KEITH BANKS is best selling author of the books titled Gun to the Head and Drugs, Guns and Lies. Keith is also one of Queensland’s most decorated police officers with a twenty year career in the QPS. Today he is a highly regarded keynote speaker and mental health advocate.

In this episode we spoke about his role with the Police Veterans of Victoria association and work as a peer support, and also chatted about a range of topics connected to the theme of mental health and post traumatic stress including developing mental fitness before you need it, the importance of physical effort and the emergence of AI.

For more information about Keith’s work and access to his books, visit his website:

https://keithbanks.com.au/

THIS PODCAST

This podcast was intended to give insights into the lives of front line workers who have walked the miles and carried the weight of the past with them. Through their stories we hope to be able to positively influence others from all walks of life who are also dealing with post traumatic stress.

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DALE WEIGHTMAN, aka Zulu, was a long serving member of the Queensland Police Service. He worked in uniform for a short time, then embarked on a remarkable career in criminal intelligence, undercover, and special operations.

In this discussion with George, Zulu speaks about his career which began in the mid 1970s, his various postings, stories of operations he was involved in, and gives his experience and thoughts about how front line workers can deal with the weight of post traumatic stress.

Thanks for your service Zulu.

THIS PODCAST

This podcast was intended to give insights into the lives of front line workers who have walked the miles and carried the weight of the past with them. Through their stories we hope to be able to positively influence others from all walks of life who are also dealing with post traumatic stress.

Please share this.

MADE POSSIBLE BY ..

This podcast is made possible by the BE THE VOICE Book which is used to fund this work. Details can be found on amazon:

Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0645718211/

USA - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0645718211/

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0645718211/

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The music on this podcast is used under license from Artlist - License Number 248442

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#bethevoice #ptsd #posttrauma #posttraumaticsrress #criticalincident #mentalhealth

DON MCKAY has been a police officer for many years and is a close friend with whom George worked back in his special operations days. In this episode Don talks about his experience surviving cancer, specifically Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

The discussion, which took place in 2021 evolved around a range of related topics such as going through chemotherapy, maintaining a positive attitude and healthy mindset, diet, fasting, resilience, and getting back into connection with people at a time when his appearance had changed drastically.

There are many lessons for all of us in this podcast about life and how we approach it, even if we aren’t going through a similar experience.

BE THE VOICE Book Details can be found on amazon:

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CASSANDRA ALEXANDER RN (aka Cassie) is a nurse. She spent ten years of her career working in a burns ward of a US hospital, loving her job and the tough but important role of caring for burns victims.

Then we were all struck by the COVID19 pandemic in 2020. So Cassie took her skills working in what are referred to as isolation wards, to become a COVID ward nurse. That’s when things changed.

So in 2021 she wrote about her experience in a book titled YEAR OF THE NURSE which is as she calls it, a 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Memoir.

In this episode, George chatted with Cassie and talked about her experiences in the ward, dealing with the hospitalised victims of COVID19, mis-understandings out there about masks and vaccinations, nurses coping with stress and PTSD.

It is a super interesting story that will surely awaken you and give you a much greater appreciation of the tough role nurses have to perform.

REMEMBER, if you are experiencing signs and symptoms of PTSD, remember to speak up and get help.

FOR MORE INFORMATION about Cassie and all of her books can be found on the Amazon website here - https://www.amazon.com/Cassie-Alexander/e/B007A2R4P0

BE THE VOICE Book Details can be found on amazon:

Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0645718211/

USA - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0645718211/

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0645718211/

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#bethevoice #ptsd #posttrauma #criticalincident #mentalhealth #georgeleesye #cassandraalexander #yearofthenurse

GEORGE LEE SYE is host of the Be The Voice podcast. In this very first, and short episode he explains what the intention of this podcast the the book of the same name is about and why each has been named Be The Voice.

Please leave comments as you see fit, we’d love to get your feedback.

FOR MORE INFORMATION about George you can visit his web site of the same name - https://georgeleesye.com/

BE THE VOICE Book Details can be found on amazon:

Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0645718211/

USA - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0645718211/

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0645718211/

AUDIO

The music on this podcast is used under license from Artlist - License Number 248442

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#bethevoice #ptsd #posttrauma #criticalincident #mentalhealth #georgeleesye