The Creating Space Project interviewed Miria and Ziggy, two young people on the Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroborree. We were travelling with the Water for Rivers convoy in outback NSW, camping in the river towns from Walgett to Menindee. The purpose

People Not Gender

Sep 25th, 2019 34m 19s

When is about people not gender? Sahra and Ruth explore patriarchy as a system of oppression that affects all genders. Far from experts on the matter, we are two psychologists sitting with self-doubt and the discomfort of critically examining

Asylum Seekers on PNG

Sep 15th, 2019 16m 12s

Trillions of dollars have been spent by the Australian government detaining asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea for six years. It would be far better governance to bring about an end to this situation. Cathy McGowan is the former Independent me

Feminism and Counselling

Aug 28th, 2019 35m 26s

The Creating Space Project is currently exploring feminist psychology and intersectionality, through asking listeners the question “What would you ask a feminist psychologist?” In this episode, Sahra O'Doherty and Ruth Nelson talk about Tanya's

Creating Space Project

Aug 28th, 2019 35m 26s

Patriarchy and mental health

Aug 3rd, 2019 36m 25s

What would you ask a feminist psychologist? Ruth Nelson and Sahra O'Doherty respond to Jess's question about the effect of patriarchy on women's mental health, and how many problems stem from inequality. "I should look good." Ruth and Sahra exp

Uncomfortable Feelings

Jul 19th, 2019 39m 17s

It’s very hard to find the words, “I have experienced this.” What brings people into counselling? The Creating Space Project talks about therapy and mental health with psychologist Sahra O’Doherty. People can spend a lot of time squishing uncom

Ballot Boxes and Witness K

May 23rd, 2019 46m 23s

“I find it very hard to accept that Australia’s national interest is about putting security listening devices of the walls of our poorest, nearest neighbour.” This is an interview about espionage, exploitation and politics. Elizabeth Biok is a

Cultivating Openness

Apr 16th, 2019 21m 43s

Cherie Heggie is wonderful. She sees the world with an openness and compassion that many of us just can’t seem to attain. She declared as a Bahá’í in 2015 and what drew her to the faith is its belief that all the major religions of the world ar

Midwifery

Apr 4th, 2019 28m 8s

Australia has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world. That is amazing and a credit to our public health system. And, of the people who give birth in Australia, one in three experience it as a traumatic event. Grace Jeffery is a s

Kai Therapy

Mar 20th, 2019 42m 21s

This is a beautiful, relaxing, bilingual conversation between guest interviewer, Gavin, professional interpreter, Sajsajee, and naturopath, Jik. Jik is a naturopath. She practices Kai Therapy. With her husband, she has established an organic c

Kayakiri

Mar 6th, 2019 30m 28s

Jaeb is a woman of vision, as well as extraordinary humility. “If I know anything, it’s that I know nothing.” When Jaeb and her husband first purchased land in central Thailand, the soil was so degraded by monocrop farming and heavy use of chem

Muck in and Help

Feb 21st, 2019 37m 39s

"Where are you getting the next lot of food?" And he just shrugged his shoulders. Ev Van Bo and her husband packed up their caravan for a trip around Australia. They thought that perhaps, on the way, they should stop to help a farmer. So they c

Art of Marine Salter

Feb 6th, 2019 38m 43s

Do you ever feel like who you are on the inside is different to the way you perform for other people on the outside? You should listen to this episode. Marine Salter did beautifully moving artwork for a journal article that I was part of, calle

Back On Country

Jan 19th, 2019 54m

Kim is a Joondoburri Salt-Water woman from Yirin, the traditional name of Bribie Island, South East Queensland. She found out at the age of 21 that she is Aboriginal. As a child, Kim's father was sent to a boys’ home to learn Western ways, his

Wisdom of a Shaman

Jan 9th, 2019 29m 38s

"I am a link between my father and my ancestors, the Incas, and knowledge formed thousands of years ago." The daughter of a Shaman, Julia has just released a book of her father's stories. Abuelito tells the tales of boyhood adventures with Edua

Appreciating Rain

Jan 1st, 2019 27m 50s

Kate is a farmer in outback NSW. She loves farming and she loves her land. Her cattle wander the paddocks in peace, in view of the Warrumbungles. "Anything that’s had a happy life is good. One bad day and that’s the day they’re on the truck."

Cattle Yards

Dec 11th, 2018 21m 37s

Kim works in town during the week and on the family farm on weekends. Her family are trying to keep some of their cattle alive during the drought. Resilience is a complicated business. It is the quality of bouncing back, surviving or thriving,

Family

Dec 3rd, 2018 13m 53s

Amid the bustle and kindness of the Baradine Country Women's Association hall, Isabelle took time away from volunteering to talk to the Creating Space Project. Isabelle’s mum, Julia, tells a story about running away to her grandmother’s house

Fourth Generation

Nov 20th, 2018 24m 29s

“I am the fourth generation of incredibly strong women.” When Julia was four years old, she was run over by the family car and pronounced dead. Somehow, she was revived and recovered from the incident without lasting harm. Julia Baird is the da

Feeding Lambs

Nov 13th, 2018 14m 35s

Ronnie volunteers at the Baradine Country Women’s Association, helping out with the Drought Pantry. In towns like Baradine, because of the drought, even places like the hairdresser's are struggling to survive. Who has money for a haircut when t

Drought Pantry

Nov 6th, 2018 26m 57s

The Baradine Country Women’s Association is 90 years old. At the moment, its hall is full of supplies and vouchers, donated from around NSW and Queensland to support farmers and to try and keep the local shops alive. Nea Worrell, part of a fa

Human Connection

Oct 31st, 2018 9m 48s

When you interview someone at the Risk and Dare youth justice conference, held in a high school, it's tough finding a quiet spot, especially when you only have 10 minutes... Elise talks about being moved by the story of two women who arrived in

Risk and Dare

Oct 27th, 2018 10m 57s

Christiane Nakhle and I are at Risk and Dare, a justice conference for young people from across Australia. She talks about homelessness, and young people being vehicles for justice. Women are the most significant proportion of homeless people

Diversity Within

Oct 15th, 2018 35m 8s

Boundaries and being other. These are concepts that interest me greatly. So there was a wonderful synchronicity to having a conversation with Celina McEwen. This is the story of the meeting of Celina’s parents, a French woman and a man from the