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The Meaning of Health PodcastEp 141 - using iyarn for mental health and wellbeing w/ Lockie CookeAs we return for 2026, we kick off our mental health series with a great conversation between Dr Ingrid Stacey and Lockie Cooke, founder and CEO of iyarn. iyarn is a digital platform designed to help to support people to keep track of their health and wellbeing across a range of domains, including mental health.
Lockie talks through his inspiration for developing iyarn, and discusses how the platform works, and some of its many uses, both by individuals and organisation who work with people. Lockie also shares some of his experience living and working in remote parts of Western Australia, and...
2026-01-2954 min
Let's Get Literal About Digital HealthA journey in culturally informed digital onboarding - iyarnCo-designing a culturally informed digital onboarding and patient engagement platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living with chronic conditions is no small feat. We sit down with Lockie Cooke, CEO of iyarn, to discuss an exciting new initiative that hopes to address the low trust, poor usability and lack of cultural alignment that often leaves many First Nations peoples excluded from digital health practices. They're currently engaged in a project funded by the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) and in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), indigenous-owned digital agency NGNY and the Heart Research...
2025-11-0537 min
The MTPConnect PodcastMedtech Matters: Australia’s medtech delegation hits North AmericaAs thousands in the medical technology sector headed to Toronto, Canada for The MedTech 2024 Conference, MTPConnect was making sure that the 18 companies and organisations joining the Australian delegation were given opportunities to showcase their capabilities and make valuable US and international connections with a stopover in the medtech hub of Minnesota, before hitting Toronto.In this podcast special from North America, our MTPConnect CEO Stuart Dignam caught up with Kylle Jordan from Destination Medical Centre at the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester Minnesota ahead of the Medtech conference to find out more about the 20-year initiative underway...
2024-10-3133 min
Wise Guys#25 - Founder of Nexba & Our First SponsorOn this episode we had 2 guests at once Troy Douglas & Lockie Cooke, who are both incredibly successful entrepreneurs who started businesses at a very young age. Troy founded his business Nexpa when he was 21 years old and has now turned that into Goodness Group Global which is one of the worlds largest providers of Sugar Free sweet tasting beverages. Lockie has also started a business called IYarn which is an evidence based performance and wellbeing platform and is also officially our podcasts first ever sponsor. This was an amazing chat about the entrepreneurial jo...
2023-08-171h 01
Soul Sunshine#009_How Are You? The Importance of Checking In_A Meaningful Conversation with Lockie Cooke#009: How Are You? The Importance of Checking InI sat down with Lockie Cooke @lockiecooke from @_iyarn_ to talk about the importance of checking in with each other.Mental Health and Wellbeing are such an integral part of us and we need it at least as much as our physical health in order to function well on a day to day basis. So why is there still a stigma attached to mental health and wellbeing and how do we integrate this conversation into our everyday lives?We are talking about why Lockie created...
2021-08-2555 min
Give It A NudgeLockie Cooke talks about mental health and how companies can really have a positive effectLockie Cooke talks about mental health and how companies can really have a positive effect. His business iyarn supports people and businesses to check in on the things that matter most. Have a listen to this story from one of the most interesting guests we have ever had on.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/give-it-a-nudge--4623437/support.
2021-06-0641 min
Welcome to Perthiyarn - Founder (Lockie Cooke)It's been a really challenging year. Mental health issues & suicide rates are on the rise. It can sometimes be hard for people to open up & be vulnerable to their mates about how they are really going. Our latest guest on the podcast Lockie has created an app being used all over Australia called iyarn. Which allows you to properly check in with your mates, looking at different areas of life & how they are actually doing. Lockie who has already been the CEO of the ICEA Foundation as well as head of operations at Splend. All of this by the a...
2020-11-0141 min
Phone Calls With Clever PeopleLockie Cooke on checking in, mental health and the importance of meaningful conversations.We're talking about checking in.
*Content Warning - This episode references themes relating to mental health*
This special episode coincides with RUOK Day in Australia. RUOK Day is a day that people are encouraged to meaningfully connect with people around them and support anyone struggling with life.
I thought there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to have this conversation.
My guest is Lockie Cooke, and he recently told me that checking in isn’t just about reaching out in tough times but about creating consistent two way conversations.
Loc...
2020-09-0936 min
iyarn yarns#20 Joris Cuesta - The Plateau Hacker - Thought LeaderAs a reformed rat racer, start-up survivor and private company workaholic, Joris Cuesta is referred to as the Plateau Hacker. With more than 15 years’ experience working within marketing, branding and management teams, Joris knows how to get leaders unstuck in their careers, redefine their edge and re-ignite the fire behind their performance.
Joris is obsessed with helping leaders in organisations overcome disconnection, isolation, and stagnation, so they can reconnect with the career they love and thrive.
Do you feel like you have hit a plateau in your career? As though there is no clear way for...
2020-07-0641 miniyarn yarns#19 Tommaso D'Orsogna - Olympic Medalist, 8 X Australian Senior Swimming team member, final year medical StudentTommaso D'Orsogna is an Australian swimmer and Olympic medallist from Perth, WA. He spent 8 years on the Australian swim team, competing at four World Championships, four World Short Course Championships, two Pan Pacific Championships, two Commonwealth Games and an Olympic Games in 2012. He spent nearly five years at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra moulding himself physically and mentally for peak performance. Whilst aspiring and achieving his dreams in the pool, outside of it, Tommaso has also pursued his dream of being a doctor. Now a final year medical student at Notre Dame University, Tommaso is still actively...
2020-06-0943 miniyarn yarns#18: Nick Hudson - The Push Up Challenge Founder, taking his challenge viral with 55 million ways to raise mental health awarenessNick is the founder of The Push-Up Challenge and is known for his decisive and personable leadership style and his track record of motivating teams, workplaces and communities to deliver results.
Building The Push-Up Challenge from its humble origins, Nick has led the event to attract around 50,000 participants and raise $2.5M for mental health in 2019. He has significant experience in organisational strategy, project delivery and public speaking across a number of industries.
Nick is involved in various community groups including his local surf life saving club where he has received multiple service awards including club...
2020-05-1233 miniyarn yarns#17: Josh Fergus, Musician, Educator, Surfer & Rites of Passage facilitator talking about alternative education and becoming a ManJosh Fergus (BSc Anthropology/Psych, Post Grad Education) is a teacher, musician, surfer, and meditator. With interests stemming from breath work to psychology, Steiner education, permaculture and alternative approaches to living, Josh lives from the heart and has been steering his many life skills and experiences in more recent times towards rites of passage work. He hails from Western Australia, spent years living and playing music in Sydney, and now resides in Port Macquarie, NSW working as a mentor to Indigenous boys in high school.
Ferg’s favourite quote is; “We don’t see things as they are; we see them as...
2020-04-1836 miniyarn yarns#16; Troy Douglas; Nexba CEO and Co-Founder CEO, growing the countries largest naturally sugar free food and beverage business, managing COVID & growing upTroy co-founded Nexba with friend Drew Bilbe in 2011. For Nexba's CEO-Global, his favourite thing is turning creative ideas into sustainable businesses. Troy’s experience as a marketing executive and paralegal inspired his interest in strategic brand management. He oversees everything connected with the strategic global expansion of Nexba.
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2020-04-1438 min
iyarn yarns#15; Jamie Clough - Entrepreneurial journey and his story with, Honey for Life, the art of making honey in Western AustraliaJamie Clough is an inspirational entrepreneur. Onto his second business, in honey! He houses 60 million bees in Western Australia and he has a great vision for his business.
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2020-04-1133 miniyarn yarns#14 Dr Arne Rubinstein (mbbs, Fracgp) Rites of Passage Founder and CEO, talking about taking risk, resilience, becoming an adult and a global rites of passage over COVID19Dr. Arne Rubinstein (mbbs, fracgp)
Founder & CEO, The Rites of Passage Institute.
Dr. Arne Rubinstein is an internationally recognised expert on Childhood Development and Rites of Passage. His programs have been attended by over 200,000 people in more than 20 countries around the world and are now a part of over 50 schools around Australia.
Dr Arne is a medical doctor and specialised first in Family Medicine and then spent 15 years in Emergency Medicine until he moved full time creating programs for parents and their children.
He is the author of the best-seller The M...
2020-04-0832 min
iyarn yarns#13 Michael Booth - SUP 3x World Distance Race Champion; elite mindset, performance, entrepreneurialism and having a winning mindsetMichael Booth; known as the Aussie SUP Powerhouse continuing to dominate in the sport internationally, is fast becoming the most highly regarded and respected SUP contender world-wide.
The last four years has seen the best of Booth as he has become APP World Tour Distance series champion, 3 x World Distance Race Champion, 3 x Australian Champion, 3 x European Tour Champion. Needless to say, Michael continues to impress his sponsors and loyal followers.
Michael prides himself on the quality and consistency of his performance and believes that success can only be achieved through hard work, self-belief and dedication – words which he continues to li...
2020-04-0830 min
iyarn yarns#12 X Mike Dyson, Rites of Passage facilitator, being a Man, Chinese Medicine,Mike Dyson is a Rites of Passage facilitator with a passion for reframing mental health and masculinity in a positive light. As founder of Good Blokes Co, Mike provides places for men and boys to connect better and to explore a better way to be a bloke amongst the shifting modern landscape of manhood and masculinity. Good Blokes Co facilitate father son camps, mother son camps, mates camps, rites of passage camps and men’s gatherings that help men to become the best they can be for the benefit of themselves and everyone around them.
Mike is also a senior fac...
2020-04-0438 miniyarn yarns#11: Dan Collins Sprint Canoe 4 x Olympian; Silver and Bronze medalist, resilience, focus, winners mentality and high performanceLockie chats to Olympian, sports advisor and thought leader Dan Collins about vulnerability and resilience.
From humble beginnings growing up in Blacktown, to competing on the world stage across four Olympic Games, Dan Collins’ ongoing pursuit for excellence is nothing short of convincing.
Since retiring from his Olympic quest for Gold in the sport of Kayaking, taking home both Silver and Bronze medals along with numerous World Championships, Dan has focused his energy on managing transformational, organisational change, driving accountability and performance in the corporate world.
Dan began his thought leadership unbe...
2020-04-0349 min
iyarn yarns#10 X Scott Wilson: Gooniyandi and Gadgerong man from Broome, Western Australia growing up away from home and becoming a ManScott is a Gooniyandi and Gadgerong man from Broome, Western Australia. He graduated from UWA in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Anthropology and Indigenous history and heritage studies. Scott is currently managing his time engaging with various youth organisations in Sydney and Melbourne, including Year 13, Aurora Education Foundation and an Australian Youth Advocate for Mental Health (AYAHM) with Headspace. With a passion for storytelling and creative arts he created Ice Cream Productions, and works on various projects as illustrator and writer in comic/cartoon series and film. He spends his spare time illustrating, watching films, hanging with friends...
2020-04-0242 min
iyarn yarns#9 X Jordan Fogarty, Be Media founder and CEO, Entrepreneurship, Resilience, overcoming life threatening injury, winners mindsetJordan Fogarty is market leading business growth strategist. With various roles from founder and CEO of Be Media, President of Entrepreneur’s organization under 35 group and much more.
He had been awarded as a top 40 under 40 businessperson and top 30 under 30 in Australia.
His role at Be Media sees him leading one of Australia’s fastest growing digital growth agencies that has been listed as the Top 100 Most Innovative Companies in Australia, listed in the top 100 fastest growing companies, top 100 Cool Companies and as a Google Premier partner.
Be Media has a fierce commitment to driving strong and measurable return on investm...
2020-03-3027 min
iyarn yarns#8 X Will Kaye; Hive & OKMG (OK Media Group) Co-founder and GM, Resilience, mental health and SaaS productsWill Kaye is a good mate and entrepreneurial professional with a demonstrated history of starting and running startup software and communications businesses.
Will Kaye is currently the Managing Director and co-founder of a digital asset management platform ‘HIVO’ and digital consulting agency ‘OKMG’.
With an education in law and commerce Will has an ability to understand, work and negotiate across a variety of industries which has led to the signing some impressive clients and achieving a national client base for his businesses.
Will attributes any ’success’ of the businesses to a strong connection and trust be...
2020-03-2317 min
iyarn yarns#7 X Liv Gamble; High school educator, Self awareness, mental health, managing workload and burnout in the workplaceLockie chats to Liv Gamble, who at 25 was Head of the Sports Department at a school with 1200 students.
Liv has worked at Santa Maria College for six years where she is house coordinator and Head of Sport. Liv teaches Health, PE, Outdoor Ed and PE Studies. She has also been coordinator of Punmu Immersion Tour to remote communities.
Liv originally studied at University of Western Australia (UWA), where she completed a Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Health), followed by a Diploma of Education. Liv worked as an Adjunct Teaching Fellow at UWA, lecturing Master of...
2020-03-1618 min
iyarn yarns#6 X Christian Zurakowski; school leaver 2019, talking about mental health and iyarn in schoolLockie chats to our youngest yarner yet, Christian Zurakowski, all about growing up, leaving school and how to work things out as a Millennial.
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2020-03-0925 min
iyarn yarns#5 X Dr Neale Fong - Mental Health Commission, West Coast Eagles Chaplin for 20+ yrs, Chairman of Bethesda hospitalDr Fong is a registered medical practitioner with over 35 years’ experience in a wide range of leadership roles in the private and public hospital systems.
He is currently Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Bethesda Health Care, Chair of the Western Australian Country Health Service Board, Professor of Healthcare Leadership at Curtin University, and a director of a number of health companies. He is the managing director of his own consulting company, Australis Health Advisory with a strong track record of engagements with state and commonwealth governments, and private and not for profit health companies. He is...
2020-03-0232 min
iyarn yarns#4 X Kosta Lucas; Chief Program Director of People against Violent Extremism, independent researcher and civil society professional, weight loss and mental healthKosta works as an independent researcher and civil society professional in preventing and countering violent extremism. After working for the Commonwealth Government in countering violent extremism policy, Kosta became the Chief Program Director of People against Violent Extremism (PaVE), Australia's first bespoke countering violent extremism non-government organisation founded by the Hon. Dr Anne Aly MP in 2013. Then in late 2016, Kosta launched his own consultancy, SynqUp.
Lockie and Kosta also yarn about Kosta's incredible weight loss journey.
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2020-02-1839 min
iyarn yarns#3 X Jesse Phillips; Sprint Canoe, Olympian, High performance, winners mindset, health and fitness and being a coachJesse Phillips is an Australian sprint canoeist. He is a five-time national champion (2010-2014) in the men's kayak doubles (200 m), and a member of the Bayswater Paddle Sports Club, under his personal coach Ramon Andersson. Phillips has also studied towards a bachelor's degree in media at Murdoch University but deferred due to Olympic qualification and selection commitments.
Phillips qualified for the men's K-2 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing in the 2012 ICF Oceania Qualification Tournament in Penrith, New South Wales. Phillips and his partner Stephen Bird finished sixth in the final by four hundredths...
2020-01-2432 min
iyarn yarns#2 Professor Leonard Collard; Noongar Elder and community leader talking about being INCREDIBLE, transitioning into eldership and being a leaderLen is a Noongar elder, professor and Australian Research Council chief investigator at the School of Indigenous Studies University of Western Australia.
Len is a Whadjuk/Balardong Noongar, the traditional owners of the Perth region of Western Australia. He has a background in literature and communications. His research includes Noongar interpretive histories and Noongar theoretical and practical research models.
In 2011 Len commenced a three-year study of Noongar place names and intends to create a public website of 25,000 Noongar words for different places around the South West of Western Australia. In 2014 he announced his project to...
2020-01-2434 min
iyarn yarns#1 X Annie Fogarty (AM) Australian of the Year finalist and West Australian of the year in 2020 sharing the future of education for the next generationWith her husband Brett, Annie Fogarty AM founded the Fogarty Foundation in 2000 to help advance education and to build stronger communities.
We talk about the upcoming Australian of the year awards and the recent $15 million impact fund along with the future of education.
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2020-01-2023 min