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Rethinking connection

Systems Change / BY Fionna Sutherland

Rethinking connection

4 min read

Fianna Sutherland celebrates TheMHS Brisbane and says connection isn’t just a theme for a conference. It’s a practice.

Housing, Human Rights, Healing

Systems Change / BY Simon Katterl

Housing, Human Rights, Healing

5 min read

Simon Katterl CEO Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland says human rights are not an add-on to mental health. They are mental health.

Healing Begins Where Comfort Ends

Systems Change / BY Tracey Cannon

Healing Begins Where Comfort Ends

4 min read

On November 12, survivors of state and faith-based care will gather at the Ellen Melville Centre and all around Aotearoa, for a national day of remembrance, truth-telling, and solidarity.

Rural Australia needs peer

Systems Change / BY Simon Kozak Editor

Rural Australia needs peer

4 min read

We caught up with Dr Belinda Fuss who observes -the challenge that the rural system isn’t built to allow for flexibility. It relies almost entirely on medical models and GP-based access points.

“Cultural identity, we can’t keep tinkering with a broken system”

Systems Change / BY Romy Lee

“Cultural identity, we can’t keep tinkering with a broken system”

3 min read

Romy Lee, Principal Advisor lived experience at Asian Family Services observes Asian youth deal with cultural identity struggles, racism, and the complexities of migration

Diet Culture Costs Far More Than Treatment

Systems Change / BY Dr Eve Hermansson-Webb

Diet Culture Costs Far More Than Treatment

6 min read

Dr Eve Hermansson knows eating disorders don’t happen in isolation — they grow out of a culture obsessed with thinness. Recovery is always possible, but prevention is crucial. We can all help shift the messages we consume, the words we use, and the way we treat our bodies.

Punish no more

Systems Change / BY Shelwin Khan

Punish no more

3 min read

Shelwin Kahn says for many 501 returnees, their criminal history in Australia may not be immediately visible within New Zealand systems. When disclosure is necessary, their history can carry a significant psychological and social burden.

High- and low-context communication

Systems Change / BY Ivan Yeo

High- and low-context communication

3 min read

Ivan Yeo, challenges us to listen carefully, to broader context being shared it often contains real clues to how Asians and Maori understand their wellbeing.

Peer support isn’t what you think

Systems Change / BY Renee Warren

Peer support isn’t what you think

3 min read

Renee Warren, CADS Consumer Advisor and co facilitator of the Sharing Space group says, "Peers often work in isolation. This group gives us the connection and support we need to stay strong and do our mahi well."

Lived experience: A question of whakapapa and social justice

Systems Change / BY Magdel Hammond

Lived experience: A question of whakapapa and social justice

4 min read

Magdel Hammond, Lived Experience Leader writes the lived experience movement didn’t arise in a vacuum. Its roots are tangled in histories of state violence and abuse, colonisation, institutionalisation, and resistance.

Private isolation or personal growth?

Systems Change / BY Ivan Yeo

Private isolation or personal growth?

3 min read

Author and academic Ivan Yeo considers the cultural differences in how collective and individualist cultures approach mental health.

Hope arrives through compassion

Systems Change / BY Dr Murray Sheard

Hope arrives through compassion

4 min read

CEO of CBM,Dr Murray Sheard asks us to think more about giving - it does make a difference

July webinar

Systems Change / BY Stephen Blythe

July webinar

2 min read

Join us at this important webinar Achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora: what we know, what needs to change When: 12

Happy collision

Systems Change / BY Simon Kozak Editor

Happy collision

4 min read

Simon Kozak, Head of Marketing at Ember Korowai Takitini, wants our sector’s hard, fast paced professional work to be better valued

No Budget for Saving Mothers

Systems Change / BY Sarah Ottaway

No Budget for Saving Mothers

4 min read

Sarah Ottaway, Well Women, says the service is weeks from closure without urgent funding, and warns that losing it would leave vulnerable mothers with nowhere to turn.

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