When it comes to our friends, family and loved ones, do we know how they’re really going? As close as we might be, sometimes it’s hard to tell. In this bonus episode of our podcast ‘We need to talk’. We explore the 2021 R U OK?Day message: Are they really OK? Ask them today. We chat about when and how to ask “are you OK?” and how to make it a part of your everyday. Because a conversation could change a life.

Our guests are Sam Mac, weather presenter and R U OK? Community Ambassador, psychologist and suicidologist Ann-Maree Fardell Hartley and R U OK? Ambassador Program Manager Charlie Willbridge.

R U OK? Ambassadors Luke Antony and Jacob Ridgeway reflect on their experiences with depression and grief and the difference the support of family and friends can make. Dr Jan Orman joins us to talk about when we might need to ask R U OK? and when a conversation might become too big for friends and family alone. 

Seven-time world champion surfer and R U OK? Ambassador Layne Beachley talks about the difference a support network can make and urges us all to help people talk about their problems. R U OK? Board Member Graeme Cowan provides tips and advice to help us all Trust the Signs, Trust our Gut & Ask R U OK?