Hold Up, Let's Talk MHFA

Welcome to another episode of Hold up Let’s Talk, which will focus on Social Anxiety and Stress

We can all get anxious for different reasons. Sometimes it’s from public speaking, other times from trying out a new hair style. It could also be the anxiety you feel before going on a date or even when you’re learning to drive. With social anxiety or in a social anxiety disorder, the feeling of being judged or dissected from everyday activities and interactions with people can cause varying levels of feelings of self-consciousness and anxiety, which can also lead to disruptions in life.

Jahin Tanvir is a 21 year old policy adviser, keynote speaker, author, and multicultural youth advocate. With a penchant for being multifaceted, Jahin possesses a strong background in youth advocacy, health research, and education in leading youth-led organisations and not-for-profits. With a dedicated team of volunteers, he runs Echo Chamber Escape, a diversity-first publication that promotes inclusion for people from multicultural backgrounds and recognizes their efforts in championing diversity around Australia.

In 2021, Jahin received the 2021 Young Canberra Citizen of the Year in Individual Community Service as well as recognition in the 7NEWs Young Achiever awards for NSW/ ACT in the category of community service. He is a published author with various articles published on mediums such as UNICEF, The Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health, The Conversation, and Pedestrian TV as well as co-authoring his first anthology book “Life in the time of Corona” in 2020 at the age of 19, where he brings the view of multicultural young people and how different it is from mainstream Australia.

In Australia, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimates that 1 in 10 students aged 5 to 18 have a disability, with almost 1 in 18 a severe or profound disability. Most students who are considered to have a disability, around 89%, attend a mainstream school, with the remaining 11% of students attending a special school.

Today to discuss our topic with us is Jim Goodin

Jim gravitated towards teaching high needs children with social-emotional issues, specialising in intense exercise and Judo classes for them which he found to be very therapeutic for them as it had been for himself. Jim employed techniques loosely based on classroom remediation and intense physical challenges to instil individual confidence, coordination and group cooperation, while coordinator of the Clayton Technical School remedial annexe.

Jim became departmental head of an integration department at Parkdale Secondary College for several years. Jim later became a principal class officer at a school for children with profound physical and intellectual disabilities for over 12 years.

In 1987, Jim joined the Mental Health Foundation Australia. From 1987 onward, he have served and participated in many organisation and mental health roles including: Chairperson and is currently the Vice Chairperson of the Mental Health Foundation Australia, Vice President of the Australian National association for Mental Health (ANAMH), Director of the Tourette Syndrome Association Victoria, and many more.

Link for article discussed in episode: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326948392_Eight_Myths_About_Special_Education

Between July 2018 and June 2019, 239,600 Migrated to Australia, with 194,400 more people joining the Australian population by June 2020, bringing the total number of migrants living in Australia to 7.6 million people.

Joining us on this episode, we have Michelle Brewty to speak about how migrating to another country can have an impact on people’s mental health. Michelle is a Senior Immigration specialist with over 13 years of industry experience. She has also worked as a delegate to the Minister of Immigration.

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Most people have experienced physical pain in the past. Whether this be from a broken ankle or a bump on a door handle. We usually anticipate that as this injury heals, the pain will also diminish. Chronic Pain however, doesn’t always follow this pathway. In this episode, we talk about Discomfort and Difficulties.

Our guest for this episode is Flic Manning. Flic is a Wellness Author, Speaker & Entrepreneur. She is the founder of Corethentic, a holistic Wellness System that brings the body into alignment with the mind through specially created Workouts, Wellness Coaching and mindfulness Podcasts & Videos. She is an ambassador for Chrons and Colitis Australia and have also been a part of the Multicultural Ambassador Team for Mental Health Foundation Australia for the last 2 years. 

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Study is something that all of us have had to do at some point in our lives, and let’s be honest it’s not the most fun thing that we do. Our guest today is Luca Mifsud. Luca is a year 12 student and is one of our Youth Ambassadors for Mental Health Foundation Australia. This episode is all about Studying and Stamina!

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This episode is all about Superannuation or super is something that all working Australians with a tax file number have. It’s an extremely important part of our future planning and to discuss Superannuation and the strain we can bring to people, we have with us Hayriye Uluca in this podcast.  

Hayriye is a Principal Lawyer and State Litigation Leader for Victoria, Maurice Blackburn practising in superannuation and insurance litigation practiced solely in superannuation and insurance since 2012. She is also one of our Multicultural Ambassadors for the Mental Health Foundation of Australia.

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