Who is Nigel Parsons?

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12/22/21 • 78 min

Nigel Parsons is public figure across rural Victoria whose voice has been heard across radio, tv, on stage and now on this podcast. Nigel is joining Lisa by becoming a guest host and sharing his love of music, story telling and community.
He has worked with Southern Cross, WIN tv, Prime and has his own media company, Square One digital media.
He is a singer, guitarist and song writer whose voice can be heard in many commercials across regional Victoria including the latest Sungold ad.
Nigel also has passion projects including his work on The Shed Show with radio and commercial personality, Craig 'Whiskers' Veysey.
He has worked with some incredibly remarkable musicians over the past 30 years in bands such as Dr Watt, Crying Out Loud and is currently the frontman for Current Stand. Current Stand was named after the hit song by Australian New Romantics 80s band, Kids in the Kitchen and Nigel's drummer is none other than Bruce Curnow from Kids in the Kitchen who runs a legendary music shop in Shepparton.
After 30 years of performing on stage, Nigel has released his own music on Spotify. Listen to his two original songs: Unite and Love, Liberty and Happiness here.
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Previous Episode

Psychosis caused by teenage stress

Tess was a popular girl at school and at 17 years old, had experienced a stress induced, near fatal psychosis that saw her hospitalised twice. Once in her final year of high school and the second and last time, a year later. Tess considers herself lucky that it never developed into a more serious illness like Schizophrenia. Her self esteem was shattered, hopes and dreams lost and social support gone. With little to no professional support or understanding available at the time, Tess and her family turned to natural therapies such as Yoga and healthy eating.
It was many years later, when Tess was studying psychology that a lecturer began to talk about psychosis and its symptoms. This is when the penny dropped. Tess was able to understand what had happened to her all those years ago and was able to begin her healing process by talking about it.
In her blog, Tess explains, "With the help of therapy, I learnt there were different types of psychosis for example, many women experience it after child birth, and it is actually very common. And is a common symptom for those with Bipolar. But the problem is – nobody talks about it. Because there is also still so much stigma around the term “psychosis” and it is still very much attached to the term “psycho” or “loony” from the old days when there were mental asylums. Which is just not what It’s like at all."
Learn more from Tess here: https://wellcreativeminds.com/
Program discussed by Tess: https://raise.org.au/

Website: https://thestrengthofus.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strengthofus/
Email: [email protected]
Educational and Supportive Links:
https://www.lifeline.org.au/
Watch: what happens when you call lifeline
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/psychosocial/foundations/Pages/types-psychosis.aspx
https://www.sane.org/information-stories/facts-and-guides/psychosis
https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-support/bipolar-disorder/

Next Episode

Keeping Cool Heads on our roads

Lisa and Nigel speak with Greater Shepparton's leading senior constable, Glenn Gibson who is also part of the local crime prevention team. One prevention that Constable Glenn is passionate about is road safety and in this episode he speaks about the Cool Heads young driver program.
Road safety is at the forefront of the minds of police and emergency services as the world is opening up. As we get back on the roads to visit family and friends, the people who protect us and care for us are praying that the road accident numbers don't spike during this season of celebration and socialising.
In 2020 the number of lives lost on Victorian roads was 211 with 159 of those being male in comparison to 52 females. A massive difference. Another major difference is how many more lives are lost on rural Victorian roads in comparison to Metropolitan.
Read more statistics here.

Educational and Supportive Links
Cool Heads young driver program.
https://www.facebook.com/eyewatchgreatershepparton
Shepparton Police
Find My Local Police Station - Victoria
The Shed Show - Luke's PV story
http://www.tac.vic.gov.au/road-safety
Beyond Blue
Lifeline
www.compassionatefriendsvictoria.org.au
https://www.grief.org.au
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/servicesandsupport/grief-support-services
Emily Quattrocchi's film about her accident and life afterwards
https://www.lifeline.org.au/
Watch: what happens when you call lifeline
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/