Your Story

Would you like to share your experiences with other consumers and carers? Your lived experienced is valuable and may provide support or guidance to others who are experiencing mental illness, as a consumer, their families, carers or someone working in the mental health sector.

This is an opportunity to share your story, as you have experienced it, in your voice.

If you would like to submit your story, please fill out the Your Story submission form.

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2024 Equally Well Forum Summary – Day 2

Lived experience was centre stage at the 2024 Equally Well Forum where innovation and impact for improving the wellbeing of people living with mental illness have been celebrated in the 2024 Equally...

2024 Equally Well Forum Summary – Day 1

Lived experience was centre stage at the 2024 Equally Well Forum where innovation and impact for improving the wellbeing of people living with mental illness have been celebrated in the 2024 Equally...

Equally Well Awards recognise achievements in mental and physical health

Lived experience was centre stage at the 2024 Equally Well Forum where innovation and impact for improving the wellbeing of people living with mental illness have been celebrated in the 2024 Equally...

Introducing our 2024 Equally Well Forum event correspondent

In 2024 Dr Justin Chapman who brings his research and lived experience perspectives, will be joining us as our event correspondent. With the good humour and expert knowledge of the field, Justin will...

David’s 5 Step program to being Equally Well

Equally Well Ambassador David Everitt is taking the Equally Well mission out to his veteran’s community and changing lives. David Everitt didn’t realise it at the time, but a mental breakdown in his...

Equally Well shares in over $5 million for research to improve physical health of people living with mental illness

Three research teams will share in over $5.1 million in targeted funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to investigate ways to improve the physical health of people with...

Equally Well Awards recognise achievements in mental and physical health

Follow the full program, speaker notes and abstracts on the Equally Well 2023 Symposium Website or follow the event on Twitter #EquallyWell2023 To read more news and happening from the event follow...

New resources address the longevity gap for people living with mental illness

Follow the full program, speaker notes and abstracts on the Equally Well 2023 Symposium Website or follow the event on Twitter #EquallyWell2023 To read more news and happening from the event follow...

Day 1 Highlights from the Equally Well Symposium 2023

Follow the full program, speaker notes and abstracts on the Equally Well 2023 Symposium Website or follow the event on Twitter #EquallyWell2023 To read more news and happening from the event follow...