Brainwaves
Challenging the mainstream, negative stereotypes of people with a mental illness, Brainwaves actively engages those living with a mental illness as researchers, interviewers, performers and program designers while promoting community mental health awareness.
Show episodes
Woodcock Lecture - Reimagining Mental Health: Dignity, Humanity and the Power of Lived Experience - Part 1
Last month, we held our 24th Annual Woodcock Lecture in Melbourne. The evening brought together mental health advocates, peer workers, clinicians, and people with lived experience around a central theme: how to centre dignity and humanity in the mental health system.Today, on our radio show Brainwaves, we share part on
Professional Music Therapist, Carrie Henschell, has worked in social services, community and the health sector for more than a decade. Her portfolio includes mental health, brain injury rehabilitation, disability services, youth homelessness and refugee settlement services. Carrie's approach is grounded in trauma-infor
Bestselling author, Jennifer Scoullar joins Brainwaves to talk about her new novel ‘Wild Horses’ — and the powerful role animals, nature, and storytelling can play in supporting mental wellbeing.
A chat with Megan Del Borello, the founder of We Are Emersyn and the We Are Emersyn Foundation
Megan Del Borello is the founder of We Are Emersyn and The We Are Emersyn Foundation. Megan knows first-hand how challenging being a women founder is. It’s this reason that she is changing the narrative on women founders and creating an ecosystem for them to be supported and thrive.
Michael and Janelle are life partners who have undergone various challenges, mainly learning how to live with Michael's brain injury and cognitive failures. Through Michael's recovery, he found he was drawn to others with similar stories and realised he wanted to document these interactions. This is how the RoadzofLife
Following more than a decade of military service as a Critical Care Nurse, Nadine Muller became a high-performance coach, mentor and international best-selling author. In her book ‘A Reason to Rise’ she shares her journey of overcoming immense personal and family adversity. Nadine is today’s guest on our radio show Bra
