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You may recognise Brad McEwan from his longstanding career 20 plus year career as an Australian television and sports journalist with channel 10. However, what you may not know about Brad is that he is an ambassador for Beyond Blue and the Satellite Foundation. He is now focused on a new goal; providing workshops, presentations, mentoring and strategy that focus on workplace mental health and wellbeing. Above all, Brad’s work is about leading and working with kindness.
Hosted by Joel Kleber
Big thanks to Brad for his time and willingness to share his story and experiences.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:45 - How did you get your start in media?
2:25 - Banter with Sandra Sully
3:23 - Brad’s families experience with mental health
6:26 - What support did you seek in your younger days?
7:35 - How you push on despite tragedy to achieve great success?
9:35 - Where did you get such a positive outlook from?
11:35 - Was mental health something that you openly spoke about?
13:30 - What happened when you opened up?
15:45 - Can you tell us about the Satellite foundation which your an ambassador for?
21:16 - Embracing your story
23:25 - Brad talks about his own anxiety and OCD
27:00 - How did you deal with it as a news presenter?
28:10 - Do you think people share enough about their lived experience and stories?
34:30 - How do you achieve cultural change when it comes to mental health awareness?
36:30 - Meditation, breathing and mindfulness
39:00 - Awareness around family
40:40 - What more do you think can help young people and families?
45:57 - Having to go to the GP and unnecessary steps in obtaining help?
48:18 - It’s now about doing!
50:12 - Treating the family as a whole
53:50 - Mental health nurses are amazing people
55:40 - What prompted you to change your career to work in the mental health space?
59.50 - Reframing your previous lived experience
1:02:23 - What are some common themes coming out your mental health corporate workshops?
1:04:25 - The single most powerful act that we can do to improve someone’s well-being?
1:07:25 - Company profits over mental health and culture?
1:11:30 - Millenials, GEN Y and workplace expectation
1:14:30 - What new positions are companies creating in relation to mental health?
1:20:20 - Reassessing and prioritising your happiness
1:22:45 - Societies fragility and the catalyst for resilience?
1:27:20 - Will Pucokvski and mindfulness
1:30:44 - Developing empathy
1:32:30 - Leaders taking off the mask
1:34:40 - Having people who want to work?
1:35:35 - What projects are you working on?
1:39:35 - What does Brad get up to in his free time?
1:40:20 - Could you get away with wearing shorts under the newsdesk?
1:40:41 - How can you contact Brad?
