Stories

"Every time I write, I get to experience and learn about something new, things I probably would have never known about in my day-to-day life."

"I write because, since the country of my birth, Timor-Leste became independent in 2002, I have wanted to share the stories of how our people have survived. Such stories are still too few and far between, especially in English."

"It actually doesn't matter where or how you start, just that you do and you don't give up. What may look pathetically embarrassing one day, may make for great editable material the next day, at nothing else, it may make you laugh one day."

At 84 years old, Betty McGeever has no plans of slowing down. She’s using the time she has left to help others.

Sandy Mitchell shares how losing her dad to dementia and other people in her life while living in a small country town have impacted her so deeply.

Graham Bullock was shocked when, at the age of 65, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and only given a few year’s to live. His wife Helen, a retired nurse, became his full-time carer.

Natalie Bogoias is a Homeless Healthcare street nurse and Trish Owen is a survivor of homelessness. They discuss why people are dying on the streets, what happens to them when they do, and why society deems a homeless person’s life to be of less value than others.

Lena is a sex worker activist and trans person. In this interview she breaks down the misinformation and stereotypes around violence, death and suicide for these communities.

Lifeline WA ambassadors Leon and Adrian discuss men’s mental health, dance and haka as a medicine, and suicide prevention.