EPISODE 10: Kelly Louise, Deadly Podcasts @DeadlyPodcastsIn this episode of Sobah Life, Dr Clinton Schultz yarns to social worker, podcaster and country music singer-songwriter Kelly Louise about cultural identity and belonging. Being different and being treated badly because of that difference can be really tough, particularly for young people. Having a strong and positive sense of identity is important for wellbeing. Kelly Louise is a Gunggari woman born and raised on Jagera, Giabal an...
EPISODE 9: Amber Rules, Rough Patch @roughpatchcounselling In this episode of Sobah Life, Dr Clinton Schultz yarns to another mental health professional and founder of Rough Patch, Amber Rules. While Sydney-sider Amber is passionate about pickles, punk music, non-alcoholic spicy margaritas, Stevie Nicks and her cranky old toothless dog Baxter, she is driven by her purpose to create affordable, accessible and compassionate mental healthcare; destigmatising mental health and addiction issu...
EPISODE 8: Josh Toole, Community & Country Connectedness for better Wellbeing @blackfitfitness✊🏽Gamilaroi man Joshua ‘Thurston’ Toole, founder of BlackFit Fitness, grew up in Bourke, NSW (Barkjindi Country) with his family ties going back to Coonamble throughout the Castlereagh catchment of northwest NSW (Gamilaraay Country). He now lives in Dubbo (Wiradjuri Country).✊🏽"HEALTH FOR ME IS EVERYTHING,AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT’S ALL WE HAVE..." Josh Toole✊🏽A young man and life-long lear...
EPISODE 7: Danny Heke, Cultural values, and societal deficits. @focuswithdan✊🏽Danny Heke hails from a small rural town in the Central North Island of New Zealand called Te Awamutu. Now he resides in Queensland, Australia with his family. ✊🏽At 17 years old Danny joined the Royal NZ Navy as a Combat Sailor (Underwater). He served for 15 years until he moved to Perth to work in the Pilbara mines as an Emergency Services Officer. After 4 years working in the Pilbara in Perth, Danny and his ...
EPISODE 6: Preston Campbell, Dally M medalist, winner of an NRL grand final, and lead the Indigenous Dreamtime Team. The Preston Campbell Foundation ✊🏾Hailing from Tinga in NSW, Preston Campbell is a proud Gamilaroi and Dunghutti and Gumbyr man and former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League.✊🏾Preston's career highlights include receiving the Dally M medal in 2001, winning the 2003 grand final with Penrith Panthers,...
Sobah Life Podcast Ep. 5 featuring Amy Armstrong from @dry_but_wet ✊🏾Overcoming the "wine-mummy" life, Amy now helps others find the best NA drinks to shift their habits. ✊🏾Amy Armstrong, creator of NA drinks review platform Dry But Wet, discusses her self-imposed strive for perfection, "wino mummy" life, and the pressures of 'keeping up with the Joneses' that led to her unhealthy relationship with alcohol. ✊🏾Amy and Clinton yarn about how we are expected to drink booze when socialising just ...
EPISODE 4: Jeremy Donovan, Walking with Wisdom Jeremy Donovan is one of Australia’s most celebrated First Nations' keynote speakers, performers, and artists. A proud Kuku-Yalanji man, Jeremy draws on his personal experiences of adversity and expertise in First Nations culture and values to speak about Indigenous disparity. From the influence of Jeremy’s grandfather and Elders from his community, he has gathered knowledge and understandings of his amazing Cultural heritage which he is ab...
EPISODE 3: Melissa Lionnet, founder of Its Not Me, Its Booze.Sobah Life introduces the founder of Its Not Me, Its Booze, Melissa Lionnet. Her experience with alcohol and the effects of parting start at a young age. Mel even chose to work in sales and events where partying was part of her job! It wasn't until a close friend passed that she realized that she wanted good mental health. So, Mel challenged herself to do 30 days off the booze. A couple of years off of alcohol and her life is ...
EPISODE 1: Shanna Whan, Sober in the Country✊🏾Shanna Whan @sober_in_the_country, a woman that lives on Gamilaroi country of North Western NSW, says she is a ''very unlikely national spokesperson for change when it comes to the complex subject of our great love affair with booze in the bush".✊🏾It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to yarn with Shanna, the founder of the not-for-profit Sober in the Country Ltd (SITC) who also created the campaign ‘OK2SAYNO’ which is making sure that we are ...
INTRODUCTION: Dr Clinton Schultz"It has been a real long time coming but we finally got it all together and have launched the Sobah Life podcast. Thank you to all who have been involved particularly Alex Sitton for his hard work project managing the setup and launch in the background, Jennah Leigh for the design work, Countryman Buddy Hippi from Winangali Infusion for the deadly intro/outro track and my wonderful wife Lozen McDiarmid for her tireless efforts with everything Sobah Non-Alcoholi...