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


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<div>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.  </div><div><br></div><div>SHOW NOTES:</div><div>You can find out more about Speak Out here: https://www.speakoutadvocacy.org</div><div><br></div><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

In our 3rd Season of Health Speak, Penny Terry goes looking for those key life-skills that we need to live well through a pandemic (with others and within our own minds)! Over five episodes, this season will go beyond hand hygiene and the basics of social distancing to discover what other key skills people are using to 'deal' with this pandemic... and successfully get on with their lives. 

So if you could do with some tips on how to cope with change and uncertainty, work out what 'self-care' really means (and actually fit it into your day-to-day), or if you're wondering how to politely ask someone to 'stick to the rules' and nail that conversation respectfully - then this is the podcast for you. Or perhaps you're keen to find out how to maintain good habits (and drop the bad ones) that you started during isolation, or need to take a fresh view of your pandemic-budget, well we've got you covered. Plus, we'll pick up some skills to manage pandemic-exhaustion and how we can continue to care even if sometimes COVID-19 feels 'gone'.

As she does, Penny will cut through the really complex stuff, so you can leave each conversation knowing you can be helpful rather than helpless..

A COVID-kit of life-skills helping you live well during a pandemic.

Health Speak - SEASON THREE

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

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-136606

You can find out more about Nick D’Emden and Findex here: https://www.findex.com.au/office/launceston
Nick 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/households

Here’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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<div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>SHOW NOTES:</div><div>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: <a href="https://theconversation.com/reconnecting-after-coronavirus-4-key-ways-cities-can-counter-anxiety-and-loneliness-136606" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/reconnecting-after-coronavirus-4-key-ways-cities-can-counter-anxiety-and-loneliness-136606</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You can find out more about Nick D’Emden and Findex here: https://www.findex.com.au/office/launceston</div><div><br></div><div>Nick passed on these links:</div><div>Findex Covid-19 Resource Centre: <a href="https://insights.findex.com.au/covid19/" target="_blank">https://insights.findex.com.au/covid19/</a></div><div>Australian Government Covid-19 Services: <a href="https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/coronavirus-covid-19-and-how-we-may-help" target="_blank">https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/coronavirus-covid-19-and-how-we-may-help</a></div><div>Australian Government Treasury Support Information: <a href="https://treasury.gov.au/coronavirus/households" target="_blank">https://treasury.gov.au/coronavirus/households</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here’s a link to a budget planner, one of many you will find with a quick internet search:</div><div><a href="https://moneysmart.gov.au/budgeting/budget-planner" target="_blank">https://moneysmart.gov.au/budgeting/budget-planner</a></div><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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.

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<div>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.</div><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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.

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<div>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.</div><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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