Young Blood - Men’s Mental Health

Young Blood - Men’s Mental Health


Latest Episodes

A Massive Wake-Up Call | Memorable Moments
January 23, 2024

This week's Memorable Moment is a follow up from last week's main episode with Sean Phillip, Founder of The Shaka Project.This clip takes you back to 2021, when Sean was first on the podcast, to share his intense and inspiring origin story, whic

The Shaka Project: On a Mission to Stop Suicide | Sean Phillip
January 15, 2024

Sean Phillip is the Founder of The Shaka Project, an increasingly recognisable charity doing big things for mental health in Australia.Sean shared his personal story on the podcast 3 years ago, so this time around we spoke about what lifes been like sin

It Breaks Your Heart
January 15, 2024

Imagine making four separate phone calls to offer an ear and support to people who've just lost a loved one to suicide... That's all in a day's work for Sean, the young founder of The Shaka Project, a national mental health charity that evolv

I Was Hooked | Memorable Moments
January 09, 2024

For more than a decade, Luke McLean was controlled by a gambling addiction he couldn't escape.He was 17 when he got hooked after his first win at the TAB and went on to spend just every cent he ever earned on online sports betting. The habit made hi

Legal Battle: A Junior Lawyer's Mental Health Recovery | Kian Rafie
January 02, 2024

Kian Rafie is a junior lawyer who got the dream start to his career that he'd always wanted, when a mental health crisis threatened to completely derail it...Renowned for being a cut-throat, high pressure industry with little room for error and lofty exp

I Didn't Want to Handball My Problems to Someone Else
January 02, 2024

It wasn't long after Kian started his law career interstate that his mental health started imploding. Pride and embarrassment stopped him going to his family for help, even though he knew they'd be supportive. He felt like it was on him to solve

I Wanted to Get Hurt | Memorable Moments
December 25, 2023

When the end of his AFL career coincided with the breakdown of his marriage, the effects of alcohol abuse and improperly medicated bipolar disorder, Heath Black spiralled dangerously out of control to point where anything could've happened, and part of hi

Back from the Brink | Brad Wright
December 18, 2023

BradWright very nearly wasn't here to tell this story...His teenage years were a mess; with the combination of depression, crippling low self-esteem and refusing help almost costing him his life.He had to learn how to walk again and even that paled in c

My Parents Got That Dreaded Knock at the Door
December 18, 2023

There was a time Brad thought no one would care if he died...After miraculously surviving a suicide attempt, he got the chance to realise just how wrong he'd been.

Knowledge Dispels Fear | Memorable Moments
December 12, 2023

Dylan Conway is the creator of 'Brothers N Books', a popular Instagram page that grew into a charity, raising funds to install community libraries all over the country, which has since become a downright phenomenon! Dylan got hooked on books while he was