Don't Quit on Me

Piotrek Nabielec is a huge fan of human-centered productivity and the founder of the 4 Step Productivity system. For the last 6 years Piotrek has created courses that help people organize chaos, stop procrastinating and find the time for hobbies and dreams. Before this he spent 10 years as a software developer and IT manager.  Piotrek loves creativity and is a part time musician. 4stepproductivity.com Piotr@4stepproductivity.com Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/Twitter CloseSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=JEW47CPB599L2)

Matthew received Australia's National Mental Health Advocate award by the Mental Health Foundation of Australia in 2020. Matthew is the Founder/CEO of The Australian Centre for Lived Experience, a peer run centre for lived experience persons seeking alternative peer approaches. They live with Bipolar Affective Disorder and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( 'as defined' by DSM/Psychiatry), is a sibling caregiver to their younger brother and sister who live with enduring psychosocial diverse abilities, and has lost their mother to suicide, and consequently grandparents due to stigma. Matthew's experiences of distress and service use drive their passion for global social change in mental health. They are a global mental health activist promoting human rights, social justice and lived experience from public health and MAD STUDIES disciplinary basis https://www.tacfle.com/Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/Twitter CloseSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=JEW47CPB599L2)

Lisa Jones is the Director of Recovery for Metro North Mental Health. This is a lived experience role that sits within the Metro North Mental Health Executive Leadership Team and provides leadership to the Metro North Mental Health lived experience workforce. Lisa has experienced acute mental health challenges in her life and now uses her passion for mental health and recovery to ensure the lived experience voice is included at all levels of service planning, development, and improvement.Lisa is also a passionate holistic health ambassador. This passion has led her to study various complementary modalities, and she is also a practicing yoga teacher. Lisa passionately believes that everyone can lead a meaningful life.Lisa mentions MYROLE in the show:My ROLE stands for My Registry of Lived Experience. If you have a lived experience as either a consumer or carer and would like to be involved in improving services, you can register as a member of My ROLE and get offered paid opportunities to participate in committees, projects or other things that can lead to service improvement. My ROLE is specific to Metro North Mental Health and to date we have involved members in some exciting opportunities. So, if you are passionate about mental health and wanting to improve services contact myrole@health.qld.gov.au for more information. Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/Twitter CloseSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=JEW47CPB599L2)

Michelle Mitchell is an award-winning speaker, and bestselling parenting author. She has been termed ‘the teenage expert’ by the media and is sought after for her compassionate and grounded advice for parenting tweens and teens. Michelle started her career as a teacher, but soon discovered a special interest in wellbeing. She left teaching in 2000 and founded Youth Excel, a ‘boutique’ health promotion charity which delivered tailor made life skills programs and psychological services to thousands of young people and their families each year.  Today she uses her experience to write and speak in schools, community events and through media.   Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/Twitter CloseSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=JEW47CPB599L2)

Christine Runyan, PhD, ABPP Christine Runyan is a clinical health psychologist, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Co-Founder of Tend Health. After starting her career as a psychologist in the US Air Force, she focused her research, clinical service, and teaching on behavioral science in family medicine as well as promoting models of integrated primary care. Dr. Runyan is also a mindfulness teacher at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness. At the height of the pandemic, recognizing the undeniable need for expert mental health services for healthcare professionals, she launched Tend Health. Tend Health provides specialized, private, and accessible mental health care and education to healthcare professionals and consultation to healthcare organizations willing to invest in their most precious resource. You can read and hear more about her perspective on COVID and mental health here: ● https://onbeing.org/programs/christine-runyan ● https://www.cnn.com/videos ● https://www.youtube.com ● https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/05/back-to-work-calm-body-calm-mind ● https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-culture/advice-to-the-anxious-for-e ventually-meeting-in-person-again ● https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/Podcast/frankly-speaking-cme 223 Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/Twitter CloseSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=JEW47CPB599L2)

Ralph De La Rosa (he/they) is an internationally published author, trauma-focused psychotherapist, and seasoned meditation teacher. Ralph began practicing meditation in 1996 and has taught since 2008. His new book, Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak Outs (Shambhala Publications) was celebrated as one of the "Top 10 Books of 2020" by Mindful Magazine. https://ralphdelarosa.com/Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/Twitter CloseSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=JEW47CPB599L2)