Part 1 of a panel discussion led by Mary o'Hagen, Director of Lived Experience at Wellways, on the shared role we play in building a more compassionate mental health system. The panellists of this discussion include Giancarlo de Vera, Maria Katsonis, and Associate Professor Harry Hill.

Last month, we held our 24th Annual Woodcock Lecture in Melbourne. The evening brought together mental health advocates, peer workers, clinicians, and people with lived experience around a central theme: how to centre dignity and humanity in the mental health system. This episode will feature keynote speaker, Giancarlo de Vera the CEO of BEING, as they discuss the loss of close friends and 'the slow invisible violence of coercive treatment', that exists within the mental health system.

Last month, we held our 24th Annual Woodcock Lecture in Melbourne. The evening brought together mental health advocates, peer workers, clinicians, and people with lived experience around a central theme: how to centre dignity and humanity in the mental health system.Today, on our radio show Brainwaves, we share part one of three, that combined, feature the opening, keynote speech and panel discussion, respectively.Listen to Wellways CEO, Laura Collister’s opening address, the heartfelt Welcome to Country by Elder, Aunty Annette, and reflections by Wellways Board Chair, Michael Gorton, who spoke about the event’s legacy.

Professional Music Therapist, Carrie Henschell, has worked in social services, community and the health sector for more than a decade. Her portfolio includes mental health, brain injury rehabilitation, disability services, youth homelessness and refugee settlement services. Carrie's approach is grounded in trauma-informed care and techniques include: music making and song writing.

Bestselling author, Jennifer Scoullar joins Brainwaves to talk about her new novel ‘Wild Horses’ — and the powerful role animals, nature, and storytelling can play in supporting mental wellbeing.

Megan Del Borello is the founder of We Are Emersyn and The We Are Emersyn Foundation. Megan knows first-hand how challenging being a women founder is. It’s this reason that she is changing the narrative on women founders and creating an ecosystem for them to be supported and thrive.

Michael and Janelle are life partners who have undergone various challenges, mainly learning how to live with Michael's brain injury and cognitive failures. Through Michael's recovery, he found he was drawn to others with similar stories and realised he wanted to document these interactions. This is how the RoadzofLife documentary was born. The Youtube channel with the same name has gained 550 thousand subscribers over the last year, giving them a platform to step out and share their story. They both publicly advocate & facilitate discussion surrounding the topics & social issues the documentary explores.Join host Ananya Sharma in conversation with Michael and Janelle this week as they share their story and the process of creating their documentary. Michael and Janelle's Youtube channel can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/@roadzoflife

Following more than a decade of military service as a Critical Care Nurse, Nadine Muller became a high-performance coach, mentor and international best-selling author. In her book ‘A Reason to Rise’ she shares her journey of overcoming immense personal and family adversity. Nadine is today’s guest on our radio show Brainwaves, where she will discuss her struggles and how she rose above them.

Content warning: This episode contains topics relating to sexual abuse and can be activating for some. Blue Knot Foundation is a national scentre for complex trauma. Blue Knot advocates for and provides support to people who have experience of complex trauma, and those who support them. Join the president of the Blue Knot Foundation Dr Cathy Kezelman and host Mark as they discuss the impacts of complex trauma and some of the ways people living with complex trauma recover.

Content warning: This episode contains topics relating to sexual abuse and can be activating for some. Blue Knot Foundation is a national scentre for complex trauma. Blue Knot advocates for and provides support to people who have experience of complex trauma, and those who support them. Join lived experience embassador for Blue Knot Sue and host Mark Eastwood as they discuss Sue's lived experience of complex trauma and the advocacy work she has taken part in.