(00:00:00) Intro (00:00:59) Not for the Last Time (00:03:52) We are Still Here (00:08:32) Shoes to Match (00:10:28) The Paddle Out and the Mentor (00:15:57) Good Neighbours (00:20:02) Credits It was early in 2022. We were still just on the tail of the Covid pandemic. We were still quite often wearing masks, often doing social distancing and still RAT testing and staying home if we got infected. Shellharbour City Council, on the homelands of the Wadi Wadi people, decided to commission a few peopl...
Jun 02, 2025•21 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Andrew reflects on repaying the East Timorese people, and reconnecting with family on his return from service. Advisory: The people who have "a good mind to" tell you this story would like you to know there is a description of a dead body in this episode. Andrew enlisted in the Army in 1995. He was assigned to 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment in Holsworthy. The UN International Force East Timor (INTERFET) consisted mainly of Australian Defence Force members, including Andrew, and...
Apr 15, 2025•15 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Will Mark and Assunta get any answers from the Doctors about what happened to Mark? And what's happening now, 15 years later?. "The Throwing of a Lead Cover over the Whole Thing" is the sixth and final episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story. Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode Detailed Music Credits "Ambient Gui...
Mar 15, 2025•46 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Assunta gets us up to speed with some loose end stories. Swimming Against the Tide is the fifth episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story. Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode Detailed Music Credits "Slow Ambient Movement" by Orchestralis, "Heartless" by Philip Okerstrom, "Moving Backwards" by AG Soundtrax, "Intro" ...
Dec 20, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Mark and Assunta finally get some clarity about the nature of Mark's brain injury and treatment. But that doesn't make it much easier to handle. A Cork in the Ocean is the fourth episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story. Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode Ad: To check out Our Listener podcast; https://linktr.ee/y...
Sep 30, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Mark gets some apologies, of sorts, but makes no real progress amidst more confusing information about what has happened to him after his surgery. An Extra Drop is the third episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story. Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode Music Credits: "New Direction," "Pale Rider," "Isolated" nd "Pi...
Jun 05, 2024•30 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Mark's condition remains unexplained and the family tries to cope. "The Busses are Humming" is the second episode in our series: Invisible Injury. This episode contains some swearing. If you prefer a beeper version click here: Beeped version Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode Music Credits: "Pale Rider" and "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)...
Apr 25, 2024•24 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Mark had a sun spot, just a small discolouration on his nose. He went into hospital to have it removed. And he came out of the surgery with something much more serious. Sun Spot is the first episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story. Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode Music Credits: White Lotus: Kevin MacLeod by K...
Mar 26, 2024•18 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Mark's stories about looking after others and being looked after, while training to become a soldier, serving in East Timor and when he eventually left the military. Advisory: The people who have "a good mind to" tell you this story would like you to know we are going to talk here about war and conflict. If you, or someone you care about, needs support, please contact Life Line on 131114 https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Our website: agoodmindto.com.au Detailed Music Credits "Simplex," "Overheat," "I...
Feb 07, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Lachlan was a High Risk Searcher for the Australian Defence Force in Afghanistan, responsible for finding Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) in order to protect his his fellow soldiers and any Afghan citizens who might unwittingly come across these bombs. Today he is the owner of "His Boy Elroy" and founder of "Bar Stool Brothers", a men's mental health community. But there was a journey to get between those two places. It wasn't easy. But he did find his North Star again. Advisory: The people...
Dec 06, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
To listen to the rest of Agents for Change: https://podfollow.com/agents-for-change The people who have "a good mind to" produce this podcast for you thought you might like this bonus preview episode from Coequal's new podcast "Agents for Change." - Ordinary Australians talking about what science and research might be able to tell us about preventing the perpetration of violence against women. In our Preview Episode we started by asking, why science? Why look at what science and research might b...
Nov 25, 2023•19 min
The weaving together of two stories, one about discovering the game of Dungeons and Dragons and the other about discovering a mood disorder. Our website: agoodmindto.com.au Detailed Music Credits "Sneaky", "Cool Vibes", "Octo Blues", "At Launch" "Unholy Knight" "Final Battle of the Dark Wizards" "Night of Chaos" and "Darkling" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Providence Rain" "Overslept" and "Ella ...
Sep 14, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Commission: a group of people who are trying to find out about something and say what they think should be done about it. Raylene invites Fi and Farzana to join her in a conversation that begins with The Disability Royal Commission in Australia and then shares ideas and stories about discrimination, human rights, the NDIS and much more. Our website: agoodmindto.com.au Detailed Music Credits "Dances and Dames" "Jarvic 8" "Wett Riffs" "Overheat" "Endings" "Backed Vibes Clean" "Umbrella Pants" " Wa...
Aug 25, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Emma is sick of the silence that surrounds disordered eating. So she had a good mind to make you this podcast story. Our website: agoodmindto.com.au Detailed Music Credits "Rocket Power" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Heartless" by Philip Okerstrom Various tracks by by Philip Okerstrom and Damian Mason "Xmas Thief" by Phillip Crawford. Supported with funding from Coordinare - the South Eastern NS...
Jul 26, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Lajos wrote a poem... around the time when the Catholic school he attended as a young person was in the news regarding the sexual abuse of children. The first time he read the poem he was unsure what the audience thought of it. The second time he read it was one of the most challenging things he has ever done. If you prefer a beeped version please click here Our website: agoodmindto.com.au Detailed Music Credits Aerian "My Sputnik Moment" courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com "Blue Feather" and "Fas...
Jun 27, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Whippy (Ethan Whipp) uses hip hop to tell stories from his life about ADHD, drug use, grief, music and spray painting. Our website: agoodmindto.com.au Detailed Music Credits Original Songs by Whippy Listen on SOUNDCLOUD Circle of Life Where Ya Been (prod Gibbo x kookup) OG Inspired (prod Fat Cat Beats) Fauna to Flora (Prod Solxce Musik) One Shot Twilight Creature (Scraps ft WHIPPY prod. by Ilouis) Listen to Scraps on SOUNDCLOUD Sleepless Nights (Prod Ignorvnce) Grow from This ft Social P Listen ...
Jun 27, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Do you want beauty or despair? ... because you can't have both! Bridget and a few like-minded people in Port Kembla, New South Wales, have created a group called Creating A Beautiful Life. In this episode of A Good Mind To Bridget and her collaborators share a meditative exploration of the value of art and connection as a way to respond to mental ill-health. Our website: agoodmindto.com.au For a transcript, click here Detailed Music Credits "Lotus", "Daybreak", "Ambiment", "Gymnoepdie No 1 - Eri...
Jun 24, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This podcast story, Whose seizure is it anyway? has been on Emma's mind for some time... well... actually since she was eleven and had her first seizure. Emma, along with co-presenters Jeannette and Oscar, all have lived experience with seizures and they take us on an audio journey that explores Epilepsy and Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) through poetry, history, humour and insight. And their stories make you wonder where the real disorder lies. If you prefer a beeped version click here ...
Jun 23, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Aunty Lindy Lawler speaks about being part of the Stolen Generations and she and Trish Levett from Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service talk about trauma, healing and the importance of Cultural Ways. Watch Aunty Lindy's short film in the We are Shellharbour collection: Click here Watch Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Services short film Sorry Day: Click here Our website: agoodmindto.com.au Supported with funding from Coordinare - the South Eastern NSW Primary Health Network through the Australian G...
Jun 22, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 2
She was 16 when she discovered that her real name was not Stefanie. Stefanie was her middle name. Her first name was Dalia. And now, in her 70's, Dalia has reclaimed her birth name. Dalia was inspired to tell her story by young women like Australian of the Year - Grace Tame who made it clear that they would not be silent about sexual abuse. Dalia's story telling offers insight into the beliefs, assumptions and societal shifts that have shaped attitudes towards abuse and trauma since the 1950’s. ...
Jun 20, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1
