#HopeWall Podcast

➡️ Introducing our anonymous guest who has a background in criminology, psychology and she works in mental health. She was 5 yeas old when her parents divorced. Her father lived in a shed in rural Brisbane. A shed that was filled to the brink as her father was a hoarder. 😳 The property was deemed unliveable by the local council, so they weren't able to open windows and do things like make noise or play outside although they had friends living on the same street. They had to live in the shed in secrecy. 😔 Life was not easy at all, with a mentally unstable father who would have outbursts often and a mother who was physically abusive. 😢 A legal contract to save the property would see things become even more difficult  with a legal battle that would soon ensue with her father. ⛔ His parting words after being evicted were: " All the time I spent looking after you and your brother, I could've been out there screwing other woman! " 👈 Tune in to hear more of Anonymous journey. 🎙 “ There Is Hope & You Can Overcome It " – Anonymous 💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

➡️ Introducing Racquel Todor who is a sport, trauma and youth counsellor who has lived experience with suicide and self harm, complex trauma, PTSD, depression, borderline personality disorder and bulimia. There are many parts of Racquels life she is unable to recall although she does remember as a child her make believe friends she had created because of the experiences she was suffering from. It was her brains way of coping. 👈 On one occasion Racquel remembers being invited to a party, she was so excited to attend. Got all ready and went to the address only to find... 🙌 That there was no party and the whole thing had been set up. 🤷‍♀️ This would set the scene for intense bullying from being different, a journey that would have Racquel continuously asking herself what was wrong with her, why did no one choose her or when they did she would simply be the laughing stock. 😪 I always wanted to be a part of something, I always wanted to belong and wanted friendship so badly... 😔 “ Everyone Is Hurting & Everyone Doesn't Know WTF They're Doing ” – Racquel Todor 💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

➡️ Introducing Tom Augustsson who is originally from parts of Northern Europe who is very passionate about speaking about mental illness, educating others on recognizing signs, and helping to break the associated stigma. ✅ When Tom arrived at work, he noticed a lot of his colleagues had arrived late that morning, not thinking too much of this he continued his day. 🤔 At 9.45 am he received a phonecall from his father and was met with the sound of heavy breathing as he could not speak. Eventually, his mother jumped on the line and uttered eight words… We’re very sorry, your brother John has died. 😭 Tom’s stomach dropped, he was in shock and grief and would soon learn that the impact of his brother’s passing had not only affected him and his family, but it had rippled out to so many others on that day. 😢 Much later I would often think to myself if this were preventable if we could’ve helped John in some way the first responders, the staff, the patrons they would not have been impacted by the trauma of being at that event on that day. 💯 Tom is now an advocate for GROW which is a 12-step program mental health support program based on lived experience which helps people recovering from mental illness based on similar principles of AA. 👍 After utilising their services for himself, they really helped educate Tom with strategies, tools, and understanding more about people and the reasons they might abuse substances or similar. You can check them out here: https://grow.org.au/ 👈 Tom also advocates for Arafmi who provides quality support, education, and advocacy services to people with mental illness, their families, and carers. If you are interested in the services, they offer please feel free to check out their link: www.arafmi.com.au 👈 Tune in to hear more of Tom’s journey. 🎙 “ Respond With Love & Compassion ” – Tom Augustsson 💙

➡️ Introducing Jamie Milne who is the owner of Jamie Milne Training. He is a father, partner, Hypnotherapist, CBT Practitioner, NLP & Time Line Therapy specialist. Some of Jamie’s achievements include: 🔥 World Record Title Holder for: 🔥 🔰 Most Burpee Broadjumps - 4,267 (22.5 hours) 🔰 Most Double Unders - 22,222 (12 hours) 🔰 Many Miles for Mary (320km) 🔰 Run 2x Length of the North Island, NZ (80km per day) 🔰 Running from Melbourne to his gym on the Sunshine Coast (2,000km) It wasn’t always like this for Jamie who was raised by his father, as a child you could often find Jamie on the handle bars of his fathers push bike. 🚴 He finished school with no formal qualifications and at the age of 16 he enlisted into the Navy to follow in his fathers footstep. He eventually became a qualified chef and ships diver. 🚢 Jamie earned a thirst whilst in the Navy and was eventually given an ultimatum at the age of 19 on his last warning to attend Rehab or AA as a result of this. ⚠️ Once he left the Navy he went overseas for 9 months and returned looking like an entirely different man. 😳 My grandfather looked at me and said; 🗣 “Jamie you look disgusting man, I can’t even see my grandson. Where is my grandson?”. It was the message he needed to hear, although it hurt him to the core. 😔 “My Life Will Never Ever Be The Same, I Will Never Treat Myself The Way That I Have” - Jamie Milne 💙 Tune in to hear more of Jamie’s journey. 🎙 👉 If you would like to learn more about “Jamie Milne” click here: https://bit.ly/32mtkY2 💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜

➡️ Introducing Renay Casini who is a beautiful soul who reached out to me to ask to be interviewed on the Podcast. She wanted to share what it’s like for her in the depths of a depressive state so people could see and feel how overwhelming and tiring it can be when you’re in this space. 😢 When you reach out to people and they’re unable to help you shift from the space you’re currently in, what do people do? 🤔 They turn to substances and other things to give them the relief they’re seeking to give them a break from the noise inside their head. 💯 Although the interview starts in this space, Renay has also provided some amazing tools that you can implement to prepare yourself and those around you if you find yourself in this space again in the future. 💛 Tune in to hear more of Renay’s journey. 🎙 “What If The Fight Of Leaning Into It, Accepting & Surrendering To The Depressive State Is The Journey To Success?”. - Renay Casini 💜 💜 “You Are Not Alone”. 💜