From Fear to Peer
9 November 2023
Cam shares how his passion to help others helped to conquer his fears.
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Cam shares how his passion to help others helped to conquer his fears.
We chat with Chris about how the experience of bipolar can feel but also how we can learn and grow from it. Chris talks about the importance of inclusion and connection, having a ‘vibe tribe’ and dropping judgement when caring for people who are having a rough time.
Surrendering, accepting and letting go of what we cannot control
In this episode, we chat with our guest who describes how it feels to experience psychosis. We talk about what they found helpful and not so helpful while being in that state and what life after psychosis has looked like in their life. We touch on the different ways phenomena like psychosis can transform people and how we can better care for people going through psychosis.
How can we respond to distress with greater compassion and humanity?
Sometimes as humans, we have experiences that aren’t shared or understood by others. Often these experiences can feel extreme, scary, unreal or even euphoric. Experiences like psychosis, depression, grief and addiction.
Here is a little taster of highlights from some of the conversations Lucy and Rachel have had so far with incredible humans who vulnerably share their different perspectives on these ideas.
We speak with Jamie, a social worker in the mental health world about being “a person first and a professional when it’s required”.
In this episode, we chat about what Extremely Human is all about.
Justin talks about how connection can take the edge off substance use.
We are an initiative of Alfred Health and work in partnership with headspace to coproduce courses for and with young people, professionals, and the community.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we all meet and work throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water, and community and pay respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.
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