Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast Series

Facilitator • Lived Experience ME/CFS • Advocate Join us for an insightful episode of the Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast as we delve further into the world of ME/CFS and the impacts of post-exertional malaise (PEM) with an expert guest, Louise De Pino. Louise, a trained social worker and experienced peer facilitator, brings a wealth of knowledge and personal […]

Educator • Advocate Join Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia, as she welcomes Kate Herbert, the organisation’s dedicated Nurse Educator, for an insightful conversation during ME/CFS Awareness Week. Kate, with her unique blend of professional expertise and personal experience, will delve into the often misunderstood and challenging aspects of post-exertional malaise (PEM) in ME/CFS. PEM is […]

Advocate • Lived Experience ME/CFS Trigger Warning: This episode contains candid discussions around mental health. Some listeners may find this content triggering. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available. In this podcast we are delighted to introduce Audrey, an incredibly inspiring seventeen year old who will be joining Anne Wilson […]

Advocacy Leader • Lived Experience long COVID ME Introducing Tahlia Ruschioni: A Leader in ME/CFS Advocacy and Global Collaboration
 In this special episode of the Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast, we are thrilled to welcome Tahlia Ruschioni, Executive Director of the Bateman Horne Center, as our esteemed guest. Tahlia is a driving force behind the centre’s remarkable growth and […]

Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia, is joined by Henry and his mother Jen, whose also lives with long Covid, to share their journey and insights.

In this podcast, Anne Wilson, CEO Emerge Australia, is in conversation with Dr Emma Tippett, Director Clinic Nineteen. A pioneering national Telehealth clinic which has now served over 1500 people, including children, across Australia.

In this informative podcast CEO Anne Wilson is in conversation with Dr Tavoletti (PhD), a biomedical and translational researcher with experience spanning academic laboratory science, first-in-human translational research, and leadership in national research infrastructure.

In this enlightening podcast CEO Anne Wilson is in a fascinating conversation with Kit McMahon, the CEO of WHISE who has two decades of experience across education, training and not for profits - consistently and passionately advocated for gender equality, empowering women and girls.

This episode contains discussions around vaccination and medication. Please consult your healthcare professional before making any treatment changes, as what works for one person may not be appropriate or safe for everyone.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains candid discussions about suicide and mental health. Some listeners may find this content distressing. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available.

In this special episode of the Emerge Australia Imagine podcasts, host Anne Wilson sits down for an update with Emerge Australia’s Ambassador, Professor David Putrino based in New York, a renowned Australian expert in long COVID, ME/CFS and associated energy limiting conditions, research and treatment.

Author • Executive Coach • Hope Strategist From “just survive today” to “what else could life still hold?” In the finale of our Too Tired to Think mini-series, Sarah Vizer zooms out from PEM spreadsheets and doctor drills to ask the bigger question: how do we keep possibility alive when the marathon has no finish […]

Author • Executive Coach • Reluctant Medical Sleuth Eight wrong turns, one gem GP – and a crash course in patient power. In Part 4 of Too Tired to Think, Sarah Vizer hands you her roadmap for surviving (and reshaping) the healthcare hunt. What’s inside “You’re the expert on your body. Fossick until you find […]

Author • Executive Coach • Emotional Cartographer Fatigue is only half the battle. In Part 3 of Sarah Vizer’s Too Tired to Think series, we trade symptom spreadsheets for the messy feelings ME/CFS drags in its wake. Inside the episode “Letting go of the fight and finding even brief moments of peace is the real […]

Author • Executive Coach • Pacing Strategist Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is more than “feeling wiped.” In Part 2 of her Too Tired to Think mini-series, Sarah Vizer zooms into the everyday mechanics of life with ME/CFS and shares the system she built to keep crashes—and frustration—at bay. What you’ll learn “Your battery might never hit […]

Author • Executive Coach • ME/CFS Marathoner Sarah Vizer opens up about her personal journey, sharing the real-life experiences and pivotal moments that inspired her to write her book and launch this podcast series. She gives heartfelt insight into the themes of resilience, healing, and the transformation that followed her toughest challenges. When burnout ended […]

Parents-in-chief of “Team Eliza” • Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science When your daughter’s post-viral illness turns into severe ME, what do you do if “the cavalry isn’t coming”? For Emerita Professor Ros Gleadow FAA (plant biologist, Monash) and Emeritus Professor Andy Gleadow AO (geologist, Uni Melbourne) the answer was simple: switch their world-class […]

Emerge Australia Ambassador • Actor • Writer • Producer • Patient-Advocate Eliza Charley is best known for The Fort (2022), Time Apart (2020) and award-winning shorts The Falling and Sweat. Yet behind the camera she has spent 15 years negotiating life with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) after a post-viral crash in 2009. Her lived experience – […]

Shiloh Moore describes herself as a ‘tireless advocate, master meditator, proud aunty to her many niblings (which is the gender neutral term for nieces and nephews), mentor, friend, family member, creative artist, writer, author of two self -published autobiographical books, musician and songwriter (especially of chants), profound thinker, philosopher, spiritual explorer and lover of life […]

Plum is a policy and public affairs professional, who has specialised for the last 10 years in cancer and terminal illness policy. It is this policy and patient advocacy experience, coupled with Plum’s lived experience with long COVID and a high-risk family, that has led her to found The Safer Air Project. People living with […]

Barry, living with long COVID and caring for his partner with ME/CFSTwo years ago, Barry cared for his son who contracted COVID at school. Soon after he too became unwell. He tested positive for COVID and was admitted to hospital. It was then that his life started to unravel. He considers himself one of the […]

In her early forties, Sarah made the difficult decision to step away from a promising 20-year corporate career after experiencing severe burnout.  What she didn’t know was her condition was a direct result of not being able to manage the early warning signs of stress. This led to full-blown ME/CFS, a life-altering condition she still […]

Dr Richard Schloeffel (retired) OAM has recently retired from medical practice and stepped down as Emerge Australia’s Medical Director. Appointed at the beginning of 2022, Dr Schloeffel dedicated his time as Medical Director to the clinical education of GPs and advancing awareness of ME/CFS both within the medical community and Government. In his time with […]

Today we’re so pleased to announce Season #6 in the Emerge Australia Imagine podcast series. This special episode brings CEO Anne Wilson in an enlightening conversation with Dr Tess Ryan – a proud Indigenous woman of Biripai country, living with ME/CFS. Tess is a consultant and Research Associate with Monash University, with a PhD on […]

In this podcast we share in a fascinating behind the scenes exchange between Emerge Australia’s CEO Anne Wilson and Board Chair Mark Clisby, whose inspiration comes from family living with ME/CFS. In this enlightening exchange, we learn about Mark’s quiet yet diverse pro-bono social service and impact, including as Chair of Emerge Australia, where he is driven to support our ME/CFS […]

This podcast highlights the heart in the carer relationship: this week we bring you CEO Anne Wilson’s very special conversation with Jenny Meagher and her husband and carer, Pete. Jenny lives with ME/CFS and she and her husband, Pete both care for their adult daughter, also living with ME/CFS. Emerge Australia is proud to be collaborating with Merri Health who lead […]

This week we bring you Tori Sommer’s insightful presentation from our recent Round Table at Parliament House in Canberra. Tori, a chiropractor, is carer for her husband, GP Dr Stephen Sommer. In this podcast, she shares how she found solace and support throughout what has been a long journey, with many difficult and isolating years […]

Don’t miss this incredible episode – a deeply moving conversation with primary school teacher Lynne Harris, mother and full-time carer of her son with Severe ME/CFS and Emerge Australia CEO, Anne Wilson. Emerge Australia is proud to be collaborating with Merri Health who lead Carer Gateway in Victoria – a free support service funded by […]

Kate Baychek’s moving conversation with CEO, Anne Wilson provides a touching and powerful glimpse into the reality of ME/CFS for loved ones, is so very touching and powerful. Kate is a carer for her bedbound adult child with ME. She’s also a registered nurse who has worked in the public hospital system over 35 years. In this poignant […]

Today we bring you Episode 1 in Season #5 of our podcasts with a focus on Carer.  In this episode, Anne Wilson hosts an enlightening conversation with Carer Gateway State Manager, Heleni Bagiartakis – a passionate community services leader shaping transformational change for current and future generations, especially in diverse communities.  Emerge Australia is proud […]

We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.

We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.

We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.

We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.

We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.

We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.

We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.

We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.

In this podcast Anne Wilson CEO Emerge Australia is in an extraordinary conversation with Professor David Putrino. David trained as a physiotherapist before completing a PhD in Neuroscience. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and […]

Dr Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a distinguished clinician, researcher, and educator. A product of the esteemed Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Dr Bateman has always placed the patient at the centre of her practice. Her philosophy is clear – just because a condition is unknown or unexplained does not mean the patient should receive anything […]

In this podcast CEO Anne Wilson is in a most interesting conversation with Dr Chris Armstrong PhD, who performs research in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute at the University of Melbourne, here in Australia. Before returning to Australia at the end of 2020 he was overseas researching under […]

In this inspirational conversation, CEO of Emerge Australia Anne Wilson, talks with international ME/CFS luminary Professor Anthony Komaroff, who so generously reflects on far-ranging ME/CFS global matters – from the early pivotal Australian Dubbo Study to the recent seminal Frontiers of Medicine roadmap to the evidence article; from Graded Exercise Therapy to lessons we have […]

Today we bring you Anne Wilson in another fascinating conversation, this time in Emerge Australia’s Imagine Podcasts, with Dr Elizabeth Unger. Dr Unger received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA and her PhD and MD from the University of Chicago. She completed her residency and fellowship in anatomic pathology at […]

In this podcast Anne Wilson, CEO Emerge Australia, is in a fascinating conversation with Dr Alain Moreau, hot on the heels of his enlightening November keynote address at The National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases, ME/CFS and long COVID International Conference in northern New South Wales. Dr Moreau is a Full Professor in the […]

In this podcast, Anne Wilson, CEO Emerge Australia is in enlightening discussions with Dr David Systrom, who recently presented a most absorbing keynote address at The National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases, ME/CFS and long COVID International Conference in northern New South Wales, here in Australia. Dr Systrom is a member of the Brigham […]

This week’s podcast is with Nicholas Carlton, Former Creative Director, Advocate and ME/CFS Sufferer: Nicholas Carlton who was a senior political advisor and creative director but was forced at the age of 31 years to medically retire. He has been suffering with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia now for around two and a half years. An eloquent writer […]

Chemical Engineer, PhD Ice-Cream, Father and MECFS Sufferer— In this remarkable podcast, Anne Wilson talks with Dr Alex Lubansky, chemical engineer in ice-cream and father of two teenage boys. Alex was an engineering academic in the UK and Australia before starting up a biomedical device company, Haemograph, where he is the Chief Technical Officer. We […]

Amanda Canzurlo, who uses the stage name of Bloom, was diagnosed with glandular fever at the age of 16. After being bedridden for approximately 8-10 weeks she was then diagnosed with ME/CFS. Back then, before Facebook and widespread internet use, there wasn’t much easily accessible research, patient information or support services. When Amanda returned to […]

In this illuminating podcast, Anne Wilson talks with Zoe Simmons – award-winning journalist, editor, author, speaker, poet and advocate with a passion for making a difference. Zoe describes herself as proudly disabled, chronically ill, and autistic. She has an extraordinary ability to candidly write and speak about these topics to smash stigma, create change, and […]

In this podcast Anne Wilson is in an extraordinary conversation with Kate Baychek who is a carer for her bedbound adult child with ME. She’s also a registered nurse who has worked in the public hospital system over 35 years. Kate is utterly floored at the demands of caring 24/7 for a bedbound person, particularly […]