MK Spot: Recent Episodes
Network Committee
A place for Missionary Kids to be heard and understood as they share about the woes, dramas, and blessings of their lives.
This week we talk about spiritual health and how to love God without going insane or burning out.
This episode we talk about abuse and how it can affect MK's, how to spot it and what to do.
Lifeline - if you or someone you know is feeling suicidal lifeline are experts in helping you with that call on 13 11 14 or web https://www.lifeline.org.au for 24/7 anonymous support
1800RESPECT - are a support organisation for people suffering abuse they offer 24/7 support on 1800737732 or https://www.1800respect.org.au and also have a huge amount of great resources for all kinds of people. They also run
Daisy - an app to help you find local services in your area to help abuse victims, including short term accommodation and long term stuff too, search daisy on the app store or google play
Headspace - are a free counselling service for people under 25, they have a bunch of physical locations and online resources find them at https://headspace.org.au
FACS - Family And Community Services is the government body responsible for abuse in New South Wales they're on https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au they have a bunch of good resource's including;
The child protection hotline - 132111 is open 24/7 to report abuse against children and young people, including you or your friends
https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/Protecting-kids/reporting-child-at-risk/harm-and-neglect/chapters/signs-of-abuse - is a helpful list of signs of abuse
however the mandatory reporting guide they created that Joel mentions in this episode is no longer available to the public, they recommend you use the above link to help look for signs of abuse and report on 132111 instead
We talk about performance, performativity and being authentic, we also hear from Sarah an MK from Vanuatu, and her experiences.
Evangeline runs us though some helpful tips about transitioning in a tricky time. We also hear from Ardi, an MK who recently transitioned back to Victoria.
This episode we take a look at metal health; what it is, how it applies to MK's, and how to get help. Join us as we talk about our mental health journeys and interview Lillian a social work student and MK who grew up in Nepal. Also Joel talks about how he's not very organised as he finishes editing this episode a month late.
This episode we talk about grief and the different ways it can show up in our lives, especially through transition, and some ways of managing it. We also interview Ali an MK from Nepal about her experiences.
Tigers and Liam and stick insects, oh my. This episode we talk about two archetypal methods MKs use to deal with their different-ness in conversations and friendships, and their advantages and disadvantages. This episode features Liam, who grew up in Taiwan.
In our first ever episode, "adult" MKs (missionary kids) Joel and Evangeline talk about good goodbyes. Later, we interview Rhianna, an MK from Japan, about her experiences with transitions and farewells.