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Sept. 11, 2022

Interview with Emily Unity on The Lived Experience Podcast with Joel Kleber

Interview with Emily Unity Emily Unity is a Mental Health professional, Software Engineer, and Creative Designer, with over 14 years’ experience co-designing solutions to systemic barriers. They ground their work in their lived and living …

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Sept. 6, 2022

Interview with Jim's Group CEO, Jim Penman on Mental Health, and Franchisees

Interview with Jim's Group CEO, Jim Penman on Mental Health, and Franchisees Jim Penman started a part-time gardening business while earning his PhD in history at Latrobe University. He launched a full-time mowing business in 1982 with a $24 invest…

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Sept. 6, 2022

Interview with Rose Cuff, Founder of Satellite Foundation and Champion for Young Carers

Interview with Rose Cuff, Founder of Satellite Foundation and Champion for Young Carers Rose Cuff is an Occupational Therapist who has worked in child, adolescent, and adult mental health services since 1986. Since 1995, she has focused specifical…

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Sept. 1, 2022

Interview with Madeleine Buchner, CEO & Founder of Little Dreamers

Interview with Madeleine Buchner, CEO & Founder of Little Dreamers Madeleine Buchner is the Founder and CEO of Little Dreamers, Australia’s leading Young Carer Organization—supports young carers who all throughout Australia. Little …

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March 29, 2022

World Bipolar Day 2022

It's world Bipolar day, a cause very close to my heart and many others who have/are affected by this mental illness.   Nearly 600,000 people in Australia are estimated to have Bipolar yet, as a mental illness there is still a lot of sti…

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March 26, 2022

Interview with Brad McEwan

What did he learn from Dom Price at Atlassian on Company Culture? Brad McEwan did a video series earlier in the year for the ANZ bank called the well-being conversation. In this conversation, he spoke with Dom Price from Atlassian who had the below…

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Feb. 21, 2022

Why I haven't been posting online lately?

Why haven't I been posting online for the last 2 and a half months?  I, unfortunately, lost my mother to a rare brain disorder called progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) on 07/02/22, which progressed extremely quickly from the diagnosis on 11…

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Sept. 20, 2021

What is BiPolar Disorder?

Introduction Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings, ranging from very high highs and low lows. It is also known as manic depression or manic depressive disorder. BD has many different characteristics, but the mai…

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Sept. 5, 2021

Welcome to the new website!

Welcome to the new website and home of the lived experience podcast!  Make sure you leave a review, sign-up to the mailing list and even leave the show a question, which we will answer on the show!  In what has been a massive last 24 mon…

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