Sophia Levin has been a freelance food and travel journalist for more than a decade. You will have read her in Lonely Planet, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald's Good Food, SBS Food, Domain Review, National Geographic, The Guardian, delicious, in-flight magazines, Broadsheet, Time Out and more. She has co-authored travel guidebooks and reviewed for Australia's best food guides. 

Her website "Seasoned Traveller" teaches us how to eat outside of our comfort zones.

Sophia is a well-known face and voice on tv and radio

Her big news this year is Sophia is a judge in MasterChef.

But Sophia isn't here because of all I've discussed. Sophia's dad Greg has MND 

Carla France lost her husband Neale to MND after a battle they all fought.

She wants to share thier story.

This one may be a little hard to listen to. 

Within one month Woz and his daughter Belinda, and thier supporters made the arrangements and drove 800kms from country Victoria to Canberra to meet the PM.

In this epidode they give us an update.

You can also watch on the "Let's Talk MND" You Tube chanel

Hayley and Cameron McNeill are brother ans sister, they lost thier dad to MND recently.  Earlier they lost thier aunt.

They are both from Warnabool. Hayley is lving in Ballarat where she is studying biomedical science and goal is to become a bio technician to aid in MND research.

Her brother Cameron is a town planner married with 2 little children and still lives in Warnabool.

They speak with such love of thier father and obvoius anxiety for thier family

Maxine Gee was diagnosed in July of 2023 - she has some extremely powerful words to share with us 

Warren wants to MAKE A DIFFERENCE. If there is anyway you can help contact him on 0428378395

Professor Dominic Rowe is the Foundation Professor of Neurology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University; Chairman of Macquarie Neurology, and Consultant Neurologist at Macquarie University Hospital. 

Dom was my husband Robert's Dr.

For ten years he was Chairman of the MND Research Institute of Australia, taking this funding body from minor influence to the major source of funding for MND research in Australia. 

For the last nine years he has been instrumental in the set up and implementation of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University. Professor Rowe was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honour List for services to Medicine and Neurology, particularly Motor Neurone Disease and Parkinson's. 

He is a Chairman of Neurology at Macquarie University Hospital and the founder of Macquarie Neurology; an adult neurology practice that performs more than 10,000 patient episodes per year. Macquarie Neu-rology manages the care of more than 200 patients with MND, 600 patients with Parkinson's and 100 patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

You can watch this episode on You Tube 

https://youtu.be/BWpqU4MdIR4

Mim Simpson lost her dad to MND, she is also my daughter.

It is really interesting to hear her perspective on MND and losing her loved dad. We should all interview our kids, it was illuminating,

Prof Bedlack is a Professor of Neurology at Duke University in Northern Carolina

He is the Stewart, Hughes and Wendt Distinguished Professor.Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society

Rick is going to discuss the phenomenon he has witnessed and studied of MND reversals.

He also tells us about ALS Untangled, which reviews alternative and off label treatments, with the goal of helping people with ALS make more informed decisions about them.

John Hanley was diagnosed with MND about 10 years ago.

John's attitude to life is inspiring, always giving first. As he says "When God closes a door he opens a window"

John has always loved music, now he is following his passion, writing and recording songs......that make you sing and dance around the house, John gifts joy.

You can listen to his songs on Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/artist/1DbZOED0Nsdk5tsV3W2OA9?si=1sVXp5ktQ6CTsukYxvH96w

iTunes 

https://music.apple.com/au/artist/john-hanley/1498987867

Watch him on You Tube

https://youtu.be/cSRyaOYAn6M?si=eGdSnQvDFIVbHCQU

Also thank you John for allowing me to use "No Time To Cry" on the Let's Talk MND Podcast xxx