A weekly chat presented by the Sanguine Writing House, centred around our experiences of Mental Health.
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Why are you alive? Why you out of anyone else? What’s the point of living? Come join this podcast to hear more every week. Thank you have a good day, or night .
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It’s a Mind Field! Mental health challenges are explored with people who have their own lived experience of mental health issues. IAMF! is funded by the Mental Health Commission of NSW. The podcast includes discussion around topics such as depression, stigma and suicide. We acknowledge that this content may be difficult and we encourage listeners to take care of their safety and well-being. Help is available. Call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or contact the Suicide Callback Service on 1300 659 467 / ...
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An in-depth look at all things public education in the US. Does the district matter? Yes! Listen, laugh, and learn as a forty-year participant in public school leadership tells you why! Phil Stover started in public education as a school bus driver and retired from serving as interim superintendent of the second-largest border school district in the United States. In between, he worked in, with, and for somewhere around 100 districts. He developed strategies with districts to overcome financ ...
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Episode 5: Building Stronger Foundations
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Embark on a journey with me, Phil Stover, as we navigate the often-overlooked symphony of public education departments and their crucial role in shaping our students' futures. Our latest episode of "Dancing in the Mind Fields" unveils the concept of 'intentional integration' and 'pastoral teachers," concepts close to my heart for uniting the instru…
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Episode 4: Faithful and Flourishing School District Employees and Stakeholders
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Discover the secret sauce that makes an educational district employee and stakeholder not just good, but truly exceptional. Join me, Phil Stover, as we traverse the landscape of public education, pinpointing nine key traits that mark the difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary. From the diligence of food service workers to the strateg…
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In episode 3 of year 1 we look at the variety in public school districts in the United States. I point out the scarcity of studies on how the district as a whole impacts student learning. Distancing mechanisms are constructs that inhibit student learning and lead to what I deem "tribal markings" within districts. Even within, let alone between dist…
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This episode, the second of year one delves into the background of the question "how are the Children? It also explores the concept that the entire district, as a system, either helps or hinders the school sites by means of the culture, climate, and consistency that it creates. This episode explains my commitment to the concept that the entire dist…
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Episode 1: An Introduction to Dancing in the Mind Fields of Public Education
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This podcast is the first episode of the first year of our series of podcasts. In it, Phil Stover provides an introduction to the concept of Dancing in the Mind Fields of Public Education in the United States. Phil provides an overview of his background working in more than 100 districts and institutions of higher learning. This initial podcast pre…
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Leon Fernandes has a conversation which 'changed his life'. His guest Greg, has wisdom in bucket-loads. They discuss the difficulties of coming-out as a gay man, in decades past, and run-ins with suicide. Coming out as a gay man was often a journey marked by profound trauma and societal rejection. The weight of societal stigma and fear of persecuti…
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Shattered Dreams: Miscarriage & Mental Health S2 E12
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Chris Jaeger talks with his cousin Jess about miscarriage. She tells her heartbreaking story of pregnancy loss. Miscarriage can inflict profound emotional wounds, often leading to a complex array of mental health challenges. Grief, guilt, and deep sadness may engulf individuals and couples, triggering feelings of inadequacy and despair. Anxiety and…
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Paramedics - On the Front Line - S2 E11, Part 2
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Chris Jaeger continues his conversation with paramedic Jason Kirkaldy. A front line paramedic, Jason experiences trauma daily. He speaks about the unique mental health challenges faced by first responders. IAMF! is supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW. Content warning - Interviews include explicit language and feature topics such as dep…
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Paramedics - On the Front Line S2 E10 Part 1
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द्वारा Leon Fernandes, Hannah Achelles and Chris Jaeger
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War on Emotional Suppression S2 E9
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After 10 years in the mental health sector supporting patients, and being a patient himself, Max Simensen believes there is a better way to approach treatment. Max speaks up against emotional suppression and discusses how people with mental health issues find a need to perform 'unwellness’ in order to access the treatment they need. Over the last t…
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What happens to young people when religious dogma clashes with sexual identity? In many cultures, living outside of sexual norms can evoke guilt, shame and rejection. But, Mohammad Awad who runs the award-winning Muslim Peers Project, which supports young Muslims, says that religious identity and queer identity are not mutually exclusive - they can…
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Psychologists Need Therapy Too! S2 E7
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Leon Fernandes talks with Meg, a clinical psychologist who reveals how stigma and shame inhibit members of her profession from discussing and seeking treatment for their own mental health issues. Meg’s perspective is shaped by having faced mental health trauma and the uncomfortable reactions exhibited when communicating her experiences to colleague…
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In Part II of Big Feelings, Chris Jaeger introduces Natalie Toal - a ‘super feeler’ who is an advocate of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for managing big feelings. Natalie explains what is involved in the therapy, and outlines its benefits. Natalie relies on DBT herself and, as a peer worker in mental health, she is involved in helping others who …
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After 10 years in psychotherapy, Hannah Achelles has learned to navigate big feelings. In this interview with co-host Chris Jaeger, Hannah talks about befriending emotions to stop them from becoming overwhelming and developing into depression. For those who experience extreme emotions, managing those feelings can be a complex and lifelong journey. …
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Executive Producer of IAMF, Leon Fernandes has faced deep trauma because of failings in mental health care. While awaiting a psychiatric hospital bed, Leon spent 12 terrifying nights in an open ward shared with people experiencing drug-induced psychosis. In this episode Leon speaks candidly about his fears and suicidal thoughts. With presenter Chri…
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Loneliness affects one in three of us. It is a silent epidemic that can negatively impact our mental and physical health. Producer/presenter Chris Jaeger talks about his experiences of loneliness, delving into the roles played by friendship, romantic connections, and loss. Expert, Dr Michell Lim explains her mission to elevate awareness, and encour…
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In this episode, we hear the stories of two people whose loved ones have died by suicide. It’s heavy stuff, involving big emotions. As presenter Leon Fernandes says in the interview, “There are places where words can’t reach and that darkness [of suicide] is absolutely one of them.” Jane talks about the loss of husband Jez, and how she continues to…
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to hear voices? In this mesmerising episode, Leon Fernandes is joined by Ruah Grace who talked about her life-long experience of hearing voices. A deeply spiritual character, Ruah recently departed this life after suffering a short illness. This episode is dedicated with love, to Ruah, her partner, family, and …
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On today's show we are joined by Ross McWilliam - The man who changed 1 million lives. We are discussing the top tips for Men's Mental Healthद्वारा The Sanguine Writing House
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On today's episode we are joined by Debi Roberts, CEO of the OLLIE Foundation, And we are talking about what the foundation does and it's missionद्वारा The Sanguine Writing House
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On today's show we are joined by Adam Gross, A Youth Board Member of Beyond, and we are discussing his journey to recoveryद्वारा The Sanguine Writing House
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Today we are joined by Charlie Bethal, the Chief Officer of Mens Sheds UK and we are discussing the organisation and how it helps it's membersद्वारा The Sanguine Writing House
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Today on the latest episode of Mind Field, we are joined by Patrick Doyle, a consultant psychotherapist - and we are discussing 'The world according to you' - An exploration of the nature of reality and our mental healthद्वारा The Sanguine Writing House
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On today's show we are joined by Ste Walker, the founder of Solo Parents United North West, and we are discussing how the group came to be, what the group does for it's members and Ste's own personal storyद्वारा The Sanguine Writing House
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On today's episode of mind field, we share a video from R;pple - The Suicide prevention charity who have developed a tool that is downloaded to your browser and picks up suicide and self harm key words that trigger a pop up offering mental health support and details of other organisations in the area that can provide help and support. This truly is…
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Today we are joined by the amazing Dr Pamela Smith. We are talking about positive communication and the importance of non verbal communication and how it can effect our everyday lives.द्वारा The Sanguine Writing House
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Toady we share our experience's of social isolation, having very different roles during the lockdowns than we do now, we explore how it was for each of us and how we coped.द्वारा warrenspencerp
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The first episode of the Mind Field podcast, briefly explaining what we hope to do and gain from our podcast centring around our experiences of mental ill healthद्वारा warrenspencerp
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How comfortable are you in talking about sex and suicide? No matter what, we each have a close relationship with and strong opinions about sex and suicide. Talking candidly about them can be difficult – with each they can fill us with unease, bring up distressing memories, force us to sit with uncertainty and with fear. *This episode has a signific…
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For most of human history, mental illness has been largely untreatable. Sufferers lived their lives - if they survived - in and out of asylums, accumulating life's wreckage around them. In 1948, all that changed when an Australian doctor and recently returned prisoner of war, working alone in a disused kitchen, set about an experimental treatment f…
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Many people across Australia and the world are afraid to talk about suicide. A common misconception is that talking about it will encourage and lead to suicide. In episode 11 of It’s A Mind Field!, we start the conversation about suicide and some of the myths around it. We take a first-hand look at the factors that drive suicidal thinking and behav…
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Sink Or Swim: Sports, Mental Health & Overcoming Trauma
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Australia is a country that lives for sport; in the 2021 lockdown, millions of people were glued to the Olympics in Tokyo and football grand finals. But what about the mental health of athletes when they’re off the field? Renowned sports psychiatrist Dr Ranjit Menon joins It’s A Mind Field! to discuss the mental health of high-performance athletes.…
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Episode Nine of It’s A Mind Field! explores Aboriginal mental health and suicide. Research shows that Indigenous people in Australia are twice as likely to die by suicide than non-Indigenous Australians. The suicide rate of Indigenous Australian children is amongst the highest in the world and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged between 15 …
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Imagine that life is a video game and at the start of the game, everyone is gifted 90,000 ‘bonus hours’, to spend doing whatever tickles their fancy How would you spend this time? Would you explore the world with those you love the most? Would you kick-back and watch re-runs of Sex and The City? Or maybe rescue twelve dogs and start a commune in Al…
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Drugs destroy lives…..or do they? Everyone has an opinion about drugs, and usually a robust one. For some people living with mental health issues, the impacts of drug use can be devastating and even fatal. However, for some, intoxication can also be a source of joy, inspiration, and self-knowledge. What do you reckon? This episode features two of A…
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In today’s episode, we examine some of the things we hold near to our hearts but might be afraid to talk about. We talk openly about suicide from those with personal experience and what the research says. This is a story of hope, not despair. We then have an interview we hope you’ll love as much as we do! We interview a sex worker who specialises i…
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Have you ever felt lonely? Are you lonely now? French writer, Honoré de Balzac wrote that “solitude is fine but sometimes you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” Ain’t that the truth! In this episode, we investigate what causes loneliness and how it is different from solitude. And where does our drive to connect come from? How and why do w…
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Is there a connection between religious involvement and mental health? Hell yeah! Though it is a long and complex relationship indeed. For some, religion and sport has been a source of deep joy and connection, whereas for others it has been an irritant. Of course, there are many shades in between. Funnily enough, the exact same thing could be said …
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In this episode, we unearth the connection between invisible illness and its propensity to result in 50 shades of displacement -- from friends, family, work, visibility in public discourse, and the home itself. Join in on our chats with SHOW ME WHERE IT HURTS: LIVING WITH INVISIBLE ILLNESS author Kylie Maslen, and Yfoundations CEO Pam Barker. Kylie…
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In this episode of It’s a Mind Field! We’re focusing on youth and some of the challenges that young people have faced in the past and still deal with today. Our expert interview is with 2010’s Australian of the Year, Professor Pat McGorry. Pat is a psychiatrist known world-wide for his development of early intervention and youth mental health servi…
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Discrimination, Stigma & Self-Stigma
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Welcome to It’s A Mind Field! In this first episode of ‘It’s A Mind Field!’ presenter, Leon Fernandes, has a conversation with Australia’s premier ‘Psychologically Diverse Citizen’, Fay Jackson, about the discrimination, stigma and self-stigma that PDCs like her experience every day. The show’s three presenters then have a chat about what Fay had t…
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Description of the inners emotions
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1st episode even though it’s stupid
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