Brainwaves

Brainwaves

Challenging the mainstream, negative stereotypes of people with a mental illness, Brainwaves actively engages those living with a mental illness as researchers, interviewers, performers and program designers while promoting community mental health awareness.

Episodes

A chat with singer-songwriter Jen Frank

July 23, 2025
Mark sits down with singer-songwriter Jen Frank to discuss all things mental health and her upcoming EP 'Friend Zone'. More music and news about Jen Frank can be found in the linktree below:Linktree
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Sasha from Trans Action Network

July 16, 2025
Sasha is a trans advocate with the Trans Action Network (TAN) in Naarm. They will have a chat with Mark about the lesser known challenges facing transgender people, especially those in the early stages of medical transition. 
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Woodcock Lecture - Reimagining Mental Health: Dignity, Humanity and the Power of Lived Experience - Part 4

July 9, 2025
Part 2 of a panel discussion led by Mary o'Hagen, Director of Lived Experience at Wellways, on the shared role we play in building a more compassionate mental health system. The panellists of this discussion include Giancarlo de Vera, Maria Katsonis, and Associate Professor Harry Hill. 
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Woodcock Lecture - Reimagining Mental Health: Dignity, Humanity and the Power of Lived Experience - Part 3

July 1, 2025
Part 1 of a panel discussion led by Mary o'Hagen, Director of Lived Experience at Wellways, on the shared role we play in building a more compassionate mental health system. The panellists of this discussion include Giancarlo de Vera, Maria Katsonis, and Associate Professor Harry Hill. 
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Woodcock Lecture - Reimagining Mental Health: Dignity, Humanity and the Power of Lived Experience - Part 2

June 25, 2025
Last month, we held our 24th Annual Woodcock Lecture in Melbourne. The evening brought together mental health advocates, peer workers, clinicians, and people with lived experience around a central theme: how to centre dignity and humanity in the mental health system. This episode will feature keynote speaker, Giancarlo de Vera the CEO of BEING, as they discuss the loss of close friends and 'the slow invisible violence of coercive t...
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Woodcock Lecture - Reimagining Mental Health: Dignity, Humanity and the Power of Lived Experience - Part 1

June 18, 2025
Last month, we held our 24th Annual Woodcock Lecture in Melbourne. The evening brought together mental health advocates, peer workers, clinicians, and people with lived experience around a central theme: how to centre dignity and humanity in the mental health system.Today, on our radio show Brainwaves, we share part one of three, that combined, feature the opening, keynote speech and panel discussion, respectively.Listen to Wellway...
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A chat with music therapist, Carrie Henschell

May 21, 2025
Professional Music Therapist, Carrie Henschell, has worked in social services, community and the health sector for more than a decade. Her portfolio includes mental health, brain injury rehabilitation, disability services, youth homelessness and refugee settlement services. Carrie's approach is grounded in trauma-informed care and techniques include: music making and song writing.
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A chat with Jennifer Scoullar

May 14, 2025
Bestselling author, Jennifer Scoullar joins Brainwaves to talk about her new novel ‘Wild Horses’ — and the powerful role animals, nature, and storytelling can play in supporting mental wellbeing.
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A chat with Megan Del Borello, the founder of We Are Emersyn and the We Are Emersyn Foundation

April 23, 2025
Megan Del Borello is the founder of We Are Emersyn and The We Are Emersyn Foundation. Megan knows first-hand how challenging being a women founder is. It’s this reason that she is changing the narrative on women founders and creating an ecosystem for them to be supported and thrive.
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RoadzofLife - Michael and Janelle

April 16, 2025
Michael and Janelle are life partners who have undergone various challenges, mainly learning how to live with Michael's brain injury and cognitive failures. Through Michael's recovery, he found he was drawn to others with similar stories and realised he wanted to document these interactions. This is how the RoadzofLife documentary was born. The Youtube channel with the same name has gained 550 thousand subscribers over the last yea...
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A conversation with author Nadine Muller

April 2, 2025
Following more than a decade of military service as a Critical Care Nurse, Nadine Muller became a high-performance coach, mentor and international best-selling author. In her book ‘A Reason to Rise’ she shares her journey of overcoming immense personal and family adversity. Nadine is today’s guest on our radio show Brainwaves, where she will discuss her struggles and how she rose above them.
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Dr Cathy Kezelman, President of Blue Knot Foundation

March 26, 2025
Content warning: This episode contains topics relating to sexual abuse and can be activating for some. Blue Knot Foundation is a national scentre for complex trauma. Blue Knot advocates for and provides support to people who have experience of complex trauma, and those who support them. Join the president of the Blue Knot Foundation Dr Cathy Kezelman and host Mark as they discuss the impacts of complex trauma and some of the ways p...
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Sue from Blue Knot

March 19, 2025
Content warning: This episode contains topics relating to sexual abuse and can be activating for some. Blue Knot Foundation is a national scentre for complex trauma. Blue Knot advocates for and provides support to people who have experience of complex trauma, and those who support them. Join lived experience embassador for Blue Knot Sue and host Mark Eastwood as they discuss Sue's lived experience of complex trauma and the advocacy...
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Castlemaine Safe Space

November 13, 2024
Content warning: This episode contains topics relating to suicide and can be activating for some. Castlemaine Safe Space is a community led, non-clinical, inclusive, and comfortable sanctuary. It is a space for people who are experiencing distress or suicidality. Everyone is welcome to attend the space, and no referral or appointments are necessary.Join founder Rachel Stewart and host Ananya Sharma as they discuss Rachel's personal...
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Migraines and Managing Multiple Disabilities

October 30, 2024
In this episode Jasmine McLennan interviews Hannah Bloxigde about her experience with chronic Migraine and other disabilities such as Endometriosis. Hannah explains how her disabilties interact and effect her mental health. She also talks about her complex trauma, including incarceration and addiction. She now works as a disability model and is learning content creation. She is a gender diverse person who doesn't fit the model of m...
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Art and the artist - OCD and its role in Amy Bodossian's life

October 9, 2024
Join host Ananya Sharma as she talks to Amy Bodossian about all things being an artist and performer living with OCD. This episode discusses Amy's love for performance and how she navaigates her OCD whilst being in the public eye. Amy's show 'In Bed with Amy and Friends' is part of Melbourne Fringe festival, and is a cabaret style-performance with a healthy serving of wackiness. The show will run October 8th at Wesley Anne in North...
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Jana Firestone - New Book 'Plot Twist: a personal guide to surviving life's unexpected curveballs'

September 11, 2024
Join host Flic Manning as she chats with author and therapist Jana Firestone about her latest book. Jana, a therapist who has worked with homicide cases, sudden deaths, and Black Saturday bushfire survivors, often shares her insights on moving forward after loss and the innate strength we all possess. With 18 years of experience working with families and young people, Jana brings a unique perspective on hope and healing. Tune in to...
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Antek Benedyka - Coming Full Circle

August 21, 2024
Antek Benedyka is a social worker who uses his own experiences with mental health to inform his work. This is the first part of a 2 part series where we discuss the work he does with refugees in Australia, his own mental health journey and how this has led him to wanting to improve the lives of the young people he works with now.  
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The Intersection between music, disability and mental health: with Eliza Hull

August 14, 2024
“I definitely have anxiety, and probably just naming it felt really good because I’ve probably had it all my life. I’ve just never known what it was, known what it feels like,” says singer and songwriter, and disabled musician advocate, @MusicElizaHull. Eliza performed ‘Running Underwater’, her first song about being disabled on ABC’s Q&A. She is an award-winning artist with music featured on international TV shows 'Awkward' and 'T...
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Mental Health and Zines

August 7, 2024
Mark talks to artist, author, and publisher, Annie Huang about zines and the role they have played in their mental health journey. 
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