Healing Our Way
These podcasts include young people in conversations about healing, addressing intergenerational trauma, identity and confronting racism.
Source: Healing Foundation
∘ Promoting Resilience & Preventing Suicide ∘
Relationship break-up and social and emotional wellbeing
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people describe how racism affects them.
Source: Headspace
Racism and social and emotional wellbeing
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people describe how racism affects them.
Source: Headspace
Yarn-safe – Stress and Pressure
This fact sheet looks at the stresses young people experience – including school, work and family stresses – and gives advice about seeking help.
Source: Headspace
Yarn-safe – Mental Health and Wellbeing
This fact sheet discusses mental health and wellbeing challenges, and how young people can look after themselves and seek support when they need it.
Source: Headspace
Yarn-safe – Strong and Healthy Relationships
This fact sheet describes what good relationships look like, and how to seek support when things don’t go well.
Source: Headspace
Yarn-safe Alcohol and Drugs
This fact sheet shows how alcohol and different drugs can affect wellbeing, and how to seek help.
Source: Headspace
The Battle
Sam describes overcoming mental illness as a battle that requires determination to avoid negative thought cycles. He talks about the value of exercise, diet, discipline, communication and relaxation in achieving “the greatest victory that any of us can achieve in our lifetime”.
Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN
Rock Bottom
Will Hill talks about his experience of reaching out to Elders, finding strength in culture, and recovering from depression and thoughts of suicide.
Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN
BeyondNow Suicide Safety Plan
This iOS app allows people to customise a safety plan for use in times of distress, with reminders of reasons to live and ways to stay safe. While the app is for use by anyone potentially at risk of suicide, Indigenous people with lived experience contributed to its design, and it can be readily configured to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community supports and images.
Source: beyondblue