A podcast sharing stories of lived experience with mental illness

Mental Health Episodes

Real talk with people on mental health and various issues related to it. No fluff, just genuine conversations about the reality of mental illness.
Sept. 3, 2020

What is it like to have a BiPolar parent? | Interview with Maria Figu…

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 ri...

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May 28, 2020

Growing up with a parent who has a mental illness | Interview with Ad…

Did you grow up with a parent who had a mental illness? If so, then you will take a lot out of this episode with Mental Health Advocate Addy Dunkley-Smith. Addy is involved in a Victorian organisation called The Satellite …

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March 12, 2020

Living and managing BiPolar II Disorder with Tim Beanland

What is it like to actually have BiPolar? In this episode, we go right into depth with Tim Beanland who talks openly about his condition and how his thoughts on mental health as a whole. Tim provides a great insight …

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Feb. 24, 2020

Former Geelong Cat Simon Hogan | AFL Journey, Depression, BiPolar, Tr…

Simon Hogan is a former AFL footballer for the Geelong Cats who retired at the end of 2012 after being diagnosed with a depressive disorder. However, this has only recently been changed to BiPolar affective disorder type 2. ...

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