Reason With Me

This episode is about addiction recovery and what that looks like. Diane Young is a uniquely skilled Psychotherapist and Counsellor. Diane brings a broad professional repertoire and understanding of corporate culture to her work by using a holistic approach to therapy. Diane is in recovery from addiction and has been a therapist giving back in extraordinary ways. Diane has a private practice and works at South Pacific Private an addiction treatment centre where she focuses on processing trauma through group process work. Diane is a vibrant, authentic, and eclectic individual with a fantastic personality and powerful drive to do this work. Diane reasons with me about the importance of understanding our story and history to fully thrive in recovery. This podcast is informative whilst remembering the importance of playfulness and owning who you are.

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Di's Quote:  
AS AN ADDICT, WE WILL TELL A LIE WHEN THE TRUTH WILL DO - DIANE YOUNG

Resources from this episode:

• Diane Young Website
• Di Young Instagram
• South Pacific Private
• Book - Embracing the Inner Critic - Hal Stone

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This episode is about understanding our trauma. Lou Lebentz is a psychotherapist, trauma specialist and EMDR clinician who runs a hugely successful Facebook Group which helps educate people about complex PTSD and how to thrive through trauma, rather than simply survive. Lou reasons with me about the importance of passing down a legacy that is filled with self-awareness and knowledge to create a better life for the self, others and society. Lou is an incredibly passionate and empowering individual that has the vision to provide trauma treatment that is accessible and affordable for all.

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Lou's Quote:  
WITHOUT AWARENESS, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND OURSELVES, LET ALONE ANYBODY ELSE - LOU LEBENTZ

Resources from this episode:

Trauma Thrivers Facebook
Lou Lebentz Trauma Thrivers Podcast
Book - The Body Keeps The Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk

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This episode is about our relationship with food and the body. Sarah is an Exercise Physiologist and health coach who's primary belief is to ‘unlearn’ everything about diet culture. It’s about nourishing body and mind with scientific facts to build foundations for a life of realness, not just wellness. Sarah reasons with me about listening to their bodies and how to come familiar with their own mindset. An absolute light beam of energy and knowledge, Sarah’s message is crisp with a side of kick-ass, very helpful and useful tips and how to come together to support recovery for whatever that looks like for you.

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• Website
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This episode is about the experiences of being a female transgender individual. Chaye is an incredibly transparent and well-spoken woman who leaves me speechless several times through her incredible sharing of her journey of finding herself, listening to her body and overcoming fear. Chaye reasons with me about the challenges and triumphs of her journey and how it has shaped who she is today. We explore the idea of staying true to ourselves and erasing the shame that can linger inside us and finally finding the best flavour of ice cream to explore and enjoy.

This episode is about addiction. Danny is a recovering addict who has not had a drink or a drug since the 15th of September 2009. He is also the founder of Encapsulator, providing Digital Time Capsules through allowing people to record their future hopes and dreams, documenting family histories to be passed on to future generations into a time-locked vault to be discovered at a later date. Danny reasons with me about the connection he creates by raising awareness through his personal stories about addiction and empowering and educating others about the emotional and social impacts of addiction. He reckons he smiles too much, whereas I couldn't get enough of it and how contagious it is. 

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Danny's Quote: 
I PROBABLY DIED, OVERDOSED 15 TIMES AND EVERY TIME I KNEW I WAS USING TOO MUCH AND I KNEW I WAS GOING TO OVERDOSE - DANNY SHANNON

Encapsulator
Danny Shannon LinkedIn

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This episode is about our youth's mental health. Batyr is a for-purpose preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people. I speak with Nic Brown the CEO of Batyr and he is leading the herd at Batyr to continue to grow and reach toward smashing the stigma around mental health and empowering young people to create a mentally healthy Australia. Nic reasons with me about the importance of tackling the stigma of mental health and how the Batyr programs are empowering the young people they connect with. The more we support our young people to learn about mental health for themselves and for others the better our connection and wellbeing will be.

This episode is about perspective and resilience. On the 31st of August 2014, Joel Sardi had a fall over a staircase and broke his C2 & C5. The injury that night has left Joel a C5 quadriplegic. Joel had been serving in the Australian Army for the past 5 years as a rifleman when he had his accident. He had recently returned home from a 7-month deployment in Afghanistan in December 2013. He now does presentations talking about the challenges he still faces and how he has overcome them as well as future goals. Joel reasons with me about the perspective of life, its hardships, overcoming personal challenges, maximising opportunities, mental health and handling every curveball that life may throw at you. It is my honour to have someone on the podcast who not only served my country but now shares the power of perspective to create change in people's lives. 

This episode is about trauma. What a big subject, that needs more light and more recognition. Dr. Cathy Kezelman AM is a medical practitioner, mental health consumer advocate, President of Blue Knot Foundation National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma. Under her stewardship Blue Knot Foundation has grown from a peer support organisation to a national centre of excellence combining a prominent consumer voice with that of researchers, academics and clinicians advocating for socio-political trauma-informed change and informed responsiveness to complex trauma. Cathy reasons with me about all things trauma, from what it means to live with trauma, how our society can learn, what GPs are doing and more. Cathy speaks from the heart, with a lived experienced backed with a world of expertise, her passion drives the discussion to portray a beautiful message about trauma-informed practice and complex trauma.

This episode is about Depression. Dr Mark Rowe is a Consultant Psychiatrist who has a special interest in managing mood disorders. His interest in mood disorders involves sub-typing depressive disorders and diagnosing accurately persistent mood disorders which may have failed to respond to previous treatments. Dr Rowe and I discuss what depression is, the mental health system and the way our society responds and reacts to mental illness. From the medicalisation of sadness to going to your local GP for a quick fix, Dr Rowe reasons with me about the complexity of depression and how best to support people that present in different ways. Dr Rowe gives some bite-sized helpful tips and shares a world of knowledge through his expertise in the field.

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Quote:
LOVE MANY, TRUST FEW, ALWAYS PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE - DR MARK ROWE

Read more on depression 

Greenwich Specialists Rooms - Dr Mark Rowe
Black Dog Institute
MAP Mood Assessment Program
Go To Book - Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom

Please reach out if you have any questions or want to connect. Let me know what you want to hear on the podcast, any comments you have, or how the episode landed for you.

If you would like to know more about counselling get in touch: 

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This episode is about Mental Health First Aid. If you have a kid grow up with diabetes, from the start that kid gets every bit of help, education and acceptance that they need, but for a kid growing up with mental illness, they aren't afforded that. Ben Higgs from the Rise Foundation is educating our society about mental health so that people no longer have to figure it out and make it up as they go, to stay safe and well. Ben runs mental health first aid, response and lived experience education programs to find a progressive step beyond raising awareness, but educating and teaching the everyday, practical tools we can use so that people no longer have to suffer with mental illness or poor mental health. Ben reasons with me about the importance of our society coming together and finding a common goal of supporting each other and staying well. Ben sends a strong passionate message with his own winning the battle with his bi-polar and thriving to in supporting himself, his mates and now people from across the spectrum within our society.