Young Blood - Men’s Mental Health
By Cal MacPherson
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Young Blood - Men’s Mental Health is the award-winning volunteer podcast dedicated to young men's mental health.
This life-changing archive of lived experience exists to share authentic stories of hardship, resilience and recovery, told by men under 40 and their loved ones from all walks of life; proving that no matter what you're going through, you're not alone!
Jump in and let host, Cal MacPherson guide you on a journey that goes right to the heart of being human, with relatable guests who will leave you feeling inspired and informed.
| Episode | Date |
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Internalising the Pain Till it Broke Me | James Overall
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Decade I Lost to Gambling | Mark Kempster
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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How 1% of Your Day Can Transform the Rest | Cooper Chapman
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Living Life My Way with Brain Cancer | Matt "Willy" Williams OAM
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Redefining Toughness | Daniel Principe
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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It Could Have Been the End | David Speirs
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Male Suicide is Finally Trending Down
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Putting the Work In | Tom Derickx
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Battling Blood Cancer with a Young Family | Jaraad "JK" Kader
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Would You Choose Pain Over Stillness?
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Loneliness and Finding the Right Kind of Therapy for You | Nigel Polak
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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What Stopped Me Becoming Another Statistic | Connor Tarrant
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Is Your Therapist a Chatbot?
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Mental Health, Faith & the Future of Therapy | Andy the Psych
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Chaos to Clarity | Justin Sorre
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Many of Us are Turning to Social Media for Mental Health Advice
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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1 in 3 Men Don't Have a Mate They Could Call in a Crisis
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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There's No Quick Fix for Your Mental Health | Tim Cook
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Therapy Didn't Work...Now What?
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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More Than Meets the Eye: Making the Invisible Visible | Nick Mayhugh
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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A Quality Relationship Halves Your Risk of Depression
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Being in Control is Hard, Being Out of Control is Harder
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Rebuilding Lives in Construction | Alex Kalliris
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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What if No One Wants to Hear From Me?
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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The AFL and Anorexia | Brayden Ainsworth
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Living Through a Mid-Air Collision | Mark Lucchiari & Ben Lucock
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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What Teenage Boys Actually Think | Jesse Rothgrew
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May 28, 2025 |
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Bodybuilding for a Better Life | Oli Wright & Rayan Abou-Hamdan
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May 22, 2025 |
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Surviving Divorce and the Family Court | Scott Matthews
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May 15, 2025 |
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The Man Behind the Push-Up Challenge | Nick Hudson
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May 07, 2025 |
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Running from the Responsibilities of Young Fatherhood | Brodie Toomey
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The Boy in the Tennis Machine | Todd Ley
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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How to Process Pregnancy Loss as a Man | Julie Borninkhof
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Six Years in Hell | Zach Green
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Living For My Brother, My Mother and Me | Adam Gaunt
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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If You Don't Laugh, You'll Cry | Sammy Petersen
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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There's More to Life Than Winning | Jasper Buck
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Bipolar Almost Broke Me | Chris Fraser
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Being Gay Doesn't Define Me | Mark Cawdron-White
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Not Your Average Psychologist | Dr Simon Tyler
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Life Before and After Prison | James Culley
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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If I Don't Take A Break, I'm Not Going to Survive | Memorable Moments
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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I Couldn't Understand Why I Was Like That | Memorable Moments
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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It Was Either Get Help, or I'm Going to Lose My Life | Memorable Moments
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Is Men's Mental Health Getting Better or Worse? | Dr Ian Zajac & Dr Michael Billows
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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How Growing Up on Shaky Ground Made Me | Brad Ordway
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Young Men at a Crossroads | Dr Zac Seidler
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Getting to the Gold | Jed Altschwager
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Making the Most of Life Without Sight | Ian Clements
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Grinding Through Grief | Drew Westfield
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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The Cost of Being What Other People Want You to Be | Niko Diamond
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Carving Out Connection | Benjamin Roberts
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Thanks for Not Looking Away | Shannon Molloy
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Leaving Law for Mental Health | Brian Njuguna
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Accepting I'm on the Spectrum | Callum Reid
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Taming My OCD | Matt Forrester
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Mental Health in Footy | Tom Jonas
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Finding Courage Against Cancer | Kish Modi
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Get a Grip on Porn & Sex Addiction | Dr Paula Hall
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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The Ripple Effect: Rising from a Tragic Chain of Events | Maddie Mortimer
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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The Podcast for Young Men & Their Loved Ones
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Conversation with A Couples Counsellor | Nicholas Purcell
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Out of Darkness into the Light | Luke Wilson
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living | Dr Matthew Iasiello
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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My Brother's Gone | Natasha Rofe
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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Rebuilding From Rock Bottom | Dave Menner
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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The Surprising Truth About Sleep | Professor Michael Gradisar
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Stopping the Victim Mentality | Adam Blum
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Stuff You Should Know About Suicide | Professor Nicholas Procter
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Forgiving My Parents Made Me a Better Father | Jason Wisniewski
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May 28, 2024 |
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How to Be the Man You'd Rather Be | Psychologist, Dr Ian Zajac
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May 20, 2024 |
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Introducing the Young Blood Experts Series
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May 15, 2024 |
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I Still Feel Guilty | Varad Mukhedkar
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May 06, 2024 |
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I Wish I'd Done More
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May 06, 2024 |
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A Kick in the Head | Blake Manwaring
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Making Art of Bipolar Disorder | Sam Kissajukian
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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You Think to Yourself, It'll Never Happen to Me... Until It Happens to You | Memorable Moments
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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More Than a Barber | Grant Freedman
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Losing the Jackpot, Fuelling the Beast | Memorable Moments
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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My Thoughts on Mental Health & Podcasting | Cal MacPherson
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Carrying the Weight of the World | Dale Rush
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Not A Day Goes By That I Don't Think of Taking My Own Life | Memorable Moments
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Dad Life with Autism and ADHD | Matt Carter
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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The Happiest I Ever Feel
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Raising Myself to Be a Man | Jesse Trout
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Jekyll and Hyde
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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A Massive Wake-Up Call | Memorable Moments
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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The Shaka Project: On a Mission to Stop Suicide | Sean Phillip
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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It Breaks Your Heart
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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I Was Hooked | Memorable Moments
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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I Didn't Want to Handball My Problems to Someone Else
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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I Wanted to Get Hurt | Memorable Moments
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Back from the Brink | Brad Wright
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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My Parents Got That Dreaded Knock at the Door
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Knowledge Dispels Fear | Memorable Moments
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Legal Battle: A Junior Lawyer's Mental Health Recovery | Kian Rafie
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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You Only Live Twice | Locky Miller
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Less Than a 5% Chance of Survival
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Life Gets Tough and We've Got to Put Some Tools in Place to Get Through | Memorable Moments
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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The Tornado Within | Nathan Schulz
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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I Want to Be Here
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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A Man of Extremes | Tyran Mowbray
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Young Blood - Men's Mental Health on ABC Radio
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Why Worry About the Things You Can't Change? | Memorable Moments
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Anxiety, Panic Attacks & the Power of the Mind | Toby Whittle
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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The Panic Attacks Kept Coming
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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The Trifecta: Quitting Drinking, Cocaine & the Punt | Angus Wood
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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I Am Living Proof
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Surviving with the Scars of Child Sexual Abuse | Edan van Haren
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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The Dark Secret That Owned My Life
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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She Gave Me Life...If I'd Stayed on the Path I Was on, Would I Still Be Here? | Memorable Moments
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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An Unconventional Path to Inner Peace | Dave Porter
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Using to Live, Living to Use | Memorable Moments
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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How Denying My Sexuality Turned Me Into Someone I Never Wanted to Be | Matt Kovatchis
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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I Was a Bully
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Ultra Mental Health Marathon | Cooper Hough
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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I Did Think That if Anybody Found Out, Everything Would Come Crashing Down | Memorable Moments
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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It Grabbed Me, Pulled Me Underwater and We Disappeared | Memorable Moments
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Living with a Brain Tumour That's Growing Back | Harry Malcolm
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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I Keep Waking Up and I Keep Showing Up
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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A Mountain to Climb | Ben Hirst
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Bourne to Run: A Desert Odyssey | Blake Bourne
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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I Believed I Was a Bad Person and That Tomorrow Might Never Come | Memorable Moments
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Lost in the Sauce | Turquoise Prince
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May 29, 2023 |
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I Had a Public Meltdown
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May 27, 2023 |
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You're Now Not Fit to Serve in the Australian Army | Memorable Moments
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May 22, 2023 |
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Trapped in My Mind | Zane Kirkwood
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May 15, 2023 |
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Can't Sleep
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May 15, 2023 |
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He Stabbed Her to Death in Front of 300 Witnesses | Memorable Moments
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May 08, 2023 |
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How Men Can Stop Domestic Violence | Allan Ball
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Breaking the Cycle | Warren Hubbard
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Redefining Disability | Alexander Arthur
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Question Time - 'How Has the Podcast Helped You?'
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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You Might Never Be the Same
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Bouncing Back from Brain Injury | Ed Fowler
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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It Doesn't Get Easier, You Just Get Stronger | Zak Hausler
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Question Time - 'How Have You Changed for the Better?'
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Prescription Peril: How Painkillers Destroyed My Life | Nick Stacey
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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The Abuse That Had to Come Out
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Trust Your Gut: A Coeliac Disease Story | Ben Hampton
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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The Sickness Hiding in Plain Sight
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Question Time - 'What's the Most Important Mental Health Lesson You Learnt in 2022?'
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Not a Deadbeat Dad | Ben Wade
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Young Recovering Alcoholics | Will Hitchins & Mitch Ford
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Fighting for My Life | James Alexander
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Losing My Dad to Suicide | Will Plagakis
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Watching My Hero Fall Apart
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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The Pilot Who Thought About Suicide Every Day | Shannon Archbold
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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I Don’t Want to Be Vulnerable Either | Cal MacPherson
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Single Dad Life | Pat Di Domenico
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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The Night Mum Saved My Life | Brandon Nunn
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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The Way of the Warrior - Muay Thai Champion | Jordan Fielding
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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How Child Sexual Abuse Shaped Me As a Man | Anders Villani
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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When, Not If - Para-Athlete | Gabe Lieschke
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Half A Leg, Twice the Man | Seb Steel
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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You Only Get One Chance At Life | Chance Ndume
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Changing Black Mental Health | Thomas Drew
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Postnatal Depression for Dads | Dave Edwards
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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Black, Gay and Living By Example | Marcellus Enalanga
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Growing Up Muslim Before & After 9/11 | Abdul Abdullah
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Money, Ayahuasca & Evolution | Cain Dover
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May 31, 2022 |
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Going Wrong & Making It Right | Steve White
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May 27, 2022 |
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Young Blood - Men’s Mental Health on Fresh 92.7 Radio with Callum MacPherson
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May 19, 2022 |
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Leaving a Fanatical Church | Tom Tilley
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May 11, 2022 |
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Losing Family to Suicide | Jack Brown
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May 01, 2022 |
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Sex Addiction, Music & Healing | Tim Conlon
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Becoming Who I Needed - Suicide Survivor | Matt Caruana
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Steroids: Not All It’s Jacked Up to Be | Jaxon Tippet
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Losing Your Parents and Gaining Purpose | Ryan Waite
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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I'm a Trans Man | Zac Cannell
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Losing a Friend to Suicide | Nic Bloom
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Cycling Across America for Suicide | Brendan Walsh
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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I Am Not What Happened to Me - Extreme Sports Athlete | Damien Rider
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Becoming the Man You Want to Be | Corey Boutwell
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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News That's Good for Your Mental Health | The Daily Aus
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Are You a Slave to Porn? | Matt Sinkovitz
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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The Men's Mental Health Revolution | Dr Zac Seidler
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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The Power of Reading for Your Mental Health | Brothers N Books
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Drugs, Guns & Redemption | Arman Vestad
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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What to Do When You Don‘t Belong | Jahin Tanvir
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Sex, Porn & Intimacy - Sexologist | Jordan Hackett
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Beating Blood Cancer | Michael Bowen
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Ice, Heroin, Hell & Back | Jack Nagle
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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A Special Forces Doctor At War | Dr Dan Pronk
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Move Your Mind | Nick Bracks
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Whatever It Takes - MMA Pro | Shane 'AAA' Mitchell
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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Standing Proud for LGBTIQA+ | Matthew Morris
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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Gamble (Ir)responsibly | Luke McLean
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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The War Inside - Army Veteran | Nathan Bolton
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May 24, 2021 |
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Losing a Brother to Suicide | Mitch McPherson
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May 17, 2021 |
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Why Being Dropped from the AFL Was a Blessing | Dyl Buckley
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Childhood Trauma Is No Joke - Comedian | Marc Ryan
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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Young Men's Mental Health | Hunter Johnson
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Escaping the Jaws of Death - Shark Attack Survivor | Chris Blowes
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Blokes Supporting Blokes | SA Brothers
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Laughing In The Face Of Cancer | Michael Shafar
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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The Broken Bottle That Made Me | Hesh Fernando
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Street Kid Diaries | Nathan Lymn
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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A Rough Life and Reasons to Be Here | Ben Stamatovich
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Call It a Miracle | Sean Weir
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Living Through My Wife's Suicide - Potbelleez star | Ilan Kidron
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Homes For the Homeless | Justin Westhoff and Scott Rogash
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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I Don't Want to Die | Josh Moorhouse
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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It Takes a Village | Jack Jones
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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A Recipe for Disaster - Ex-AFL Veteran | Heath Black
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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The Life of a Male Stripper | Kelvin Shone and Dan McDonald
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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The Disability No One Sees | Taylor Harvey
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Days in the Dark | Krunk
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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The Conversation That Saved a Convicted Ex-cop | Matt Newlands
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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There's More to Life Than Drugs and Gambling | Glenn Draper
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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My Life with Cystic Fibrosis | Flynn Gill
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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Bullied & Beaten | The Blokeologist
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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The Narrative Behind Youth Detention | Jye Cardona
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Coming Out in Sport | Dave Oliver
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Mental Health in Construction | Simon Tyler and Richie Welch
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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The Power in Cultural Identity | Alipate Carlile
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Depression Doesn't Need a Reason | Luke Spajic
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May 30, 2020 |
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How To Be There for Someone Who's Suicidal | Psychotherapist, Jackson Goding
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May 20, 2020 |
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The Coward Punch That Could’ve Killed Me | Ben O’Toole
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May 12, 2020 |
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Vulnerability Saved My Life | Zane Munro
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May 05, 2020 |
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Dr Happy's Coronavirus Guide To Happiness
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Getting COVID at the Start of the Pandemic | Joe Patterson
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Creating Calm in Chaos - Meditation Master | Tom Cronin
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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A Soldiers Silent Battle | Australian Army Veteran, Luke Adamson
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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The Hero Firefighter Who Hates it When You Call Him That | Thomas Fogg
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Pushing Past Your Limits | Para-rowing Champions, Jed Altschwager and Will Smith
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Lessons in Love | The Love Doctor, Jane Donovan
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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Living With Autism | Zaine Schmidt
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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The Pursuit of Happiness | Filmmaker, Mike Worsman
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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The Night Mum Was Murdered | Arman Abrahimzadeh
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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From Lost to Leading By Example | Lachie Stuart
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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The Reality of Life As a Quadriplegic | Charles Brice
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Depression, Heartbreak & Healing | Mark Kelly
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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Touring the World on Adrenaline | Brock Bentley
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Facing Anxiety & Taking Back Control | Sammy King & PhD Phoebe Drioli-Phillips
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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War, Homelessness & Never Giving Up - The Unbelievable Story Of An African Refugee | Chance Ndume
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Pain Behind the Laughs: Battling Addiction & Bouncing Back from Rock Bottom | Mickey D
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Facing Cancer Twice & the Importance of Early Detection | Hugo Toovey
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Learning to Love Yourself As a Gay Man | Zane Dean & Brandon Symes
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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Steroids, Body Image & Choosing Health | Mark Mattiazzo & Professor Gary Wittert
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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Closing the Gap On Indigenous Health | Stephen Harfield
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Persevering Under Pressure | Ben & Liam
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Surviving Suicide | Taylor Johnstone
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Sep 12, 2019 |