Cynthia Morton chats with a diverse collage of some of Brisbane's “lived experience” and clinical professional guests in CONVERSATIONS that we weave throughout the series. They challenge current myths, share personal insights, and discuss without apology their first-hand experiences with mental health challenges, addiction, depression, anxiety, suicide, adoption, body image, and self-harm.They also share their hope, humour and healing tips for a happier healthier life in recovery.
I was fortunate enough to meet Elitha a few years ago as she was going through her own dark night of the soul. In a nutshell she felt she was barely surviving emotionally and wanted to learn how to thrive in her relationship with herself, those she loved and cared about, and also within her community and corporate career. So, in this Episode the foundation of her message is based on her belief that we are all entitled to strive for and actually fulfil our wildest dreams. For Elit...
27 Jan 2020
CYNTHIA chats with CHRIS MERLO
I met the unforgettable Mr. Merlo back in 2009 during the early stages of his recovery. I have been fortunate over the years to witness the wild, wise and wonderful stages of his journey. In our conversation Chris shares unashamedly about his battles with addiction, his emotional challenges, his first-hand experience and perspectives on rehabilitation centres in Australia, his belief in physical fitness as an integral component of mental health and well-being and his deep love and comm...
20 Jan 2020
CYNTHIA chats with MELANIE CASTLES
I met Melanie a few years back and was immediately impressed by her no bullshit attitude towards her own emotional recovery journey. From day one she has rolled up her sleeves when there is emotional housework to be done on her side of the street … and as a result, she has rebooted her life. Mel’s emotional work ethic even when her heart is breaking, and her grief has hit her like a tsunami wave is nothing short of admirable. Her work ethic in the corporate arena is no diff...
13 Jan 2020
CYNTHIA chats with LUKE ARCHER
I met this gentle hearted giant of a man a few years ago, and was immediately impressed. He describes himself as a lifelong learner and a very dedicated husband and father to his incredible wife and wonderful kids. Luke genuinely loves to support people that want to reach their full potential. At his New Farm personal training studio, he and his team are all about focusing on the big picture. The philosophies he uses to guide himself, his team, clients and fellow NRL players are ...
6 Jan 2020
CYNTHIA chats with CARLA HADDAN
The beautiful Carla Haddan is not only a successful career woman, wife and mother, she is also a cancer survivor and one of Brisbane’s most influential charity fundraising Queens. Carla is a proud Ambassador for Mummy’s Wish, a registered charity providing non-means tested practical support to mums and mums-to-be fighting cancer with children 12 years and under. It’s a cause very close to Carla’s heart as she had her own battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2013 when her son Billy w...
23 Dec 2019
CYNTHIA chats with STEVE HADDAN
Steve Haddan is one of Australia’s finest creative talents. In a richly textured career now extending beyond 30 years, Steve’s work as a comic satirist and performer, author, actor and keynote speaker has brought enormous enjoyment to many thousands of people. Our paths crossed in our younger partying years but we lost touch reconnecting a decade later whilst he was hosting the morning variety show “In Brisbane Today”. I was invited onto his show to discuss my recent trek through the Am...
15 Dec 2019
CYNTHIA chats with LYNDA CLOSE
Lynda’s quest for a happy life began in 2007 when her journey found her clean and sober for the first time in many years. Masking the pain of childhood trauma Lynda fell into the trap of the addictive world through alcoholism, drug abuse, exercise, spending and self-harm. After working unhappily in the corporate world for 11 years, Lynda found Holotropic Breathwork in 2011 and it was life changing. Gaining a deeper connection through the discovery of her ‘Inner Healer’, she learned the value ...
8 Dec 2019
CYNTHIA chats with KYL REBER
2020 will see Kyl’s 26th year of teaching and spreading the philosophies of Martial Arts, and showing the wider community what learning to defend yourself can do for you, your friends and your loved ones. Growing up in country Queensland Kyl is a devoted husband and father to his beautiful wife and two daughters. Currently he holds the rank of 7th Degree Black Belt Kyoshi in Zen Do Kai Freestyle Martial Arts, 7th Degree Trainer (Kru) in BJC Muay Thai, and 1st Degree Instructor in BJMA K...
1 Dec 2019
CYNTHIA chats with JACINTA HAWGOOD
I first met this clever and compassionate woman around 15 years ago when I was invited to join her and her esteemed colleagues to learn more about her community suicide prevention and education programs. I’ve got to admit I was incredibly nervous, and quite intimidated to sit at the table with this academic leader, and honoured when she earnestly asked for my lived experience perspective on the delicate topic of suicide. Jacinta is a registered clinical psychologist and has worked at AI...
24 Nov 2019
CYNTHIA chats with ROBBIE KINLOCK
It is always a rare privilege for me to work with an adolescent who is keen to become a better version of themselves. Robbie is one of these impressive human beings. I met him when he was just 19 years of age. He’d been experimenting with party drugs since his early teens, was unemployed, uninterested in study, a heavy daily marijuana smoker, a nocturnal gamer who had major sleeping issues, and he also struggled with anxiety, depression and suicidal episodes. Teenage r...
17 Nov 2019
CYNTHIA chats with BARBARA BONE
There’s so much I could say about this remarkable mentor of mine throughout the past 24 years of my recovery … but, at the same time trying to find heartfelt words to describe her, just don’t do my admiration of her justice. She is known officially as Beautiful Barb in Australian recovery circles. Anyone that meets her, loves her. A woman of this calibre is a rarity in this world. Fiercely gentle, loyal and unapologetically boundaried I had a mother crush on Barb when...
10 Nov 2019
CYNTHIA chats with DAVID O'KANE
David is a divine Irishman who has been a Personal Trainer and Remedial Massage Therapist for the past 13 years. He has also studied psychology and been a student of Yoga for 6 years. David has worked with every demographic of society from CEO’s of billion-dollar companies in Europe & the USA to headlining musicians on tour. Helping them all further their health and fitness goals focusing on how to rebuild what fitness can’t fix. David explains how we can only train as well as we r...
3 Nov 2019
CYNTHIA chats with SAMMY POWER
Sammy Power offers us her hard-earned wisdom having conquered external success after 27 years in the demanding world of radio becoming The Sydney Breakfast Radio Queen. These days however, she’s far more interested in building internal wealth. In her unpredictable episode you will find the charming and unique Sammy Power shares generously and intimately with us about her challenges with emotional burnout, gaining and shedding weight, personal boundaries and depression. &nbs...
27 Oct 2019
CYNTHIA chats with MURRAY HURST
Murray has spent the majority of his life, living and breathing rugby league. So, it is no surprise that he is a highly popular and well-respected figure in footy circles. Throughout his 25-year coaching career Murray enjoyed an 88 percent success rate which also included coaching Tonga at the 2000 World Cup. In this episode Murray, a country boy at heart, husband and father, shares about the multitude of internal battles too many men face in silence. Working for decades with males of all age...
19 Oct 2019
CYNTHIA chats with JO MALONE
Jo Malone is an experienced Mental Health Clinician and a passionate advocate for recovery and trauma informed care. In this episode she addresses how The Shame Pile that can build within us all blocks emotional growth and compromises our health and wellbeing. Eating disorders, the cycle of addiction, stinking thinking and personality disorders affect too many lives destructively. Jo unpacks these problems and their solutions. Her focus is on the importance of providing a safe p...
13 Oct 2019
CYNTHIA chats with DARIUS BOYD
Darius Boyd, the Brisbane Broncos Captain is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who has played for Australia at international level winning virtually every honour his sport has to offer, breaking records every step of the way. As a husband and father, he talks candidly with Cynthia about his personal battles growing up without a Dad and the impact his Mum’s mental health challenges have had on him emotionally. Darius shares without apology about his struggles with depression...
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