Take It From Us with Kent Johns
Take It From Us with Kent Johns
Podcast Description
Take It From Us is the voice of lived experience. In this podcast, you'll hear real people share honest stories about mental health, addiction, trauma and recovery - straight from their own journeys.They'll tell you what actually worked, what didn't, and what they wish they'd known sooner.Host Kent Johns is a former broadcaster-turned-health-coach who believes everyone has a story to tell if people take the time to really listen. So settle in, you're going to hear some stories. Take it from us - and from them.***If you need support, click here for helpful links, phone numbers and resources:https://ember.org.nz/resources/in-a-crisis/
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The podcast delves into themes like mental health, addiction, trauma, and recovery, with episodes featuring real stories such as Lisa McDonald discussing the impact of alcohol-free initiatives on cancer support and Grace Curtis sharing her poignant journey through grief after losing her father to suicide, emphasizing the lessons learned and the hope found in healing.
Take It From Us is the voice of lived experience. In this podcast, you’ll hear real people share honest stories about mental health, addiction, trauma and recovery – straight from their own journeys.
They’ll tell you what actually worked, what didn’t, and what they wish they’d known sooner.
Host Kent Johns is a former broadcaster-turned-health-coach who believes everyone has a story to tell if people take the time to really listen.
So settle in, you’re going to hear some stories. Take it from us – and from them.
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If you need support, click here for helpful links, phone numbers and resources:
https://ember.org.nz/resources/in-a-crisis/
Lynda Hills is a suicide researcher studying for a PhD at Auckland University, and her lived experience is informing her research.
Seventeen years ago, Lynda tried to take her own life. She was left with critical injuries and has undergone nearly 50 surgeries. She had to learn to walk again.
Lynda's research focuses on akathisia – a side effect of antidepressants and antipsychotics that research has connected to suicidality. Reading the research through the lens of her own experience was confronting.
Lynda's personal conclusion: indigenous approaches to wellbeing are safer than Western approaches. She's found healing through Havening, a psychosensory therapy involving touch.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
David Healy – Information on akathisia and medication side effects
https://davidhealy.org/
Anders Sørensen – Crossing Zero
https://crossingzero.substack.com/
Dr Robin Youngson – Havening
https://neuroscienceofhealing.com/
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If you need support, here are helpful links, phone numbers and resources: https://ember.org.nz/resources/in-a-crisis/
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