Brainwaves

What’s it like being a young person living with a chronic illness and disability, and having to navigate daily life including the dating scene, establishing a career or even partying? Sydney-based writer, reporter, producer, podcaster and illustrator, Chloe Sargeant is penning a memoir on these topics to support other people who are going or have gone through similar experiences. Chloe will share her lived experience of developing a chronic nervous system illness in her early 20’s in her book — aptly titled ‘omfg ouch: how to live your best life when you’re chronically fully sick’.Today on our live radio show Brainwaves with host Flic Manning, Chloe will discuss her work and topical issues such as the cyclical nature of ‘chronic illness grief’ and discrimination in the medical industry.You can follow Chloe on: https://www.chloesargeant.com/ You can follow Flic on: https://flicmanning.com/

Today on our podcast Brainwaves, Anna will discuss her new work with host Flic Manning as they dive into everything from psychosis, mental health discrimination, anxiety and more.“But between therapists’ rooms and emergency departments, there’s been a feeling even harder to explain… optimism,” says Anna Spargo-Ryan in her new memoir ‘A Kind of Magic’.   Anna, who has a lived experience of mental health challenges since she was little girl, writes about the relationship between our brains, and memory and time in her latest book. Anna’s writing has been featured in renowned publications including The Guardian, The Good Weekend and The Age. Tune in at 6pm (AESDT) on 3CR Community Radio! Grab a copy of Anna's book, 'A Kind of Magic' from all good book retailers, online or grab the audiobook from your favourite provider. Reach out to Flic: flicmanning.com

Louisa Pearce, who has a lived experience of schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and dissociative identity disorder, “learned to befriend these experiences” by embracing spiritual practices.  Louisa is founder of The Voice Sanctuary, a private practice that offers alternative spiritual-healing therapies such as narrative therapy and ancient shamanic techniques. It’s where she provides therapy and training for people who hear voices and those that support them. “I aim to provide the kind of teachings and counselling I was looking for when I first fell ill,” Louisa says.  Louisa is also a writer, social worker and peer health specialist, and today’s guest on our podcast Brainwaves.  Tune in with host Evan Douglas-Smith at 5pm (AESDT) on 3CR Community Radio!

‘Ask Annie’ is a mobile education app designed for care workers with practical tips and strategies to better support people living with dementia by Dementia Australia. The app offers short, self-paced learning modules which guides users through a range of scenarios to strengthen their dementia care skills.Today on our show Brainwaves, we chat to Amanda Eddy-Lacey, Learning Designer at Dementia Australia, who has been instrumental in the development of ‘Ask Annie’. Her experience includes 17 years working directly with people living with dementia and their families.With our host Suzie Leach, Amanda discusses how this app strives: to enable people living with dementia to receive optimum care, and live lives that are fully dignified.

Today on our podcast show, Michael, who is one of Australia's most distinguished and multi-award-winning researchers, discusses the latest breakthroughs and treatments for Alzheimer’s dementia.Professor Michael Valenzuela is co-founder and CEO of Skin2Neuron (S2N), a creative biotech company for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia.S2N’s regenerative medicine technology is based on a discovery by Michael and his team at the University of Sydney in 2019. They found that there was a remarkable degree of shared biology between stem cells in the brain and stem cells in skin.

Join U.S.-based Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr. Susan B. Trachman M.D. for part two of our look into unexplained medical illnesses through the lens of psychiatry, brain-gut connection and psychosomatic health conditions, today on our podcast Brainwaves. We also dive further into the connection between nutrition and mental health and how to destigmatise mental health. Susan is a columnist for numerous esteemed publications such as Psychology Today, and is regularly invited to speak at academic conferences. She also provides record reviews, independent medical evaluations, testimony and makes court appearances in legal cases involving psychological damages, employment, harassment and malpractice. Tune in with host Flic Manning at 5pm (AESDT) on 3CR Community Radio! Reach out to Dr Trachman on:Website: https://susanbtrachmanmd.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-b-trachman-md-1b8a7342/Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/susanbtrachmanmd/  Reach out to Flic on: https://flicmanning.com/

Today on the show, host, Flic Manning is joined by Dr Susan B Trachman, for part one, of a two-part series about mental and physical health from a Forensic Psychiatrists lens. They chat about the mind-body connection, PTSD, forensic cases, true crime, covid and the brain and more!Dr. Susan Trachman is a practicing psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience and is passionate about exploring medically unexplained illnesses through the lens of psychiatry. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University and Clinical  Associate Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington University in America, where she teaches medical  students, residents and post-residency fellows in psychiatry. She is currently working on a book about the mind-body connection and psychosomatic disorders.Stay tuned for Part Two of this series on 19th Oct 2022!You can reach out to Dr Susan Trachman via:Website: https://susanbtrachmanmd.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-b-trachman-md-1b8a7342/Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/susanbtrachmanmd/ Reach out to Flic Manning on: https://flicmanning.com/

On New Year’s Eve 2019, author and writer Zoe Simmons watched her hometown of Batemans Bay, on the southern coast of New South Wales, burn before her eyes during the terrifying Black Summer Bushfires. She shares her stories of survival and experience as a disabled journalist during this time in a new book — and with us today on our podcast Brainwaves. Zoe who is an advocate for mental health, disability and bushfire recovery, has also had her writing widely published in publications such as the New York Post, POPSUGAR and news.com.au. Join our host Flic Manning and tune in at 5pm (AEST) on 3CR Community Radio! Find out more about Zoe via her website: https://zoesimmons.com.au https://flicmanning.com/

Today on Brainwaves, host, Flic Manning dives into the important subject of Grief, with her guest Tom Valenta. Journalist, Author of 12-books and advocate, Tom Valenta OAM, lost his wife Marie to Alzheimer’s in 2009, and has two grandsons living with the life-threatening genetic condition, Cystic Fibrosis. His book "Remember Me, Mrs V?" is Tom's heart-wrenching account of Marie's decline through Alzheimer's and can serve as an aid for carers of loved ones facing similar journies.Tom has also written about how the people of Bairnsdale in Victoria came together, and with the help of the entire Gippsland community,  built an alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre — the subject of his fourth book on substance dependency titled ‘A Time of Hope.’Today on our podcast Brainwaves, Tom talks about his lived experience of grief and grieving, as well as topics of his latest book on alcohol and drug dependency.Tune in at 5pm (AEST) on 3CR Community Radio! Image 1: Portrait of Tom and Marie Valenta seated on rocks by the ocean, published in Time Magazine circa 2004Image 2: Portrait of Tom Valenta holding his new book ‘A Time of Hope’ with a leafy wall of vines in the background. You can find many of Tom's written works at: https://www.bookdepository.com/author/Tom-Valenta You can reach out to host, Flic Manning on Instagram: @flicmanning