The Lived Experience

Send us a text Rose Cuff, is the founder and executive director of Satellite Foundation which is an organisation dedicated to helping young people who have a parent(s) with a mental illness. I talk about Satellite a lot on this show as I know how important this organisation is in changing the future of many children who would often not be supported by the current mental health care system. Satellite foundation was even specifically mentioned in the Victorian's Royal Commission into the Menta...

Send us a text Tim Beanland is my first repeat guest and we talk about all things BiPolar, mental health month and potential changes that need to happen in the mental health awareness movement. The best way to support the podcast is to leave a review, so if you have time and can do that, it would be much appreciated. If you want to be a guest and share your lived experience please reach out to me via the lived experience social media channels. Topics 0:00 - Introduction to Tim 1:23 ...

Send us a text My first solo episode! It's about time I shared my lived experience as that's what the podcast is about, so I have decided to tell my story in 10 - 15 minute solo episodes to give you an insight into the otherside of mental health that is not often talked about. There is a severely disproportionate amount of mental health awareness that does not focus on children who have a parent with a mental health condition, I hope through sharing my lived experience that it makes more peo...

Send us a text My guest is Dan Cahill, who has a remarkable story of hardship and growing up with a mentally ill parent. His father has BiPolar, and Dan shares some revealing stories about how much of an effect a parent with a mental illness can have on a child/young adult. Although Dan has endured great hardship, he hasn't allowed it to hold him back, and he has built an extremely successful business using his past trauma as his fuel to success. If you're a fan of David Goggins, you w...

Send us a text Rachel Worsley is the founder and CEO of Neurodiversity Media, a media company that promotes accessible storytelling augmented by technology. She edits the NeuroWork newsletter, which translates original research about neurodiversity in the workplace into stories and resources that empower the neurodivergent community, their supporters and business. Rachel has a background in medical journalism and legal marketing. Her personal experience being diagnosed with ADHD and autism in...

Send us a text Ed Ross is the co-founder of TradeMutt which is a social impact workwear brand, by tradies for tradies. They make funky eye-catching workwear designed to start conversations about mental health among the blue-collar community, helping make an invisible issue impossible to ignore. Through the sale of Trademutt Workwear, they help fund free and unlimited professional mental health support for tradies, truckies and blue-collar workers through their own support service tiacs.org&nb...

Send us a text Matthew Wong is the creator of Discernable, which is a large media channel that features various creatives and subject-matter experts. Matt's content reaches over 200,000 Australian viewers per week and has various programs. Not only this, Matthew Wong is an inspirational person who worked in several high-level professions, including being a pilot, medicine, law, along with selling multiple businesses all by the time he was 32! However, our conversation starts off on a seriou...

Send us a text You may recognise Brad McEwan from his longstanding career 20 plus year career as an Australian television and sports journalist with channel 10. However, what you may not know about Brad is that he is an ambassador for Beyond Blue and the Satellite Foundation. He is now focused on a new goal; providing workshops, presentations, mentoring and strategies that focus on workplace mental health and wellbeing. Above all, Brad’s work is about leading and working with kindness.' Huge ...

Send us a text In this episode, I speak to Jonathon Gleeson who is a dairy farmer in South West Victoria and has achieved purchasing a dairy farm by age 30 with no assistance, which is a remarkable achievement. Jonathon goes into detail about how he exactly did this and also the mindset that is required to do this. He gives some great advice around long-term goal-setting and having a vision. I have always had an idea for a book called "Money Management with a Dairy Farmer" as they...

Send us a text Maria Figueiredo is a remarkable woman who experienced growing up with a single mother with BiPolar disorder as well as having an autistic brother in New York having immigrated from Puerto Rico at the age of 14. Maria goes right into detail about her experiences growing with a mentally ill parent and shares numerous stories that we hope can help other people in similar situations. By sharing her authentic story we hope to encourage people to please share the...