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Timor Awakening Podcast
by Michael Albrecht
Timor Awakening Podcast features interviews of some of the veteran participants who have come onto our Timor Awakening program. Each talking about their personal struggles and sharing insights of positively moving forward, capturing their valuable stories and content to share with the veteran community.Our aim it to improve the lives of veterans and their families through peer-to-peer holistic health and wellbeing programs.Interviews touch on sensitive topics such as suicide, losing loved ones, finding new purpose, transitioning out of Defence, from a variety of different perspectives.
Episodes
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Bronson Mitchell_Advice on Transition from Defence
Hello all, Welcome back to the TA22 podcasts - this is in fact the last interview from TA22, recorded in Feb/Mar 23. TA23 wrapped up in Timor a few weeks back and TA24 is kicking off next month on the Gold Coast. Lucky last from TA22 is Bronson Mitchell, a 20 years Army medic who, at the time of...
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Sean Skelton_Vulnerability and Gratitude
Welcome back listeners, Continuing with our chats from TA22, this week we speak with former Infantry soldier Sean Skelton. Sean served in 1RAR and saw service in Kabul with Op Highroad (formerly Slipper), leaving Defence in 2017 after 5 years in the green. He shares his insights on how to stay...
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Luke Hilton_Former Army Nurse_The Value of Every Individual Story
Good day folks, The team is nearing the end of it's tour to Timor Leste, with many a yarn to be shared in the coming weeks. We are full steam ahead on our TA22 captured podcasts (Feb/Mar 2023, Gold Coast). This week we chat to Luke Hilton, former Army medic and nurse, who served in Timor during...
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John White_PTSD, Moral Injury, Social Isolation_Part 2 of 2
Welcome back listeners, We are picking up where we left off from the last episode, with the second part of the John White talk... -------- John is with a Vietnam veteran and Australian Army Training Team Vietnam officer John White. John was the commander on the ground during as the Battle of Ngok...
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John White_PTSD_Moral Injury_Social Isolation_Part 1 of 2
Welcome back listeners, We are charging ahead with the TA22 content, this time with a Vietnam veteran and Australian Army Training Team Vietnam officer John White. John was the commander on the ground during as the Battle of Ngok Tavak in Vietnam in 1968. He talks through the events of the battle...
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Gary Stone_VCA Update and What's In The Pipeline
Welcome back to the to our next iteration of podcasts. With TA22 having recently wrapped up, we are going to start off with an update on recent VCA / TA activities, along with what's coming down the pipeline, with VCA President Gary Stone. Gary takes us through the most recent key events, both...
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Ted Chitlam_Veteran to Government Advocacy
Welcome back listeners, we are closing off our podcasts from the Veterans Retreat run late in 2022. Last, but certainly not least, we are having a good chat with Ted Chitlam, a former Infantry Commanding Officer. Ted went to Duntroon at the age of 16, in 1955 and had an illustrious 22-year…
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David Freeman of Freeman's Organic Farm_Self Care and Nutrient Density
Welcome back listeners, we are back for our next podcast episode from the VCA Veterans Retreat. This time we are chatting with David Freeman, from Freeman’s Organic Farm. Those who have done a Gold Coast based program will most likely have had the opportunity to visit David’s organic farm in...
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Adrian Humphries_SF Soldier Discusses Self Reinvention and Navigating DVA
Happy New Year listeners, welcome to 2023 and our next round of podcast interviews. With the next Timor Awakening coming down the pipeline in Feb 2023, we have some additional interviews to share with you that were recorded during the Veterans Retreat from Oct/Nov 2022. Next can off the rank is...
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Padre Gary Stone_Reflections on a Sabbatical & Creating your personal version 4.0
Welcome back listeners, we are edging closer to the end of 2022! Today we have a chat with VCA’s own President, Gary Stone (version 4.0). Gary has recently returned from a 2-month supervised sabbatical in an around his property / acreage in the Gold Coast hinterlands. He has returned a full...
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Denis Bartrum_Career Doctor and Army Reservist
Welcome listeners, This week we are chatting with Denis Bartrum, a career physician and surgeon who also has a long career in the Army Reserve. He migrated to Australia from the UK with his parents in 1962 at the age of 10 and after school went on to study medicine at UQ, became a hospital…
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Dr John Barletta_Clinical Psychologist on Veteran Health and Social Networks
Good morning listeners, We are aiming go squeeze in as many valuable podcasts as we can before the year runs out and X-mas is here. During the Veterans Retreat we grabbed Dr John Barletta for a brief interview, in between his many sessions. John was the principal facilitator on the course, while...
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Quilts of Valor_With Barbara and Bill Kenny
Hello listeners, We are back with another podcast capture from the recent VCA Veteran's Retreat at St Georges on the Gold Coast (Oct/Nov 22). For those who have attended one of our programs you will be well aware of the fantastic charity called Quilts of Valor. This time we decided to give a…
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Navy veteran couple talk about transition and University opportunities for vets
Welcome back listeners, With the VCA Veterans Retreat all wrapped up a few weeks ago it's time for the final round of podcast interview for 2022! And what a year that has flown by! Our first interview is with an Australian Navy veteran couple - Katrina Wood and Justin Ansell. Justin was Seamen...
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Beth McLaughlan_Relationships_Attachments Styles_Part 3/3
Hello listeners, We have the last episode in the three part series with Beth McLaughlan, our relationship expert, who continues with more of a description of the various attachment styles, and how they impact all our relationships. If you are yet to hear an attachment style that sounds very much...
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Beth McLaughlan_Relationships_Attachment Styles_Part 2/3
Hello listeners, We have the next episode in the three part series with Beth McLaughlan, our relationship expert, who continues with more of a description of the various attachment styles, and how they impact all our relationships. If you are yet to hear an attachment style that sounds very much...
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Beth McLaughlan_Relationships_Attachment Styles_Part 1/3
Hello listeners, Welcome back to a new round of podcasts. We have a special treat for you over the next few weeks.. Beth McLaughlan, our relationship expert speaks about the various attachment styles, and how they impact all our relationships. A three part series taken from the hour and a half...
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Cindy Waugh_On Peer Mentoring and being a Madre
G’day again folks, We are closing off the TA20 podcasts with another great chat with one of the peer mentees, Cindy Waugh. Cindy is a current serving member and a new to service chaplain, with 2 CER. With her busy and demanding role, Cindy has had her fair share of personal fatigue from tending…
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Dawn Uebergang_Peer Mentoring and Charity Work
G’day again listeners, Welcome back to another TA20 peer mentor podcast. Today we have a quick chat with Dawn Uebergang, a previous TA participant and wife of Lee Uebergang. Dawn is a veteran in her own right, having dedicated 15 years of her life to volunteer work in places such as Nairobi and...
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Daniel McKenzie_TA20_On Peer Mentoring
G'day listeners, We are steaming ahead with more TA20 peer mentor program podcast interviews. Next up we have Daniel McKenzie, a former UN nurse who served in Timor Leste and Afghanistan. Dan has completed a TA as a participant and has come back to do mentor training. Dan stresses the importance…
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Peer Mentoring with Matt Wallace_TA20
G'day listeners, Welcome to our next podcast episode from TA20. This time around we are chatting with Matt Wallace, who completed TA16 as a participant, and was kind enough to produce a video recording of the program which was made publicly available. Matt shares his experiences learning the…
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John White_Peer Mentoring and the Role of VCA
G'day Team, Welcome back for our next podcast episode from TA20, which was a peer mentoring program on the Gold Coast. Today we welcome back John White, who has already shared a number of insights in previous episodes and is back with us again to talk about peer mentoring. John is largely drawn…
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Padre Gary Stone on TA20 and Peer Mentoring
Greetings Listeners, Welcome back to the VCA / TA podcasts. We are kicking off the podcasts from TA20 with VCA President Padre Gary Stone. Gary talks about how the Timor Awakening program has been redefined allowing 'mentees' to learn how to become peer mentors. He talks about how peer mentors…
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Greg Lloyd_How Reconnecting with ESOs after 40 Years Saved his Life
Hi Team, Welcome to our next podcast episode. (We have now completed all podcasts from the TA18 program, more to follow...) Our last interview is with Greg Lloyd, who served a fives years in total back in the 80s, as both an armoured Corps reservist and later a Signaller in the regular Army.…
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Ben Smith_On Transition, Mental Health and Working in the ESO Community
Hello Team, For those not already aware the program has returned from another successful trip to Timor. On the home front we are ready for our next podcast interview, from TA18. Today we chat with Ben Smith, a contemporary veteran who served as an engineer with a deployment to Afghanistan. Having...
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Craig Small_On Upskilling Post Defence and Knowing What Veterans Have Access To
G'day Team, As the in-country Timor contingent continues their mission abroad, we are pleased to keep to release our next podcast interview. Craig Small was a Cavalrymen with 2 Cav and 2/14th from the mid 90s through to 2000, and completed a Rifle Company Butterworth trip, amongst many other...
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Kelly-Anne Harding_Experiences of a female Combat Engineer
Team, Welcome to our next podcast from TA18 - we are nearing the end of the podcasts captured from this program. This time we gather yet another insightful perspective about life in Defence, operational service and adjusting after time away. Kelly-Anne started her career in 97' as a reservist...
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Daniel McKenzie_Experiences of a UN Nurse in Timor and Afghanistan
G'day Team, We are ready to kick off another podcast episode from the TA18 program. Doing something a little different this time, we are doing our first interview with a non-Defence member, who served on operations. Daniel McKenzie is a Nurse Practitioner who served under the UN in Timor Leste…
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Joel Donkin_On Maintaining Momentum to Get Through Dark Times
Ladies and Gents, We hope everybody had an enjoyable ANZAC Day. We are ready to kick off this week's Podcast Interview. This week we chat with Joel Donkin, a Nursing Officer with an illustrious near-40 year career, whose done more operations than most have done Non-Techs. Joel has been through…
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Alex Daly_On Facing up to Anxiety and Mental Health_Self Reinvention
G'day folks, We hope everybody is gearing up for an exciting ANZAC Day on Monday. Also, we are pleased to announce the release of the next TA18 podcast interview. This week we chat with Alex Daly, former Armoured Corps soldier with multiple rotations to the Middle East under his belt. Alex...
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Terri Wulff_On Difficulty in Transition, Long Term Rehab, Domestic Violence, Finding New Purpose
G'day, folks, We are officially kicking off with our first 1:1 podcast interview from TA18. Terri Wulff has bravely shared some of her darkest chapters in what was a tumultuous transition out of Defence, and a challenging time to follow. This former cargo specialist and military dog handler has...
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TA18_Final Circle Time_My Timor Awakening
Ladies and Gents, We are officially kicking off the first of our podcast releases from TA18! What better way to kick things off than with a recap of everybody's last group shares during the final circle time of the program.. Have a listen for some key takeaways from the program, and what folks…
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Gary Stone on The Royal Commission and the Year Ahead for VCA / TA
Folks, TA18 in happening currently and Gary Stone is keen to give you all a bit of an update on some key topics. The Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide has been a big ticket item, which both Gary and Michael Stone were involved with. Whilst the findings of the commission are yet to be…
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Podcast Episode Throwbacks_Episode 2
Ladies and Gents, Backing up last week's episode with another Throwback podcast, we will be recapping on some more of the key lessons that participants have shared at the conclusion of Timor Awakening programs. Condensed into a 30 minute episode you will find some serious head-scratch inducing…
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Podcast Episode Throwbacks_Recap of Key Takeaways
Folks, It's time for some revision... We have started creating a short compilation of some of the key takeaways and ah hah moments that our participants have had during our Timor Awakening programs. Combining six of our one-on-one podcasts episodes from TA14 - TA16 (with more to follow with...
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Participant Reflections on Timor Awakening - 2021 AGM
During our recent Annual General Meeting, we decided to use the opportunity to ask our participants to reflect on the Timor Awakening program. We were lucky enough to have participants from earlier programs, right through to the most recent TA16. So many great insights and throwbacks, and so...
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John White_Recounts little known operations in Vietnam and Moral Injury
Ladies and Gents, With our last episode in the TA16 series, we have another chat with John White. John was a young Captain in Vietnam in charge of a mercenary Chinese unit, along with a handful of US Marines. Up against a huge North Vietnamese Army force he found himself in a fight to the death,...
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Current Serving Members doing Timor Awakening_with Michael Barany
Ladies and Gents, We are nearing the end of the TA16 podcasts, and this week we are joined by Michael Barany, a current serving Army Officer based on the Gold Coast. Michael has served in three Corps over a long career, starting as a Pay Clerk, then MP (Investigator), and finally Transport Corps....
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My Timor Awakening_TA16 Biggest Takeaways from Participants and Staff
Ladies and Gents, In this week's podcast episode we are giving you something a bit different for the long weekend. As many of you know, at the conclusion of each Timor Awakening program we do one final personal reflection on our biggest takeaway from the program - our 'Timor Awakening.' This time...
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Matt Wallace on Finding Gratitude in Military Service and Giving Back
Ladies and Gents, In our next podcast episode we chat with Matt Wallace, former Army Blackhawk pilot. Matt started his journey in the late 80s, initially as a Tech storeman, and then heading to Duntroon in 89/90 to become pilot, before working in counter-terrorism and later deploying to...
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Navigating PTSD and Finding Direction_with Sean De Gelder
Ladies and Gents, This week we are chatting with Sean De Gelder, former infantryman and petroleum operator with a colourful background. Heading to Timor-Leste as a teenager as part of Interfet, he got his teeth cut in the military young. Some challenges were to follow however, Sean encountered…
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Trusting Our Intuition And Our Hearts_With Tammie Ritchie
Folks, We are kicking off with another great podcast episode from TA16, this time with former RAAF member Tammy Richie. Tammy has incredible stories from both her military, and post military careers. A very moving lesson learned from a near tragedy involving her baby son, and how the situation…
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Vietnam Veteran John White on Moral Injury, Guilt and Trauma_With Gary Stone
Ladies and Gents, Another must listen podcast episode.🎧 Vietnam veteran John White, was a Captain in the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. Guided by Gary Stone, John shares deeply personal and eye opening insights into how he has dealt with the sorrow, guilt and heaviness of his military...
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Moral Injury and Confronting Domestic Violence_Gavin Tunstall
We are kicking off the first of our TA16 episodes with a heartfelt chat from Gavin Tunstall, former Army Engineer. Gavin talks about his battle with moral injury after witnessing an incident in Afghanistan, as well as confronting a family history of domestic violence and a commitment to making…
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Moral Injury with Suicidology Expert - Nikki Jamieson
Ladies and Gents, This episode we delve into the very important topic of moral injury, with Nikki Jamieson. Nikki tragically lost her son to suicide in 2014, who had been serving in the Australian Army. Since this time Nikki has embarked on a journey to uncover and understand suicide, especially...
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Simon Wilson_Behaviour Specialist_A Civilian Perspective on the Veteran Community
Ladies and Gents, In this episode we chat with Simon Wilson. As our only non-veteran VCA staff member, who has been with the organisation for four years, Simon brings a very unique perspective to the Timor Awakening and the veteran community, based on over two decades of being a high school…
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Jud_Conscious Communication and Transition
Ladies and Gents, We are pleased to announce our next podcast. This week we chat with Jud, ex-Army engineering officer and logistician. Before separating from Defence in 2008, Jud served in East Timor and Iraq, being responsible for a range of projects. A former AFL player and bike rider Jud has...
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Gary Klarenbeck on Transition and Living with Service-related illness
Gary Klarenbeck shares his story of being an airframe technician in the Australian Air Force for 20 years. He worked on Iroquois, Hornets and F-111 around the country, before leaving Defence in 1992. Since that time he has been diagnosed with a service related illness, and shares a fascinating...
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Belinda Johnston_Intensive Care Nurse_Rwanda, Timor, Iraq
After earning her bachelor degree in Nursing, Belinda did a postgrad year in Manly hospital, before starting a colourful career in Defence. With deployments to Rwanda, East Timor (twice - Interfet and UNTAET) and in Baghdad, Belinda had found her calling in life. Working as a Nursing officer in...
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7PM_News_Timor Leste Flood Assistance
7PM News report - Michael Stone and Mark Herewini on the news in the midst of their assistance mission to Timor Leste. Private charted flight funded by a generous member of the Timor Awakening community. Good luck guys...
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Timor Awakening Podcast features interviews of some of the veteran participants who have come onto our Timor Awakening program. Each talking about their personal struggles and sharing insights of positively moving forward, capturing their valuable stories and content to share with the veteran community.Our aim it to improve the lives of veterans and their families through peer-to-peer holistic health and wellbeing programs.Interviews touch on sensitive topics such as suicide, losing loved ones, finding new purpose, transitioning out of Defence, from a variety of different perspectives.
HOSTED BY
Michael Albrecht
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