Do Good Tees Podcast

Okay, you're a good parent, but when it comes to gender diversity and sexuality, you don't know your Heteronormatives from your Non-Binaries. But now your kid has changed their name and wants their personal pronoun to be they and them, and you just don't get it. You're not alone. Whether this is you or you're just in the dark about gender diversity, in general, let's pay the rainbow community some respect take our fingers out our ears and learn about it for once. Massive thank you to Father and child Erin and Felix for sharing their story and Frances Arnes, the Executive Director of RainbowYOUTH for providing some fantastic insights and advice.

We explore the impacts COVID-19 is having on mental health, from the overwhelming amount of media on the topic to surviving bubble life on your own or a crowded one. We delve into detrimental effects the lockdown is having on our livelihoods and the obvious impact that has on our mental well being, and we get advice on looking after yourself, your whanau and the most vulnerable in our society. Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, Shaun Robison, and Clinical Psychologist Sam O'Sullivan, provide tools to show you a path through to come out the other end not only intact but stronger.

Stay Home, Save lives, but what if staying home Puts yours in danger? In this episode of the Do Good Tees Podcast, we look at the genuine risks of domestic abuse during a lockdown. Guests Dr Ang Jury, CEO of the Women's Refuge and Clinical Psychologist and founder of Tough Talk NZ, share there expertise so you can look after yourself your loved ones and get through. We also look at the broader social issues that have caused Aotearoa to gave the highest domestic abuse rates in the OECD.