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Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Podcast for Young Men & Their Loved OnesYoung Blood - Men’s Mental Health is the award-winning volunteer video 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.2024-07-2500 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthMy Brother's Gone | Natasha RofeFor the past five years, this podcast has shared the stories of young men whose lives have been altered by mental health challenges and suicide.
According to Lifeline, the ripple effect of each suicide death can be felt by up to 135 people connected to that person. Of those people, direct family members are the most significantly impacted.
Today's guest brings us a sister's perspective on the tragedy of suicide.
Natasha lost her brother Kristopher last year, leaving her and her family's lives forever changed.
She's sharing her story to represent the voice of women left devastated by the suicide...2024-06-291h 22
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthRebuilding From Rock Bottom | Dave MennerSitting alone in a half built dream house after his marriage breakdown, trying to keep his business as a builder afloat during Covid, while managing co-parenting - Dave was thinking to himself, how had it all come to this?
A middle child with a chip on his shoulder, Dave was always trying to prove people wrong and do it all.
That mentality led him to overcommit and under deliver, crushing his identity in the process.
This is the story of a bloke who had it all planned out at 30, and yet is living a very...2024-06-241h 02
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Surprising Truth About Sleep | Professor Michael GradisarQuality sleep is the top of the waterfall from which all
of our health flows. Better sleep equals better everything else, and whether you've got waking woes, or you're happy with how you're laying your head, there's simple things we can all do to make tonight's sleep
the best yet.
My New Years resolution for 2024 was to improve my sleep performance. I use wearable a sleep tracker, a consistent early bed time, blue light blocking glasses, ear plugs, the works and I still have a hard time
getting a true eight hours.
Fortunately for me and...2024-06-181h 13
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthStopping the Victim Mentality | Adam BlumAn overweight red-head with ADHD, learning difficulties and no self confidence, Adam Blum was always an easy target...
Ridiculed by the bullies who called him, 'Blum', Adam was tormented and belittled from the moment he started school, all the way into his twenties. The way Adam used to see life, he was a victim, desperately yearning for a different life, while convincing himself he was powerless to create it. For decades, Adam believed all the nasty voices telling him he was useless, including his own, and it almost killed him..
But...2024-06-1152 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthStuff You Should Know About Suicide | Professor Nicholas ProcterYou hear about mental illness and suicide a lot more these days, especially if you follow this podcast; but are things actually getting better or worse?
We live in a time with more awareness and acceptance of mental health issues than ever, yet it's not obvious
all the attention is moving the needle in the right direction. Young Blood exists to share the stories of everyday men, and that won't change; but my guest today brings us the facts and a unique perspective you won't find anywhere else.
Professor Nicholas Procter is...2024-06-041h 06
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthForgiving My Parents Made Me a Better Father | Jason WisniewskiAll children deserve to feel safe, loved and cared for, but for far too many, that's not the reality.The effects of enduring childhood abuse and neglect are profound, shaping the adults that kids turn into and often perpetuating the cycle.
My guest today is a first generation Australian, raised in a broken home, caught in the crossfire of his mother and father fighting each other and battling their own demons.
Bereft of support when he needed it most, Jason has grown up to build his life around caring for others.He...2024-05-2851 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthHow to Be the Man You'd Rather Be | Psychologist, Dr Ian ZajacHave you ever been to a psychologist? I'm seeing one at the moment, and by last count, around 2 million Aussies have seen a health professional for their mental health in the past 12 months.
As a society we're becoming much more open talking about mental health and going to therapy, but what actually happens when you go for your first appointment and how does it all go down?
My guest today on the Young Blood Experts Series is, Dr Ian Zajac, a clinical psychologist specialising in men's mental health and the Director of MensPsych Ps...2024-05-201h 21
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthI Still Feel Guilty | Varad Mukhedkar
It’s a strange thing to lose someone close to you to suicide and to have that tragedy put you on a path to finding purpose. It’s what happened to me, and it’s also what happened to Varad, whose life has been shaped by the suicide of his friend Michael in university; something he still feels guilty about.
Varad’s a youth mentor who facilitates mental health workshops for students through Western Australian not for profit, Man Up and has contributed his insight to the creation of new mental health resource website, RightByYou.
RightByYo...2024-05-0754 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthA Kick in the Head | Blake ManwaringImagine one minute you're sitting down chatting to your mates, and the next you're knocked unconscious by someone you've never met... That's what happened to Blake on a night out in 2012, and it's had a life-changing impact on the now 32 year old.
Blake's ordeal put him through the ringer physically and mentally, and recently becoming a father himself has given him another perspective on just how devastating that attack could've been for his family and community.
His desire to be a role model for other coward punch survivors and young men is the...2024-04-2344 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthMaking Art of Bipolar Disorder | Sam KissajukianA comedian, turned artist, turned comedic artist; this guy's story is truly out of the box…
He quit stand-up comedy after a decade on the local circuit and unsure what to do with himself, made the unusual decision to hire out a warehouse and start painting…
Living on three hours sleep for 6 months, letting his imagination run wild and trying to make his dreams manifest on canvas, Sam Kissajukian had no idea he was living in an extended manic episode...
Diagnosed with bi-polar disorder soon after, Sam went from never having painted before, to compl...2024-04-0958 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthMy Thoughts on Mental Health & Podcasting | Cal MacPhersonIt's been 18 months since the last solo episode, and it feels like high time to check-in!
In this pod, I rant at length answering all the listener questions sent in to our @youngbloodmensmentalhealth Instagram. Some serious, some not so serious, and overall, hopefully worth your time. Even producer Rory makes a special cameo appearance! Thanks to everyone who got involved and all of you who follow the show! We're all in this together. 2024-03-1356 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood - Men's Mental Health on ABC RadioYoung Blood creator and host Callum MacPherson joins ABC radio for Mental Health Month, to share the Young Blood - Men's Mental Health podcast origin story and talk men's mental health with host Sonya Feldhoff. 2023-10-3118 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthI Don’t Want to Be Vulnerable Either | Cal MacPhersonIt's taken 100 episodes for me to share my story in detail. I created Young Blood to be a space for men to talk openly about what we struggle with and how we process emotions and like most men, I have a hard time doing it myself! In this solo episode I get into: My past and personal life What it was like for me to lose a friend to suicide How the podcast journey has gone so far and why I do it What I find challenging and what I'm working on My perspective on vulnerability and men's mental he...2022-10-2448 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThis is Young BloodWelcome to Young Blood, an award-winning podcast on a mission to make the mental health of young men a top priority. My name's Callum MacPherson, I'm a journalist and this is our mission to open up and share stories of what we've been through, because we're not alone. Let's do it!
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You can find all Young Blood - Men's Mental Health podcasts...2022-09-0800 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood - Men’s Mental Health on Fresh 92.7 Radio with Callum MacPhersonAfter being named 2022 South Australian Young Achiever of the Year, Young Blood - Men's Mental Health podcast host, Callum MacPherson, chats with Fresh 92.7 Breakfast Show presenters, Davo, Tom and Callum about the podcast's origin story, how to be there for someone who's struggling and what we can all do to contribute to the positive mental health revolution. 2022-05-1906 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood Philosophy - The Stars"If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars." - Tagore2022-01-2100 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood Philosophy - FateYoung Blood Philosophy
“A man’s character is his fate.” - Heraclitus2022-01-1700 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthCycling Across America for Suicide | Brendan WalshBrendan Walsh is an adventure athlete who holds the Guinness World Record for the Fastest Crossing of America By Bicycle, one of the great feats of endurance he’s taken on in the name of raising mental health awareness.
Brendan’s just published a book, 'For Those Who Can't', chronicling his remarkable journey from his long struggle with mental illness and suicidal ideation, to taking on the world on his bike. Brendan’s lost friends to suicide and very nearly lost himself, but he’s still here and he’s on a mission to help make a change.2022-01-1447 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood Philosophy - The Rarest QualityIt was the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham who said, “the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.”
Whether you’re trying to create a habit, learn a new skill progress a project or upgrade your health regime, consistency is a fundamental requirement for success; it’s also the hardest part of anything we do.
That’s because to show up consistently day after day means doing what needs to be done regardless of how you might be feeling.
Pushing yourself to do the work when no one’s watching and persevere when motivation eludes you is where the magic ha...2022-01-0200 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood Philosophy - Path to Paradise“The path to paradise begins in hell”, those are the words of Dante Alighieri.
When we’re at our lowest and everything seems hopeless, that’s the start of our comeback story.
You can’t have sunshine without the rain, just like you can’t truly appreciate bliss if you haven’t known misery.
Contentment and fulfillment requires hardship. The awareness of how rough life can get, based on personal experience and the experiences of others is what allows us to be grateful for what we have.
As Winston Churchill once said, “If you’re going through hell...2021-12-2800 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthI Am Not What Happened to Me - Extreme Sports Athlete | Damien RiderDamien Rider is a multiple world record holding adventure and extreme sports athlete and a world renowned wellness and mindset coach.
This man recently skydived off the top of a hot air balloon at 7 and a half thousand feet - he’s pushed a 3 tonne truck down the Gold Coast highway - skateboarded for 56 days through the Mojave desert and completed an entire marathon carrying a mattress on his shoulder and that's not all…
Damien pulls off these mind-blowing feats to prove nothing is impossible and he does it all in the name of raising aware...2021-12-161h 16
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthBecoming the Man You Want to Be | Corey BoutwellCorey Boutwell is a very different man to who he was not all that long ago…
These days Corey’s a professional fitness model, a high performance coach and a content creator dedicated to building and promoting all aspects of health. But when he was 16 he was diagnosed with depression and spent much of his teenage years in a fog. Things spiraled in his early twenties when Corey found himself unable to break out of being suicidal - hiding it from everyone until he told the right person.
Corey used to wake up and go to slee...2021-12-1058 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthNews That's Good for Your Mental Health | The Daily AusSam Koslowski is co-founder of The Daily Aus, Australia’s leading social-first news service, delivering news geared towards a younger audience with an emphasis on positivity.
Sam broke away from the the path he was on, feeling like he was playing a role that wasn’t right for him, working as a corporate lawyer and hating it. As someone with his own history of anxiety, the constant negativity and fear mongering of mainstream news was particularly noticeable to Sam and he realised those same feelings were making other young people switch off from the 24 hour news cycle.
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Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthAre You a Slave to Porn? | Matt SinkovitzFor decades, Matt Sinkovitz had a porn addiction that hung over his life like a dark cloud, until he found the tools and the discipline to master his compulsion. Now Matt’s on a mission to help men everywhere end their damaging relationship with porn and get their lives back.
He’s adopted Buddhism and uses meditation, mindfulness and purpose to help men break free of the habits that hold us back. He’s the host of the making peace with porn podcast and run’s a men’s support group of the same name on Facebook.
Porn pos...2021-11-2242 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Men's Mental Health Revolution | Dr Zac SeidlerDr Zac Seidler is a psychologist, a leading mental health expert and the Director of Mental Health Training at Movember.
Zac has dedicated his career to better understanding men’s mental health and building programs to reshape how clinicians approach working with men in distress.
Zac and Movember’s goal is to reduce the male suicide rate by 25% by 2030. How we create a world with less suicide is highly complex - and it’s going to take research, preventative health strategies, crisis support and the every day person all working together to get us there.
...2021-11-1258 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood Philosophy - Don‘t Wait To Be Happy"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little." - Epicurus2021-11-0501 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Power of Reading for Your Mental Health | Brothers N BooksDylan Conway is the creator of 'Brothers N Books', an Instagram community based on sharing lived experience stories that’s on a mission to make reading cool. Dylan got hooked on books while he was stuck in hospital for over a year recovering from an unlikely condition. Reading gave Dylan something constructive to when he desperately needed it. Unable to work on his body like he always had, he leveled up his mental fitness instead and it’s changed his life. Brothers N Books invites followers to share stories about tough times they’ve been through, linked to the books...2021-11-0159 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthDrugs, Guns & Redemption | Arman VestadArman Vestad is Young Blood’s first international guest, hailing all the way from Norway.
He’s been a drug addict, a dealer and all round criminal who was in the game for a decade till he did time in prison after being caught supplying guns used in a murder…
Arman was lost and hopeless till someone showed faith in him and gave him a chance to apply the skills he’d developed in the underworld to business.
Since those dark days, Arman’s gone on to become a family man, a public speaker and...2021-10-2546 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood Philosophy - Our Days Are Few"We are always complaining that our days are few and acting as if there would be no end of them." - Seneca2021-10-2500 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood Philosophy - What You Give Your Attention To"You become what you give your attention to" - Epictetus2021-10-1701 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Blood Philosophy - The GemWeekly Wisdom
"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." - Confucius2021-10-1100 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthWhat to Do When You Don‘t Belong | Jahin TanvirHappy World Mental Health Day! This is a story for anyone who’s ever felt like a fish out of water with nowhere to go and no one to talk to... Jahin Tanvir is just starting his twenties and he’s already a multi award winning youth advocate, policy advisor and keynote speaker - a man living out his passion, giving a voice to those who deserve to be heard. A first generation migrant who came to Australia from Bangladesh in the early 2000s, Jahin was in his younger days, one of the only children of colour in his school...2021-10-1042 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthSex, Porn & Intimacy - Sexologist | Jordan HackettJordan Hackett is a Sexologist and Men's Sex Coach who specialises in helping men build intimacy and connection with themselves and their partners.
Like many of us growing up; Jordan didn't know the first thing about how to communicate with girls and felt like he was missing out on a part of life he had a deep need to experience.
After discovering porn as an outlet for his frustrations before his teenage years began, Jordan soon developed a reliance and found himself further away from the kind of real intimacy he was actually chasing.
...2021-10-0144 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthBeating Blood Cancer | Michael BowenToday is World CML (chronic myeloid leukaemia) Day. CML is a rare form of blood cancer that just over 300 Australians are diagnosed with each year. In 2019, Michael Bowen was one of them... He was on his way to work one day when he got an urgent call to come into the emergency department. Minutes later his life changed in an instant when he was suddenly hit with the diagnosis. The man of the house, supporting a young family, Michael's first thoughts were of his baby daughter, confronted with the question of if he was going to live to be t...2021-09-2153 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthIce, Heroin, Hell & Back | Jack NagleJack Nagle was a nice, middle class kid from a supportive, loving family. Not the background befitting the stereotype of the kind of people who destroy their lives on drugs…but that didn’t matter. Jack ended his teens and started his twenties as the most hardcore drug addict imaginable and the fact he’s lived to tell the tale defies all probability. Shooting up ice and heroin and swallowing fists full of prescription pills, he was brought back to life by paramedics after dealers left him to die of an overdose, only to go straight back to those same people f...2021-09-0455 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthA Special Forces Doctor At War | Dr Dan PronkDan Pronk served 4 tours of Afghanistan as a Special Operations doctor, spending many days saving and losing fellow soldiers through more than 100 combat missions.
Dan, his brother Ben and veteran, Tim Curtis, have just released their book, ‘The Resilience Shield’ - A mix of enthralling stories and practical instructions breaking down methods we can all use to build genuine resilience.
Dan thrived in the most extreme high stress environments and found the rampant intensity of battle so enticing that he felt he had to keep going back for more.
When he was in the thick of it, witnessing all the death an...2021-08-2358 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthMove Your Mind | Nick BracksNick Bracks just published his first book 'Move Your Mind' - it's both his personal story of struggling with mental health throughout his life and a guide on how we can better equip ourselves to handle the challenges inevitably coming our way, all based on countless conversations with experts, advocates and every day people he's had over the past decade. The son of the former Premier of Victoria, Nick always put a lot of pressure on himself to be exceptional but unfortunately that went hand in hand with a constant stream of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours that drove him t...2021-08-1059 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthWhatever It Takes - MMA Pro | Shane 'AAA' MitchellShane Mitchell is one of Australia's most dangerous men in the octagon with a 12 and 4 professional Mixed Martial Arts record. In the cage he's known for his savage knockout power...not what anyone expected from a shy kid growing up without much confidence in Adelaide's northern suburbs... Shane's been a pro fighter since 2013 and now touching 30, he's still grinding to realise his dream of making it to the UFC. He's had to overcome more than his fair share of adversity on the hard road to becoming a champion; it's taught him what matters and what he needs to stay focused. Fro...2021-07-111h 08
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthStanding Proud for LGBTIQA+ | Matthew MorrisMatt Morris is the chair of the South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance, working for the rights of the LGBTIQ community.
Matt realised he was bisexual/pansexual in his teens, but it took him years to work up the courage to come out.
Fortunately his sexuality was accepted by his friends and family but that hasn’t been the case for others he knows.
Matt’s always felt called to help those who really need it, he’s worked the phones for Lifeline in suicide prevention, advocated for the homeless and was fired up to step into his current role after witnessi...2021-06-2649 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthGamble (Ir)responsibly | Luke McLeanWhen it comes to Aussie culture, punting has traditionally been right up there with having a cutla cold ones, watching the footy and chucking snags on the barby... In fact, 39% of Aussies gamble on a regular basis and Australia leads the world in gambling losses per capita, totaling around $25 billion per year. The pokies do the most damage overall, but in recent years the percentage of young men betting on sports and horse racing has also been increasing at an exponential rate. One of them was Luke McLean, who was controlled by a gambling addiction he couldn't escape for over...2021-06-0552 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe War Inside - Army Veteran | Nathan BoltonNathan Bolton is a former soldier who served two tours of Afghanistan as a Special Operations Engineer in the Australian Special Forces.
His primary objective was to find and clear improvised explosive devices planted across the battlefield by the enemy and it led to him to coming within literally an inch of death.
Surviving such horror caused Nathan significant trauma, but he didn't know it at the time. Having never learned to process his emotions, he'd instead been conditioned to bottle it all up and get on with the job. After getting home from his second tour, Nathan wasn't the...2021-05-241h 44
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthLosing a Brother to Suicide | Mitch McPhersonMitch McPherson lost his younger brother to suicide in 2013 and living through that tragedy was a major turning point that would come to define his future career.
Mitch was a glazier by trade, but for the past 7 years he's been touring the country, sharing his lived experience story with thousands of people at hundreds of events, teaching everyone how to spot the warning signs when someone's at risk of suicide and inspiring organisations to change the way they think about mental health.
Mitch founded his business, SPEAK UP Stay ChatTY to spread this crucial message as far and wide...2021-05-1745 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthWhy Being Dropped from the AFL Was a Blessing | Dyl BuckleyDylan Buckley is a former AFL player who's life has gone down a path he never imagined...
Since his school days, Dyl believed he was destined to play professional footy and that belief turned into a reality when he was swept into the league as a teenager.
With his self worth totally wrapped up in his on-field performance, he found himself struggling to keep it together when he wasn't playing up to his standards and didn't know who he was beyond the game.
Eventually he was de-listed by Carlton after four years with the club and having put all his e...2021-04-2149 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthChildhood Trauma Is No Joke - Comedian | Marc RyanMarc Ryan is 'The Beautiful Bogan' and he’s not your typical standup comedian...
He blends light hearted laughs with mental health advocacy - using his gigs as a platform to show people they’re not alone in the struggle.
In between jokes, Marc shares the story of the abuse he suffered at the hands of a family member as a teenager and speaks openly about the trauma it caused him - damage he still deals with every day.
Marc is a brave man who’s living for his kids and for his mission to let as many people as he can...2021-04-1043 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthYoung Men's Mental Health | Hunter JohnsonBack in 2014 Hunter Johnson and a mate created The Man Cave, a program that supports adolescent boys on their journey to becoming men.
It was in response to the toxic culture they had all been exposed to over the years and wanting to change things for future generations.
Since it started, the man cave has grown to reach more than twenty thousand boys across Australia and is now established as a driving force, ushering in a new era of positive masculinity.
There’s no doubt the seeds being planted in young minds by the program are changing how the men of...2021-03-2548 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthEscaping the Jaws of Death - Shark Attack Survivor | Chris BlowesChris Blowes is one of the very few people on earth to literally escape the jaws of death...
In 2015 Chris was surfing at Fishery Bay in Port Lincoln, South Australia when he came face to face with every surfers worst nightmare - a great white shark
Surviving the horrific attack defied near impossible odds that that to this day Chris still can’t fully comprehend.
The ordeal deeply affected his mates, his family and everyone who helped save his life that day - not to mention the impact on Chris, who had to learn how to walk, live and eventually su...2021-03-0140 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthBlokes Supporting Blokes | SA BrothersJohn Denholm is the founder of South Australia's huge volunteer run men's support network 'SA Brothers'.
John started the group back in 2017 on the back of going through his own mental health struggles and coming to the realisation that the men around him needed a platform to support each other.
He never intended for it to be a big deal, but with so much demand, the network quickly ballooned out to include more than 25,000 active members.
John now carries the massive workload of keeping SA Brothers running, alongside his right hand man Jarrad Wadmore, with help from a crew of l...2021-02-2639 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthWe're All Brothers with John Denholm & Jarrad WadmoreJohn Denholm is the founder of South Australia's huge volunteer run men's support network 'SA Brothers'.
John started the group back in 2017 on the back of going through his own mental health struggles and coming to the realisation that the men around him needed a platform to support each other.
He never intended for it to be a big deal, but with so much demand, the network quickly ballooned out to include more than 25,000 active members.
John now carries the massive workload of keeping SA Brothers running, alongside his right hand man Jarrad Wadmore, with help from a c...2021-02-2639 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthLaughing In The Face Of Cancer | Michael ShafarMichael Shafar is a glass half full kind of guy who's such a good comedian, he's been able to make his own harrowing battle with cancer funny.
In 2017, Michael was busy making his mark as a stand up comic, when he made the costly decision to ignore one of his testicles growing to more than double the size of the other.
By the time he went to the doctor, the testicular cancer had already spread throughout his body and he was only given a 50% chance of making it.
But he was determined to make the most of that chance...2021-02-1542 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Broken Bottle That Made Me | Hesh FernandoHesh Fernando is the founder of Melbourne start-up 'The Model Man' - a business dedicated to improving the lives of businessmen and doing something about the corporate world's traditional lack of regard for men's mental health.
Hesh runs 'The Model Man' alongside his dad; and interestingly, the difficult relationship he had with his father throughout his young life has played a big role in bringing them together on this journey now.
As a kid, Hesh was full of rage brought on by experiencing his dad mistreat him and his mother; and being powerless to stop it. Because of this, He g...2021-02-0848 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthStreet Kid Diaries | Nathan LymnIf you heard Nathan Lymn's story from someone else, you'd be forgiven for thinking he's making it up...
His life so far has been such a random series of events that it's hard to imagine all this stuff could happen to one person - but it's all true.
Nathan was a self described 'street kid' living a chaotic life in and out of crisis housing through teenagehood, due to his parents mental illness leaving them unable to care for him.
He was faced with the threat of extreme physical violence on a constant basis, growing up in a world where...2021-01-2359 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthA Rough Life and Reasons to Be Here | Ben StamatovichBen Stamatovich is a man who's lived the kind of life many wouldn't survive...
Growing up without either of his birth parents, Ben was sleeping rough on the streets from the age of 13 and stealing just to eat and stay warm, soon finding himself trapped in a cycle of homelessness that would dominate his young life.
His resourcefulness, the will to survive and the hope that things would one day get better is all that kept him alive when the pressure of life brought him to his knees time and time again.
He finally found his feet in his early...2021-01-1252 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthCall It a Miracle | Sean WeirSean Weir is the man behind The Shaka Project, a movement that shares Young Blood’s mission to ignite the tough conversations around men’s mental health.
It’s based on a clothing line stamped with the shaka hand gesture, symbolising the wearers willingness to be open about their own mental health and be there for their mates.
Sean started The Shaka Project thinking it’d just be for his home town, but the power of the project resonated so much, its quickly spread interstate and overseas.
Sean’s now a young father, a successful business owner and an all around calm...2021-01-0451 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthLiving Through My Wife's Suicide - Potbelleez star | Ilan KidronIlan Kidron is an ARIA award winning singer-songwriter responsible for writing the hit anthems for aussie dance music pioneers, the Potbelleez and plenty of tracks for big name artists.
Ilan has lived the dream, enjoying an action packed life on the road for many years that’s brought him great success. But he’s also had to endure immeasurable pain...
Ilan’s wife took her own life in 2017, leaving he and his two children to pick up the pieces. Coping with such trauma while being a father has been confusing and unimaginably difficult for Ilan, but despite it all, he still f...2020-12-2236 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthHomes For the Homeless | Justin Westhoff and Scott RogashJustin Westhoff is a former AFL star, but that’s not why he's on the podcast...
For the past 5 years Westy and his business partner Scott Rogash have been working on a revolutionary concept that could completely change the lives of many people experiencing homelessness.
They’re building compact, minimalist homes known as pods that can be placed together in vacant blocks of land to form micro-communities.
But it goes much further than accommodation - these communities will be fully sustainable and host all the services necessary for someone to meet their needs and change their life for the better.2020-12-0835 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthI Don't Want to Die | Josh Moorhouse"The moment I attempted to take my life, I felt instant regret..."
Josh Moorhouse is a social innovator, a speaker and a survivor; who's doing everything he can to get the most out of life - so it comes as a shock that just a few years ago he thought he wanted to die...
Growing up, Josh always struggled with a deep-seeded feeling that he wasn't good enough - a lack of self worth that grew from persistent bullying.
The only place he found solace was at the piano, where he focused all his time and energy from a young...2020-11-2157 min
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 488: Peter Mayfield on Nature-Based Therapeutic ProgramsPeter is the founder and Executive Director of Gateway Mountain Center, a youth development organization innovating how youth learn, heal and thrive. He has enjoyed a 40-year career guiding people into mountain experiences and being an entrepreneur in embodied peak experience. Peter has traversed a trajectory from world-class climber, to Chief Guide of the Yosemite Mountaineering School, to founder of CityRock – the first full service climbing gym in the world. Today, Peter is passionate about changing the system of care for youth suffering from serious emotional disturbance and complex trauma. A giant thank-you to my sponsor for this episod...2020-11-0934 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthIt Takes a Village | Jack JonesJack Jones is Program Director at The Banksia Project, a free men’s mental health service built on training up every day blokes to help the men in their local communities.
Jack’s come a long way in a short time...In his early twenties, he was in crisis, suffering from clinical depression that drove him to be suicidal.
Growing up he relied on his sporting prowess for the validation and associated his identity with being that person who was always there to help others - the problem was he didn’t know how to look after himself.
Through years of wor...2020-11-0450 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthA Recipe for Disaster - Ex-AFL Veteran | Heath BlackHeath Black is a former AFL veteran who spent 12 years as a midfielder for the Dockers and the Saints.
On paper it sounds like every player’s dream, but the reality is he struggled greatly with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, anxiety and ADHD, conditions he didn’t know he had until he was 30.
Through the second half of his career, Heath suffered through constant anxiety attacks and lost his love for playing the game. Off the field his life unraveled as his mental illness intensified, going untreated.
It got worse before it got better...Heath’s marriage family life took a major...2020-10-2254 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Life of a Male Stripper | Kelvin Shone and Dan McDonaldKelvin Shone and Dan McDonald may be better known by their stripper names Jock Hardy and Taylor Mac, but there's a lot more to these guys than meets the eye.
They've have been in the adult entertainment industry for 15 years combined and as you can imagine it’s been wild.
But all that action comes at a cost...
This line of work goes hand in hand with being objectified, degraded and pressured to perform in more ways than one.
There’s a lot going on under the surface in this world and as the boys say, it can get ugly...
They...2020-10-131h 20
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Disability No One Sees | Taylor HarveyAt 8 years old Taylor Harvey was diagnosed with Transverse Myleitis, a rare neurological disease, that initially paralysed one of his legs.
Doctors said there was a chance it could’ve left him quadriplegic, but through rehab he regained partial function in the damaged leg and eventually found himself back on the sports field - competing against the able bodied without even realising he had a disability.
Through his teenage years, Taylor was frustrated by his lack of athletic progress and as countless hours of practice failed to pay off, he viewed his leg as something to...2020-10-0643 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthDays in the Dark | Krunk"I'd be in my room and it'd be blacked out. I didn't want to talk to anyone. I'd miss birthdays, I'd miss events...I just didn't want to see anyone, I didn't want to talk to anyone and I had to ask myself why am I feeling like this? I think I just had to face every single insecurity, every single fear about myself that I'd been putting off..."
These aren't the words you might expect to hear from Elia Mitani aka Krunk, a DJ and producer known for big time bangers and bringing a whole lot of good vibes...2020-09-1546 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Conversation That Saved a Convicted Ex-cop | Matt NewlandsMatt Newlands is a former police officer turned ‘R U OK? Day’ ambassador and mental health advocate.
During his decade in the force, Matt faced pain, distress and violence on a daily basis as he sought to protect the community. The job revealed an insight into the ugly side of humanity that only those who work in the emergency services can fully comprehend. It also led him to the worst day of his life and the unthinkable moment that will never leave him - being called to a suicide and finding it was his own mate...
The horror sent him on a...2020-09-0756 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThere's More to Life Than Drugs and Gambling | Glenn Draper“It’s all about the art of separation, just deviate away from those who drain your inspiration...” Those are lyrics Glenn Draper wrote for a friend who was trying to get off drugs. Years later he realised he was writing it to himself.
These days Glenn’s a dedicated family man who won’t touch a drink - a total 180 from the wildly destructive life he once lived. Glenn is a recovering drug and gambling addict who used to pride himself on pushing the limits of excess.
His relationship with gambling started at a young age and exploded when he entered ma...2020-08-251h 06
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthMy Life with Cystic Fibrosis | Flynn Gill17 year old Flynn Gill is one of less than 4,000 Australians living with cystic fibrosis - a genetic disorder that severely impacts the lungs and digestive system.
Flynn was diagnosed with CF just a few weeks after birth and then with CF related diabetes (CFRD) at age 12. It’s a limitation that’s made his life complicated and often uncomfortable.
COVID-19 has made things even tougher for Flynn, forcing him out of school and into isolation with the threat heightened for those with CF.
Flynn’s been in hospital more times than he can count...2020-08-1626 minYoung Blood - Men’s Mental HealthBullied & Beaten | The BlokeologistExercise physiologist and former rugby league player Joshua Tree was bullied, beaten and belittled throughout his young life and found himself in desperate need of health support that wasn't readily available. He managed to survive his darkest days and it inspired him to be that support for others...
Now he's the ‘Blokeologist’ and if there’s one thing he knows, it’s blokes.
Young Blood is all about looking after yourself - and when we talk about taking care of our health, that has to include all aspects of it.
Our mental, physical and emotional health all feed each other and when...2020-08-0648 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Narrative Behind Youth Detention | Jye CardonaYouth detention is institutionalising young men from an early age - feeding a cycle of incarceration that repeats over generations.
Although only around 5% of Australians aged 10-17 are indigenous, they account for around 50% of those being kept in youth detention nationwide - and in the Northern Territory it’s close to 100%...
Jye Cardona grew up being conditioned to hate authority and watched his friends go in and out of the youth justice system.
Now he works in detention centres running programs to get through to the kids who feel just as angry and neglected as he did.
Jye has had to...2020-07-2355 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthComing Out in Sport | Dave OliverDave Oliver has always lived and breathed rugby, a game known as one of the roughest and most hyper masculine on earth. He’s also gay and from the time he was a teenager until his early thirties, he hid his sexuality from everyone - horrified that he’d be found out and ridiculed by the community that means everything to him.
Dave describes the burden he carried for the best part of two decades as 'toxic shame' - a form of self loathing that drove him to abuse drugs and self destruct. Dave’s since been through rehab more than o...2020-07-1542 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthMental Health in Construction | Simon Tyler and Richie WelchMen in construction have a history of struggling particularly badly with managing their mental health and as graduate psychologist and former construction worker Simon Tyler says, that’s due in part to the stereotypical hyper masculine culture that exists on work sites - now the focus of his PhD.
Simon’s good mate Richie Welch has been in the construction game for more than two decades and both men have lived experience of going through immense struggle and surviving - becoming stronger and more sensitive to the need to reach out for help.
After recently enduring a devastating spate of suic...2020-06-1659 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Power in Cultural Identity | Alipate CarlileHalf Fijian and half Australian, Alipate 'Bobby' Carlile grew up in Victoria confused about where he fit in...
With no obvious cultural group to belong to, he felt like he was missing something; and he went looking for it in footy.
From the moment he stepped on the field he started to gain the identity he longed for.
As part of the team, it didn't matter what his background was, it only mattered that he could play the game... and Bobby proved himself a special talent, making it all the way to the AFL and playing for a decade with...2020-06-1354 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthDepression Doesn't Need a Reason | Luke SpajicThere's a misconception that people only get depression when something terrible happens to them...
But for some depression slowly takes hold for no obvious reason at all.
What would you do if all the experiences and people that have always brought you joy suddenly didn't anymore?
How would your view of yourself start to change if every inconvenience that never used to bother you started to cause overpowering frustration?
And how would you find the strength to carry on if every minute of the day became a debilitating battle in your mind that you couldn't understand?
This is the nightmare...2020-05-3048 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthHow To Be There for Someone Who's Suicidal | Psychotherapist, Jackson GodingHow are you meant to respond when someone tells you they're having suicidal thoughts? This isn't something that was taught in school and it can be an understandably intimidating and even overwhelming to confront. There's no one size fits all solution when dealing with these situations but there are ways you can approach it that will make that person feel like you're really there for them, and as Jackson Goding explains, trust is the foundation.
Jackson is a Psychotherapist with his own practice called 'Find Reason Therapy' in Sydney. Reconditioning men to love themselves and live better lives is his...2020-05-2047 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Coward Punch That Could’ve Killed Me | Ben O’TooleBen O'Toole was the victim of a coward punch attack that left him minutes away from permanent brain damage and death.
He's one of many young men whose lives have been changed forever by the split second decision of another to use extreme violence - turning a night on the town into a tragedy.
To the amazement of his surgeon, Ben eventually recovered from his shocking head injuries and was so deeply affected by the trauma, he decided to dedicate his time to helping other men avoid experiencing such pain.
For years he's toured Australian high schools telling his story to...2020-05-1246 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthVulnerability Saved My Life | Zane Munro*Strong Language Warning*
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows... and neither is Zane Munro.
But he is as genuine as they come.
The West Auckland native never met his birth father and grew up putting on the tough guy front as he struggled to define his identity.
Charging into young adulthood, Zane moved away from everyone he knew and found himself very much alone. He rapidly developed addictions to drugs and gambling in an attempt to fill the hole. It led him down a dangerous path that he believes would've been the end of him if he hadn't crashed...2020-05-051h 04
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthDr Happy's Coronavirus Guide To HappinessMost of us are having a harder time than usual being happy right now and it can feel like that’s largely out of our control. But as my guest Dr Happy says, we shouldn’t rule out happiness, even with the odds against us.
Dr Tim sharp is the man in positive psychology. He’s got a PHD and is the Chief Happiness Officer of the Happiness Institute, which he founded. That makes him him an internationally sought after authority when it comes to understanding and talking about happiness, he’s written well known books on the subject including ‘habits for...2020-04-2846 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthGetting COVID at the Start of the Pandemic | Joe PattersonIn late February, Joe Patterson had just landed in an overseas country ready to start the next chapter of his life.
Nothing could've prepared him for what came next...
Just a few weeks later he was coughing up blood and gasping for air, quarantined alone in a room the size of a prison cell, battling the full force of Coronavirus after a mercy dash home.
Joe got as sick as he's ever been, quarantined in a hotel room for 3 weeks with no face to face human interaction and nowhere to go.
He went through hell and verged on losing his...2020-04-2155 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthCreating Calm in Chaos - Meditation Master | Tom CroninTom Cronin is a world renowned meditation master and exactly the kind of guy you want to hear words of wisdom from when facing an unprecedented global catastrophe.
Everywhere you turn there are triggers for anxiety, stress, pain and more reasons to be fearful and uncertain than you're likely to have ever had before.The last thing many of us are at the moment is calm and that's perfectly natural when confronted by a pandemic and economic crisis that's turned life as we know it on its head. BUT there are simple things we can do to adjust our mindset an...2020-04-0139 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthA Soldiers Silent Battle | Australian Army Veteran, Luke AdamsonIn 2011 Luke Adamson was a Lance Corporal in the Australian Army serving as a Combat Engineer on a tour of Afghanistan. That's when he died...
While on patrol, Luke suddenly collapsed from what doctors could only describe as an anxiety induced heart attack. He flat lined for more than two minutes but miraculously survived. From that day on he was never the same.
Luke returned home suffering from post traumatic stress. It ended his defence career, caused the breakdown of his marriage and led him to turn to alcohol and prescription drugs to numb the pain.
It’s the kind of...2020-03-151h 07
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Hero Firefighter Who Hates it When You Call Him That | Thomas FoggThousands of Australia's volunteer firefighters put their lives on the line to defend our communities this summer, battling relentlessly through one of the worst bushfire seasons the country has endured.
It's hard not to be awestruck by the bravery and selflessness of these men and women and many might question what compels them to voluntarily put themselves in danger to protect others.
The way senior CFS firefighter Thomas Fogg tells it, it all comes back to pride in serving the communities that mean everything to them.
It's a service that can have a deep impact on the mental health of...2020-03-051h 15Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthFighting Bushfires For The Greater Good with CFS Firefighter Thomas FoggThousands of Australia's volunteer firefighters put their lives on the line to defend our communities this summer, battling relentlessly through one of the worst bushfire seasons the country has endured.
It's hard not to be awestruck by the bravery and selflessness of these men and women and many might question what compels them to voluntarily put themselves in danger to protect others.
The way senior CFS firefighter Thomas Fogg tells it, it all comes back to pride in serving the communities that mean everything to them.
It's a service that can have a deep impact on the mental health of...2020-03-0500 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthPushing Past Your Limits | Para-rowing Champions, Jed Altschwager and Will SmithPara-rowers Jed Altschwager and Will Smith are on the cusp of being selected for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. It's the lofty peak of a gruelling journey that neither imagined they'd have a very real chance to reach.
Jed's world was turned upside down when he lost his leg in a workplace accident in 2015 and made the decision to take on life like never before. Will has been visually impaired since birth and has had his unshakeable resilience become second nature. While they're at a physical disadvantage, you wouldn't know it on the water. Together they've won international gold and silver medals...2020-02-2159 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthLessons in Love | The Love Doctor, Jane DonovanRomance ain't dead but it can be tricky and according to love expert Jane Donovan young men these days need all the advice they can get...
Luckily she's here to help!
Putting a much needed woman's touch on this Valentine's Day episode, Jane is our guide through the murky waters of modern dating and into the world of relationships.
She has the answers to what we need to do to find the love we deserve and the actions we've got to take to keep it growing.
Communication is key!2020-02-141h 05
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthLiving With Autism | Zaine SchmidtZaine Schmidt is one of the hundreds of thousands of Australians living life on the autism spectrum.
As a child, he was diagnosed with a high functioning form of the disorder known as Asperger's syndrome. The developmental disability has had a profound impact on Zaine's daily life, making him a target for bullies through his schooling days and leaving him feeling like he's never going to fit in.
He's been down many times, but not out. Rather than let all the voices keep him down, Zaine is following his passion of running a business while working on becoming the best...2020-02-0755 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Pursuit of Happiness | Filmmaker, Mike WorsmanMike Worsman is a journalist and filmmaker who's dedicated his career to the pursuit of happiness. He's the founder of 'A Million Smiles' a project based on collecting video footage and photos of all the smiles worn by people around the world and the positive stories behind them. Mike has a burning passion for following the light in the darkness and finding a silver lining in even the most dire circumstances. His vision has been born out of his own intense struggles with mental health and his desire to connect as many people as possible with the true essence of...2020-01-281h 04
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthReality TV Fame And Everything That Comes With It with Teddy BriggsTeddy Briggs is a reality TV personality and influencer who's life has been a weird and wonderful rollercoaster since appearing on the show 'Love Island'. He loves an audience and is confident being in the public eye but it wasn't always that way. Teddy is an open book telling his story of going from being a lost kid with low self esteem, desperate for acceptance, to choosing the path he wanted to follow and manifesting his success. We talk navigating fame, the disconnect between reality vs online, mindset, masculinity, materialism, relationships, creating yourself and more..2020-01-1756 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Night Mum Was Murdered | Arman AbrahimzadehArman Abrahimzadeh is co-founder of the Zahra Foundation and has helped to change the lives of many women and children escaping domestic violence.
He and his sisters set up the foundation after decades spent living in an abusive home under their father's violent tyrannical rule, which tragically ended with the brutal public murder of their mother Zahra in 2010.
Now a married man himself, Arman has made a point of becoming everything his father was not. He's been a changemaker in shaping public policy to strengthen domestic violence legislation and uses his voice to empower other victims and inspire a shift i...2019-12-1858 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthFrom Lost to Leading By Example | Lachie StuartLachie Stuart is the kind of man we need. He's a men's coach on a mission to get blokes believing in themselves and putting in the work physically, mentally and spiritually to become who they want to be.That's why he founded 'The Man That Can Project', a podcast and movement all about empowering men to be the best versions of themselves.
Lachie's mission is aligned with ours at Young Blood and I was excited to talk to him about men's health and what we can all do to improve it.
He's been through his fair share of adversity and...2019-12-1355 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthThe Reality of Life As a Quadriplegic | Charles BriceIn an instant, Charles Brice's life changed forever when a motorbike accident shattered his spine and left him a quadriplegic. The now 29 year old was 19 when he was told he'd never walk again. His isn't a story of a miracle recovery, but it is one of incredible grit and heart.
In October, Charles handcycled 300 kilometres from the site of his accident to Adelaide, where he now lives alone and works. He raised $130,000 for spinal injury research and further proved to himself and everyone around him what was already abundantly clear - he's never going to quit.
Having adapted to his...2019-11-2655 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthDepression, Heartbreak & Healing | Mark KellyWhen Mark Kelly's long time girlfriend dumped him in his early twenties his world was turned upside down and he didn't know what to do. The young man who'd always been active and happy suddenly spiraled into major depression, withdrawing from friends and drinking till he blacked out to cope. Mark avoided addressing his declining mental health for as long as he could, convincing himself he'd never get back to his former self, until his mum gave him the push he needed to get help. It was a dark chapter for the now 30 year old Sydney sparky, but through the...2019-11-1947 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthTouring the World on Adrenaline | Brock BentleyBrock Bentley is a passionate videographer who hadn't even made it to his twenties when his dreams suddenly came true. He found himself touring the world alongside Timmy Trumpet, one of the biggest names in EDM.
The whirlwind adventure lead Brock to more than 40 countries, some of which he stayed in for less than 24 hours. He worked all day and night perfecting his craft and churning out endless video content amid the chaos of the ultimate party environment. But Brock eventually found out the fantasy couldn't last. Neglecting his mental and physical health caught up with him and sent him on a...2019-11-121h 03
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthFacing Anxiety & Taking Back Control | Sammy King & PhD Phoebe Drioli-PhillipsSammy King is now a Peer Support Worker at Australia's leading youth mental health organisation, Headspace. The same group that helped him come to grips with a crippling anxiety disorder just a few years ago.
Sammy was a master of masking his true feelings and convincing those around him that he was the happy go lucky, life of the party guy, who wasn't rattled by anything. But the reality couldn't be further from the truth; inside he was falling apart and spiraling towards a mental breakdown.
Sammy was in his late teens when he started feelings anxious all the time...2019-10-311h 10
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthWar, Homelessness & Never Giving Up - The Unbelievable Story Of An African Refugee | Chance NdumeChance Ndume's story is one the world needs to hear and one that will blow your mind.
His young life has been haunted by trauma since running for his life from militia who wanted him dead...and his troubles were only just beginning.
Chance is a refugee from the Congo who hasn't seen his family since he was 9. He's had the world on his shoulders with everything against him, enduring suffering that would have been more than enough for most to give up...but he hasn't.
He made it to Australia only to find himself homeless. Miraculously putting himself through s...2019-10-241h 38
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthPain Behind the Laughs: Battling Addiction & Bouncing Back from Rock Bottom | Mickey DAll jokes aside, Mick Dwyer has been through the wringer. He's performed on the international comedy festival circuit for well over a decade, drinking and gambling away most of his career before wising up and getting sober. Now he's older and wiser and not afraid to paint a vivid picture of just how ugly life got, feeding the beast of his rampant addictions. Mickey is a cracker bloke with a big heart, a bigger smile and wit that's as sharp as ever.
In this warm discussion he gives us a look into the dark side of comedy, including Robin Williams...2019-10-1453 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthFacing Cancer Twice & the Importance of Early Detection | Hugo TooveyThey don't come tougher than Hugo Toovey.
At just 27 he's endured more suffering than most will in their lifetime. He put his budding career as an army officer on hold to battle testicular cancer and won, only to be struck down by bowel cancer 5 years later.
But despite all that, he's still standing and he's not one to complain or see the glass half empty. Instead he's deadset on doing everything in his power to help other young men take responsibility for their health before it's too late. He does this in a big way as co-host of his own p...2019-10-101h 01
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthLearning to Love Yourself As a Gay Man | Zane Dean & Brandon SymesHundreds of thousands of Australian men identify as homosexual and many more still hide it... Zane Dean and Brandon Symes are two good friends who've had quite different journeys towards defining themselves as young gay men.
They visited the studio together to lay it all out for us, covering the full spectrum of gay life from the anxiety of coming out to the beauty of learning to love yourself and be who you are.
These guys don't hold back discussing what some might consider the more uncomfortable aspects of homosexuality. It's an enlightening conversation with heart and lots of laughs...2019-10-041h 05
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthSteroids, Body Image & Choosing Health | Mark Mattiazzo & Professor Gary Wittert@markmattiazzocoach is a personal trainer and online health coach, dedicated to making people fitter and healthier from the inside out.
He's a vocal advocate for the need to take care of our minds and bodies and approach fitness for the right reasons.
But that hasn't always been a priority, it's a lesson Mark learned the hard way after abusing steroids, spiralling out of control and bringing himself back from the brink.
In this revealing conversation he gives a no holds barred insight into his darkest days and the reality of using steroids.
Mark is down to earth, engaging and genuine...2019-10-041h 03
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthClosing the Gap On Indigenous Health | Stephen HarfieldStephen Harfield dropped into the studio to break down the issues surrounding indigenous health.
He’s spent his career so far working to improve access to health services for indigenous people and close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous rates of mental and physical illness.
Stephen has been a researcher at the Health Department of SA Aboriginal Health Division and is currently a Research Fellow at the Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit at SAHMRI.
He has some insightful points to make about the impact of racism on health and tells the story of how his experience of growing up shaped his pa...2019-09-2552 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthPersevering Under Pressure | Ben & LiamLoveable larrikins Ben Harvey and Liam Stapleton are the now popular hosts of the Triple J Breakfast Show, one of the biggest radio gigs in Australia, but it wasn't always that way.
The boys moved to Sydney to take over the job in their early twenties after quickly catapulting onto the national stage and were immediately faced with a barrage of heavy abuse from listeners that even included death threats. They endured many months of brutal criticism that nearly brought them to breaking point, but they weathered the storm to eventually earn the respect of their audience and gain bulletproof...2019-09-1838 min
Young Blood - Men’s Mental HealthSurviving Suicide | Taylor JohnstoneTaylor Johnstone is a nationally recognised leader in the youth mental health space.
He's a former youth research council member at Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and an ambassador for Victorian charity 'Youth Live4Life'. His mission is to educate young people about mental health with the goal of improving wellbeing and preventing suicide.
Taylor has survived his own struggle with suicidality and is now deeply passionate about helping others through early intervention.
In this intense conversation, he opens up about his story, the hardships and pain he's gone through and the great joy he n...2019-09-1245 min