Roses Radio Podcast

Roses Radio is a podcast series of open and frank discussions with courageous people who have a lived experience of suicide.  We hope the conversations help those who are trying to understand suicide and for many, to understand their own experience. Each podcast has it’s own unique perspective and all encompassing view of suicide irrespective of the place from which you view it.  Join us today for a deeply personal and sometimes confronting journey that we hope will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted. This episode we bring you the inspiring story of Tynan Narywonczyk a young man who has rebuilt his life after a crippling workplace accident that left him in a coma and on work cover for 3 years. The recovery process and the endless Doctors negative assesment of his future lead him to suicidal thoughts . Tynan has now turned his life around, fired on by training and competing for the iron man triathlon event, a gruelling 12 hr event that combines swimming 5 km running, cycling 130 km and run

Roses Radio is a podcast series of open and frank discussions with courageous people who have a lived experience of suicide.  We hope the conversations help those who are trying to understand suicide and for many, to understand their own experience. Each podcast has it’s own unique perspective and all encompassing view of suicide irrespective of the place from which you view it.  Join us today for a deeply personal and sometimes confronting journey that we hope will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted. This episode we talk with Mark Davis he talks about losing his partner Paul to suicide .Paul was a highly regarded health care professional and Mark shines light on the challenges that health care professionals face in the health care system, and the way Paul was cared differently in the system. How having an insider’s view of the system was detrimental to his mental health treatment outcomes. Mark discusses the unique situations same sex couples face when their partner dies by suicide

Roses Radio is a podcast series of open and frank discussions with courageous people who have a lived experience of suicide.  We hope the conversations help those who are trying to understand suicide and for many, to understand their own experience. Each podcast has it’s own unique perspective and all encompassing view of suicide irrespective of the place from which you view it.  Join us today for a deeply personal and sometimes confronting journey that we hope will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted. This episode of Roses Radio we chat with Les Johnston the “Gunnado Cowboy” Les is a real salt of the earth, old fashioned, quiet achiever. During the 2011 floods in Queensland, Les and his wife found themselves at the heart of the recovery effort for the town of Grantham, significantly impacted by the flood waters, with many lives lost. Coordinating the relief effort and volunteers became a full time job and Les rose to the challenge by taking long service leave to supp

Roses Radio is a podcast series of open and frank discussions with courageous people who have a lived experience of suicide.  We hope the conversations help those who are trying to understand suicide and for many, to understand their own experience. Each podcast has it’s own unique perspective and all encompassing view of suicide irrespective of the place from which you view it.  Join us today for a deeply personal and sometimes confronting journey that we hope will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted. This episode we have a chat with De Backman Hoyle. She is a mum and tireless worker in the suicide prevention community. De shares with us her story about the day to day challenges of years of living with her husband Andrews’s mental illness, and how it eventually led to the strain on the family and eventually his death by suicide. De opens up about the 120 minutes between the time she left the home and got the call that Andrew had passed, all the questions that she was left with and h

Roses Radio is a podcast series of open and frank discussions with courageous people who have a lived experience of suicide.  We hope the conversations help those who are trying to understand suicide and for many, to understand their own experience. Each podcast has it’s own unique perspective and all encompassing view of suicide irrespective of the place from which you view it.  Join us today for a deeply personal and sometimes confronting journey that we hope will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted. In this episode we chat with Justin Geange , a family man and tireless worker for suicide prevention.Justin travels all around Australia, with the charity Mates In Construction , showing tireless devotion to changing perceptions about suicide and demonstrating how his work and commitment to others impacts on his mental health . A man of faith, he reveals how surviving suicide has taught him the importance of living in the moment and appreciating the small things in life . Justin talks how th

Roses Radio is a podcast series of open and frank discussions with courageous people who have a lived experience of suicide.  We hope the conversations help those who are trying to understand suicide and for many, to understand their own experience. Each podcast has it’s own unique perspective and all encompassing view of suicide irrespective of the place from which you view it.  Join us today for a deeply personal and sometimes confronting journey that we hope will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted. Today's Guest is Jason Spaull. He is married with two children and is a small business owner on the Gold Coast, Australia.  Jason opens up about how losing his brother Mark to suicide has forced him to change his views on suicide and mental illness.  He gives us an insight into how he navigated his way through the first 12 months after losing his brother and shares his views on the stigma surrounding suicide. You will hear about his commitment to his family through tough times and

Roses Radio is a podcast series of open and frank discussions with courageous people who have a lived experience of suicide.  We hope the conversations help those who are trying to understand suicide and for many, to understand their own experience. Each podcast has it’s own unique perspective and all encompassing view of suicide irrespective of the place from which you view it.  Join us today for a deeply personal and sometimes confronting journey that we hope will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted. Today's guest is Bronwen Edwards.  Mother of two, Life Coach, Personal Trainer, occasional marathon runner and Founder of the Australian based not for profit - Roses In The Ocean, a suicide prevention charity she started after tragically losing her brother Mark.  The question of how an Ex RAAF fighter pilot, Combat Instructor and International Commercial Pilot with a wide circle of family, friends and peerss who loved and respected him could decide suicide was his only options stil