Why Do I Feel This Way?

Why Do I Feel This Way?

By Kate DeAraugo & Claudia Coy

Kate DeAraugo was crowned Australian Idol champion in 2005... but not all fairytales have happy endings and Kate’s life quickly spiralled out of control.
In 2017, Kate was convicted of drug possessio... more
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  1. Number 1: We Weren’t Okay: Addiction, Bulimia and Coming Back

    Kate and Claudia are back for Season 5, starting with an honest catch-up about where life has really taken them. Kate opens up about recognising that her mental health had slipped, coming close to relapse, and making the decision to ask for help and return to rehab — despite still being clean and sober. She reflects on grief, motherhood, recovery, and what it looks like to ask for support before things completely fall apart. Claudia shares her experience of her eating disorder resurfacing, losing herself in unhealthy relationship patterns, learning to be alone, and slowly discovering a different understanding of love, faith and self-worth. An open conversation about vulnerability, recovery, mental health, and starting again. Content note: This episode contains lived-experience discussion of addiction, relapse risk, rehabilitation, grief, eating disorders, purging, compulsive exercise, relationships, and mental health struggles. Season 5 is presented by Aurora Healthcare. https://aurorahealth.com.au

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  2. Number 2: Bogan Gate, Anxiety, Kyle & Jackie O… and an Escape Goat? | Mitchell Coombs

    This episode contains lived-experience discussion of anxiety, depression, prescribed medication, alcohol use, bullying, body image and mental health struggles. Mitchell Coombs joins Kate and Claudia for a very funny, very honest chat about anxiety, burnout, being chronically online and somehow making a career out of being perceived when, as a kid, he wanted the exact opposite. Mitch takes us from growing up in Bogan Gate to going viral, appearing on Sunrise and eventually working on the Kyle and Jackie O Show. He talks about what Kyle and Jackie are really like off air, the Virgin Mary video controversy, radio burnout and what was happening behind the scenes when things blew up. The conversation also gets into therapy, antidepressants, drinking, ADHD, relationships, Wednesday Wanders, why “wellness is fucking boring”, and building his podcast Escape Goat after being told nobody wanted to hear his voice on radio. Huge thanks to Mitchell Coombs for joining us. Follow Mitch: @mitchellcoombs Escape Goat: @EscapeGoatPodcast Season 5 is presented by Aurora Healthcare. aurorahealth.com.au

    1h 2min
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  3. Number 3: What Would You Say to Your Younger Self? | Rod Coy

    This episode contains lived-experience discussion of grief, regret, ageing, addiction recovery and mental health. Rod Coy joins Kate and Claudia to tell the story of the bike trip he never forgot. At 23, Rod set off to cycle across Europe, only to abandon the journey in Italy after falling in love. Fifty years later, at 73, he went back to finish it. What starts as an adventure story becomes something much deeper: regret, second chances, the goodbye he always carried, and the search to reconnect with Juliana decades later. Rod talks about returning to places he hadn’t seen since he was young, what it meant to finally complete the ride, and how the trip forced him to look more honestly at the man he used to be. The conversation then opens out into ageing, purpose, recovery, and the emotional moment Rod realises what he would say to his younger self — and that maybe, in a strange way, he finally got to say it. It’s a bloody lovely episode about memory, love, getting older and making peace with your own life. Huge thanks to Rod Coy for joining us. Season 5 is presented by Aurora Healthcare. aurorahealth.com.au

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  4. Number 4: The Life Before The Voice | Karise Eden Part 1

    CONTENT NOTE: This episode contains lived-experience discussion of childhood abuse and neglect, foster care, homelessness, addiction, violence and mental health struggles. Before Australia knew Karise Eden through The Voice, her life looked very different. Karise joins Kate and Claudia to talk about the years before the show — her childhood, entering the foster-care and refuge system, periods of homelessness, disrupted schooling and the role music began to play when very little else in her life felt stable. In Part 1, Karise takes us through that life before The Voice and into the extraordinary chain of events that eventually put her on the blind-audition stage. She talks about discovering music, sleeping rough, the youth program that helped open a door, the blind audition itself and the intense experience of working with Seal once the cameras started rolling. Huge thanks to Karise Eden for trusting us with her story. Season 5 is presented by Aurora Healthcare. aurorahealth.com.au

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  5. Number 5: Born Into Addiction with Hope Richards

    With a mother supplying drugs, multiple home invasions and a police raid, Hope was surrounded by addiction and abuse throughout her entire childhood - but she refuses to let that define who she is today. This is a story of recovery, resilience and breaking generational addiction. If you, or anyone that you know is struggling, please call Lifeline now on 13 11 14. Hope Richards TikTok: @hoperichards94

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