Join Laura Turner and her guest this week - journalist and TV presenter Jo Hall.

Jo was the original host of Great Australian Lives so before the show comes to an end - we wanted to find out more about Jo's life and career.

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Join Laura Turner and her guest Emma Germano - the Chair and President of the Victorian Farmers Federation.

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Join Laura Turner and her guest tonight Dr Alex Wodak.

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Join Laura Turner and her guest this week Kellie Curtain.

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Kellie is the author of ‘What Will I Wear to your Funeral’, an enthralling and deeply moving book about the Curtain family finding the ‘good’ in goodbye as they navigate Kellie’s mother’s passing of cancer.

In Kellie’s own words, “everyone has a story to tell, it’s the story telling that sets them apart. And every story has an audience, my experience is in finding the right medium and platform to reach them.”

Kellie hosts the podcast series UpFront about Breast Cancer for the Breast Cancer Network Australia - you can listen to the podcast HERE. For more info on the BCNA head to their website www.bcna.org.au

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Join Laura Turner and her guest this week Keren Ludski. Keren is the CEO of Red Nose Australia.

www.rednoseday.org.au

Every day, 9 babies and young children die suddenly and unexpectedly in Australia that’s a heartbreaking 3,000 little lives lost every year and our guest tonight is part of an incredible team at Red Nose Australia hoping to change that – her work spurred on by her own horrific loss. On Valentine’s Day 1988 Keren lost her 12 week old son Ben to SIDS.

Listen to Keren’s story: How the tragic loss of her own Son Ben inspired her to save little lives and support families impacted by the death of a baby or child.

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Join Laura Turner and her guest Tim Peck.

After an esteemed and well established career as a detective in the Victoria Police, Tim seemed to be the very embodiment of a competent and successful police officer who threw everything into his career. However in 2014 he had reached breaking point that nobody was able to foresee – he was struggling and willing to commit suicide. In this discussion, Laura speaks with Tim about his path to recovery and how he uses his experiences to assist others going through similar circumstances, and that help is available.

June 27 was post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day, and Tim has dedicated his life to become a part of Phoenix Australia, an organisation dedicated to supporting and assisting those who suffer from PTSD. Phoenix Australia is Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Posttraumatic Mental Health.

Listen to his courageous and insightful story.

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aura Turner catches up with mental health pioneers who are working to remove the stigma of complex mental health issues and support families in need as the leaders of SANE – CEO of SANE Rachel Green & SANE Founder Dr. Margaret Leggatt.

For more information about SANE head to www.sane.org

SANE was born out of a movement of people looking to remove stigma and create better support and opportunities for people and families facing schizophrenia and other complex mental health difficulties. This came after the deinstitutionalisation of many vulnerable patients, without the integration knowledge to allow for them to thrive, where SANE worked to remove stigma from those families and patients that were vulnerable, working to improve services and improve awareness of mental health issues.

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Join Laura Turner and her guest this week Madonna King

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Join Laura Turner and guest Sandi Logan.

Sandi is an award winning senior communications and issues management executive who started out as a journalist in the mid 70s and early 80s before transitioning into public affairs diplomacy in the foreign service – a role which saw him posted to Papua New Guinea, Germany and Washington DC. From there he threw himself into the cut and thrust of Australian politics in Canberra as a spokesperson for various departments, agencies and ministers before turning his hand to consulting as a communications strategist. He’s now added author to his resume and has just published a fascinating true crime tale - Betrayed: The incredible untold inside story of the two most unlikely drug-running grannies in Australian history.

For more information about Sandi's book and his work you can visit his website www.sandiloganauthor.com HERE.

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Join Laura Turner and her guest Professor Elaine Fox.

Elaine is considered a pioneer in her field – she’s a world leading experimental psychologist, an expert in the science of optimism and emotions and a performance coach who draws on the wisdom gained in 25 years of scientific research to help top athletes, military leaders and business professionals harness their potential. She’s currently a Professor of Psychology and head of the school of psychology at the University of Adelaide. Somehow she find the time to write as well and has just released her latest book Switchcraft in which she explores the potential for all of us to master a set of skills we need to navigate a complex and uncertain world and restore our fulfilment, curiosity and zest for life.

You can conect with Professor Elaine Fox on Instagram HERE.

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