Brainwaves

Melbourne-based celebrity chef Lillie Giang aka The Food Affectionist, joins Brainwaves this evening. She has appeared on shows such as Channel 10’s ‘The Cook’s Pantry’ and Channel 7’s ‘My Asian Banquet’, is a renowned cookery teacher and volunteers her time and cooking talents to numerous community and charity organisations. Coinciding with International Day of Disabled Persons, Lilie will talk t...

Ben will be talking to us on Brainwaves this evening about his experience with mental illness and some of his positive life-changing moments including his experience with Eye Movement Desensitization and Processing (EMDR) therapy. Ben moved to Australia from Sri Lanka almost a decade ago, where he eventually got help and began a new journey towards wellness.

Performer, fitness and yoga teacher, therapist and youth justice activist, Joana Simmons will be talking about disordered eating and exercise addiction tonight on BrainwavesMelbourne-based Joana hails from New Zealand, has trained at Ollerup International Academy of Gymnastics and Physical Education in Denmark, Akshi Yogashala in Rishikesh, India and Jason Coleman's Ministry Of Dance, locally. Joa...

Joining Brainwaves this evening, is Dr. Cathy Kezelman AM, the president of Blue Knot Foundation, and Dr. Louise Hansen, an academic, psychologist and human rights activist from Cape York, who'll be talking about complex trauma and the trauma informed approach. Both guests have lived experiences of trauma. Cathy is also a medical practitioner and has been a driving force within Blue Knot, for over...

Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist Sal of Sal Creative Therapy will talk about how she takes people on a creative journey towards wellness, based on what is meaningful and important for them, so they can restore their most authentic self. If you'd like to listen to the first time Salli came on brainwaves to talk about her lived experience with mental health challenges and suicidal ideation you can...

Tonight on Brainwaves we speak to Cecile Barral & Oceane Campbell. Together they have co-written a raw and original double memoir The Silence Between Us as a conversation between mother and daughter.  It centres on Oceane’s high lethality suicide attempt as an 18 year old (almost 20 years ago), and is based on private diary entries written by Oceane and her mum at the time as they process their sh...

Tonight we are lucky enough to speak to someone who has first hand experience of the importance of music in every day wellbeing. Lean Chew is a singer-songwriter from Melbourne and she’s going to talk to us about the Unmuted festival, presented by Wild at Heart. We also play some of Lean’s very own songs on the show! The Unmuted Festival is a free online program running this week, coinciding with...

Flic Manning will be joining us on Brainwaves tonight to talk about her new book. Living Human: Sustainable Strategies for Invisible Illness. Flic Manning shares with us her lived experience and strategies. https://flicmanning.com/Buy her new book HERE 

This week on Brainwaves we’ll be talking to Tim Daly from This is My Brave Australia. Tim is on the show today to share with us all that’s happening with TIMBA including their upcoming film festival and story events. https://www.thisismybraveaustralia.com/

This week on Brainwaves we speak to Author and Philosopher Dr Paul Fearne about his most recent book Paul VerlaineYou can find more of Paul's works HEREIf you'd like to get in touch with Paul you can reach out to him on TwitterPaul is an ex Brainwaves presenter and we love having him on the show!

This week on Brainwaves we’ll be speaking with Ned ‘Noodle’ Evans about the Wellways campaign Break the Cycle. Break the cycle is a campaign created by Wellways to promote positive health and reduce the rate of suicide. Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged between 15 and 44 years of age and has a devastating impact on families, friends and communities. We talk to Ned about hi...

Following on from Homelessness Week last week, we will be chatting to Ben tonight. Ben has experienced Homelessness multiple times in his life and he is very passionate about reducing stigma and dispelling the myths that people have about homeless people and especially people  sleeping rough. Ben has agreed to come onto the show to talk about some of his Homeless experiences including rough sleepi...

Tonight on Brainwaves Suzie talks with psychologist Dr Louise Hansen. Louise shares her lived experience of psychosis through a holistic lens, what led to this experience and how she was able to recover and go on to be a practicing psychologist. Louise has used her lived experience and research to help people and is well known on twitter for sharing helpful information about mental health with her...

On today’s show we have two guests, firstly we have Dr Lynne Reeder and our second guest today is Sam Luxemburg. Both of our guests today are here to talk about Café Conversations an event that is part of the Compassionate Ballarat movement.  In today’s show we will be discussing sexual abuse. If you find anything about today’s show distressing you can call lifeline on 131114 or n Sexual Assault C...

This week we speak to Ecopsychologist Deb Punton. Deb is an Ecopsychologist, Eco-Art Therapist Facilitator, Environment Educator, and Permaculture Landscape Designer. She works with Port Phillip EcoCentre and within her Greensong business where she practices various methods of connecting with nature to create healthier relationships within self, community and environment. Tonight we ask Deb about...

In the lead up to National Schizophrenia Week (23 to 29 May) tonight we'll be chatting to playwright Michel Toumey about living with Schizophrenia, and his debut play ‘Little Brother, Big Sister’ at La Mama Theatre in Carlton.

Today is our final episode of our 3 part series on the Victorian Royal Commission and Mental Health Reform. In the first week we spoke to the wonderful Cindy Smith, the CEO of the Australian Association of Social Workers. You can listen HEREIn the second week we spoke with the amazing Ingrid Ozols AM, a very powerful mental health and suicide prevention advocate. You can listen HEREThis week we ar...

If you listened in last week you would know this week is part 2 in our series on the Victorian Royal Commission and Mental health Reform. If you missed it, you can find it HERELast week we spoke to the wonderful Cindy Smith, the CEO of the Australian Association of Social Workers. This week we have the absolute pleasure to speak with Ingrid Ozols AM. Ingrid is an active workplace, and community, m...

The Royal Commission was called in 2018 to review all parts of the mental health system in Victoria. The final report was released in March this year and tonight we will be speaking with Cindy Smith, the CEO of the Australian Association of Social Workers. Cindy is here to give her insight into the commission and how she sees change in the future.

Tonight on Brainwaves we are lucky enough to talk with Jojo Chinaski, a Victorian comedian who is known for her stand-up where she shares her experiences as a non-binary, sex positive woman with bipolar 2.  You can see Jojo at her upcoming show HERE And you can reach out to Jojo at @jojochinaski via her Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to Ian Graves who lives with an ABI. Through a good sense of humour Ian shares his story about what it is like to live with an ABI. Ian has a big following on Twitter, and is well known for his sense of humour and positive outlook on life. You can find Ian on Twitter here @xskinn   

Is there a funny side to Mental Health? Comedian Andrew Lewis thinks so. Andy talks about his experiences as part of his upcoming comedy show for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Tonight he’ll be talking to the Brainwaves team about his experiences and how comedy is his life. Join us for some laughs and some heartfelt conversation about Andy’s lived experience. You can find Andy on Tik...

This week on Brainwaves we’ll be speaking with Peter about how he manages with both physical and mental health challenges. Peter talks about how he believes that mental and physical health are fundamentally linked and how beneficial a holistic approach can be to overall wellbeing.

Katerina is an author passionate about supporting those in recovery of mental health. Katerina in her poetry book Breakthrough– the reason mother didn’t love me writes about her lived experience as a young carer for her mother who was given the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Katerina’s book Breakthrough gives the reader insight into the life of a child whose mother experienced a deep loss of herself....

Alex Devantier spent many months running the #istandwithdan campaign and afterwards he noticed that something wasn’t quite right with his mental health. Alex suffers from an eating disorder and PTSD and today he has decided to come and share his story with Brainwaves listeners in hopes to help others who may have found their mental health challenges resurface post Lockdown. CONTENT WARNING: Eating...