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Tonight for part 3 of our Perinatal Mental Health series we chat with Josie Smythe, the founder of Smiling After PNDJosie experienced postnatal depression after the birth of both her children. Since recovering Josie has used her experience to raise awareness, foster community, reduce shame and stigma and encourage affected people to seek help. You can find out more about Smiling After PND by visit...

Tonight on Brainwaves as part 2 of our Perinatal Mental Health series we talk to Bernadette who talks about her journey into motherhood in the early 90’s with existing mental health challenges and how that impacted her during her pregnancy and after the birth of her daughter.  If you would like to listen to part 1 of this series where we talk to Anita you can click HERE If you find anything about...

Over the next 3 weeks #Brainwaves will be presenting a special Perinatal Mental Health series.  On part 1 of the series tonight we talk to Anita about how she embarked on her journey into motherhood with a history of serious mental health challenges. We discuss with Anita how with the right planning and support it's possible to start a family regardless of a history of mental health challenges. If...

This week on Brainwaves we talk to one of our wonderful team members Suzie. Suzie is keen to tell you her story of personally overcoming great phobias, in order to inspire others to do the same. Interestingly she unknowingly used graduated exposure therapy, which she later learnt about in her psychotherapy studies.  Suzie would like to share her story too in her own words:  Overcoming phobia's. Su...

This week on Brainwaves we talk to Ruth, a family violence and social justice campaigner and advocate. Ruth is here today to talk about her lived experience of surviving family violence, including ‘image-based abuse’ and multiple forms of systemic and legal abuse.  Ruth is committed to being part of the change, to improve safety and support for women and children who are leaving, or who have left,...

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to Helen. Helen grew up in a household where both her parents were heavy drinkers. The experience has impacted almost every aspect of her life. She also talks about Al-Anon and how it has helped her. For support: phone the Alanon Family Groups helpline on 1300 252 666

Tonight on Brainwaves we’ll be talking to Ingrid. Ingrid was admitted as a lawyer in 1999 and has predominantly practised in family law, child protection, intervention orders and royal commissions including family violence and institutional child sexual abuse. In 2016 Ingrid attended the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Rome to hear the evidence of (and cross...

This week to celebrate Mental Health week and Brainwaves 10th birthday we have a 1 hour special where we chat with a few of the members of our team about their time as part of the Brainwaves show, some of their favourite memories and why Brainwaves is so important to them.

This week on Brainwaves we talk to Dr Benjamin Habib about the panic attack he had on live TV on the ABC News Breakfast show in 2016, how this experienced changed him, what he has learnt about himself and what has helped him to understand more about anxiety and mental health. This aired as 2 part series but here you can listen to the whole interview. For more information on Dr Benjamin Habib: http...

Our guest today is provisional Psychologist Elle Morrison who will be talking to us about traumatic brain injury and mental health outcomes.  For further information on the studies Elle has talked about during the show:Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) is the largest child health research institute in Australia and their research is broadly done across three areas: in the lab to investi...

On today's show we talk to Flic Manning. She is a CEO, Author, Speaker, Former Professional Dancer and Choreographer, Neuroplastician (pronounced New-row-plast-ish-an), Wellness Coach and Ambassador for both Mental Health Foundation of Australia and Crohns & Colitis Australia. But today she is here to share her personal lived experience with mental Illnesses and how invisible illness and chronic h...

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to Author Vincent Tivoli about grief in society and his artistic works, the podcast Zerubbabel Bo and The Day the World Stopped Crying. You can find more about the podcast HERE

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to Paul Graham about self care. Paul is a psychologist in the final stages of his university training. He has worked in mental health for several years and is very passionate about helping all people get access to the mental health support they need. Paul also works for the VIctorian University Psychology Clinic, which is a great low cost option for psychological supp...

Tonight on Brainwaves we will be speaking with Pamela Trotman. Pamela is a trauma survivor herself, and her career in social work spans over 50 years. During this time Pamela has worked extensively with other survivor groups such as family violence, sexual abuse victims, refugees and the Stolen Generations. Pamela is coming on the show today to talk about her new book - Triumphing over Trauma: Jou...

Tonight on Brainwaves we talked to Christina about her lived experience with mental illness and how the pandemic has affected her mental health.

Tonight on Brainwaves we will be talking to Dr Paul Fearne about his new book 'Baudelaire and the Great Beyond'. Paul is a writer, poet and philosopher who has lived with schizophrenia since 1998. Paul has been on the show 3 times now, and is also a past Brainwaves team member. You can find Paul on Twitter HERE

This week on Brainwaves we talk Joe Bakhmoutski from Simplify Cancer about his lived experience with mental health and his journey with cancer.http://simplifycancer.com/

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to Dr Leonie Deuhlmeyer about a current study she is working on "A Brain, Exercise and Addiction Trial: Restoring 'brain health' in cannabis users". This study poses the question: Can exercise reverse the effect that long-term cannabis use has on the brain. For more information or if you would like to participate in the study please click here

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to Phillipa about her role as a life coach and how she incoporates Nuero Linguistic Programming (NLP) into her coaching. Phillipa shares insights into how she has helped clients, what her passion is and why she became a life coach. You can find more about Phillipa's Life Coaching HERE

Tonight we talk to renowned Australian psychologist Chris Mackey about the new edition of his book The Positive Psychology of Synchronicity: Enhance Your Mental Health With The Power of Coincidence. Chris is also the resident psychologist on Channel 9's TV Show Destination Happiness. This episode of brainwaves does mention the topic of suicide, if you feel distressed due to this, you can call Life...

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to Salli about her lived experience with bipolar, suicide ideation and the loss of her brother to suicide. Content Warning: Please note that this episode contains discussion that may be upsetting to some. If you find this episode distressing and need some support, please contact lifeline on 131114 or the Wellways helpline on 1300 111 500.

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to high profile barrister Greg Barns about the history of treatment of people with mental illness and people with intellectual disability within the corrections system. Greg also talks about best practice worldwide and any improvements we hope to see in the future.

Tonight on Brainwaves Phillipa talks to us about her lived experience with Chronic pain after suffering a life altering event and how she managed to overcome adversity, and channel her experiences into supporting others as a life coach.

Tonight on Brainwaves we talk to Ben about his experience with Vipassana meditation during his stay at a local Meditation Centre.

Tonight on Brainwaves the team discuss the impacts of Social Media on mental health.