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.
If you’re navigating mental health struggles, addiction or recovery — your own or someone else’s — you’ll hear what actually worked, what didn’t and what people wish they’d known sooner.
Take It From Us is the voice of lived experience, featuring people sharing their own journeys, unscripted and unfiltered.
Host Kent Johns is a broadcaster and health coach who believes everyone has a story worth hearing if someone takes the time to really listen.
Press play — you might hear your own story in someone else’s.
If you need support, click here for helpful links, phone numbers and resources: https://ember.org.nz/resources/in-a-crisis/
”You don't feel Kiwi enough for the Kiwis, but you don't feel Arab enough for the Arabs.”
Eman Ghandour was 10 when her family moved from Jordan to Dunedin. Growing up, she tried to get her ”ratio” to 50/50 Kiwi and Arab, and it kept landing at 80/20. While at Otago Uni she lived as a Kiwi with her friends, then came home to Arab Muslim parents and a constant sense of guilt. Her mid-20s, she says, were the worst years.
In 2021 she started a group chat for young ethnic women who were feeling the same pull. That chat became the Khawat Network, Arabic for sisterhood, and it's now 300 strong.
This week on Take It From Us, Eman talks to Kent about the depression that came with years of trying to fit in, and what young women in her community need from a therapist.
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If you need support, here are helpful links, phone numbers and resources: https://ember.org.nz/resources/in-a-crisis
Kent Johns is a health coach, broadcaster and motivational speaker. Visit his website here.
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