TIFU the Broadcast voice of lived experience

16/12/2024

12.30pm - Planet FM 104.6 FM - www.planetaudio.org.nz

This week we kick off our summer season of TIFU where we bring you some of our favourite 2024 shows. We start with our guest Bex Chapman. Bex grew up in a loving home with supportive and present parents. She fell into a m**h addiction as a young mum and struggling with body image and self esteem. She says she quickly went from having a good job and a routine to her life revolving around using and selling m**h. Now 4 years clean and working as a builders apprentice, Bex shares her very personal story with Kent Johns.

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09/12/2024

Tuesday 10 December - 12.30am - PlanetFM 104.6FM - www.planetaudio.org.nz

This week we replay our interview with Korrin Barrett. In 2012, while living in Australia, Korrin was rushed into hospital after mismanagement of a medical condition led to emergency surgery and admission to the intensive care unit for an undetected bowel perforation. This vivacious, fit, and healthy 33-year-old, with everything to live for, was put into an induced coma and given a 5% chance of survival! Sepsis and multiple organ failure led to an induced coma.
Nine days later, when Korrin miraculously awoke from the coma, she received the devastating news that to save her life, both her legs and hands would have to be amputated. After undergoing more than 25 surgeries, spending months in hospital, and learning to live life as a quadruple amputee, Korrin knows what it means to get back up.

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04/12/2024

In case you missed it you can listen back to this week's show here https://bit.ly/4eXJpGE

Our thanks to Slade McFarland and Mates in Construction for sharing the work they do in the construction industry, supporting workers well being and mental health. The MATES programme builds and strengthens workplace communities and across the industry – the impact of this community-based approach then goes beyond the workplace and into everyday lives.
to find out more visit www.mates.net.nz

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MATES in Construction

Su***de prevention in Construction, New Zealand. The MATES programme builds communities in the workplace and across the industry.

01/12/2024

Tuesday 3 December - 12.30 - 104.6FM Planet FM - www.planetaudio.org.nz

Slade McFarland is at the forefront of Mates in Construction, an industry initiative aimed at reducing NZ su***des among its workers. Struggling to deal with the end of a long and successful rugby career, Slade found himself sliding into depression and struggling to cope with the change in his life, he contemplated su***de. Where rugby had been his therapy, he found himself without that outlet but fortunately found support with a counsellor. Now he is giving back himself, letting workers know there is help out there for them when they are struggling.

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MATES in Construction

27/11/2024

Thanks to Jarrod Moyle for sharing his story of the importance of connections and social interactions to help with mental wellbeing. After experiencing the support of close mates, Jarrod realised that this kind of connection could be enormously helpful to other men going through the multitude of changes in their lives too, so he has founded a group call Morning Meet up. The group has just been launched in Auckland and has had their first meeting and the second meeting is on December 8, contact them through FB if you are keen.
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Morning Meetup

25/11/2024

Tuesday 26 November - 12.30pm - PlanetFM 104.6 FM - www.planetaudio.org.nz

After experiencing the support of close mates, Jarrod Moyle realised that this kind of connection could be enormously helpful to other men going through the multitude of changes in their lives too, so he has founded a group call Morning Meet Up. The group has just been launched in Auckland and has had their first meeting. Jarrod joins Kent Johns to talk about why he felt the need to bring people together to share their experiences.

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Morning Meetup

24/11/2024

In case you missed it you can listen back to this week's show here https://bit.ly/3CRm2kt

Lance Murray and his family own Hope House Limited drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility and are all now AOD counsellors in Recovery and role models for change from the cycle of abuse.

Theirs is a powerful story of addiction, violence and rehabilitation. To find out more about Hope House Limited, click here
https://hopehouseltd.co.nz/

17/11/2024

Tuesday 19 November - 12.30pm - Planet FM 104/6FM - www.planetaudio.orgnz

Lance Murray’s story is a story of a family’s recovery and hope. Lance grew up in family where violence was the norm. His father was a gang member and his mother the victim of extreme physical abuse. His early life was traumatic and chaotic. He started using A-class drugs at 14yrs old and L*D / m**hamphetamine at 15yrs.

At 31 after an active criminal career, he entered rehab. His parents also got sober and are now 30+ yrs in recovery, and his brother is 5 years clean. Together the family own Hope House Limited, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility and are all now AOD counsellors in Recovery and role models for change from the cycle of abuse.

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11/11/2024

Tuesday 12 November - 12.30pm - Planet FM 104.6FM - www.planetaudio.org.nz

The week we replay our interview on problem gambling with guest Justyn Larcombe. After a highly successful career in the British Army Justyn had an equally glittering and well-rewarded career in the City. He had everything. Stunningly successful in the world of insurance, he was being fast tracked for further promotion in a global company. He had wealth, a big house, a Porsche, a Mercedes. He had a beautiful wife and three sons. He lost it all through an addiction to online gambling, blowing three quarters of a million pounds in three years.

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07/11/2024

In case you missed it you can listen back to this week's show here https://bit.ly/3UFJbwk

Our thanks to our Girl Boss winners Katie Rose Pemberton and Ellen Thompson for sharing their stories and their work to improve the lives of young people.

Ellen, a 17 year old from Tauranga, has been researching sleep hygiene and is developing a free sleep therapy app aimed at 10,000 users by 2025 to combat insomnia and mental health issues. A link to Ellen's petition to the government to fund insomnia treatment for adolescents is here if you would like to support her.

https://petitions.parliament.nz/0fa53cb2-ae38-462e-c693-08dcca0cc4d2

Auckland University student, Katie Rose’s advocacy for neurodiverse students has impacted over 500 families. Through her work in the Unlocking the Enormous Potential of Neurodiverse Learners campaign, she’s pushing for systemic changes that create more inclusive learning environments.

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04/11/2024

Tuesday 5 November - 12.30pm - Planet FM 104.6FM - www.planetaudio.org.nz

This week Kent Johns speaks to Katie Rose Pemberton and Ellen Thompson, both winners at the recent Girl Boss awards, a nationwide search for trailblazing young women. Ellen, a 17 year old from Tauranga, has been researching sleep hygiene and is developing a free sleep therapy app aimed at 10,000 users by 2025 to combat insomnia and mental health issues. Auckland University student, Katie Rose’s advocacy for neurodiverse students has impacted over 500 families. Through her work in the Unlocking the Enormous Potential of Neurodiverse Learners campaign, she’s pushing for systemic changes that create more inclusive learning environments.

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GirlBoss New Zealand

31/10/2024

In case you missed it you can listen back to this week's show here https://bit.ly/3CaSluz

Our big thanks to this week's guest Liam Scopes for his insight into workplace wellness and how we can do better in looking after our employees and colleagues.

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25/10/2024

Tuesday 29 October - 12.30pm Planet FM 104.6fM - www.planetaudio.org.nz

Next week we speak with Liam Scopes. Liam is the Senior Manager for Strategic Wellbeing at Air New Zealand. He is charged with looking after the wellbeing needs of a diverse, global organisation, one that was particularly challenged through the Covid period as the company downsized in response to the pandemic. Liam speaks to Kent Johns about the importance of managing wellbeing in the workplace, and how to do it well.

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25/10/2024

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Thanks to Dan Oatridge for sharing his story of depression and anxiety and for the work he does around workplace Mental Health First Aid. To find out more about how to empower your team with Mental Health First Aid skills click here https://www.humanex.co.nz/mental-health-first-aid/

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19/10/2024

Tuesday 22 October - 12.30pm - Planet FM 104.6 - www.planetaudio.org.nz

Dan Oatridge was diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression which turned his world upside down. Though his own experience and exploration of what worked for him, he developed a passion for Mental Health First Aid, a programme that could empower others to identify and recognise the signs of mental distress in the workplace. He talks to Kent Johns about his own experience and the importance of wellbeing in the workplace.

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17/10/2024

In case you missed it ... you can listen back to this weeks show here https://bit.ly/3A3zVuY

Huge thanks to Danielle Murray for sharing her powerful story of dealing with a schizophrenia diagnosis and experiencing the trauma of being put into an institution. Danielle has found purpose and healing through connecting and helping others.

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14/10/2024

Tuesday 15 October - 12.30pm - Planet FM 104.6FM - www.planetaudio.org.nz

Today we meet Danielle Murray - Danielle had a traumatic childhood and turned to drugs and alcohol as a young teenager, and at age 17 after a drug induced psychosis she was put into an psychiatric ward. Danielle says the trauma suffered during those first visits to that institution scared her into being submissive and passive as an adult in her subsequent visits. She has found purpose in connecting with others and supporting them on their recovery journey.

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10/10/2024

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Thanks to Richie Hardcore for sharing his story. Richie didn't set out to be a public speaker or social advocate but events over the course of his life have evolved his understanding and passion for working with people to educate and promote change around attitudes to domestic violence and ideas of masculinity.

Find out more here https://www.richiehardcore.com/

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Richie Hardcore

Richie is an educator, key note speaker and activist, working in violence prevention, masculinities, mental health and wellness.