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The Art of Trauma: Show & Tell with Daria Healy-Koljanin

By Anna Jeavons / 04 February 2021 / Comments Off on The Art of Trauma: Show & Tell with Daria Healy-Koljanin

“A bunch of non-sequential ramblings with some pockets of insight and wisdom. A tour of action figures, animals and studio. Be kind to yourself, do your best, do the work. Much love from @sicknasty.xyz @bad_dog_club”

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“What’s This Thing Called Peer Work?” with SA’s Mental Health Commissioners

By Anna Jeavons / 04 February 2021 / Comments Off on “What’s This Thing Called Peer Work?” with SA’s Mental Health Commissioners

This discussion was recorded live for Festival of Now 2020.

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Conversations from the Street with Hutt St Centre & Keryn Robelyn

By Anna Jeavons / 27 January 2021 / Comments Off on Conversations from the Street with Hutt St Centre & Keryn Robelyn

Keryn has a black belt in Lived Experience, an ignited wit and disarming charm. She’s mad… about cats, heart connections, deep talks and systemic change. Keryn works for ARC – Aspire Recovery Connection. www.aspirerecoveryconnection.com.au Hutt St Centre is a place where people who are challenged by homelessness can change their lives forever. At Hutt St Centre…

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Nancy Bates & Anna Jeavons: Bipolar Q&A + Songs of Joy & Sorrow

By Anna Jeavons / 17 October 2020 / Comments Off on Nancy Bates & Anna Jeavons: Bipolar Q&A + Songs of Joy & Sorrow

Introducing Nancy Bates and Anna Jeavons – together on the verandah talking all things bipolar and singing a few songs in between. Nancy’s bipolar diagnosis is new and brought with it both hope and fear. In her way, #MentalHealthWeek 2020 has been about emancipation from the shame, and about unveiling this to her family and community.…

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Edona Dzemaili: On Schizophrenia, Multiple Diagnosis, Inner Conflict and Arts

By Anna Jeavons / 15 October 2020 / Comments Off on Edona Dzemaili: On Schizophrenia, Multiple Diagnosis, Inner Conflict and Arts

This is Edona—emerging poet and longtime friend of mindshare through her work with the Mental Health Coalition of SA. In this video Edona discusses growing up in a bilingual household without a strong understanding of mental health, what that meant when she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, how she found comfort, and where she is at…

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Bel Short: Creativity, Craft & A Little Bit of Panic Disorder

By Anna Jeavons / 14 October 2020 / Comments Off on Bel Short: Creativity, Craft & A Little Bit of Panic Disorder

“My creative practice is a safe place for me to articulate my inner experience. I approach my work with a kind of softness, creating a space in which I’m able to be vulnerable. The pieces I have selected for the mindshare exhibition touch on different aspects of my experience with mental health, from crises to…

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Georgy Rochow: Living with OCD & Making Music

By Anna Jeavons / 14 October 2020 / Comments Off on Georgy Rochow: Living with OCD & Making Music

“If I could give advice to a young person diagnosed with mental illness? You are not the sum of the negative thoughts you’re currently experiencing”   In this video, Georgy speaks openly and vulnerably to her experience of living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Generalised Anxiety Disorder, including the ways she finds comfort and hope.

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Luke Hunter: Anxiety & Art

By Anna Jeavons / 12 October 2020 / Comments Off on Luke Hunter: Anxiety & Art

Adelaide based painter, Luke Hunter, uses humour and darkness to send a message through his graphic pieces. Luke experiments with texture and text to create pieces that confuse and delight. His art reflects a modern day interpretation of the neo-expressionist movement from New York in the late eighties and early nineties. In his art for…

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Mali Isabel: My Purpose as a young Indigenous Artist & My Wellbeing Journey

By Anna Jeavons / 12 October 2020 / Comments Off on Mali Isabel: My Purpose as a young Indigenous Artist & My Wellbeing Journey

This is Mali Isabel. She is a twenty one year old Arabana and Kokatha woman from Port Augusta and is now based in Adelaide. Mali loves that art is a way for people to be creative and express themselves in a safe non-judgemental space of complete freedom. All of Mali’s art is based on the…

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Schizophrenia Awareness Week 2020

By Anna Jeavons / 16 May 2020 / Comments Off on Schizophrenia Awareness Week 2020

Schizophrenia Awareness Week is here, and Edona wants you to know you are not alone.

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