How much thinking have you done about money since the pandemic started? How much you’ve got, how much you’ve lost, how much you’ve saved, how much you’re entitled to, how much you’ll need to get through to whenever this thing ends?! In this episode Penny Terry takes a look at how this pandemic has affected the money that is going in and out of our bank accounts, and in and out of our communities. We get into the nitty gritty of actually looking at your spending with financial planner Nick D’Emden from Findex in Launceston. Sarah from the Low Head Tourist park shares a little about how she’s re-looking at her future business opportunities. Mental health clinician Caroline Thain helps us with those tricky money conversations, and also gets us wondering how we continue to care about this pandemic even when, at some stages, it can feel gone. We then catch up again with Dr Nicolas Hookway, sociologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania about how we can create better community structures to help us live well during a pandemic into the future. Plus some thoughts from our favourite fitness instructor Kylie Moore and real estate agent Maureen Lacey about how we prepare for the future.SHOW NOTES:Dr Nicholas Hookway drew his four points from colleague Associate Professor of Sociology at Woolongong University Roger Patulny. Check out his article as featured in The Conversation here: https://theconversation.com/reconnecting-after-coronavirus-4-key-ways-cities-can-counter-anxiety-and-loneliness-136606You can find out more about Nick D’Emden and Findex here: https://www.findex.com.au/office/launcestonNick passed on these links:Findex Covid-19 Resource Centre: https://insights.findex.com.au/covid19/Australian Government Covid-19 Services: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/coronavirus-covid-19-and-how-we-may-helpAustralian Government Treasury Support Information: https://treasury.gov.au/coronavirus/householdsHere’s a link to a budget planner, one of many you will find with a quick internet search:https://moneysmart.gov.au/budgeting/budget-planner

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Do you really know how much COVID has changed your bank account?

Does it take a crisis (or pandemic) for us to think a bit more deeply about what’s going on for other people? If so, what are the skills that we need to be a useful crisis buddy? In this episode Penny Terry takes a look at those little things that people are doing to keep an eye on others. We continue to follow the experience of tourism and hospitality manager Bianca Welsh who explains what she’s doing in her workplace to keep an eye on her employees and describes that extra weight of responsibility that we’re all feeling right now to support others. Mental Health Clinician Caroline Thain gives us the 101 of the ‘check-in’ conversation while Dr Nicholas Hookway, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Tasmania, reminds us of the special role that community groups play in keeping us connected, and how we maintain these connections during a pandemic. Which is no surprise to our favourite fitness instructor Kylie Moore who describes how she’s seen the lives of her clients change once they become a member of a community group. Plus, it wouldn’t be an episode about helping others through a crisis if we didn’t talk about food; our ‘go-to’ supporting tool! Dietitian Ngaire Hobbins gives us some tips to make sure our efforts to provide for others doesn’t go to waste.

Are you more 'in tune' with other people right now?

For many of us we feel like we’re just getting on with life, despite social distancing. But when we stop and think about how many little things have changed in our lives since we were first told to keep 1.5 meters distance and clean ALL THE THINGS…. there’s a fair old list! First up in this episode Penny chats with the marvellous Maureen Lacey and Kylie Moore as we take a look at what it’s been like implementing the practical changes in workplaces and the 'interesting' ways in which people respond. Plus Bianca Welsh from the tourism and hospitality industry gets us thinking about the many new policies and procedures and how they have changed people’s relationship with work. Which leads us into a conversation about the ‘feels’ of social distancing. Dr Nicholas Hookway, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Tasmania helps us to understand loneliness and its distinction from social isolation. Then we check back in again with mental Health Clinician Caroline Thain who’s got some great hacks for reminding others to maintain their distance, and Clinical Psychologist David Bakker is back to help us understand and ‘do’ self-care.

Are we coping with social distancing?

Turns out we all have habits, that we're probably not even be aware of, that help us get on with... life! During a time when there is heaps of change and our routines are all out of whack (cue pandemic), it's pretty easy to break those helpful habits and replace them with helpful ones. In this episode Penny Terry goes deep on habits, why we need them, how we form them, how we break them as she starts to make a plan to 'fix' them. She gets the low down from podcast regulars Clinical Psychologist David Bakker and Mental Health Clinician Caroline Thain, checks in with fitness instructor Kylie Moore (and some of her clients!) and finds out about helpful food habits with Dietitian Ngaire Hobbins.SHOW NOTES:Find out about the awesome Healthy George Town program here:https://georgetown.tas.gov.au/healthy-george-town-programs/You can find out m ore about Clinical Psychologist David Bakker and his app mood mission here: http://moodmission.comDavid Mentioned a couple of habit apps.You can check out Habitica here: https://habitica.com/static/homeOr Streaks here: https://streaksapp.comKylie Moore runs Sherriff Health and Fitness:https://www.facebook.com/Sherriff-Health-Fitness-1773868172887751/If you’d like to get in touch with Caroline Thain – just message Health Speak on social and Penny will pass on her details:Instagram: @podcasthealthspeakFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthspeakpodcast/And you can get in touch with Dietitian Ngaire Hobbins here: https://www.ngairehobbins.comIf you or someone you know needs support with mental health right now please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or you can click through to Beyond Blue here https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/

Need some hacks to sort out your habits (or perhaps just become aware of them)?

One thing that’s certain, is that dealing with uncertainty is hard. Which really sucks right now as uncertainty seems a constant state during COVID-19! So how do we live well amongst the uncertainty of a pandemic? In this episode Penny Terry gets teary as she hears about dealing with the loss of control from Bianca Welsh who is deep in the tourism and hospitality industry. George Town locals Maureen and Kylie talk about those skills that have helped them cope with uncertainty. And Penny gets some tips from the experts as Mental Health Clinician Caroline Thain explains what our brain is doing, and Clinical Phycologist David Bakker gets us excited about an app that will help us track our moods.SHOW NOTES: Find out about the awesome Healthy George Town program here:https://georgetown.tas.gov.au/healthy-george-town-programs/You can check out the Mood Mission app here: http://moodmission.com/#home-sectionYou can find out more about Bianca Welsh here:https://www.stillwater.com.auhttps://www.stillwater.com.au/seven/https://blackcowbistro.com.auMaureen Lacey works for Harcourts East Tamar:https://easttamar.harcourts.com.auKylie Moore runs Sherriff Health and Fitness:https://www.facebook.com/Sherriff-Health-Fitness-1773868172887751/If you’d like to get in touch with Caroline Thain – just message Health Speak on social and Penny will pass on her details:Instagram: @podcasthealthspeakFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthspeakpodcast/If you or someone you know needs support with mental health right now please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or you can click through to Beyond Blue here https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/

Are you waiting for 'it' to hit the fan?

In Season Three of Health Speak, we go beyond the hand hygiene to work out what other key skills we need to live WELL during a pandemic (with others and in our own minds)! Penny Terry goes out into the community, into businesses and chats with experts to see what people are doing to 'deal' with this pandemic, what works and what doesn't, as we all do our best to live through it.We'll laugh, we'll cry, we'll remember and we'll learn, as we up-skill, in those life-skills that are crucial right now. By the end of the season you'll have a full COVID-kit, bursting with tools to help you get on with life. 

We're BACK! Season Three coming soon...

For some social and community services the demand for support has gone up during during COVID-19, however two local services say they've seen a drop in referrals or enquires from people with addictions. So what's going on? And how can we help? Stephen Hill from City Mission and Hilary Ivery from Relationships Australia talk about what they've seen, what their clients tell them and have some really practical things we can all do (or just think about) right now.SHOW NOTES:Relationships Australia Tasmania are waiving its usual client fees for the next three months.You can call on 1300 364 277 or send an email to admin@reltas.com.auhttps://www.tas.relationships.org.auYou can check out all the support services at City Mission at www.citymission.org.au or call on 6335 3000 or contact Missiondale directly on 6391 8013 or email missiondale@citymission.org.auHousing Connect is a one-stop shop for ALL your housing and support needs. One assessment for everything from emergency accommodation to a long-term home. You can call on 1800 800 588

Why less people are accessing professional support for addictions during COVID-19

There seems to be a handful of common words we're all using to explain our lives right now. For Monique and many of her friends, that word is 'confusing'. Monique is the Members President of Speak Out, which is both a membership organisation for people with intellectual disability and an advocacy service. In this episode, Monique talks about what's changed and what's helping her get through the days. Speak Out Advocate Jo Ellis shares the sorts of things the people she supports need help with and how her service is changing to meet their changing and growing needs. The things we learn in this episode are both heartbreaking and awesome, plus there are plenty of things to add to that list of ways we CAN help others, from our homes. SHOW NOTES:You can find out more about Speak Out here: https://www.speakoutadvocacy.org

The big and little things we can all do to help people living with an intellectual disability during COVID-19

When we hear someone is unwell or going through treatment, often our first instinct is to cook them food, or offer to look after the kids, or visit them in hospital. All those things just became more risky, than helpful. So how can we help people with compromised immune systems, without risking making them more sick. Meg Archer knows what it's like to have a community rally round her and also knows how vulnerable this virus makes her now. Meg reckons you can give the casserole a miss and runs us through plenty of other ways we can help. You'll also meet Robyn McKinnon who works in private practice as a mental health social worker and is a front line health worker, as she gives us some simple things that we can do to 'work with' the system, help people who are unwell AND help the health workers who are looking after them.

Helping people who are unwell just got hard

What have you lost since...well, since COVID-19? Some things are really obvious, like job loss or a lost routine, but others are not so obvious, like how having those things made us feel. In this episode of Health Speak, Penny Terry talks with Dan who is currently dealing with what he’s lost, and checks in with mental health clinical Caroline Thain from Headspace, who gives us some practical ways to support people dealing with loss, even when we can’t pop round for a visit.SHOW NOTES:The Tasmanian mental health support line for advice, assessment and referrals - 1800 332 388Interstate callers can dial (03) 6166 6333If you or anyone else is in immediate danger call 000The Beyond Blue coronavirus mental wellbeing support service is 1800 512 348 or you can check out their online resources at beyondblue.org.aueheadspace provides free online support and counselling to young people 12 - 25 and their families and friends - visit headspace.org.auLifeline - 13 11 14

Helping each other deal with our new lives, from our home.

Thinking about what ‘self isolation’ during COVID-19 might mean for women and children who are experiencing family violence can be tough going. It can also make us feel pretty helpless when we’re stuck in our homes either unsure how to help and not confident we’d be able to help in a safe way. In this episode Survivor Advocate Deb, and CEO of the Women’s Legal Service in Tasmania Yvette Cehtel, both talk us through a list of ways that will help us recognise when help is needed and be able to help from where ever we are.SHOW NOTES:Women's Legal Service TasmaniaTelephone Legal Advice Line – 1800 682 468The telephone advice line is the first point of contact for all legal advice and assistance.Calling our 1800 number is free from landlines and most mobiles (some phone companies do charge for calling 1800 numbers, so please check before dialling). You can call the 1800 service from anywhere in Tasmania, and the call will not be displayed on your telephone bill.All calls are completely confidential.The 1800 line operates between 10:00am and 4:00pm each weekday. Outside of these hours you can leave a message with your name and number, and they will call you back (please indicate if it is safe for us to leave a message on your voicemail).Family Violence Counselling and Support Service1800 608 1229:00am to midnight Weekdays4:00pm to midnight Weekends and Public Holidays.Offers professional and specialised services to assist children, young people and adults affected by family violence.Engendered EqualityEngender Equality (formerly SHE) is a statewide Tasmanian not-for-profit organisation that supports people affected by family violence.Engender Equality IS NOT a crisis service.HOBART(03) 6278 9090LAUNCESTON0428 162 216NORTH WEST TASMANIA0428 057 415Engendered Equality operates during normal business hours. However, counsellors may be able to provide appointments outside normal business hours if you ask them.Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS) Southern Tasmania1800 697 877Provides 24/7 support, information and counselling in Southern Tasmania to males and females of all ages who been victim of recent rape or sexual assault or sexually abused at any time of their lives.Family Violence Response & Referral Line1800 633 937Provides 24/7, including public holidays, information and referral service by which callers are able to access the full range of response, counselling, information and other support services provided by Safe at Home.1800RESPECT1800 737 73224 hour national sexual assault, family and domestic violence counselling line for any Australian who has experienced, or is at risk of, family and domestic violence and/or sexual assault.Lifeline13 11 14Lifeline has a national number who can help put you in contact with a crisis service in your State.Anyone across Australia experiencing a personal crisis or thinking about suicide can call 13 11 14.TASMANIAN SHELTERS:NorthKarinya Young Women’s Service (young single women 13-20 years)P: (03) 6331 0774Magnolia Place Launceston Women’s Shelter (women and women with children)P: (03) 6344 5322SouthAnnie Kenney Young Women’s Emergency Accommodation (young single women 13-20 years)P: (03) 6272 7751Hobart Women’s Shelter (women and women with children)P: (03) 6273 8455Jireh House (women and women with children)P: (03) 6232 3850McCombe House (women and women with children)P: (03) 6228 1099North WestWarawee Women’s Shelter (women and women with children)P: (03) 6425 1382Oakleigh House (men, women and families)P: (03) 6430 4120Youth, Family and Community Connections – Burnie Youth Accommodation Services (male and female 13-20 years)P: (03) 6431 9230Youth, Family and Community Connections – Youth Crisis Accommodation Service (male and female 13-20 years)P: (03) 6424 7375Wyndarra Centre Inc.P: (03) 6452 1981West Coast Crisis Accommodation and Referral ServiceP: (03) 6471 4748

Finding confidence to safely help victims of family violence during COVID-19

Health Speak is back, but like our world right now, it's different too. Season one showed us the many way our health professionals could help us , and this season will show us the many ways we can help others, from our homes. Because, well #stayhome #COVID

TRAILER - SEASON TWO

It’s been a wild(-ly educational) ride dropping in to chat with some of the MANY health people who work in our communities so we’ve pulled together a short recap for you. While this season has come to an end, your listening doesn’t need to as this series will be up in cyber space forever! We'd love for you to scroll back through the feed and make sure you (and your friends and family) are right up to date, making sure you have a good understanding of exactly who is out there to help us be as healthy as we can be. But before you go, we’ve got a little job for you… Have a listen and see if you’ve got 2 minutes (max) to help us, and heaps of other people, out. Big thanks!

A little job for you in our last episode of the season.

There's a pretty good chance that you will have heard of a Speech Pathologist before, but I doubt you've been given the full rundown of all the different things they can help with. In fact, there are so many even Speech Pathologists themselves have trouble reeling them all off in one breath! Abby Milroy has a particular specialty where she helps kids use both high tech devices and very low tech devices; whatever it takes to help them find their voice.SHOW NOTES:Abby works at Engage Therapy in Launceston, Tasmania. www.engagetherapy.com.auYou can find all more about what Speech Pathologist can help you with by checking out www.speechpathologyaustralia.com.au They also have a handy link to help you find a therapist near you.

The high and low tech of Speech Pathology

How’s your body feeling today? While most people don’t love to hear your complaints, Osteopaths love hearing what’s going on with your body and your mind, trying to work out the cause of any pain or discomfort and then working out how to fix it, in a way that will work for you. So how do they do that? Well it's less about your bones and more about the bits around your bones as Osteopath Marshall Anderson explains in this week’s episode of Health Speak, including his explanation of what 'cracking your back' is really all about.SHOW NOTES:You can find out more about what Osteopaths do by checking out Osteopathy Australia at https://www.osteopathy.org.au/about-osteopathy/osteopathy---you They’ve also got a handy link to help you find a practitioner near you.You can find more about about Marshall and his team here - http://www.launcestonosteopathy.com.au/ourteam

Osteopaths love hearing about your aches and pains

This podcast is the fastest (and funniest) way to learn which health professionals you really need in your life. The statistics tell us that most Australians don’t know enough about “Health Speak” to properly look after their health. From Bum Doctors to Speech Pathologists, Dieticians to Exercise Physiologists, in this podcast Penny Terry rejects the health jargon, bans the big words and leaves the Latin alone as she finds out who these people are, how they can help, and what they do… to you. This project was funded by the Healthy Tasmania Community Innovations Grants through the Tasmanian Government.

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