Chats From A Chair

WARNING – This episode contains discussions around suicide and mental health.
In this episode I speak with the founder of 'The Shaka Project', Sean Phillip. Sean speaks openly and honestly about his o…

In this episode I speak with Corey Webb as he opens up about the unique experience of cancer within his family. He shares the emotional ups and downs as his Dad went through cancer treatment, the jou…

I speak with Perry Cross AM as he shares details on the incident that resulted in him now being a C2 ventilated quadriplegic, the amazing list of things he has achieved since, his passion behind star…

In this episode, Cristy Jacka shares her families journey around a missed diagnosis of her late husband, Karl. She recounts the events leading to Karl's correct diagnosis, how she was able to be stro…

In this episode we speak with sisters, Allison and Sally Wilcox as they share their incredible journey. Allison shares details of how she sustained a spinal cord injury in 2009 following a traumatic …

We chat with Makayla Jensen as she shares the story of her brother Beau following his acquired brain injury. Beau suffered a hypoxic brain injury following an accident in the surf that saw him almost…

We speak with actor, Marny Kennedy about how having an older brother on the autism spectrum has influenced her and her family's life, the challenges they faced and some of the things Marny still stru…

In this episode we chat with support worker and founder of CareMatch Australia, Vitori Buatava. Vitori has been a support worker for over 13 years so we discuss with him how he became a carer, how he…

 WARNING: This episode contains discussions around suicide and mental health. In this episode we chat with Ebony Stirling–Gatt, a brave and resilient person who shares with us how she overcame the ch…

In this episode we chat with Will O’Dwyer, boyfriend of Alexa Leary who sustained a brain injury after a biking accident. You might know her story from the Instagram page @moveforLex. We chat with Wi…

In this episode we speak with Candy, wife of Heath who suffered a spinal cord injury over 15 years ago. The first few years for the couple were extremely tough for the couple trying to navigate the n…

In this episode we speak with Brigid Kelly and her incredibly inspiring sister, Katie Kelly. Katie was diagnosed with usher syndrome which affects both eyesight and hearing with it slowly degeneratin…

In this episode we do something a little bit different. There is no guest, but instead we have an open and honest chat about our mental health battles, how it has affected us and how we have seen it …

In this episode we chat with successful model and actor Zoe Hoad, who in her past has battled an eating disorder that saw her admitted to an eating disorder clinic on three separate occasions and wei…

In this episode we speak with Olympic medallists and sisters Taylor and Kaylee McKeown. Taylor and Kaylee's dad, Sholto passed away in August last year following a two-year battle with brain cancer. …

In this episode we chat with Teigan McKinnon, wife of former NRL player Alex McKinnon who sustained a spinal cord injury in a dangerous tackle while playing for Newcastle Knights in 2014. Alex is now…

In this episode we chat with Russell and Madison Leary, father and sister of Alexa Leary who sustained a brain injury following a bike accident in July. We speak with them about the days following Al…

Ryan is able to bring a unique perspective of being affected by disability as he is both the loved one of someone, and person with a disability. His father, his best mate, and then himself all sustai…

WNRL player, Millie Boyle speaks about how having a sister with Down syndrome has shaped her positive outlook on life. She shares the reasons for her sister year of silence, and why she is so investe…

 Hear the story of Will Apps, whose brother Jason suffered a spinal cord injury when snowboarding overseas in Canada. Now needing full-time care, Will decided to drop out of university and take on th…