A new radio programme and podcast offering a lived experience perspective on mental health launched on OAR FM earlier this month, during Mental Health Awareness Week.<\/p>\n
Otago Mental Health Support Trust educator\/peer navigator Grant Cooper and peer support worker Vicki Wise host conversations about mental health and addiction on Mentally Sound.<\/p>\n
A lived experience approach is integral to the way the trust works, and its staff and board all share personal experiences with mental health and\/or addiction challenges. It provides tailored peer support services and educational programmes, along with individual and systemic advocacy.<\/p>\n
The trust\u2019s crisis recovery cafe, providing after-hours spaces in North East Valley and South Dunedin, is a co-designed initiative for anyone feeling the weight of mental health and\/or addiction struggles or isolation.<\/p>\n
Mr Cooper said the podcast would provide an opportunity to share strategies that had helped people get through their challenges and move forward, as it could be an inspiration to others.<\/p>\n
\u201cOften, people learn so much from their experiences that can be really valuable as ways of connecting with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mentally Sound is broadcast on every second Wednesday at 10.30am on 105.4FM and 1575AM.<\/p>\n
Podcasts are available from oar.org.nz and other major platforms.<\/p>\n
A full schedule of OAR FM programmes can be found at oar.org.nz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new radio programme and podcast offering a lived experience perspective on mental health launched on OAR FM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-640357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}