Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast Series

Advocate • Lived Experience ME/CFS In this podcast we meet Carly who is a courageous advocate and powerful voice for those living with ME/CFS and other chronic illnesses. With over three decades of personal experience, she has navigated a complex healthcare system, facing many challenges and barriers to safe and compassionate care. Her journey has included many […]

Educator • Advocate Get ready for an eye-opening conversation during ME/CFS Awareness Week as Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia, welcomes Camille Williams, an expert in the field of telehealth nursing and a passionate advocate for individuals living with ME/CFS. In this insightful podcast episode, Anne and Camille delve into the often misunderstood concept of post-exertional malaise [...

Advocate • Lived Experience with ME/CFS Join Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia, as she welcomes Carolyn Merritt, a remarkable advocate and retired physiotherapist, to the Imagine Podcast. In this insightful episode, Carolyn shares her personal journey with ME/CFS and dysautonomia, offering a unique perspective on the impact of post-exertional malaise (PEM). I don’t think I really […]

Facilitator • Lived Experience ME/CFS • Advocate Join us for an insightful episode of the Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast as we delve further into the world of ME/CFS and the impacts of post-exertional malaise (PEM) with an expert guest, Louise De Pino. Louise, a trained social worker and experienced peer facilitator, brings a wealth of knowledge and personal […]

Educator • Advocate Join Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia, as she welcomes Kate Herbert, the organisation’s dedicated Nurse Educator, for an insightful conversation during ME/CFS Awareness Week. Kate, with her unique blend of professional expertise and personal experience, will delve into the often misunderstood and challenging aspects of post-exertional malaise (PEM) in ME/CFS. PEM is [...

Advocate • Lived Experience ME/CFS Trigger Warning: This episode contains candid discussions around mental health. Some listeners may find this content triggering. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available. In this podcast we are delighted to introduce Audrey, an incredibly inspiring seventeen year old who will be joining Anne Wilson […]

Advocacy Leader • Lived Experience long COVID ME Introducing Tahlia Ruschioni: A Leader in ME/CFS Advocacy and Global Collaboration
 In this special episode of the Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast, we are thrilled to welcome Tahlia Ruschioni, Executive Director of the Bateman Horne Center, as our esteemed guest. Tahlia is a driving force behind the centre’s remarkable growth and […]

Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia, is joined by Henry and his mother Jen, whose also lives with long Covid, to share their journey and insights.

In this podcast, Anne Wilson, CEO Emerge Australia, is in conversation with Dr Emma Tippett, Director Clinic Nineteen. A pioneering national Telehealth clinic which has now served over 1500 people, including children, across Australia.

In this informative podcast CEO Anne Wilson is in conversation with Dr Tavoletti (PhD), a biomedical and translational researcher with experience spanning academic laboratory science, first-in-human translational research, and leadership in national research infrastructure.

In this enlightening podcast CEO Anne Wilson is in a fascinating conversation with Kit McMahon, the CEO of WHISE who has two decades of experience across education, training and not for profits - consistently and passionately advocated for gender equality, empowering women and girls.

This episode contains discussions around vaccination and medication. Please consult your healthcare professional before making any treatment changes, as what works for one person may not be appropriate or safe for everyone.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains candid discussions about suicide and mental health. Some listeners may find this content distressing. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available.

In this special episode of the Emerge Australia Imagine podcasts, host Anne Wilson sits down for an update with Emerge Australia’s Ambassador, Professor David Putrino based in New York, a renowned Australian expert in long COVID, ME/CFS and associated energy limiting conditions, research and treatment.

Author • Executive Coach • Hope Strategist From “just survive today” to “what else could life still hold?” In the finale of our Too Tired to Think mini-series, Sarah Vizer zooms out from PEM spreadsheets and doctor drills to ask the bigger question: how do we keep possibility alive when the marathon has no finish […]

Author • Executive Coach • Reluctant Medical Sleuth Eight wrong turns, one gem GP – and a crash course in patient power. In Part 4 of Too Tired to Think, Sarah Vizer hands you her roadmap for surviving (and reshaping) the healthcare hunt. What’s inside “You’re the expert on your body. Fossick until you find […]

Author • Executive Coach • Emotional Cartographer Fatigue is only half the battle. In Part 3 of Sarah Vizer’s Too Tired to Think series, we trade symptom spreadsheets for the messy feelings ME/CFS drags in its wake. Inside the episode “Letting go of the fight and finding even brief moments of peace is the real […]

Author • Executive Coach • Pacing Strategist Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is more than “feeling wiped.” In Part 2 of her Too Tired to Think mini-series, Sarah Vizer zooms into the everyday mechanics of life with ME/CFS and shares the system she built to keep crashes—and frustration—at bay. What you’ll learn “Your battery might never hit […]

Author • Executive Coach • ME/CFS Marathoner Sarah Vizer opens up about her personal journey, sharing the real-life experiences and pivotal moments that inspired her to write her book and launch this podcast series. She gives heartfelt insight into the themes of resilience, healing, and the transformation that followed her toughest challenges. When burnout ended […]

Parents-in-chief of “Team Eliza” • Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science When your daughter’s post-viral illness turns into severe ME, what do you do if “the cavalry isn’t coming”? For Emerita Professor Ros Gleadow FAA (plant biologist, Monash) and Emeritus Professor Andy Gleadow AO (geologist, Uni Melbourne) the answer was simple: switch their world-class […]

Emerge Australia Ambassador • Actor • Writer • Producer • Patient-Advocate Eliza Charley is best known for The Fort (2022), Time Apart (2020) and award-winning shorts The Falling and Sweat. Yet behind the camera she has spent 15 years negotiating life with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) after a post-viral crash in 2009. Her lived experience – […]

Shiloh Moore describes herself as a ‘tireless advocate, master meditator, proud aunty to her many niblings (which is the gender neutral term for nieces and nephews), mentor, friend, family member, creative artist, writer, author of two self -published autobiographical books, musician and songwriter (especially of chants), profound thinker, philosopher, spiritual explorer and lover of life […...

Plum is a policy and public affairs professional, who has specialised for the last 10 years in cancer and terminal illness policy. It is this policy and patient advocacy experience, coupled with Plum’s lived experience with long COVID and a high-risk family, that has led her to found The Safer Air Project. People living with […]

Barry, living with long COVID and caring for his partner with ME/CFSTwo years ago, Barry cared for his son who contracted COVID at school. Soon after he too became unwell. He tested positive for COVID and was admitted to hospital. It was then that his life started to unravel. He considers himself one of the […]

In her early forties, Sarah made the difficult decision to step away from a promising 20-year corporate career after experiencing severe burnout.  What she didn’t know was her condition was a direct result of not being able to manage the early warning signs of stress. This led to full-blown ME/CFS, a life-altering condition she still […]