The Secret Inside the Family: Understanding Tanisha’s Substance Use
Trigger warning: This episode discusses child SA within a family, domestic violence and su*cide. Listener discretion is advised. Support resources are listed below.As a teenager, when Tanisha tried to...
12 Huhti 39min
Sugar Babying, Motherhood & Starting Again: Mikaela's Story
From a young age, Mikaela felt the pressure to please those around her, men especially. At seventeen, she met the father of her firstborn in the chaos of partying and substance use. What began as youn...
5 Huhti 45min
"I'm Buying Friends" - Alex Wired Corporate Funds to Feed His Gambling Addiction
Growing up as a second-generation Chinese Australian in Canberra, Alex spent much of his childhood wanting to be anything but himself. At just eight years old, he made a quiet but powerful connection:...
29 Maalis 53min
A Young Life of Crime: Raj
Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault.Raj's earliest memory is of his father leaving him on the side of the road to teach him a lesson. It was the first of many moments t...
22 Maalis 45min
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[DOCUMENTARY] When a Child Is Assaulted: A Survivor's Truth. A Psychologist's Insight.
Trigger warning: this episode contains detailed discussion of sexual assault. Stacey was 14 years old when two strangers assaulted her. One night. A warehouse. An experience no child should ever survi...
15 Maalis 32min
Sian’s Drug Abuse Almost Cost Her Comedy Career
“Comedy is a hotbed of mental illness" Sian Smyth is a stand-up comedian whose past includes domestic violence, drug abuse, sex addiction, and sex work. After leaving an almost decade-long violent rel...
8 Maalis 35min
Psychosis, Control and Culture: Nikki on Reclaiming Her Identity
Trigger warning: This episode discusses sexual assault, substance use disorder and mental health including psychosis.Have you ever been in psychosis? You hear the horror stories of people staying in i...
1 Maalis 38min
180K in Debt from a Crippling Gambling Addiction
At 26, Henry Brayshaw was drowning in hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt from his gambling addiction.Gambling had felt normal since childhood. Some of his earliest memories were placing bets on ...
22 Helmi 41min
