Corporal James Overall served as an Australian Army medic for a decade, deploying overseas on multiple occasions, including to Afghanistan in 2015. He was instrumental in 6 mass casualty events, as a highly skilled trauma care provider and auxiliary security force member, awarded the United States Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (NAM) for his outstanding service.

Frequently under immense pressure to perform in life or death situations, Jimmy didn't have the awareness to recognise the trauma he was internalising or the ability to process it.

Suppressing his emotions and soldiering on seemed to work, until it all caught up with him, manifesting in symptoms that couldn't be ignored.

• No longer able to meet his own expectations as a serviceman, he discharged and became a paramedic.

  Then in 2021, Jimmy and his wife lost their baby boy Luke at birth, a tragedy that broke their hearts and left him numb.

  He reached a crossroads and made the choice to finally open up and lean on others for help, allowing him to grow into the husband and father he is today, a man worthy of his own respect.

  
  

  This is James Overall...

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• Gambling’s been baked into Australian culture for generations.
  Having a punt with your mates is as normalised today as a beer and schnitty at the pub, but for a lot of young men in particular, it quickly grows into a monster that destroys lives.

  Australians lose around $32 billion every year gambling, making us the biggest losers in the world, and the fastest-growing part of that is online sports betting.

  Research shows that among Australians aged 18 to 34 who gamble online, more than 80% are at risk of harm, and about one in four are already in the high-risk category.

  Mark started betting as a teenager and spent more than a decade trapped in the cycle of chasing his losses, lying to the people he loved, and slowly losing himself, almost costing him everything.

  Now six years free from gambling, Mark’s fighting for systemic change to help others escape harm from this insidious industry.

  This is Mark Kempster...

On the cusp for a decade, but never quite making the big time in professional surfing, Cooper's life was destined to go down another path.

After seeing his sister lose multiple friends to suicide and facing his own challenges, he educated himself on mental health and founded The Good Human Factory to connect people with simple tools to improve their wellbeing.

It took off, and has since grown into countless nationwide workshops for schools and business, the popular podcast Good Humans, and an online community called The 1% Good Club that inspired Cooper’s recently published debut book.

This is Cooper Chapman...

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The Good Human Factory:

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