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Holding onto Hope

Holding on to Hope takes listeners on a journey through deeply personal stories of lived experience of suicidality. Through authentic storytelling and genuine connection, the podcast aims to provide hope, inspiration, and support for anyone impacted by suicide or navigating distress.

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Dave's story

Dave's story of holding on to hope through depression and long term pain
Read time icon 38 minutes read
Helps with Depression Trauma
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Ben Farinazzo's story

Ben's story of holding on to hope after returning from service and experiencing PTSD.
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Helps with PTSD Trauma
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Andrew Bacon's story

Andrew has walked a challenging path, grappling with depression and anxiety for over a decade.
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Helps with Anxiety & Depression
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Amanda Johnsons story

Amanda's story of holding on to hope through post natal depression.
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Helps with Depression
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Tanya's Story

Over one million Australians are living with an eating disorder. Tanya shares what it’s like to struggle with anorexia, and why empathy, kindness, and compassion have been so important to her survival.
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Helps with Depression Loneliness
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Lachie's Story

Lachie Samuel is a former FIFO mining worker, flying in and out of some of the most remote, desolate places in Australia, places where male suicide and mental health issues are rife.
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Helps with Anxiety Depression
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Anthony's Story

Anthony Hart's slide into depression snuck up on him, taking him and everyone who knew him by surprise.
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Helps with Depression Stress
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Wes's Story

Wes Herring reckoned he had life all mapped out. He would take over the family farm, continue the tradition of raising merino sheep and, with his wife Kate, bring up a family who would continue the succession. But nothing went to plan.
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Helps with Depression Grief & loss
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Oliver's Story

He's 23, popular, funny, smart, and caring. Oliver is the last person you'd imagine would suffer depression, but at 14 he began a slide into darkness that gradually became unbearable.
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Helps with Depression Loneliness
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Gracie's Story

Gracie Gribble is 19, funny, very smart, bubbly and bursting with ideas and dreams. But her life hasn’t always been like that. From the age of eight, Gracie was dealing with the early stages of bipolar disorder.
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Helps with Bipolar disorder Depression
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Kiran's Story

Kiran shares what it's like to struggle with depression, fear how others will react, ask for help, and ultimately find hope to hold on while working as a doctor at a psychiatric hospital.
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Helps with Depression Suicidality
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Joe's Story

Joe Williams is a proud Wiradjuri man. Here he describes his struggles with self-doubt and how he has since connected with his culture to reduce the suicide statistics amongst his people.
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Helps with Depression

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