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Our guest for this episode is Dr. Jakqui Barnfield,  Lifeline Direct's Executive Director of Service Delivery.
Jakqui is a registered nurse with a passion for mental health and suicide prevention. She tells us about the power of reaching out to Lifeline Australia's services and that you are not alone.

Helplines:
Lifeline on 13 11 14
13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78
Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467
Free nationwide service providing 24/7 phone and online counselling to people affected by suicide
SuicideLine Victoria 1300 651 251
24/7 telehealth service that offers free professional phone and online counselling for people living in Victoria
MORE INFO about the Safety Plan mentioned in this episode.

CREDITS
Produced, hosted and edited by Emily Webb, ermha365 Advocacy and External Communications Advisor with Karenza Louis-Smith, CEO ermha365.
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ermha365 provides mental health and disability support for people in Victoria and the Northern Territory. Find out more about our services at our website.

ermha365 acknowledges that our work in the community takes place on the Traditional Lands of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and therefore respectfully recognise their Elders, past and present, and the ongoing Custodianship of the Land and Water by all Members of these Communities.

We recognise people with lived experience who contribute to GET REAL podcast, and those who love, support and care for them. We recognise their strength, courage and unique perspective as a vital contribution so that we can learn, grow and achieve better outcomes together.

Incredibly, Donna-Leigh Perfect is a profound advocate of GRATEFULNESS. In the lead up to this podcast, I asked Donna-Leigh 'For what are you grateful in your life NOW', she simply inferred, 'I am grateful for the adventure of life. I wake up every morning not knowing what might unfold in any one day ... not knowing how life might tease me in the next 24 hours ... This makes life exciting ... a beautiful engrossing adventure.'

This means that her fear of what life has in store is greatly diluted. She is ready to embrace whatever. It also means that she can live so easily in the moment, not needing for life to change, even when the moment challenges her.
Donna-Leigh has learnt how to maximise every day. What is truly remarkable is that she has come to see life this way in spite of life dealing her the toughest of cards.

Donna-Leigh was just seven years old when she witnessed her father drive a knife into the body of her mother. Minutes later, she watched her father being driven away in the back of a police car arrested for her mother's murder. She and her twin then became separated from her 3 siblings and over the next 5 years she endured torment and abuse in 13 different foster homes. She felt worthless, unloved, abandoned and alone. Circumstances gave her the opportunity to re-join her Father and her siblings in the same home where the murder took place 6 years earlier. It was mayhem, living with a schizophrenic, tortured, alcoholic soul. Donna-Leigh was at his bedside when her Father passed away from alcohol induced health issues. All of these experiences culminated in one momentous night where Donna-Leigh faced with mounting drug dependency, simply asked herself, 'Do I want to live'?  She rang Lifeline.

In her own beautiful words, what rescued Donna-Leigh was the realisation that her traumatic childhood experiences HAPPENED TO HER NOT BECAUSE OF HER. It was a simple recognition that the events of her life did not need to define her. In fact, the meaning of her past experiences could be reframed to create greater purpose and greater life. Donna-Leigh became a Lifeline Suicide Prevention Counsellor, where she actively played a role in transforming the lives of the abused, the lonely and the traumatized.

In reality, her life as a Counsellor, still exists today, but in a slightly different form. She is a world class keynote speaker. Her unique P.E.A.C.E tools and her Resilient Rockstar stage show are opening up the eyes of children and adults alike to recognise ways of handling bullying and resilience. Her children's books are a pleasure, a delight and profound life guidance for all who embrace them. Quite simply, Donna-Leigh's coaching should be a must in every school.

Home - Donna-Leigh Perfect

Please call her to enquire of her life enhancing programmes: +61 412 403 051.

Recent episodes have truly blessed us with incredible stories and learnings. This one is top shelf. It was impossible to edit and sharpen, simply because all that was shared must be heard to fully understand the power of Donna-Leigh's wisdom. Prepare yourself for a remarkable podcast journey and one of our very best.

To purchase her books go to: Rescue Dog - Adventures of Jessie and Rocky Rockstar (donna-leighperfect.com)
To email Donna-Leigh use donna-leigh@donna-leighperfect.com
To contact Bernie re Nepal, Donna-Leigh and a tribe of various opportunities call +61 412 982 444

DISCLAIMER: This episode involves conversations around suicide. If this could be triggering for you, please contact your local support service.

Suicide can affect all of us. That is why this week I’m talking all about mental health and suicidality with lived experience practitioner Victoria Lynne Carrier. We discuss ideas like rumination, doom scrolling, self care, mindfulness, lived experience, conversations around suicide, finding support, peer groups, reaching crisis point, calling life line and prevention versus postvention.

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/o6wGl5cjQsE

Victoria is a lived experience practitioner in the suicide prevention service of LifeConnect and Neami National. Her work focuses on community outreach, training people to better understand suicide and become better prepared to help anybody who might be struggling with mental health and suicidality. 

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Roses in the ocean is another great suicide prevention group
https://rosesintheocean.com.au/

Rainbow door offers mental health support for the LGBTIQA+ community
https://www.rainbowdoor.org.au/

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Clare Wright is an award winning author and documentary maker and a previous guest on this podcast (Ep 46). This very personal speech about depression was delivered at a The Wheeler Centre event called 'Epic Fail' featuring well known authors and artists sharing their stories of failure. 

Clare's description of a state of depression is so evocative that Melbourne musician Suzannah Espie wrote a song using the words of the speech as lyrics, 'I'm sorry, I failed'. The episode concludes with that song. 

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Hi!
I’m Karen Hall, Host of The Hero Within Podcast.

Today we discuss the Savior's death from the perspective of the disciples. 

We will all have our Fridays when our life seems to be falling apart and when our hopes seem to be dashed.

We all feel discouraged at times! You're not alone!

But the Lord promises that He will work all things together for our good.  He will bless us! 

He was resurrected on Easter Sunday!  Our hope is in Christ! Our Sunday will come!

Have you experienced this too? Please follow and leave a review. I really appreciate your support!  Let's spread the love and bless others!

Wishing you lots of love on your own hero’s journey,
xoxo, Karen

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Looking for the perspective you need? This is the episode for you.

Thank you for sharing your story, Kathy Mize, of Ready for Life.

Areas of Discussion:

• Figuring out goals
• If we feel burned out, we can’t help anyone else-
• Importance of pausing
• Not taking things for granted

Children of abuse and those in foster care face tremendous mental health battles, and today’s guest has dedicated her life to helping children overcome hurdles. 

Kathy is a native of St. Petersburg, FL and received her graduate degree in Social Work from the University of South Carolina.

Ready for Life's Mission: To provide support, resources, and guidance former foster care youth need to successfully transition to adulthood.

RFL is a solution-based skill center supporting former foster care youth in homelessness prevention, education & employment, and lifeline support networks.
 
RFL offers a unique Educational Learning Lab program; a full-time Mental Health Counselor, through a partnership with the Pinellas County Public Defender's Office; legal services provided through the Community Law Program, supported by the St. Petersburg Bar Association; Mentor Program; Youth Council; Mommy & Me; Keys to Independence; and more.

RFL is a family environment where young people find basic needs like food & meal kits; personal & hygiene supplies; caring support; and have access to laundry and shower facilities. We understand that until immediate basic needs are met, it is nearly impossible to contemplate the future...and RFL believes that all young people deserve the opportunity for a successful future.

Guest Email: kmize@readyforlifepinellas.org
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Episode 33 of the Comedy WRLD Update. This week we discuss comedians reacting to the recent documentary about Chris Delia. Other Topics include Bill Cosby announcing a 2023 tour and how literally insane that is. We also run down the list of guest podcast appearances for the prior week and talk about new comedy specials out now. 

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Series: An Open Letter to the Church

The Kings’ have special guest Pastor Brian and Sharon Liechty of Grace Christian Center in Killeen, Texas. The Liechtys’, have been in children’s ministry for over 30 years. Children are the lifeline of many churches. We really desire to dig off into what it takes to continue to have a healthy lifeline for the future of the church. Feel free to share as this is definitely a conversation that need to be heard. 

Rob is a former Police officer who served for over 10 years.
We explore the psychological impact of repeated exposure to traumas and what can happen if left unchecked and where to go once you've hit rock bottom.

If you or someone you know is suffering from mental health issues, reach out and start a conversation. It could make the world of difference.

Lifeline
lifeline.org.au
131114

This is the story of Ian ‘Eno’ Taylor. After battles with suicidal ideation, he learned the value of reaching out for help. When two friends didn’t do the same, he found himself asking why. That simple act might have saved their lives. Eno decided to take action - in a, literally, traffic stopping way!

As we're knit in the womb, a primal cry emerges from the very fact of our being, the very fact of our dependence, the fact of our contingency, the fact of our ultimate need: Do you love me? Jamie Tworkowski, the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms and bestselling author of If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For, joins Evan Rosa for a discussion about the hope and resilience and human identity that emerges from being known and loved; what it means to live a life worth living; his own struggle with mental illness and therapy; the connection between mystery, not knowing, and the sort of surprise that makes life worth another day.

In this episode, we talk in some detail about the beautiful and heartbreaking founding story that led Jamie to start To Write Love on Her Arms, which includes references to self-harm and contains an expletive, which in Jamie's words is "more about identity than profanity". And if you are or anyone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, self-harm, or if you need help even right now, call or text 988. 988 is the new nationwide number for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

This episode was made possible in part by the generous support of the Tyndale House Foundation. For more information, visit tyndale.foundation.

Show Notes

• jamietworkowski.com
• Follow Jamie Tworkowski on Twitter
• If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
• Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
• To Write Love on Her Arms
• “Being loved looks like being known.”
• Rebecca Solnit’s 2020 article describing hope as a commitment to the future.
• “I've really come to believe that getting help, asking for help, recovery counseling for some people, sobriety, that it's not easy, but it's worth it.”
• Giving up the need for control.
• Clem Snide, “I Love the Unknown”
• Looking past the things we feel are missing.
• To Write Love On Her Arm: “that phrase at first, it was a, a goal for one person and pretty quickly because of this growing audience, it became a goal on a bigger scale.”
• “And I hope that other people, in this case the listener who might be struggling, I hope that you would stay for the surprises: to be surprised by life, by love, by joy, by God; that there would be moments that you will experience and, and as a result, be so glad that you chose to keep going, that you chose to stay.”

Production Notes

• This podcast featured author Jamie Tworkowski
• Edited and Produced by Evan Rosa
• Hosted by Evan Rosa
• Production Assistance and Episode Art by Luke Stringer
• A Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/about
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