Healing - Addressing Men's Mental Health

Duration: 60 minutes

Uniquely familiar stories of three extraordinary men who have experienced deep mental anguish and now reach out to talk about it.

Osher talks about memories of growing up in suburban Australia, dealing with bullying, and his childhood forays into the wonderful world of psychiatry. As he was establishing himself as one of Australia’s most recognisable media personalities, Osher was also coping with living with mental illness, and alcohol addiction. Learn how Osher pulled himself out of the depths of psychosis to meet his wife, and to live each day working at getting better.

Joe Williams is a proud Wiradjuri, 1st Nations Aboriginal man born in Cowra, raised in Wagga NSW, Australia. Joe played in the National Rugby League for South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers and Canterbury Bulldogs before switching very successfully to professional boxing in 2009. Although forging a successful professional sporting career, Joe battled the majority of his life with suicidal ideation and Bi Polar Disorder. After a suicide attempt in 2012, Joe felt his purpose was to help people who struggle with mental illness.

Samuel Maguire brings a close personal experience of Bi Polar Disorder, opening up about the daily experience of the illness. No Point in Stopping is a tale of family, and one young man’s journey to find himself in a haze of bipolar, meds, weed, magic and backstreet Brisbane share-house parties.

Chair: David Burton

Copies of Osher Günsberg's book Back, After the Break are available for purchase HERE.