The Line & Length Podcast

Isobel Stewart is a confidence and empowerment coach based out of Sydney, NSW. By helping her clients let go of self-limiting beliefs, Isobel helps her clients feel confident, inspired and fulfilled. In this episode, Isobel shares her personal hardships throughout her journey that have allowed her to help empower and embolden herself and driven her passion for helping her clients. Isobel gives the Line and Length listeners her top 3 tips on how to begin changing their mindset around current challenges and negative self-talk. You can find Isobel at www.evolvewithisobel.com.au If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan and Heath Gilham. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and Heath Gilham is a Product Manager at Alex Solutions and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Tom Hudson is a doctor practicing medicine at Prince of Wales Hospital in the heart of Sydney. Having started working as a doctor in January of 2020, Tom was thrown into the stress and chaos of working in a hospital during a global pandemic. Previously a paramedic with the NSW Ambulance Service, Tom was able to adapt quickly and here in this episode he reveals his strategies on managing stress, and how to take care of your lid. If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan and Heath Gilham. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and Heath Gilham is a Product Manager at Alex Solutions and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Daniel Alvaro plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. Into his 7th NRL season now, he has previously played for the Parramatta Eels and NZ Warriors respectively. In this episode, Daniel gives us an insight to his mindset as a professional athlete.  He reveals the sacrifices he’s forgone to establish his successful NRL career and the practices he implements to maintain good mental health through adversity.  If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/  Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan and Heath Gilham. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and Heath Gilham is a Product Manager at Alex Solutions and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer.  To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Emma Lawrence is a world-class sports journalist with a niche for Rugby League, she currently works for Triple-M radio and Channel Nine TV respectively. In this episode, Emma talks to Aiden and Kel about what it's like to be a TV and radio reporter for the NRL, and how working within the Covid-19 Bubble impacted her mental health.   Emma speaks openly about how the personal and professional expectations she sets have affected her mental health, and by sitting down with her psychologist, she learned to find gratitude and enjoy the moment. This is the final episode of season 1 of the Line and Length Podcast, Aiden and Kel will be back in 2022 for more. If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Conor Davison is a newfound business owner having just acquired Vision Gym in Randwick. In this episode, Conor speaks openly with Aiden and Luke around his experience with mental health challenges and how he has come to understand that poor mental health can lead to poor physical health. Conor talks candidly about how seeing a psychologist helped him reshape his perspective on difficult situations that he has faced, both past and present. If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Flic is successful corporate account manager and proud mental health advocate at JCDecaux in Sydney. In this episode, Flic candidly discusses her lived experience with depression and self-harm. She articulates how her process of education, knowledge seeking, and understanding has led to her personal recovery and to a place where she now proudly advocates this process for others. If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Shaun Wilson is a proud Indigenous man and is a highly respected and well-known Aboriginal community engagement worker for Headspace in Darwin. A natural leader on and off the field, Shaun is the current vice-captain of the Nightcliff Tigers Premier League team, he also champions mental health literacy and suicide prevention in the Northern Territory.  In this episode, Aiden & Kel discuss the importance of community and Indigenous engagement around mental health in the NT. Shaun leads with vulnerability around his own mental ill-health and how he uses resilience, self-care, and social connection in overcoming his own hardships.  If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/  Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au  Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Bill Carson is a Wellbeing, Mental Health & Resilience Skills Specialist. He is also a Principal Master Instructor of Mental Health First Aid.   In this episode, Bill opens up about his hardship around facing childhood trauma, declaring bankruptcy and managing the volatile state of his own mental health in the past.   He reveals how overcoming these personal hardships drove him to seek a professional career in the Mental Health world.  Bill dives deep into the science behind meditation and provides deep knowledge on other self-care tips and tricks to improve the state of your mental health.   He also discusses his firsthand experience working as a regular volunteer Lifeline Telephone Crisis Supporter where he works with people struggling with the effects of mental health problems and in particular, crisis situations. If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

SPECIAL EPISODE:  Taking the place of our usual hosts, Hayley Westoby leads a conversation with Luke Kelly, Tom Keft and Charlie Newton around a special announcement.  Line and Length is proud to announce that it has official charity status with the ACNC.  Centered around the three core pillars of The Line & Length Cup, Education, and The Line & Length Podcast, the boys share their vision and mission for the future of Line & Length Charity. If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at:  Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or  Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. To find out more, check out our website: lineandlength.org.au Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Ben Lucas is the founder of the mental health awareness project 2minutemates. He (using self-deprecating humor) describes himself as “Australia’s most generic bloke”. He is anything but! Ben has an incredible wealth of knowledge around Mental Health philosophies through both his own lived experience and research.  In this episode, Ben reveals how his passion to support and lift his best mates through hardship, evolved into the success 2minutesmates is today. He outlays the personal lessons of self-growth he has achieved along the way, his philosophy on embracing mental health as a journey with your mates and the power of conversations. Ben also delves into how everything is relative to your experience and how adversity breeds opportunity,  He shows honesty around the hardship of his Dad passing away and finding gratitude from the situation, and how an ice cream store slogan shapes how he ‘looks after his lid’. This weeks episode is sponsored by Picker Financial, if you need help with your financial health, reach out at https://www.pickerfs.com/ If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Tom Gasparre is a Primary and High School Counsellor who is currently studying Psychology through the University of Wollongong and completing a thesis on the Teaching of ASD Students in Mainstream Classrooms. In this episode, Gaspo clearly articulates both his personal and professional relationship with Mental Health.   He reveals where his passion for building a career around Mental Health began, his teaching experiences in highly complex behavioral schools in London, his philosophy on life, what drives him daily, how travelling abroad shaped who he is today and his thoughts on how we can leave the world in a better place.  Gaspo values his privacy, but leads with vulnerability when sharing his answers in our Triple H questions of Hardship, Hero and Highlight. This weeks episode is sponsored by Picker Financial, if you need help with your financial health, reach out at https://www.pickerfs.com/ If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Evan Binney is a man on the rise. He is currently a corporate Sales Director in Sydney, the strategic business advisor to Line & Length and a proud Mental Health awareness enthusiast.   In this episode Aiden & Kel chat with Binney about his search for purpose, the importance of acceptance, challenges around controlling alcohol abuse and the powerful reason why he is so invested in Line & Length.   We also ask the regular Triple H questions (Hero, Hardship & Highlight) as well as hear Binney’s tips on Looking after his own Lid. This weeks episode is sponsored by Picker Financial, if you need help with your financial health, reach out at https://www.pickerfs.com/ If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Aiden Smith is studying a Counselling degree at the Australian College of Applied Psychology in Sydney. Having graduated from CSU Bathurst with a Bachelor of Commercial Radio, Aiden is the regular co-host of ‘This is your Line & Length’ podcast however in this episode, Aiden finds himself in the unfamiliar position of being the show's guest.   In this episode, Aiden leads with vulnerability about three life changing events that altered his narrative in his early 20’s. Aiden explains how the hardship from these events moulded him into the man he is today. Aiden reveals his Triple H (Hero, Hardship & Highlight) and discusses the daily habits he practices which allow him to maintain good mental health. This weeks episode is sponsored by Picker Financial, if you need help with your financial health, reach out at https://www.pickerfs.com/  If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/  Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Jack Garrad is a PE Teacher and Sports Manager at a Private All-Girls High School on Sydney’s North Shore. This position comes naturally to Jack, having previously worked as the Strength and Conditioning Coach at both the NSW Waratahs and Southland Stags in New Zealand.    In this episode, Jack reveals the circumstances leading up to, and his experience with overcoming and managing mental ill health.    He shares all the positive practices he implements on a daily basis to ensure he gets the very best out of himself.    Jack also discusses how his country upbringing shaped him, his Hero, Hardship and Highlight, as well as provides a wealth of knowledge around Gratitude.  This weeks episode is sponsored by Picker Financial, if you need help with your financial health, reach out at https://www.pickerfs.com/  If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at: Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/  Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer. Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length

Daniel Ross-Hopkins is an experienced intensive care paramedic working in Western Sydney.  In this episode, Aiden & Kel have a raw conversation with Daniel about the pressure applied to his own mental health due to working on the frontline of the COVID-19 response. Daniel also shares his experiences and opinions on seeing a rise of mental ill health in low socio-economic areas.  Rossi also reveals his Hero, Hardship and Highlight, as well as opens up about the difference between the man he is privately, in comparison to the man he portrays in public.  This weeks episode is sponsored by Picker Financial, if you need help with your financial health, reach out at https://www.pickerfs.com/            If you or a friend needs to speak to someone, please reach out to the experts at:     Lifeline 13 11 14  https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or  Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/  Huge Thank You to Stewart McMillan. Stewart works at 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne and volunteers as Line & Length's Podcast Audio Producer.         Look for us on Instagram: @Line.And.Length