Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast Series

Emerge Australia Imagine Podcast Series

In the podcast, we will delve into various aspects related to ME/CFS and Long Covid. From discussing the challenges faced by individuals with these conditions to exploring potential solutions, we aim to provide hope and support to our listeners.

Episodes

May 11, 2025 52 mins
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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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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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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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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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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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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May 6, 2025 52 mins
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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March 15, 2025 41 mins
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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March 14, 2025 52 mins
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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March 12, 2025 37 mins
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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March 12, 2025 56 mins
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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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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March 9, 2025 54 mins
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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August 22, 2024 31 mins
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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August 15, 2024 48 mins
This podcast highlights the heart in the carer relationship: this week we bring you CEO Anne Wilson’s very special conversation with Jenny Meagher and her husband and carer, Pete. Jenny lives with ME/CFS and she and her husband, Pete both care for their adult daughter, also living with ME/CFS. Emerge Australia is proud to be collaborating with Merri Health who lead […]
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August 8, 2024 10 mins
This week we bring you Tori Sommer’s insightful presentation from our recent Round Table at Parliament House in Canberra. Tori, a chiropractor, is carer for her husband, GP Dr Stephen Sommer. In this podcast, she shares how she found solace and support throughout what has been a long journey, with many difficult and isolating years […]
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August 1, 2024 48 mins
Don’t miss this incredible episode – a deeply moving conversation with primary school teacher Lynne Harris, mother and full-time carer of her son with Severe ME/CFS and Emerge Australia CEO, Anne Wilson. Emerge Australia is proud to be collaborating with Merri Health who lead Carer Gateway in Victoria – a free support service funded by […]
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July 25, 2024 31 mins
Kate Baychek’s moving conversation with CEO, Anne Wilson provides a touching and powerful glimpse into the reality of ME/CFS for loved ones, is so very touching and powerful. Kate is a carer for her bedbound adult child with ME. She’s also a registered nurse who has worked in the public hospital system over 35 years. In this poignant […]
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July 18, 2024 46 mins
Today we bring you Episode 1 in Season #5 of our podcasts with a focus on Carer.  In this episode, Anne Wilson hosts an enlightening conversation with Carer Gateway State Manager, Heleni Bagiartakis – a passionate community services leader shaping transformational change for current and future generations, especially in diverse communities.  Emerge Australia is proud […]
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May 12, 2024 10 mins
We are delighted to share Emerge Australia Ambassador Bloom with her rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine to open and close our podcasts.
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