After 10 years in psychotherapy, Hannah Achelles has learned to navigate big feelings. In this interview with co-host Chris Jaeger, Hannah talks about befriending emotions to stop them from becoming overwhelming and developing into depression. For those who experience extreme emotions, managing those feelings can be a complex and lifelong journey.
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Executive Producer of IAMF, Leon Fernandes has faced deep trauma because of failings in mental health care. While awaiting a psychiatric hospital bed, Leon spent 12 terrifying nights in an open ward shared with people experiencing drug-induced psychosis.
In this episode Leon speaks candidly about his fears and suicidal thoughts. With presenter Chris Jaeger, he discusses failures of a system that is too often beset by ill-considered patient communication and inadequate funding.
As recipients of care, and as mental health peer support workers, Leon and Chris offer their unique perspectives from both sides of the fence.
Leon’s motivation to bare his soul in a raw and challenging account of lived-experience is, he says, driven by a need to give voice to those who are silenced by fear, or lack the capacity to speak up for themselves.
In Dr Sophie Isobel, Leon finds a like-minded advocate. A clinician and researcher, Dr Isobel looks into the shadows of mental health services, documenting harm that occurs in the course of psychiatric hospitalisation. She speaks with Leon about her findings and how the knowledge of iatrogenic harm can be applied to improve patient outcomes.
While the episode reveals flaws in the system, Leon and Chris are at pains to emphasise the exemplary care offered by compassionate health care workers and praise facilities that attain high standards while functioning under difficult financial constraints.IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Loneliness affects one in three of us. It is a silent epidemic that can negatively impact our mental and physical health.
Producer/presenter Chris Jaeger talks about his experiences of loneliness, delving into the roles played by friendship, romantic connections, and loss.Expert, Dr Michell Lim explains her mission to elevate awareness, and encourage actions, to address loneliness.
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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In this episode, we hear the stories of two people whose loved ones have died by suicide.
It’s heavy stuff, involving big emotions. As presenter Leon Fernandes says in the interview, “There are places where words can’t reach and that darkness [of suicide] is absolutely one of them.”
Jane talks about the loss of husband Jez, and how she continues to struggle to make sense of his suicide, with gusty honesty and deep compassion.
Gab’s experience happened at just 14 when her beloved brother took his life. Many years later, Gab would lose a second family member to suicide when her father chose to end his life.IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to hear voices? In this mesmerising episode, Leon Fernandes is joined by Ruah Grace who talked about her life-long experience of hearing voices. A deeply spiritual character, Ruah recently departed this life after suffering a short illness. This episode is dedicated with love, to Ruah, her partner, family, and friends.
Ruah’s voices took on many guises from warm and loving, to sinister and deadly.
A lived-experience advocate in mental health, Ruah reflected on her Māori-Irish heritage, childhood sexual abuse and psychiatric drug treatments. Ruah characterised her voices as ‘glorious intruders’ and explained their spiritual, cultural, and familial significance.
An Indigenous Māori, Ruah was connected by blood to the tribes of Ngati Awa, Te Arawa and Ngapuhi. A proud member of the rainbow community, Ruah described herself as, “..queer, transfemme, pan/demi romantic, relationship anarchist, writer, artist, musician and one of the mystical and beloved children of The Great Mother/The Divine Feminine.”
If you'd like some further support or information about hearing voices, there are a number of organisations and resources available to you.
The Hearing Voices Network is an international network of people who hear voices, see visions, or have or have other unusual perceptions, and their allies. They provide resources and information developed by and for voice hearers as well as for allies and professionals who many or may not hear voices: https://www.hearing-voices.org/tag/australia/
There are groups around Australia that are run by and for people who hear voices. These groups provide peer support, dealing with ways that people navigate hearing voices with or without medication.
Australian Hearing Voices Network Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AustHVN/
Intervoice (International Hearing Voices Projects) is a charity, registered in the UK, that aims to support the International Hearing Voices Movement by connecting people, sharing ideas, distributing information, highlighting innovative initiatives, encouraging high quality respectful research and promoting its values across the world.It contains a number of resources and links to groups in Australia
https://www.intervoiceonline.org/about-us#content
Doug Holmes, valued members of our IAMF! advisory group, is also Chairperson of Hearing Voices Network in NSW. He beautifully articulates his experiences of hearing voices here: https://wayahead.org.au/hearing-voices-doug-holmes/IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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How comfortable are you in talking about sex and suicide? No matter what, we each have a close relationship with and strong opinions about sex and suicide. Talking candidly about them can be difficult – with each they can fill us with unease, bring up distressing memories, force us to sit with uncertainty and with fear.
*This episode has a significant focus on suicide. If you need to talk to someone, please visit the Mindframe website where you will find a list of contacts.
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On the final episode for season one, we chat with Stella Anna Sonnenbaum MPH CSSE, a Somatic Sexologist and Certified Somatic Sex Educator with a busy practice in Central London, UK, and on Zoom. Originally a licensed pharmacist from Berlin, she initially took up Tantra training over 15 years ago when seeking help and advice about how to create more intimacy in the sexless relationship she was in.
She founded her company, Stella with Love, in 2014, with the aim of helping couples and individuals to find more intimacy with each other, and added her certifications in 2015 and 2016 to gain professional expertise in helping clients address and overcome sexual issues, in person, and online. She feels she has found her love and vocation, and gives workshops, lectures and presentations in order to make this very effective body-based approach better known, and to enable people to find more love and pleasure in their lives and relationships.
Following Stella’s interview, Caz speaks sex with Club Mind participants, Steffi and Dave about all things intimacy and sex.
Lastly, we hear the first episode of Leon’s new podcast, The Suicide Chronicles.IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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For most of human history, mental illness has been largely untreatable. Sufferers lived their lives - if they survived - in and out of asylums, accumulating life's wreckage around them.
In 1948, all that changed when an Australian doctor and recently returned prisoner of war, working alone in a disused kitchen, set about an experimental treatment for one of the scourges of mankind - manic depression, or bipolar disorder. That doctor was John Cade and in that small kitchen he stirred up a miracle.
John Cade discovered a treatment that has become the gold standard for bipolar disorder - lithium. It has stopped more people from committing suicide than a thousand help lines.
Lithium is the penicillin story of mental health - the first effective medication discovered for the treatment of a mental illness - and it is, without doubt, Australia's greatest mental health story.
Guests:Associate Professor Hans Pols is an expert in the history, sociology, and anthropology of medicine. He currently focuses on the history of colonial and postcolonial medicine in Southeast Asia. He has also published on the history of the American mental hygiene movement, the treatment of war neurosis in the armed forces of during World War II, and the history of colonial psychiatry. Hans has been investigating the history of medicine in the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia for several years as part of his research within the School of History and Philosophy of Science. He has a special interest in the history of psychiatry that dates back to his childhood.
Greg de Moore is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry based at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital. Greg works as a clinician, teacher and researcher in the fields of neuropsychiatry, general hospital psychiatry, deliberate self-harm and the history of medicine. As a recent Director of Psychiatry Training he oversaw the psychiatric education of young doctors as they worked towards becoming psychiatrists. He is affiliated with Western Sydney University and the University of Sydney.
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Many people across Australia and the world are afraid to talk about suicide. A common misconception is that talking about it will encourage and lead to suicide.
In episode 11 of It’s A Mind Field!, we start the conversation about suicide and some of the myths around it. We take a first-hand look at the factors that drive suicidal thinking and behaviour and reveal the powerful effect that holding space for someone going through this can have.
*This episode has a significant focus on suicide. If you need to talk to someone, please visit the Mindframe website where you will find a list of contacts.
Our guests:Max Simensen has worked in Mental Health Peer Worker roles for over 7 years in the public mental health system, with his first job being at a local headspace when he was 17. Max fell in love with being able to harness his lived experiences and personal learnings to sit with others in familiar dark places.
Max is an openly trans man who is passionate about the rainbow community but also embracing all other diversities of the human condition and pushing for social justice.
Max has experienced intense times of suicidal thinking and behaviours over many years, and lost his younger sister two years ago after she took her own life. Max wants to change the way we look at suicide and how we hold space in those times. He is currently the SafeHaven Coordinator - which is a new peer-led service focused on offering an informal space staffed with people who have a lived experience of suicide as an alternative to emergency departments.
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In Club Mind, Leon, Caz and Chris then talk about the impact that suicidal thinking and behaviour has had on their lives.
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Tim is a nurse practitioner in mental health liaison at the Emergency Department of a major Sydney Hospital and has been in this role for over two decades.IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Australia is a country that lives for sport; in the 2021 lockdown, millions of people were glued to the Olympics in Tokyo and football grand finals. But what about the mental health of athletes when they’re off the field? Renowned sports psychiatrist Dr Ranjit Menon joins It’s A Mind Field! to discuss the mental health of high-performance athletes.
On December 14 2012, the world watched in horror as a deadly school shooting unfolded at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in the United States. It was the deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school in US History. Darren Wagner has extensive experience working with mass trauma after supporting his community of Sandy Hook through a school shooting and joins It’s a Mind Field! to discuss post-traumatic growth.
Guests:Dr Ranjit Menon is a consultant psychiatrist specialising in mood and anxiety disorders. He has an Advanced Certificate in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and is also a leading sports psychiatrist with a Certificate of Additional Training in Sports Psychiatry awarded by ISSP. He is the current Chief Psychiatrist of the AFL and the Director of Mentalogue Clinic, which specialises in the care of athletes and other patients with mood and anxiety disorders. He is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University. He is also the Vice President of the International Society for Sports Psychiatry. Dr Menon has published several peer reviewed publications. He is an external specialist for the AIS, Rugby Australia, Tennis Australia, Cricket Australia and was the on-call psychiatrist for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Join Patrick, Bree and Jane in ‘club mind’ where they respond to Dr Ranjit Menon’s interview and share their thoughts on sports and mental health.
---Darren Wagner is a peer support manager, lived experience educator, researcher, and mental health comedian. Darren never avoids the ‘big topics’ and shares his experiences of mental health challenges over 30 years and how he has used his sense of humour as a coping mechanism to live with his symptoms and grow from his experiences.
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Episode Nine of It’s A Mind Field! explores Aboriginal mental health and suicide. Research shows that Indigenous people in Australia are twice as likely to die by suicide than non-Indigenous Australians. The suicide rate of Indigenous Australian children is amongst the highest in the world and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged between 15 and 24 are almost four times more likely to commit suicide than non-Indigenous people of the same age.
In today’s episode, we hear the voices of Aboriginal Australians talking about mental health.
*This episode has a significant focus on suicide. If you need to talk to someone, please visit the Mindframe website where you will find a list of contacts.
Guests:Dr Tracy Westerman AM is a proud Nyamal woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology, a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology and Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology). She is a recognised world leader in Aboriginal mental health, cultural competency and suicide prevention achieving national and international recognition for her work. In 2021 she was given an Order of Australia (AM), and was named Australian of the Year (Western Australia) in 2018. Dr Tracy Westerman AM is also the founder of the Westerman Jilya Institute, an organisation that advances, supports and mentors Indigenous psychologists for Australia's highest risk communities.
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In Club Mind, Roy, Bill and Leon unpack and respond to Dr Tracey Westernman AM’s interview.
___________Andrew Thorpe is a Gunnai and Gunditjmara man living on Boonwurrung country. He is a proud father of two girls who rediscovered his love of running in 2020, after the suicide of a close friend in 2019. In the last year, Andrew has run 255km for the Black Dog Institute’s One Foot Forward campaign. He also ran his first marathon for the Indigenous Marathon Project. Andrew Thorpe is also an important voice in lessening stigma around mental health struggles in the construction industry.
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Imagine that life is a video game and at the start of the game, everyone is gifted 90,000 ‘bonus hours’, to spend doing whatever tickles their fancy
How would you spend this time?
Would you explore the world with those you love the most?
Would you kick-back and watch re-runs of Sex and The City?
Or maybe rescue twelve dogs and start a commune in Alaska.
However you’d spend this time doesn’t matter; what matters is it's yours.
I’m sorry to break this brief moment of fantasy; life is sadly not a utopian video-game with 90,000 bonus hours. The number 90,000 was selected because that's how long the average person spends at work their lifetime.
Given how much time is spent at work, it’s not surprising that work and mental health are inextricably linked.
In today’s episode, we’re taking a close look at work and mental health from two very different angles.
Guests:Alexandra Rowe is an Assistant State Inspector in the Psychological Health and Safety Team at SafeWork NSW. In addition to undertaking complex investigations in the domains of workplace stress, violence, fatigue and workplace bullying, my foremost interest is in providing education and practical advice to support both workplaces and the generalist inspectorate of SafeWork NSW in relation to psychosocial hazards. Alexandra is an advocate for taking a wholistic approach to work health and safety to create and maintain not only physical but also mentally healthy workplaces across NSW.
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In Club Mind, Caz, Chris and Leon speak candidly about how their work has interacted with their mental health.
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Narelle Fraser was a member of Victoria Police for 27 years, 15 of those as a Detective with Homicide, Rape, Sex Crimes, Missing Persons & Child Exploitation Squads, specialising in sex offences & child abuse. She was involved in many high profile criminal investigations.
In 2012 Narelle was diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) & was never able to return to Policing. She overcame many adversities to become an 'accidental' mental health advocate & keynote speaker on stress in the workplace & the challenges of first responders facing trauma & grief on a daily basis.
Narelle has lectured in Investigative Techniques & Human Rights @ NMIT, Criminology & Specialist Interviewer Program @ Monash & is a policing & mental health commentator including an appearance on SBS Insight program 'Calling it Quits' in June 2021. Narelle has her own podcast series, 'Narelle Fraser Interviews' exploring the human side and impact of crime.
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Drugs destroy lives…..or do they? Everyone has an opinion about drugs, and usually a robust one.
For some people living with mental health issues, the impacts of drug use can be devastating and even fatal. However, for some, intoxication can also be a source of joy, inspiration, and self-knowledge. What do you reckon? This episode features two of Australia’s most prominent and influential voices around all things related to drugs, and their opinions might not be the ones you expect.
Guests:Professor Nadine Ezard is the Director of the National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs as well as being the Clinical Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney.
Nadine has over 25 year’s experience in the addiction medicine field and is considered one of Australia’s experts. After gaining her medical qualifications from the University of Melbourne, she acquired her Master of Public Health from Harvard and her PhD in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine.
She has received multiple accolades being included in Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence. She has previously worked for the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.
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In Club Mind, Roy, Bill, and Caz ruminate on Nadine’s interview with candidness and gusto.
---Tony Trimingham OAM lost his son, Damien, 24 years ago to a heroin overdose. Since then, he started an organisation called Family Drug Support. He has been a counsellor and group leader for over 30 years and has assisted many families who suffer the impact of alcohol and other drugs on the lives of loved ones.
In 1998, Prime Minister John Howard made him a founding member of the Australian National Council on Drugs – a principle advisory body to the federal government. Tony has been awarded many accolades for his work with the community, including being honoured with an Order of Australia medal for his work in the community.IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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In today’s episode, we examine some of the things we hold near to our hearts but might be afraid to talk about. We talk openly about suicide from those with personal experience and what the research says. This is a story of hope, not despair.
We then have an interview we hope you’ll love as much as we do!
We interview a sex worker who specialises in working with clients who have dementia, living within aged care facilities. Though eye-opening, this is a story of tenderness, not titillation.
*This episode has a significant focus on suicide. If you need to talk to someone, please visit the Mindframe website where you will find a list of contacts.
Guests:
Associate Professor Fiona Shand is an expert in suicide prevention, driven from both professional interest and personal experiences. Dr Shand is a senior researcher at the Black Dog Institute and at the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention. She is also a practising clinical psychologist who has worked extensively with a variety of people, including those experiencing issues relating to mood, problematic eating and substance use.
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Caz conducts Club Mind with Alyse, Brie and Steve who talk candidly about their personal relationship with suicide, and the ways in which they navigated it.
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Julie Bates AO has been a sex worker and activist for more than four decades. She’s been at the forefront of the Australian sex worker rights movement since the early 80s. She has been a pioneer and champion for the rights of sex workers and mobilising the sex industry against the spread of HIV/AIDS. Today, she is still a passionate advocate working as an adviser to the sex industry and other stakeholders and organisations in matters of work health and safety and local government planning matters. Julie is also sex worker, working primarily with clients in their golden years, often with dementia and living in aged care facilities.IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Have you ever felt lonely? Are you lonely now? French writer, Honoré de Balzac wrote that “solitude is fine but sometimes you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” Ain’t that the truth! In this episode, we investigate what causes loneliness and how it is different from solitude. And where does our drive to connect come from? How and why do we connect, with words or without them? Though it can feel like it sometimes, you’re not alone. We promise!
Dr Michelle Lim is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and leads the Social Health and Wellbeing Laboratory at Swinburne University of Technology. She is also the Chief Scientific Advisor for Ending Loneliness Together, and the co-director of the Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection. Dr Lim’s work is focused on how loneliness can negatively impact social functioning and exacerbate mental health symptoms such as social anxiety, depression, and paranoia.
Alise Blayney is a poet, writer, artist, editor and peer educator who has worked in mental health services since 2013. She holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong and enjoys alchemising her creativity and lived experience in mental health education. You can find her book of poetry Grief for Hire on Verity LA.
Ben Frater was a unique surrealist Australian poet who saw poetry as both confession and exorcism, drawing on his lived experience of the schizophrenic vernacular. His legend and legacy live on with the creative writing project Clozapine Clinic — The Frater Project. You can find his book of poetry 6am in the Universe on Grand Parade Poets.
Tim Heffernan is an experienced consumer peer worker and is the Mental Health Peer Coordinator at COORDINARE, South Eastern NSW PHN. Tim has been a member of the Commission’s Community Advisory Council since its establishment in 2014, and a past chair of Being (NSW Consumer Advisory Group) and the NSW Public Mental Health Consumer Workers Committee. He is the Deputy co-chair for the National Mental Health Commission’s Peer Workforce Development Guidelines Steering Committee.
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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Is there a connection between religious involvement and mental health? Hell yeah! Though it is a long and complex relationship indeed. For some, religion and sport has been a source of deep joy and connection, whereas for others it has been an irritant. Of course, there are many shades in between. Funnily enough, the exact same thing could be said about sport. What do you reckon?
Carole Cusack is a Professor at Religious Studies at the University of Sydney. Her research interests include medieval European religion, religious conversion, modern Paganism, new religious movements, and religion and popular culture.
Visit: www.sydney.edu.au
James Lolicato is the co-founder of Pride Cup Australia and was previously the founder/CEO of Proud 2 Play. James was named Australian Community Leader of the Year by the Australian Institute of Managers and Leaders.
Visit: pridecup.org.au
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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In this episode, we unearth the connection between invisible illness and its propensity to result in 50 shades of displacement -- from friends, family, work, visibility in public discourse, and the home itself. Join in on our chats with SHOW ME WHERE IT HURTS: LIVING WITH INVISIBLE ILLNESS author Kylie Maslen, and Yfoundations CEO Pam Barker.
Kylie Maslen is a writer, critic and the author of SHOW ME WHERE IT HURTS: LIVING WITH INVISIBLE ILLNESS. She lives on unceded Kaurna Country in Adelaide.
Visit: www.kyliemaslen.com
Pam Barker is the CEO of Yfoundations, the peak body for youth homelessness in NSW. With a background in psychology, Pam is passionate about helping young people out of homelessness through a mixture of advocacy and leadership.
Visit: yfoundations.org.au
IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW.
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