On this episode Im joined by author, entrepreneur, winner of the TV show Survivor and of course former SAS officer Mark Wales, and award winning Channel 9 journalist and news presenter, who’s covered some of Australia’s and the worlds biggest news stories and has certainly experienced more than his fair share of war zones, Brett McLeod, to go Behind the Mask of War stories.

This episode includes:

-The war zones they’ve served in and reported from.

-Mark shares the sexual assault he experienced as a young boy.

-Brett shares the harrowing experience of witnessing the death toll of Thailand Tsunami.

-Mark witnessing his first fellow soldier dying.

-Brett reporting on the Today Show, rom Israel while a missile explosion happens directly above him.

-Mark opens up on why he became he was inspired to join the SAS.

-Brett discusses his very first hand experience of the ‘Red Shirt’ uprising in Thailand.

-The conflict in Afghanistan that led to Mark’s PTSD.

-Brett shares what it was like loosing his parents at such a young age and how that shaped his life.

-Mark shares his response to sound and silence since coming home from war.

-Brett shares how his family deals with the dangerous nature of what he does.

-Mark shares why he chose to write so candidly about his War experiences in his memoir SURVIVOR.

-Brett shares thoughts on Gaza and Israel.

-They both share what war has taught them about life.

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For centuries possibly even millennia, cultures have used psychedelics and plant medicines such as psilocybin (mushrooms), ayahuasca, wachuma and more to heal deep trauma and to awaken themselves to altered states of consciousness, and expand their sense of spirituality. In July of 2023 The Therapeutic Goods Administration here in Australia, permitted the use of psilocybin for the treatment of certain mental health conditions. The beginning of what feels like a shift in the way both the health system and society view tryptamine’s for therapy. On this episode I’m joined by Dr Prash a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychedeliciatrist and Shaman Michael Gueron, to go behind the mask of plant medicine and psychedelics.

On this episode we explore:

What psychedelics are and the difference between them.

The difference between the therapeutic experience and the ceremonial experience.

How it can help people suffering with anxiety and depression and a host of other traumas.

The necessity for cleansing before, intention during, and integration after any experience.

Prash explains what happens to the mind during a psilocybin experience and how it helps us to see our own minds more clearly.

Michael shares how Ayahuasca and Wachuma help to take people out of the head and into the heart.

How to work through fears approaching an experience.

Why purging is necessary during big plant medicine experiences.

Josh shares his psychedelic experiences.

We discuss the future of these medicines in mainstream and the concerns in the space.

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Pablo Picasso once said “The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away” However, whether it’s due to a lack opportunity, financial and family pressures, or simply conditioning, many people don’t find their gift or follow the path of their soul’s purpose. They stick to the status quo and continue on the treadmill of the daily grind. But what really is purpose and what’s stopping us pursuing it? What limiting factors are bubbling away behind our masks? On this week episode Im joined by founder of EQ Wellness, Mia Cream and former AFL footballer, media personality and founder of Alexa Collective Luke Darcy founder to discuss building business on passion, purpose with a sprinkle of spirituality.

On this episode we explore:

-What ‘purpose’ means to them

-How to take the right (and wrong) risks.

-Mia’s experience of burnout and how it changed the whole course of her life.

-The importance of intuition and how to follow it.

-The power of manifestation.

-Luke shares why he’s not a fan of critics.

-The importance of failure and regrets.

-Getting your ducks in a row and how.

-Putting in the hard yards.

-The profound role meditation has played in their journeys.

It’s a brilliant episode for anyone who has ever or dreams of building their own business.

Keep up to date with Mia @miacrema_ @eq_wellbeing & Luke @lukedarcy14 @aleda.collective

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On this week’s episode, Josh is joined Bryony Cole, the founder of the ‘S3X Tech School’, the host of the ‘Future of S3X’ podcast, who’s has been featured in Vogue, Wired and The New York Times and, Eleanor Hadley, a certified s3x educator, coach, writer and speaker who is all about elevating our intimacy, dating differently, lust & libido, pleasure & desire menus, and tongue tactics.

In this episode we explore:

-What s3x technology is and the s3x tech school and how Bryony found her way into this very niche area.

-Eleanor’s journey into s3x coaching.

-The s3x cake analogy.

-How sexual suppression in our younger years leads to stigmas and shame stories around s3x.

-Josh gets schooled on the wonders of lube, and why many men need to change their relationship with it.

-Falling in love with AI, is it possible?

-The future of dating apps.

-Dating tips for couples and those entering into relationships.

-Different strategies for dirty talk.

-Oral tips for absolutely everyone.

-Why scheduling intimacy is more s3xy for parents than it sounds.

-Why men should explore anl.

and much much more….

Keep up to date with Eleanor @eleanorhadley & Bryony @bryonycole @futureofsex &@sextechschool

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On this weeks episode, Im joined by Social Justice Lawyer and the head of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations at Melbourne City Mission, Shorna Moore, and multi-award winning international speaker Elvis Martin to go behind the mask of the Youth Homelessness Crisis in Australia.

In this episode we explore:

-How the current system is not set up to support the 40,000 homeless youths we now have in Australia.

-The difference between youth and adult homelessness.

-The main reasons young people experience homelessness.

-The discrimination young people are facing.

-What inspired Shorna’s career choice and the work she does at Melbourne City Mission.

-What dangers homeless youth are currently experiencing.

-Why the National Campaign ‘Home Time’ is needed to positively impact their lives.

-Elvis shares his harrowing yet inspiring story of being cut off by his family overseas at age 17, after he came out to them, which ultimately led to homelessness and serious mental health struggles ,resulting in him trying to take his life not once but 33 times in an 18 month period.

-Shorna shares her own experiences of overcoming family violence.

-How Elvis turned his life around, and who inspired the change within him and his advice to young people experiencing hardship.

Keep up to date with Shorna @shornamoore & @melbcitymission and Elvis @elvismartin_official

Learn more about Home Time https://www.hometime.org.au/

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In this season 3 opener, Josh is joined by founder of Spinal Energetics, Dr Sarah Jan Perri and Yoga Teacher/Kirtanist Heidi Mellican to go behind the mask of somatic and sound healing.

In this episode we explore:

-What somatic and sound healing actually is.

-What Spinal Energetics and Kirtan are.

-The healing is a two way street, but ultimately we are responsible for our own healing.

-The power of mantra and frequency.

-How the Sanskrit language vibrates in the body and chakra system.

-That energy is everywhere and everything whether we acknowledge it, believe it, can see it, or not.

-Why the body so involuntarily shakes and moves during the non touch therapy of Spinal Energetics.

-Entering into the quantum field during meditation and Spinal Energetics.

-What the mantra AUM actually means.

-The 4th state of consciousness where all sense of separateness disappears,

-Heidi sings her favourite mantra for us.

-Overcoming the inevitable haters.

-Why so many ancient healing practices like breath-work, sound, somatics etc are resurfacing in the mainstream in this particular time in the world.

-They both share the crucible crisis moments that led them not only to their own healing, but to becoming healers.

-The importance of creating safe healing spaces that enable clients to fully surrender.

-The power of Yin Yoga

Keep up to date with Dr Sarah Jane @drsarahjanechiro @spinalenergetics and Heidi @heidimellican

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Recently the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation celebrated a week of woman with ‘March Forward - Allies In Action’ as a part of International Women’s Day. The Behind The Mask podcast was invited to take the show on the road for a special bonus episode at their home base, the ‘Mission, Whitten Oval’. In this episode Josh was joined by Western Bulldogs senior coaches Tamara Hyatt, Luke Beveridge, and for the first time a studio audience. to go behind the mask of gender equity and allyship from men, in our beloved game of footy.

In this episode we discuss:

-Leading as coaches with authenticity and vulnerability.

-The recent sexist comments Marty Sheargold made on Triple M.

-How to positively elevate AFLW by looking at what soccer has done.

-Whether the AFLW has expanded too quickly.

-Toxic Masculinity vs An ‘Evolved’ Man.

-The conversations men and women aren’t having.

-The disconnect between the men and women’s games based on the 2024 AFLPA “Insights & Impact” report.

-Men’s suicide and mental health issues.

-There mental health strategies.

-Why Bevo questioned his coaching mortality.

-How grass roots men’s and women’s teams can create more connection.

-The male advocates they’d like to see in the women’s game.

Keep up to date on socials with the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation @wbfcfoundation, AFLW team @bulldogsw & AFL team @westernbulldogs

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Death is often considered a morbid and taboo topic, socialised silence teaches us to avoid speaking about it, to cast it in the shadows, to hide it away until we’re ultimately faced with it’s inevitable presence. But if death is the culminating adventure of the adventure of life, how can we best approach that final instalment and how does the idea of death help us to live life more fully in the now.

This episode features Death Doula and Buddhist Chaplain, Annie Whitlocke who has sat supportively and compassionately with those nearing death for 14 years, and the Executive Director of Social Health Australia and the founder of the Green Burial Council in the USA, Joe Sehee.

In this episode we discuss:

-The role of Social Health Australia is for the ill, dying and grieving,

-What spiritual or community companioning is and what it looks like.

-The fear of loneliness, the unknown and dying alone.

-Why we need community in death and how we’ve lost that.

-The role of a death doula, or elder.

-Some of the more emotional experiences she has faced.

-That death needs to be done slowly and sacredly.

-Wisdom on grieving and how we can lean into grief.

-The beauty, spirituality and importance of green burial sites.

-Emotional boundaries and keeping the heart open.

And…

-Josh and Annie share the definitions of love and how death opens one up to love more.

-Joe shares his near death experiences.

-Annie discusses her successful suicide attempt.

-Annie shares her experiences of miscarriage and how that has motivated her.

-Non religious or non theistic work in death and dying.

-Ram Dass’ spiritual companioning work in the documentary Fierce Grace.

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