Episode 22 – Simone Eyssens Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast Series podcast

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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 […]…

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Episode 44 – Sarah Vizer – Part 4 of 5 “Your Medical Maze” 1:05:17

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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 […]…

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Episode 43 – Sarah Vizer – Part 3 of 5 “Grief, Dark Days, and Keeping Hope Alive” 46:54

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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 […]…

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Episode 42 – Sarah Vizer – Part 2 of 5 “Your New Normal” 48:45

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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 […]…

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Episode 41 – Sarah Vizer – Part 1 of 5 “Marathon of Recovery” 50:11

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Author • Executive Coach • ME/CFS Marathoner When burnout ended her 20-year corporate run, Sarah Vizer thought two weeks’ rest would fix everything. Instead, post-viral ME/CFS put her on a much longer track—one she now calls “The Marathon of Recovery.” In this opening instalment of Sarah’s five-part series (drawn from her book Too Tired to […]…

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Episode 40 – Profs Ros and Andy Gleadow 57:51

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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 […]…

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Episode 39 – Eliza Charley 52:37

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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 – […]…

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Episode 38 – Shiloh Moore 41:44

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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 […]…

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Episode 37 – Plum Stone 52:29

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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 […]…

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Episode 36 – Barry 37:17

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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 […]…

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Episode 35 – Sarah Vizer 56:42

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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 […]…

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Episode 34 – Dr Richard Schloeffel OAM 49:12

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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 […]…

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Episode 33 – Dr Tess Ryan 54:56

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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 […]…

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Episode 32 – Mark Clisby 31:28

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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 […]…

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Episode 31 – Jenny Meagher and Pete 48:26

43 weeks ago48:26