Changemaker Q&A
Changemaker Q&A is the show where we answer questions from young Aussie’s about social change, to better equip and empower you to change the world. Hosted by Tiyana Jovanovic, the founder of the Humanitarian Changemakers Network.
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116. The Future of Mental Health Is Collective Care with Justin Goodman from Project 55 (opens the original)
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What happens when millions of people need mental health support, but the formal healthcare system simply can’t keep up? This conversation explores the growing gap between mental health awareness and actual care, and why the future of wellbeing may depend less on professionals alone and more on rebuilding cultures of community support, empathy, and collective care. Drawing from his own lived experience with addiction and recovery, Justin Goodman shares how that journey eventually led him to found
115. From Child Safety to Politics: Designing Systems That Work for People with Dr Heena Cheung (opens the original)
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What would change if we designed our systems around the people who actually use them, rather than treating people as an afterthought? Dr Heena Sinha Cheung joins me to explore a people-centred approach to systems change grounded in prevention, lived experience and community knowledge. Drawing on her work across child safety, disability, responsible AI, social entrepreneurship and independent politics, Heena shares how her own experience as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse led her to establis
114. Inner Work for Outer Action: Becoming a Regenerative Changemaker with Lucy Richards (opens the original)
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What if the way we pursue social change sometimes reproduces the same cultures of urgency, extraction and endless growth we're trying to transform? Lucy Richards, Co-Founder of The Regenerative Leader, joins me to explore what regenerative leadership can teach us about creating change differently. Drawing on lessons from regenerative practice, mindfulness, nature and two decades working across mental health, social enterprise and business, Lucy introduces the five wisdoms of mind, heart, body, E
113. Beyond Punishment: Rethinking Violence, Accountability & Change with Hala Abdelnour (opens the original)
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What does it actually mean to build a nonviolent world — and can we get there through punishment, shame and dehumanisation? Hala Abdelnour, founder and CEO of the Institute of Non-Violence, joins me for a wide-ranging conversation about violence, power, accountability and what genuine transformation requires. Drawing on decades of experience across psychology, social work, family violence, addiction and work with people who use violence, Hala challenges us to move beyond simple categories of vic
112. Nonprofit Leadership, Burnout, and the Hidden Emotional Toll of the Social Sector with Anthony Silard (opens the original)
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What does it really take to lead in the nonprofit and social impact sector? Anthony Silard joins Changemaker Q&A to unpack the emotional realities of leadership in spaces built around service, care, and social mission. Drawing on decades of experience across nonprofit leadership, global education, research, and executive development, Anthony explores why leadership in the social sector is fundamentally different from leadership in more conventional settings. The conversation touches on burnout,
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