Unwell Informed

WOW already half way through season 2!! Thanks for all the love and downloads…keep it coming. Keen to introduce our next guest…Will! At 21, Will was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. What followed was a whirlwind of learning how to live a normal life with a new condition, whilst developing a fresh outlook on life. This lead Will to pursue a study abroad program in England, and work a ski season in Canada. Will speaks to deal with the challenge of adjusting from life pre-diagnosis to living with Type 1 Diabetes. However, Will has found that staying optimistic and having a ‘glass half full’ mentality has allowed the diagnosis to not hinder his life in any way.It was a pleasure to chat to Will. He has a truly remarkable story about adjusting to a new life and making the most out of everything !!

Please note that todays episode discusses eating disorders and recovery. Take care while listening.At nineteen Meli developed binge bulimia nervosa after many years of clear yet normalised indicators of disordered eating. For four years, not a single person in Meli’s life knew about what was going on until she decided to get help. Now on the other side of it, Meli will confidently say that recovery was the hardest, but best thing she’s ever done.If you or someone you love is struggling, help is avaliable. https://butterfly.org.au/get-support/helpline/ (https://butterfly.org.au/get-support/helpline/)

In 2022, Clara was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, an aggressive form of blood cancer. What followed was months of chemo, bone marrow biopsies and hospitalisation. Having never faced any health issues before, 19 year-old Clara and her family were thrown into a situation they never saw coming. While there were many mental and physical battles throughout her treatment, she felt that she has gained a newfound appreciation for life.  Now she has nearly reached 4 years of remission and is back to the life she missed so much during her treatment.

Hello Everyone!! So excited to introduce our second guest of the season…Harry Overall!!At 22, Harry spent a year battling chronic fatigue. Just as he recovered and began reclaiming lost time, he suffered a brain hemorrhage.Now 25, Harry considers himself as a lucky person. His experiences have shaped a deep belief that stories of adversity should be shared more openly—especially with younger people.A truly inspiring story of courage, resilience, and listening to your body. Thanks heaps for sharing with us Harry, we hope everyone enjoys this episode.

Hello everyone and welcome back to Season 2!! Bea and Angus are so excited to be dropping our first episode today at 5pm, and to be back in your ears every tuesday at 5pm. Introducing our first guest of the season, the wonderful Lucy Burnell!Lucy was just fourteen when she was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa — a moment that changed her life in more ways than she could have anticipated. The journey that’s followed hasn’t been linear, but by grounding herself in her values and taking things one step at a time, Lucy has worked towards recovery. She hopes that by sharing her story, she can help others feel less alone and more understood.Please note: this episode discusses eating disorders and recovery. Take care while listeningIf you or someone you love is struggling, help is available: https://butterfly.org.au/get-support/helpline/ (https://butterfly.org.au/get-support/helpline/)

When one sibling gets sick, the whole family changes. In this episode, Angus's sister, Grace, joins him to talk honestly about how his medical issues impacted her childhood, her independence, and her emotional world. It’s raw, reflective, and a reminder that illness doesn’t just affect the patient , it ripples outward. All while taking the piss out of each other, laughing through the heaviness, and proving that humour is sometimes the best survival tool.

In this episode, Angus opens up about his spinal surgery, the long road to recovery, and the moment everything changed when he was rushed to hospital with meningococcal disease. From hospital beds and hard conversations to learning how to trust his body again, this is a raw, honest look at what it’s like to face serious health scares in your early 20s — and come out the other side with a new perspective (and some bonus metal). Equal parts confronting, reflective, and darkly funny, this episode is about resilience, recovery, and keeping your sense of humour when your body tries to take you out.

In this episode, Bea reflects on life inside treatment — the long, grinding days of chemotherapy, the physical pain and quiet boredom, and the strange way time seemed to stretch and collapse all at once. She shares what it was like learning to live around appointments, side effects, and uncertainty, while still trying to hold onto humour, dignity, and pieces of normal life. This episode explores the isolation and intimacy of chemo, the small moments that carried her through, and the slow, often invisible work of endurance. It captures the reality of surviving treatment, not heroically or neatly, but honestly, and the version of herself that existed in the middle of it, when life was reduced to getting through the day.Written with AI

AFLW player Eliza McNamara joins us to talk about the moment everything stopped — breaking her back — and the long, messy road back to herself after surgery. From fear and frustration to rebuilding trust in her body, Eliza shares what recovery really looks like when your identity is tied to what your body can do. Honest, grounded, and quietly powerful — this one’s about coming back when nothing is guaranteed.

In this episode, Bea reflects on the slow, unsettling lead-up to diagnosis — the strange symptoms, the gut feeling something was wrong, and the moment life quietly split into before and after. She shares what it was like telling family and friends, navigating shock, humour, fear, and disbelief all at once, and coming to terms with a reality she never saw coming. This episode explores the emotional weight of waiting, knowing, and saying the words out loud, and the early reckoning of becoming someone living with cancer, before treatment even begins.

What’s worse than acne, puberty, and P.E. class? Try doing it all in a full-body back brace.In this episode of Unwell Informed, co-host Angus tells the story of being diagnosed with scoliosis and growing up in high school wearing a rigid back brace. From awkward changing rooms to learning how to sleep, sit, breathe, and exist like a normal teenager while being essentially wrapped in 'carbon fiber cocoon'. This episode is funny, honest, and deeply uncomfortable in the best way.Angus and Bea unpack what it really feels like to grow up with a visible condition, and how it impacts identity, and why sometimes the worst moments make the best comedy later.No inspiration . No violin music. Just real talk, bad jokes, and metal rods.

Welcome to Unwell Informed! In our very first episode, you'll meet the hosts; Angus and Bea, learn about their questionable genetics, and the family culture that treats medical trauma like dinner-table entertainment. We spill the origin story of how this podcast came to be a sort of “screw it, let’s start a podcast” moment. This episode sets the vibe for the entire series: honest, unfiltered, weirdly comforting, and aggressively unserious about serious stuff.In this episode:• Cousins with matching medical PTSD• Trauma but make it sitcom• Why humour is basically our life support• How to trust your body when it’s historically betrayed you• Our mission: keep you unwell informed every TuesdayIf laughter is the best medicine, consider this your very dodgy prescription.Hit play, send us your chaotic medical stories, and let’s kick off Body Talks, our first series all about listening to your body, backing yourself, and embracing the absurdity of being alive.Sign-off guarantee: no inspirational violins, just a lot of honesty, sarcasm, and one back brace too many.