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What is Neurodiversity? What is life like with Neurodiversity? For Neurodiversity week, I and one of my collogues, were creating spots for social media and our time turned into a wonderful conversation. That conversation was so extraordinary and so eye opening, for me, that I asked Michelle if she would allow me share the whole convo. She thankfully said yes. I am delighted to bring you our inform...

A large part of a cop's job is dealing with potential mental health incidents. What is it like to be on the other side of one of these incidents? I can tell you, and I will. Check out the full pod!. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14 #ShatteredThePodcast #Pod...

In a mental health crisis it can feel like there is nothing you can do. And yet there is. You can breathe. Stop! Take a breath and be mindful. Sounds impossible? Its not. Check out the full pod!. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14 #ShatteredThePodcast #Podcast #S...

Hope is complicated, especially for someone living with a mental illness. Let's discuss that today! Why I find hope difficult and how I've learned to find hope in unexpected ways. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14 #ShatteredThePodcast #Podcast #STP #PTSD...

You are not your diagnosis. Your mind will tell you that you are Bi-polar, OCD, PTSD or etc; But you are not. You are still YOU. Don't be defined by your diagnosis, it is something you live with. It's not who you are. Buy the book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14 #ShatteredThePodcast #Podcast #STP #P...

This ep is a breakdown of my advice from last weeks controversial pod. Is it possible to care for your carer? Do you NEED to care for your carer? And if so... then how? I can barely care for myself! SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14 #ShatteredThePodcast #Podcast...

Is it possible to care for your carer? Do you NEED to care for your carer? And if so... then how? I can barely care for myself! SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14 #ShatteredThePodcast #Podcast #STP #PTSD #PTSDsymptoms #CPTSD #cptsdrecovery #domesticviolence #suic...

Life without hope is a barren wasteland. It takes the joy out of life. It deletes the concept of a positive future from your mindset. I want to talk about hope and I want to talk about how it relates to my mental illness today on STP. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&s...

Here is my first livestream! We discuss how hard and medication change can be. Let me know what you think. Mark Brosnan is a broadcaster, public speaker and author on the lived experience of Living with Mental Illness. His podcast, STP Shattered the Podcast was viewed over 100,000 times in 2022. In 2006, after 18 years working with people with disabilities, a series of assaults in the workplace ca...

Self stigma is one of the worst kind of stigmas. It's a stigma that you can't walk away from because it's in your head the whole time. Today we're talking about it. We're expanding a little bit about it what it is and we're talking about ways that you can challenge that thought process. And hopefully come out the other side! SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book h...

You might be sitting in a place right now where you feel like you've failed. But we've all fallen down. We've fallen back into bad patterns. The real truth is that you haven't failed. You've fallen. You only fail if you don't get back up check out Stp for more. We're going to unpack that today on STP! SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book https://www.amazon.co...

Lets start '24 with the promise we'll be kind to ourselves. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book- https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14 #ShatteredThePodcast #Podcast #STP #PTSD #PTSDsymptoms #CPTSD #suicide #depression #mentalhealth #anxiety #sad #suicideprevention #love #mentalhealthawareness...

On STP Shattered the Podcast this week we're talking resilience. What is it? How do you get it? How do you recognise it? How do you acknowledge it in your own journey? Have you ever done a mountain climb... about halfway up you turn back and you look at how far you've come? That's how you look at and recognize resilience. That's on STP Shattered the podcast. https://www.amazon.com....

You are not alone in mental illness. Your family and those you love (and love you) are going through it too. I'm going to tell you the issue. I'm going to tell you what it was like for me at the worst of times, and I'm going to tell you what it's like for me now. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book-https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keyword...

You're struggling. You can't go on. What do you do? 1. Don't make a decision you'll regret 2. Reach out. I'm going to tell you the issue. I'm going to tell you what it was like for me at the worst of times, and I'm going to tell you what it's like for me now. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book-https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1...

Why do bad things happen to good people? Did God give me mental illness? These are the questions I ask today. I'm going to tell you the issue. I'm going to tell you what it was like for me at the worst of times, and I'm going to tell you what it's like for me now. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+...

Thousands of Veterans' have lived through the modern equivalent of The Vietnam War. They served in war that was not popular, for obscure reasons, and that seemed destined to end in failure. Our Veterans' need to be acknowledged and we as a nation need to understand the trauma and ongoing needs that these people have. So, to honour my father, and maternal grandfather, who both served in Vie...

PTSD seems to be so prevalent that people are now asking Is PTSD really that bad? Every person who has PTSD has at one time or another wondered if their PTSD is real/ and or valid. And people downplaying your illness/injury can be devastating. I'm going to tell you the issue. I'm going to tell you what it was like for me at the worst of times, and I'm going to tell you what it's li...

Are you kind to yourself? Should you be kind to yourself? What does it mean to be kind to yourself? We're going to unpack that today on STP! SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how. Buy the book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14   #ShatteredThePodcast #Podcast #STP #PTSD #PTSDsymptoms #CPTSD #cptsdrecovery #dom...

We can all agree that suicide is not a good thing, but one thing that a person contemplating their own suicide doesn't necessarily think about- is the pain that their suicide is going to have on those left behind. When I tried to take my own life I had no idea of the pain that I was potentially going to cause to the people left behind. I was blind to it because I was in so much pain. It didn&#...

Sometimes living with mental illness is just hard. There's no rhyme or reason to the way you feel... so what do you do when living with mental illness is just hard? I'll discuss that today on STP. SUPPORT US NOW. See below for how.https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+the+book&qid=1627454085&sr=8-14#ShatteredThePodcast #Podcast #STP #PT...

I was at a funeral a few weeks ago for a young woman who had taken her own life. A suicide funeral is the worst type of funeral. The grief is profound. So is the guilt, the anger and the sadness. Every one of the hundreds of people there would do anything to get her back. When we are nervous about talking about suicide, we lose more young people. Studies show that it IS better to have open and hon...

I have spoken to 3000 people in 170 different schools, academies and workplaces about mental illness. For this work I have been nominated for a Westfield Local hero award. This is for the work I do with MIEACT. In my time at MIEACT I have spoken to over 170 groups about mental illness to increase awareness and reduce stigma. If I get enough votes MIEACT will get $20,000! Pls vote at https://survey...

From the outset, none of our diggers should feel shame that they need help with their mental health. For those of us that have never been in the military. The idea that a soldier a sailor airman could have a mental illness is not something that we see as being that big a deal. Check out STP today. Buy the STP book https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09BC229P1/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=shattered+...

On the 18 August we will be commemorating 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. On that day I will be honoring the service of my father (ret. WO2 Kevin Brosnan '67-'98' 17 Contruction Workshop) and my maternal grandfather (dec. WO2 Cliff Curran 105 Feild Regiment HQ '66). This is a time where perhaps we can right some of the wrongs committed against our servicemen and women an...