YChats

Today Alana is joined by queer young person, provisional psychologist and PhD student at Telethon Kids Institute Dylan Gilbey and Head of the Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health team at the Telethon Kids Institute Amy Finlay-Jones, to chat about self stigma experienced by young LGBTQIA+ people and how self compassion can combat it.

• Self stigma survey: bit.ly/selfstigma
• Telethon Kids Institute mindful self-compassion for LGBTIQIA+ youth study: www.telethonkids.org.au/projects/MSC/
• QLife: https://qlife.org.au/ 1800 184 527
• Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/ 13 11 14

We're back with season three of YChats!

This episode, Alana sat down with other women to talk about how issues such as the gender pay gap and sexual assault are still impacting women today.

Resources:

• 1800RESPECT National Sexual Assault Domestic Family Violence Counselling Helpline - 1800 737 732
• Women's Domestic Violence Helpline - 1800 007 339
• Women's Legal Aid Service - 9272 8800
• Women's Health and Family Services - 6330 5400
• Sexual Assault Resource Centre - 1800 199 888
• The Samaritans - 135 247
• Multicultural Women's Advocacy Service - 9328 1200
• Djinda Service - 9200 2202
• Yorgum Aboriginal Family Counselling Service - 1800 469 371
• Q Life - 1800 184 527
• Family Relationship Advice Line - 1800 050 321
• Fair Work Ombudsman – 13 13 94
• ESafety commissioner – to report online abuse etc. https://www.esafety.gov.au/report

We're coming to the end of the year when we are being asked to make some big decisions about our future and career. It's perfectly okay not to know exactly what you want to do but we've got the tools to help make it clearer!

We're joined by Kendal Drew, Director at Strategic Career Management and a qualified professional career development practitioner.

Resources

We're talking to Laima Kuliukas, a highly skilled psychologist, all about how to nuture the good relationships in your life and navigate the toxic ones.

Resources: 1800 Respect

It's September 10 which means it's R U OK Day – our yearly reminder to connect with the people around you and start a conversation with anyone who may be struggling with life.

Young person Chloe shares her story about bullying and how people reaching out helped her. Rob Tiller, mental health counsellor, shares practical ways to ask people "are you okay?

We're speaking about transgender, gender identity and sex. Kai Schweizer is a sexologist and LGBTIQA+ specialist, and transperson sharing his lived experiences, along with Sam Winter, clinician, researcher and teacher working in the field of trans health, wellbeing and rights.

Resources

Transfolk of WA

https://www.transfolkofwa.org/

Lifeline

https://www.lifeline.org.au/

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Aussie hip hop legend Adrian Eagle sat down with Alana to speak openly about battling his mental demons and launching his career in the music biz.

We're talking about the green stuff. Kush, weed, grass, whatever you want to call it, today we're talking about the good, bad, and changing laws around Cannabis.

Joining us is Sharlene Mavor, a medical scientist and founder/managing director of charity Medical Cannabis Research Australia.

It's Feel Good Friday at YChats!

We're speaking to Nicole Comelli from YMCA Victoria about how she helped her cohort of volunteers feel connected during COVID-19 isolation.

So you're sending nudes or meeting up with people you met online? Cool but there's a smart way to do it! Young people have autonomy over their own decisions but there's a way to do these things safely.

Phil Doorgachurn, YMCA Australia's Executive Manager for Safeguarding, speaks with Alana about how to make safe choices online and look after yourself.

eSafety Commission: https://www.esafety.gov.au/report