Evolve Hub Launch Forster NSW 28/07/26 by Tim Daly

Shane Rattenbury is the Greens leader in the ACT Legislative Assembly and amongst his many portfolio's he is also the ACT Minister for Mental Health.

We talk with Shane across many areas of the mental health environment in Canberra. How the bush-fires, hail storms and Covid-19 have affected Canberran's, the recent ACT Mental Health spending package, the Office of Mental Health and Wellbeing, social derteminants of mental health, peer workforce's, ACT Recovery College, the establishment of Safe Haven centres in Canberra and the first national meeting of mental health ministers in Australia.

Tara Apps works for Marathon Health as a Care Co-Ordinator and Social and Emotional Well Being Officer for aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in Yass NSW and the Australian Capital Territory.

Tara indentifies as an aboriginal woman from Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal country.

Our guest today is Lisa Mossman

I first met Lisa when she auditioned for our Central Coast TIMBA show last year.

Lisa shared her story of her lived experience on stage dressed as an Armadillo.

I will let Lisa explain that one.

Lisa has gone on to start the J&B Foundation on the Central Coast and established the Therapuetic Garden Space at Epicentre at San Remo on the Central Coast

After over a decade as a paramedic, Lisa experienced PTSD, Anxiety and Depression which prematurely ended her career. Lisa's recovery and subsequent post traumatic growth has profoundly changed her life, for the better.

Lisa founded Freedom Mindset Training in 2018 She shares her expertise in areas of mental health, self-care and Neuro-Linguistic Programming both Live and online.

She is also a regular guest presenter and has a successful working relationship with Victoria Police as a Community Encounters volunteer and other organisations particularly related to her passion for front line mental health care.

Lisa is a contributing author in the Amazon Number 1 Bestseller, ‘Changemakers: IWD edition’.

Changemakers and her e-book “3 Keys to Outgrow Trauma: an alternative perspective from lived experience” are available via her website lisawestgate .com

Trailer for Beyond The Cuckoos Nest Podcast

Mari is a London based creative who writes and produces film content as well as running workshops, is an actor, presenter, blogger, stand- up comedian and model. Mari graduated from the International Film School of Wales in 2009 and did her MA in scriptwriting at Goldsmiths , University of London completing her degree in 2011.She has worked consistently in creative industries in London, LA and Germany, where she was born.

Those who follow her Instagram page or her blog maristrake.com will know that Mari is an ardent mental health advocate sharing freely her own mental health journey.

Mari is a London based creative who writes and produces film content as well as running workshops, is an actor, presenter, blogger, stand- up comedian and model. Mari graduated from the International Film School of Wales in 2009 and did her MA in scriptwriting at Goldsmiths , University of London completing her degree in 2011.She has worked consistently in creative industries in London, LA and Germany, where she was born.

Those who follow her Instagram page or her blog maristrake.com will know that Mari is an ardent mental health advocate sharing freely her own mental health journey.

In our series of mental health podcasts we talk to Anne Pratt OAM, Manager of the HOME in Queanbeyan, a self funded residential project that provides housing for those with living experience of mental illness.

We find out what makes HOME so different.

In our series of mental health podcasts we talk to Anne Pratt OAM, Manager of the HOME in Queanbeyan, a self funded residential project that provides housing for those with living experience of mental illness.

We find out what makes HOME so different.