Brainwaves

Oct 29 2024 345 ep. 503

Brainwaves Podcast artwork

Challenging the mainstream, negative stereotypes of people with a mental illness, Brainwaves actively engages those living with a mental illness as researchers, interviewers, performers and program designers while promoting community mental health awareness.

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

Migraines and Managing Multiple Disabilities

In this episode Jasmine McLennan interviews Hannah Bloxigde about her experience with chronic Migraine and other disabilities such as Endometriosis. Hannah explains how her disabilties interact and effect her mental health. She also talks about her complex trauma, including incarceration and addiction. She now works as a disability model and is learning content creation. She is a g

Art and the artist - OCD and its role in Amy Bodossian's life

Join host Ananya Sharma as she talks to Amy Bodossian about all things being an artist and performer living with OCD. This episode discusses Amy's love for performance and how she navaigates her OCD whilst being in the public eye. Amy's show 'In Bed with Amy and Friends' is part of Melbourne Fringe festival, and is a cabaret style-performance with a healthy serving of wackiness. Th

Jana Firestone - New Book 'Plot Twist: a personal guide to surviving life's unexpected curveballs'

Join host Flic Manning as she chats with author and therapist Jana Firestone about her latest book. Jana, a therapist who has worked with homicide cases, sudden deaths, and Black Saturday bushfire survivors, often shares her insights on moving forward after loss and the innate strength we all possess. With 18 years of experience working with families and young people, Jana brings a

Antek Benedyka - Coming Full Circle

Antek Benedyka is a social worker who uses his own experiences with mental health to inform his work. This is the first part of a 2 part series where we discuss the work he does with refugees in Australia, his own mental health journey and how this has led him to wanting to improve the lives of the young people he works with now.

The Intersection between music, disability and mental health: with Eliza Hull

“I definitely have anxiety, and probably just naming it felt really good because I’ve probably had it all my life. I’ve just never known what it was, known what it feels like,” says singer and songwriter, and disabled musician advocate, @MusicElizaHull. Eliza performed ‘Running Underwater’, her first song about being disabled on ABC’s Q&A. She is an award-winning arti

Mental Health and Zines

Mark talks to artist, author, and publisher, Annie Huang about zines and the role they have played in their mental health journey.

Woodcock Public Lecture 2024: Understand trauma; understand mental health Part 1

This week on Brainwaves we will be airing part of of the Woodcock Public Lecture, proudly presented by Wellways in May this year.As this week is Naidoc week we have taken part 1 to be alol about the poignont Welcome to Country by Stacie Piper, who is a proud Wurrundjeri, Djadjawarrung and Ngurai Illum-Wurrung woman, and Djirri Djirri Dancer. At the end of the epsode there is a litt

Radiothon 2024 - Sound on for Solidarity

Jasmine welcomes Mark and Ananya, the newest additions to our Brainwaves crew. They discuss their views on stigma around mental health and how it is most times a 'silent struggle'. Each of them provides their take on what solidarity can look like in regard to mental health, and how getting the right support can be transformational.

Queer Town: Inclusion and Allyship

Jasmine McLennan talks to Archie Beetle, founder and director of Queer Town, an Australian-based startup delivering LGBTIQA+ inclusion and allyship training in workplaces throughout Australia and beyond. Archie discusses the mental health challenges that face queer, trans and gender diverse people, his own mental health challenges, the misconceptions people have about the queer com

Peace Poem by Stephen Hall

Poet and artist Stephen Hull has had a interest in the war ever since his grandfather told him stories of what it was like to serve in world war II. Wanting the answer the question 'why do we march for Anzac Day and why do we still remember?' he shares his poem about Gallipoli and the ongoing and devestating effects of war, including the effect on our mental health.