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Rhea Mercado
Welcome to The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast where we celebrate good humans. Hosted by Rhea Mercado, Healthcare Humanist, Speaker and Author.
Rhea chats with friends and colleagues as they drop some truth bombs, share stories, chat about their experiences, reflect on their personal journeys and muse about creating businesses where every human is supported. They talk about their personal rebellions, about challenging norms and celebrating compassion, optimism, imagination and humanity. Candid and thought-provoking, the chats quickly evolve and emerge into discussions about our lives, health, ethics, being wrong, fun, failures and the goodness in humanity. WARNING: There are profanities, fart jokes and major gaffes. Some topics discussed could be triggering to some, so please use your own discretion.
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The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man, and Executive Producer is Wills.
Copyright 2022 Rhea Mercado ®.
Acknowledgement of Country: Rhea Mercado and the team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging.
Ten Minutes With... Bernadine Euers
Find Bernadine Euers: Linkedin | ASORC | Find a Rehabilitation Counsellor
ASORC at 50: Bernadine Euers on What Rehabilitation Counsellors Do
Rhea marks this 50th episode of the Intelligent Rebellion Podcast “Ten Minutes With” by speaking with Bernadine Euers, CEO of Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors (ASORC), which is celebrating its 50-year anniversary after starting in 1976.
They discuss ASORC’s recent first major face-to-face conference in about 10 years, acknowledging emcee Liz Wright, Aunty Norma’s Welcome to Country, and contributions from directors, fellows, members, and speakers.
Rhea notes Rehabilitation Counsellors are underutilised and poorly understood in workers compensation and personal injury, prompting Bernadine to explain that the work is “deep,” treating the whole person, coordinating across professionals and systems (including justice and education), and aiming to become unnecessary once clients regain participation.
Bernadine highlights ongoing learning, ASORC’s “find a Rehabilitation Counsellor” website tool, and her inclusion-focused background.
00:00 Open Banter
00:44 Episode 50 Milestone
01:16 Meet Bernadine and ASORC
02:15 Conference Highlights
03:36 What Rehab Counsellors Do
03:52 Why They're Underused
04:46 Deep Whole Person Work
07:10 How to Find One
08:12 Bernie's Inclusion Journey
10:35 Wrap Up and Thanks
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
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The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Ten Minutes With... Mat Seeto
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Mat Seeto on Trauma-Informed Factual Investigations in Workers Compensation
Rhea interviews Mat Seeto, CEO of Clarity Workplace Solutions, recounting how they first met at CrossFit Blacktown before discussing Mat’s career evolution across 21 years in workers compensation.
Mat outlines roles in claims and self-insurance at NSW Police Force, Wesfarmers and Westpac (including some Asia Pacific claim exposure), a period in rehab with Konekt, a career break to help establish his wife’s CrossFit gym, then a return to NSW Police before moving into investigation services and eventually becoming CEO of Clarity about four years ago.
He challenges stereotypes of investigations as surveillance, noting surveillance is under 10% of their work, with most being factual investigations. Mat explains Clarity’s person-centered, trauma-informed approach to gather a claimant’s version of events to support decision-makers, improve claimant engagement, and aid return to work, and suggests simple language for explaining referrals.
00:00 Hello
00:28 Meet Mat Seeto
01:18 CrossFit First Impression
02:36 Career Journey Recap
05:08 Investigations Misconceptions
06:37 Trauma Informed Approach
09:27 Positive Early Interactions
10:59 30 Second Referral Script
11:43 Wrap Up And Thanks
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Ten Minutes With... Eva Lai
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Eva’s “Citizen of the World” Story: From Greece to Argentina to Australia (and Rome)
Instead of recording this episode in-person, Rhea and Eva chat on a Friday afternoon as Eva prepares for a weekend in Murwillumbah and Rhea records from her car in Sydney.
In a playful intro, Eva describes herself as a travel-loving “citizen of the world,” then explains her diverse background: Greek parents, maternal grandparents migrating to Buenos Aires, Eva born in Argentina, and the family moving to Australia when she was two, where she grew up in Melbourne.
Eva later lived in Rome for four years, working in retail and currency exchange before roles at PWC doing legal translating and research, aiming for the Australian Embassy. She recounts persistently following up for years, being offered a role, then turning it down due to missing her family.
Eva talks about stumbling into workers compensation and using it as a vehicle to fulfill her passion for helping others.
00:00 Friday Catch Up
00:10 Weekend Away Plans
00:58 Remote Recording Setup
01:30 Intro
02:08 Citizen Of The World
02:34 Family Migration Story
04:36 Life In Rome
05:37 Embassy Dream And Regret
07:24 Sliding Doors Scenario
08:19 Finding Purpose Helping People
09:38 Wrap Up And Goodbye
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Find Anjelo Ratnachandra: Linkedin | Beyond Pain |
In 2023, we recorded a conversation with Anjelo Ratnachandra "The Intelligent Rebellion" podcast, and its message is more relevant now than ever. This is the 10min version of that conversation. Listen to the full episode
Host Rhea Mercado interviews physiotherapist Anjelo Ratnachandra, founder of Beyond Pain, about treating chronic pain and illness through a biopsychosocial lens.
Anjelo shares his 20-year background across chronic pain, fatigue, mental health, long COVID, and counselling, plus lived experience after a collapsed lung and a Molotov cocktail attack that led to burns and chronic pain; despite medical doubts, he later trekked to Everest Base Camp, influenced by a Buddhist philosophy and a commitment to “walk the talk.”
Rhea and Anjelo discuss why identical pathologies can recover differently, how guidelines are guardrails with necessary grey areas, and why education, empathy, and client-centered interdisciplinary teamwork can outperform routine hands-on care. They address overtreatment, dependency/learned helplessness, outcome measurement, self-management, and how to raise sex and intimacy concerns in assessment.
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00:00 Meet Anjelo Ratnachandra
00:13 Physio Career Path
00:48 Pain Clinic Lessons
01:14 Molotov Attack Story
01:55 Everest Base Camp Goal
02:49 Mindset and Upbringing
03:39 Biopsychosocial Rehab
04:50 Education Over Hands On
06:02 Clinician to Patient Insights
07:25 Industry Gaps and Overtreatment
09:07 Intimacy and Chronic Pain
11:08 How to Ask the Taboo
11:36 Advice for New Clinicians
12:34 Where to Find Ange
12:50 Final Takeaways
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The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties..
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Ten Minutes With... Rebecca Harris
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Rhea interviews Rebecca Harris, Acting CEO of WorkCover WA for a short chat about her background and approach to diversity and inclusion.
Rebecca describes herself as a career public servant and educator who became passionate about workers compensation, injury management, and return to work, and she also shares her love of dance and her on-stage “Thunderstruck” entrance.
She recounts starting engineering at 17and moving into maths teaching to bring a different style as she rarely saw role models who looked like her. Rebecca discusses being the only culturally and linguistically diverse student in her engineering cohort and how that shaped her leadership.
At WorkCover WA she partnered with the Red Cross to recruit highly skilled Ukrainian refugees, and she urges leaders to turn diversity into impact through culturally informed leadership that amplifies historically disadvantaged voices.
00:00 Intro
00:43 Who is Rebecca Harris?
01:40 Dance and Thunderstruck
03:15 Math Teacher Origins
03:43 Engineering to Teaching Story
05:34 Diversity and Representation
08:15 Hiring in partnership with the Red Cross at WorkCover WA
11:11 Leading Inclusion for Impact
12:55 Wrap Up and Thanks
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Ten Minutes With... Denise Fishlock
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Rhea interviews Denise Fishlock, a specialised insurance manager with 36 years in workers compensation, who began as a Dedicated Claims Officer at Fairfield Council in 1990, studied an MBA and OHS certificates, and built a national perspective through roles with large employers.
Denise shares personal background and discusses being at a crossroads after leaving a high-pressure role at Woolworths at the end of March 2026. During a three-month break she travelled to Vietnam, spent time with family in Queensland, reconnected locally, read Atomic Habits, and focused on health, including 10 Parkruns and planning leg surgery. She reflects on perfectionism and advises younger workers to pursue better life balance, prioritising exercise, health, and kindness while adjusting to a changed sense of identity after work.
00:00 Welcome and Introductions
00:27 Denise Career Journey
02:27 Leaving Woolworths Reset
04:11 Finding Fun and Balance
05:12 Health Habits and Parkrun
06:17 Advice to Younger Self
07:19 Perfectionism and Identity
08:36 Prioritising Self Care
10:01 Wrap Up and Goodbye
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Ten Minutes With... Rhea Mercado
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Rhea records a solo episode reflecting on May 2026, when she travelled across regional New South Wales on a StateCover Mutual roadshow representing It Pays to Care, running morning workshops for local government injury management, WHS, and HR professionals.
She describes how work travel often means only seeing airports, hotels, and venues, and shares her control-focused routines, in-flight listening habits, and ability to nap and wake for snacks.
Highlights include dinners with the roadshow crew, visiting Coffs Harbour’s Big Banana with rehabber Claire, eating at Alfio’s in Orange, and a five-hour drive to Tamworth with Clayton Waters.
In Tamworth she learns about Combined Driving Events and notes a presentation masterclass by Peter Bell and Natalie Salameh.
00:00 Back from the Road
01:03 Travel Routine and Control
01:33 Flying Habits and Snacks
02:39 Regional Dinners and Big Bananas
03:55 Pizza on Pineapple Debate
04:26 Fog Delays and Tamworth Dash
05:50 Road Trip with Clayton
07:56 Tamworth CDE Discovery
09:39 Making Boring Awards Engaging
11:10 What May Taught Me
12:39 Final Thanks and Sign Off
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Ten Minutes With... Warwick Brown
Find Warwick: Linkedin | At Work OH& S Linkedin | At Work OH&S
What is EMDR? A 10-Minute Breakdown with Psychologist Warwick In a short podcast chat,
Rhea speaks with Psychologist Warwick, who has 25 years’ experience and runs At Work OH&S, a business providing both rehab and treatment with a focus on trauma and pain management.
Warwick explains how he moved into trauma work through assisting pharmacies after hold-ups and later chronic pain work via rehab providers.
The main discussion introduces Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), described as a gold-standard trauma treatment also used for pain, using bilateral stimulation to induce a REM-like state so the brain can process “target memories” without requiring retelling.
Warwick outlines identifying a target memory and negative belief, running stimulation in sets, checking client responses, and aiming to keep the memory while removing distress; he notes it can be highly effective for some clients but isn’t suitable for everyone, so clinicians trial tolerability and may use trauma-focused CBT instead.
00:00 Intro
00:42 Meet Warwick
01:27 Why Trauma Pain
02:31 What Is EMDR
04:06 How EMDR Works
06:08 Target Memories Setup
07:16 Rhea's Skepticism
08:22 Who It Helps
09:56 Wrap Up
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Ten Minutes With... First Last
Find Jo Muirhead: Linkedin | Website | Book | The Entrepreneurial Clinician Podcast
Jo joins Rhea to share lessons from her lived experience after being diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in 2020, drawing on 30 years as a Rehabilitation Counsellor and noting how even compliant patients can be labelled non-compliant or disengaged.
She explains rehab counselling as career development, case management, and support for adjustment to disability after medical and allied health care. Jo shares five lessons she learnt along her recovery journey.
Exercise is not a panacea and may be limited by intolerance work is not always wellness and must be “good work,” as pushing through prolonged her sensitivity and distress
Pacing is principles-based and varies day to day
Adjustment is not the absence of grief or anger but the ability to function alongside them
Being unwell carries a heavy administrative workload.
She describes an identity shift away from work, a more trauma-informed, choice-based approach, and prioritising self-care, relationships, and connection.
Jo will be speaking at the upcoming ASORC conference in Sydney, Australia on 19 June 2026.
00:00 Right On Time Intro
00:18 Podcast And Cancer Story
01:58 What Rehab Counsellors Do
03:49 Five Rehab Wake Up Calls
07:51 Identity Shift After Illness
09:24 Choosing Priorities With Limited Energy
12:28 Closing Thanks And ASORC Plug
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Ten Minutes With... Tom Alder
Find Tom Alder: Linkedin | Alder Consultancy
In a 10-minute interview, Adelaide physio and rehab consultant Tom Alder explains his background in occupational health and injury management and how he recently branched out to run his own business.
He shares his origin story in workers compensation, describing initial reluctance due to the clunky system, limited communication, and delays between injury, claim acceptance, and receiving supports, which made cases feel “too hard.”
After joining CHG through a persistent friend and seeing their early intervention programs, he grew to enjoy the challenge and the opportunity to support injured people amid many stakeholders.
Tom also describes competitive sailing as an immersive “third space” for focus, adrenaline, and community, and connects sailing and physiotherapy through the concept of optimizing “setup” to achieve better outcomes.
00:00 Show Intro
00:45 Meet Tom Alder
01:43 Workers Comp Origin
04:11 Myths and Reality
06:15 Sailing as Reset
07:45 Setup Philosophy
09:44 Wrap Up and Credits
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Ten Minutes With... Allicia Tsolis
Find Allicia: Linkedin
"Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production.
Copyright (c) Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado (R)
The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
THE BIG PRINT - DISCLAIMER
The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional rehabilitation advice, injury management advice, rehabilitation advice, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
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Ten Minutes With...Mereesha Gadiagellan
Find Mereesha Gadiagellan: Linkedin | Injury Sense | InjurySense on Linkedin
Host Rhea Mercado interviews Mereesha Gadiagellan on The Intelligent Rebellion’s “Ten Minutes With” about workers compensation and injury management.
Mereesha, a neuroscience-focused occupational therapist and ARPA award winner for exceptional professional injury management advisor, discusses launching her clinical business InjurySense to address cognitive issues in claims, especially concussion and traumatic brain injury.
She explains that concussion recovery is not straightforward and can function like a system-wide capacity problem involving cognition, autonomic nervous system regulation, sleep, energy, pain, and overlapping whiplash symptoms.
Mereesha describes common signs such as fatigue, poor sleep, dizziness, light sensitivity, nausea, and concentration problems, which can progress into anxiety, stress, and depression if untreated. She notes women can have more severe and prolonged symptoms due to hormonal cycles, and urges early referral to concussion-specialist physiotherapy or occupational therapy to reduce dysregulation and claim duration.
00:00 Show Intro
00:56 Meet Mereesha
02:20 InjurySense Explained
03:13 Why Cognition Gets Missed
05:08 Real Claim Example
07:41 Concussion Symptoms 101
08:58 Women and Hormones
10:02 Frontline Tips and Wrap 11:14 Credits and Outro
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The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
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Ten Minutes With... Heath Thomas
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The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
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In 2021, we recorded a powerful conversation with James Ellis on "The Intelligent Rebellion" podcast, and its message is more relevant now than ever. This is the 10min version of that conversation.
This conversation critiques healthcare and return-to-work systems that prioritise KPIs, costs, and profit over seeing patients as people. James and Rhea discuss the ethical tension of running a for-profit healthcare business while maintaining duty of care, and draw a clear line against profit-driven decisions that extend treatment beyond what is ethically and scientifically best.
They explore intuition, when it’s reliable (deep familiarity) and when it misleads (job interviews) and connect it to evidence-based practice, arguing that hunches often spark research while science helps overcome bias, though it can be misused. James emphasises that supporting injured workers requires trust and listening, but billing models and “billable hours” push clinicians toward prescribing over listening, limiting true “hours of care.”
Despite the years that have passed, these topics remain integral to understanding and reforming our approach to healthcare and compensation. The insights shared by James continue to spark thought and drive conversations in our industry today.
We invite you to listen to this episode and reflect on how we can continue to improve our systems for all the humans within.
Listen to the full episode
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The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
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Ten Minutes With... Luke McGrath
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🔗 The Intelligent Rebellion HQ
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The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
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Ten Minutes With... Rachael Ford
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The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
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Ten Minutes With... Tanya Cambey.
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The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
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Ten Minutes With is a fast-paced micro-podcast about personal injury, workers compensation, healthcare and the humans within.
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast began as a space for long-form, human conversations about work, health, leadership, creativity, and what it means to build better systems bringing together trusted friends, collaborators, and changemakers to share real stories, challenge dominant narratives, and explore the emotional and ethical realities of modern life.
Ten Minutes With is the evolution of this work.
Made by Compo Nerds for Compo Nerds and still brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion HQ and Threesticks Productions. In each 10-minute episode, I chat with people from across the personal injury ecosystem to talk compo life, injury management, return-to-work, systems, and what’s happening on the ground.
Ten Minutes With is the evolution of this work.
Short enough to fit between meetings. Sharp enough to spark conversations.
If you’re in the industry or #CompoCurious - come on down!
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The team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging
The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, and Ten Minutes With Podcast is a Threesticks Production. Hosted and Produced by Rhea Mercado. Our Emperor of Sound, Original Music Man and Executive Producer is Wills. Copyright 2026 Threesticks Pty Ltd & Rhea Mercado®.
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Fuck it, I quit. This is a sentiment which Denver Simonsz and Rhea share. Surfing the interweb, Rhea stumbled upon Denver's LinkedIn profile and was instantly intrigued. Denver's posts and articles are a delight to read - a blend of authentic storytelling, wisdom, and introspection. Of course, you can only learn so much about a person from their online presence, so Rhea asked Denver onto the pod for a chat.
Welcome to Episode 32 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, Vanquishing Sunday Scaries with Denver Simonsz, a Registered Psychologist and board-approved supervisor.
In this episode:
- Reminiscing about the inch-thick Jobs Guide.
- The Moment when Denver realised he was burnt out.
- The sense of impending doom.
- The challenges of supervision in Psychology.
- Denver’s ideal system, personalised workflow, and valuing our professionals .
- Denver shares what he is most excited for the future of Psychology.
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In 2023, Australia became the first country in the world to legalise the use of psychedelics to treat PTSD and treatment-resistant depression. Welcome to Episode #31 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Sporulation, Psychedelics and Healthcare.
In this episode of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, I chat with Melissa Errey, founder of Sporulation Art Exhibition and healthcare professional, and Voytek Bereza, a Neuropsychopharmacist Prescriber and founder of The Transparent Company.
In this episode:
- About the Sporulation Art Exhibition (23 April 2024 to 5 May 2024)
- The role of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for mental health conditions
- Introspection, Intuition and psychedelics
- Psychedelic experiences during a trip and percolation from unconscious to the conscious mind
- Emergence of clinical research trials and harm minimisation
July 1st 2023 is when Australia became the first country in the world to legalise the use of psychedelics to treat some mental health conditions. From July 1st 2023 psychiatrists were authorised to prescribe products containing 3,4‑methylenedioxy‑methamphetamine (MDMA) or psilocybin for use in psychedelic assisted psychotherapy to treat specific mental health conditions.
MDMA may be prescribed for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psilocybin may be prescribed for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). For these specific uses, psilocybin and MDMA have been listed as Schedule 8 (Controlled Drugs) medicines in the Poisons Standard.
To be able to prescribe MDMA or psilocybin for these conditions, a psychiatrist must be an Authorised Prescriber (AP) under the TGA’s Authorised Prescriber scheme. Before seeking approval to be an AP, the psychiatrist must first obtain approval from a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC).
It was quite serendipitous that I was to meet Melissa Errey in October 2023, only three months later. It’s turns out, Melissa a health professional by day, and an artist by night was already part of a community of people from all walks of life, who were exploring and discussing the role of psychedelics in healthcare and in medicine.
Melissa Errey: Linkedin
Sporulation Exhibition: Sporulation Exhibition | Instagram | Facebook | Linkedin
Voytek Bereza: Linkedin | The Transparent Company and on Linkedin
Sporulation Events & Tickets
- EMPATHS: Integrative Psychedelic Somatic Psychotherapy
- Workshops: Psychedelic Trees, Fungi and Cacti Workshops
- Australian Psychedelic Society – Sydney Chapter Picnic
More information:
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in Australia: legal treatment options, clinical research trials and harm minimisation
- Therapeutic Goods Admistration Change to classification of psilocybin and MDMA to enable prescribing by authorised psychiatrists
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Content Warning: Before we begin, we want to let you know that this episode contains discussions about the sensitive topic of sexual abuse. Please prioritise your health and well-being, and if this is an episode you choose to skip, we’ll see you at the next one.
Welcome to episode 30 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast: Let's Talk About Sex. Our guest is Saul Isbister, President of Touching Base Inc A volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation, developed out of the need to assist people with disability and sex workers to connect with each other, focusing on access, discrimination, human rights and legal issues and the attitudinal barriers that these two marginalised communities can face.
Since episode 19 when Anjelo Ratnachandra and I touched on the subject of intimacy, sex, and chronic pain, I’ve continued to wonder and be curious about the topic of intimacy and sex, particularly in the personal injury and disability space. Healthcare professionals and rehab people are always going on about holistic care, and a biopsychosocial approach, and, a part of that is acknowledging that sexual and physical intimacy are at the core to the human experience.
In this episode, Saul and Rhea discuss:
- Touching Base Inc, its origin story, vision, mission, and values.
- What are sex work services, and how people can access the service.
- The challenges Touching Base face in achieving their mission.
- What Saul is hopeful and optimistic about.
Touching Base Inc: Website | NDIS & sex work resource | Scarlet Road Documentary
Instagram: Sexuality Education, Counselling, and Consultancy Agency @secca_org | Undressing Disability @undressingdisability
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This episode and any other episode of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast should not be taken as legal advice. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances.
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Regardless of your sentiments towards artificial intelligence technology, it is now an integral part of our daily lives. AI tools and technology are actively employed in the field of medicine and healthcare, revolutionising how professionals evaluate, diagnose, analyse, and ultimately prescribe treatments and medical interventions.
Welcome to episode 029 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast: Exploring Ethical A.I. in Healthcare. Our guest is Alison Choy Flannigan, Partner & Co-Lead at Hall & Wilcox law firm. With over 25 years of corporate, commercial and regulatory experience, Alison has specialised in advising clients in the health, aged care, disability, life sciences and community sectors.
In 2023, our host, Rhea Mercado attended the National Health Workforce Summit, in which Alison Choy Flannigan was a panel member in "Addressing Health Workforce challenges in the Digital Age: Deeper dive on Artificial Intelligence."
Regardless of your sentiments towards artificial intelligence technology, it is now an integral part of our daily lives. AI tools and technology are actively employed in the field of medicine and healthcare, revolutionising how professionals evaluate, diagnose, analyse, and ultimately prescribe treatments and medical interventions.
In this episode, Alison and Rhea discuss:
- Key ethical considerations when using AI technology and tools in the healthcare space
- Data handling, personal information, and intellectual property when using AI technology and tools
- Are AI technology and tools medical devices?
- Considerations for healthcare providers and companies when incorporating technologies like AI, devices, and apps into their organisations.
Hall & Wilcox: Linkedin | Hall & Wilcox
Alison Choy Flannigan | Linkedin | Hall & Wilcox - Alison Choy Flannigan
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Disclaimer: The contents of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances and specific needs.
This episode and any other episode of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast should not be taken as legal advice. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances.
Rhea Mercado® and Threesticks Pty Ltd hereby disclaims any and all liability to any part for any direct, indirect, implied, punitive, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the content, which is provided as is and without warranties.
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Exercise Physiology Services fall outside the scope of regulation of The National Law, rendering certain provisions of the law inapplicable to this profession. Nonetheless, every person as an individual is subject to the laws of the land.Welcome to Episode #28 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Lawyer Up! with Tyrone Walker, Special Counsel at Hunt & Hunt.
Howdy Folks, Rhea here. In late 2023, I was engaged in a Facebook forum thread. I don’t usually enjoy having nuanced discussions over social media comment sections, so I bowed out after a few exchanges. My entry point into the thread was regarding the use of the word “specialist,” and the discussion went to whether exercise physiologists were subject to The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009, which is a nationally consistent law which was passed in QLD and enacted in states and territories in 2009 and 2010. From here on I’ll just refer to it as The National Law.
One side of the discussion was that exercise physiologists were not subject to The National Law, I agreed that, yes, Exercise Physiology Services fall outside the scope of regulation of The National Law, rendering certain provisions of the law inapplicable to this profession. Nonetheless, every person as an individual is subject to the laws of the land. As I dove straight down the legal rabbit hole, I found more questions than answers, and that’s when I turned to Tyrone Walker, Special Counsel at Hunt & Hunt in NSW.
Find Tyrone Walker | Linkedin | Hunt & Hunt
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Disclaimer: The content of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances.
This episode and any other episode of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast should not be taken as legal advice. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances.
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Welcome to Episode #27 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. And the winner is…
In this episode of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, I chat with Sarena Jones, founder of the Allied Health Awards, who is also style guru as it turns out. This episode also features two winners, firstly, Taylia Reedy, winner of the Outstanding Student of the year award at the ARPA NSW Excellence in Workplace Rehabilitation Awards who shares her story about working in a rural and remote setting. Secondly, we have Allied Health Awards Dietician of the year 2023, Catherine Chong who absolutely blows my mind about nutrition and fertility.
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Find our Guests
Sarena Jones | Linkedin | Instagram @alliedhealthawards | Allied Health Awards
Taylia Reedy | Linkedin | Instagram @t_ann06 | ipar
Catherine Chong | Website | Linkedin | | Instagram | Youtube | Free Meal Plan
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For nearly two decades, the exercise physiology community has advocated for a change in the legislation to ensure fair and equitable access to healthcare services for the Australian Community.
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For more than two decades, there has been a tax imposed on the Australian community making access to some healthcare services more expensive than others. This is the Goods & Services Tax or the (GST). When this tax was introduced in Australia in July 2000 it exempted multiple healthcare services like hospitals, aged care, disability, general health and allied health services from applying GST to their services, however, other medical services including EP, music therapists, psychotherapists, counsellors and diabetes educators were not included in the exemption.
For nearly two decades, the exercise physiology community has advocated for a change in the legislation to ensure fair and equitable access to healthcare services for the Australian Community. For nearly two decades, the community have been meeting with politicians, writing letters, and signing petitions.
Rhea sat down with David Beard, an exercise physiologist, and Dr Felix Meyer a representative of Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA), the professional association for exercise physiologist to discuss why it’s so important for EP services to be GST-free, how GST-free services benefit the Australian community, and what in the world is it taking so long?
Find David Beard | Linkedin | https://www.davidbeard.co | https://www.hfrc.com.au | X / Twitter
Find Dr Felix Meyer | Linkedin | felix.meyer@essa.org.au | https://essa.org.au
Contact your local member https://www.aph.gov.au/senators_and_members/members
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Welcome to Short Stuff Sessions of the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. This Short Stuff is from Episode 010: Fail. Succeed. Grow. Repeat. with Samantha Flinn.
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In this penultimate episode of season 2, Rhea chats with Samantha Flinn. A wife, a mom and an accidental exercise physiologist. Sam shares her adventures through business ownership, motherhood and now as a workplace rehab consultant and how she made an intentional decision regarding what failure she is willing to accept and which ones she will not. Sam shares her epic failures and the tough lessons learnt along the way.
She has some nuggets of wisdom for anyone thinking about doing a career transition from clinical work to rehab consultancy. What makes this chat with Sam so fascinating is the incredible insight she has about her own identity, her personal flaws and strengths and how she has embraced all these parts of herself.
Find Samantha on Linkedin | Eating cupcakes and then running around the track.
...We had some gremlins during recording so we apologise for some of the sound quality towards the end of this episode.
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Welcome to Short Stuff Sessions of the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. This Short Stuff is from Episode 007 Exercise Physiologist Vs Physiotherapist with Nikki Lodge and Matt Hicks of Sydney West Sports Medicine.
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In this episode we chat with Nikki Lodge and Matt Hicks from Sydney West Sports Medicine. Nikki and Matt start with their healthcare origin stories and what they would be doing if not in healthcare. Rhea asks them about their thoughts on a 2020 Australia Physiotherapy Association article in which the author refers to Exercise Physiology is a “trend” and had him seeing “red” when he had “work cover and GPs stating to me that patients need exercise not physiotherapy to rehabilitate.” Read the full article here.
Nikki and Matt are on a mission to create safe spaces for both healthcare practitioners and the community to educate, empower and explore better ways to help people heal and recover. By unintentionally gathering a team of un-like minds with unique interests and skillsets and combining this with the immense resources available in their immediate area they have developed a truly multi-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation and recovery.
During the chat, Matt also muses whether allied healthcare is a consultative process or a rehabilitative process, leading to discussion about the fluidity of rehabilitation and scrapping of the unilateral fee model.
Nikki, Matt and Rhea discuss reasons why healthcare professionals hold onto their patients, wondering if it is about greed, mis-trust, lack of referral pathways, dependency on our patients or a combination of some or all of these factors.
Like all chats in The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, this discussion is emergent, ignites curiosity, raises more questions than answers, and celebrates the people and businesses which are placing humanity and ethics at the heart of their decisions.
WARNING: This episode contains profanities.
Find Nikki and Matt: Nikki on Linkedin | Matt on Linkedin |Sydney West Sport Medicine | Instagram | Facebook | Nikki dressed as a starfish | Matt wide awake at 3am
The stuff they chat about: Australian Physiotherapy Association Physiotherapy inmotion article | West HQ | One 55 Health & Fitness
Sydney Gymnastics and Aquatic Centre International Centre of Training Excellence
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Welcome to Short Stuff Sessions of the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. This Short Stuff is from episode 002 with John Mellors.
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This is John Mellors, a husband, a proud father, a tragic Brisbane Bronco’s fan, and a business development manager.
John chats with Rhea about being a verbivore, about his recent move from one organisation to another and his attempts at work/life balance. They wonder why prevention is not a priority in commercial models, the danger of prescriptive workplace wellness programs, cause and correlation and chat about big sounding words like Salutogenesis. John shares his most recent obsession and what only he could consider as being a “fun” activity.
WARNING: This episode contains profanities.
Find John Mellors: Linkedin | The Change Room | at a Brisbane Broncos' game
Stuff they chat about: Dr Adam Fraser and his book The Third Space | Podcast: Absolutely Mental with Ricky Gervais & Sam Harris | Podcast: Ian Wright’s Everyday People | Call John about blood flow restriction training.
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Acknowledgement of Country: Rhea Mercado and the team who produce the The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast acknowledge the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land on which the podcast is recorded. We are located on the land of the Dharug people. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to the Elders past, present and emerging.
Disclaimer: The content of this program / podcast is made available for entertainment purposes. The views and information expressed by the Guests of the program represents the view and opinions of the Guest and does not necessarily represent the view or opinions of Rhea Mercado® and/or Threesticks Pty Ltd. The information presented in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for any other professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment nor a substitute for guidelines, legislations, frameworks, processes or procedures. We encourage you always seek advice which meets your personal and/or professional circumstances.
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Episode #25: Evolution. A short message from Rhea Mercado, the host of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast.
A short message from Rhea about the evolution of The Intelligent Rebellion, the release of The Intelligent Rebellion Newsletter v2.0, and the direction and future of the podcast. It's all very exciting and emergent. Join us for the ride.
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Welcome to Episode 24 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Our guest is Joy Adan, a creative consultant, artist, storyteller, Mother, wife, daughter and sister.
Joy and Rhea chat about growing up in the Filipino culture, what it’s like to challenge our cultural norms, making intentional decisions, and the power of faith and stillness. Joy shares the expectations she felt being from a migrant Filo family, and the how these expectations shaped her life and decisions. That is until, about 10 years ago when Joy had a chat with her Dad, which made her question most everything she believed.
For the past 10 years, Joy has been listening to the whispers in her own heart to seek out what truly is important in her life. She has deliberately invested her time and energy into people, business and causes which make the world a better place, and has leaned into the experiences which make her heart sing.
Through both her volunteer work, and her business, Joy is using her superpowers to encourage people to sit in the stillness, to define their own version of success, and to live a life of creativity and a life of kindness.
Find Joy Adan: Linkedin | Finding Joy | Joy Adan Writes
Instagram: @findingjoyau | @joyadanwrites | Facebook: @joyadanwrites
Stuff we talk about: Gidget Foundation | The Hustle Society | @Firstsubs
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Welcome to Episode 23 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast: “The Room Where it Happens” with Hediyeh Vahdat, a health systems polymath, boundary expander, and conversationalist.
We found her! The person who is in the room where it happens (cue, Hamilton). Hediyeh is the Managing Director of Linéaire Projects, and along with her team, has the unique opportunity to work with people who can actually create change in our healthcare system. From facilitating policy and service modelling sessions, to project managing health precincts, Hediyeh and the Linéaire Projects team are using their superpowers to bust through boundaries and (literally) build an integrated system of health.
In the spirit of their initial eight-hour conversation, Hediyeh and Rhea chat about change management, strategic planning, and organisational transformation through enhancement the human experience. Hediyeh speak about sparking and expanding people's thinking, and the need to break down silos and collaborate with key partners to re-imagine and re-design our healthcare system.
Reach out to Hediyeh for all of the things, for all of the people.
Find Hediyeh Vahdat: Linkedin | Linéaire Projects | The Hediyeh Hotline is + 61 2 9096 2930 | Sitting with Rhea in the corner having an eight-hour conversation.
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Welcome to Episode 22 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Our guest is Ed Hughes, a dad, husband and rat race escapee.
Ever thought about giving up your corporate day job and living a simpler life? Ed did, and Ed - did. Ed chats about his intentional decision to escape the rat race to explore and live a life of purpose, and his plans to live in Narara Ecovillage with his family. During this episode, Ed challenges some of Rhea’s biases about ecovillages, and teaches Rhea about the foundations of sociocracy, which is a peer governance system based on consent.
Find Ed: LinkedIn | Reading books
What Ed and Rhea speak about: Narara Ecovillage | Sociocracy
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Welcome to Episode 21 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Rhea returns with a solo episode, and takes a trip back to October 2022. This is the audio version of Rhea's article "Let The Games Begin" first published in October 2022.
On 6th October 2022, icare has announced the selection of claims service providers for Workers Compensation on a Linkedin post. It’s great that icare have announced their top priority is improving outcomes for injured workers. I’m glad we cleared this up, especially for those whose top priority lay elsewhere. Improving outcomes for injured workers benefits our industry, and our society. Read the article
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Welcome to Episode 20 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Our guest is Ajit Singh Lamba, a healthcare professional, marathon runner and owner of Physiotherapy Professionals Parramatta.
Ajit chats about his work with clinical placement students, shares the hard lessons learnt after breaking some his own rules, and talks about how the fresh mind of a student could unlock the secret to happiness. Rhea and Ajit reminisce about their student days, and have a giggle about initial assessment questions.
Find Ajit Singh Lamba on LinkedIn | Facebook & Instagram @physioparramatta
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Welcome to Episode 19 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Our guest is Anjelo Ratnachandra, the best father and husband in the world, and the Founder of Beyond Pain.
Anj and Rhea chat about challenging the expectation of treatments as a physiotherapist, the difference between multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary practice, and the role of guidelines.
Rhea asks Anj about how to approach the subject of sex and intimacy with patients, which prompts Anj to give her a script for how to ask a patient about sex and intimacy.
Together they muse about ethical healthcare, outcomes focused practice, and acknowledging when our work is done.
Find Anjelo on LinkedIn | Beyond Pain
Stuff we talk about: Beyond Pain book | Seligman’s Learned Helplessness
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This is Short Stuff from Episode 6 with Brooke Archibald and Jane Gallard, two very different people united by one purpose. Since the full episode aired, Jane has gone to complete two UTA 100, and Brooke is now making waves at Aquafit.
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Meet Brooke Archibald and Jane Gallard, two very different people united by one purpose. Brooke and Jane are the dynamic duo behind the One55 Health & Fitness Centre.
During Sydney covid lockdown 2021 when other fitness centres went online with their classes, One55 went in a different direction. Brooke and Jane would jump onto social media and send messages of love and support to their tribe whilst chronicling their own COVID lockdown journey. So I was eager to speak with them about what it was like to for them during this time and how they got through it.
They chat about their internal dialogues and how they both coped through the lockdown. Jane and Brooke share their personal experiences of a Mum and the network of support needed to show your best self to the world.
They touch on the dangers of social media and self-proclaimed fitness “experts” and how Brooke and Jane’s message to their tribe is focused on wellbeing and mental well-being rather than on physical looks. The chat spirals quickly into crushing over a certain A-List celebrity, guilty pleasures and Karate side-kicks in dark alleyways.
WARNING: This episode contains profanities. (Mainly from Rhea)
Find Brooke and Jane: West HQOne 55 Health & Fitness | One55 Facebook Page | On stage teaching a Les Mills Class | Jane on the trails & Brooke at Wendy’s place
Instagram Brooke is @archibaldbrooke (no hashtags there) | Jane is @janegallard (This is a beautiful account full of nature's beauty and inspiration)
The stuff they chat about: Zero Negativity by Ant Middleton | Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey | The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young | Dirt Church Podcast | @dirtchurchradio hosted by Matt Rayment & Eugene Bingham | Wendy’s Flake Shake
Find us at: The Intelligent Rebellion | Instagram | Linkedin
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This is Short Stuff from Episode 5 with James Ellis. In this short stuff, Rhea and James chat about how confirmation bias, gut-feeling, time pressures, billable hours, and evidence-based research affect the way we hire staff, deliver services, and humanise healthcare. Since the full episode aired, James has continued to sail, every.single.day. ⛵
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This is James Ellis, a husband, a father, a man who loves to sail and a man with a Plan B. This episode started as a chat about Prof. Henry Mintzberg and the healthcare mythology, humanising workers compensation and evolved into an emergent discussion about humble enquiry, being wrong, doing better science, intuition and TWOGS.
Find James Ellis: Linkedin | Framework Group | Behind the boat’s wheel
Stuff they chat about: Professor Henry Mintzberg Twitter @mintzberg141| Daniel Schmachtenberger & The Consilience Project Rosa Carillo
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This is Short Stuff from Episode 3 & 3.5 with Lauren Dredge. Since the full episode aired, Lauren started and completed triathlons because 45min workouts were just too short.
With services like Claims Pharmacy, we now have the collective power to save lives, to prevent addiction and overdose, and to address a problem which we have overlooked for far too long.
Listen to the full episode part 1 | Listen to full episode part 2
Lauren talks about the scariest thing she sees is happening in healthcare right now and muse about some of solutions including collaboration, policy change and placing the injured person at the centre of the claim.
WARNING: This episode discusses drug use, drug addiction, drug overdose and death and strong language.
Find Lauren Dredge: Linkedin | Claims Pharmacy | Doing burpees and jump squats
The stuff we chat about: The Penington Institute | Move For Lex: www.moveforlex.com IG: @moveforlex #moveforlex | Paul Bloom: Twitter @paulbloomatyale
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Welcome to Episode 18 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Rhea shares some tidbits she wishes someone had told her as she embarked on a career on healthcare and compensation.
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Howdy folks, Welcome to The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast where we speak up and contribute our vision towards a better future. Hosted by Rhea Mercado, Healthcare Humanist, Speaker and Author passionate about challenging the corporate hierarchy to open its forums and allow a more diverse range of voices.
Rhea chats with friends and colleagues as they drop some truth bombs, share stories, reflect on their personal journeys and muse about creating businesses where every human is supported.
Candid and thought-provoking, the chats challenge the norm, and quickly evolve into emergent discussions about life, work, health, ethics, failure, fun and the goodness of humanity. They talk about their personal rebellions, about challenging norms and celebrating compassion, optimism, creativity and imagination.
There are profanities, fart jokes and major gaffes and some topics discussed could be triggering to some, so please use your own discretion.
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This episode contains discussion about suicide. Welcome to Episode 17 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Our guest is Lauren Fahey, Changemaker, mother, and General Manager of The National Association of Women in Construction.
Women make up only 13% of the construction workforce in Australia and it’s seriously harming the industry. Lauren shares her unique insight and busts some long-held myths and perceptions about the industry, about gender stereotyping, and on some super obvious simple things the industry could to do make all humans feel included.
Lauren believes that education is the key to the cultural and societal shift which will challenge our unconscious biases, and empower organisational leaders to role model positive behaviours and turn policy into action.Make way folks! Construction is ready for all of the people.
Find Lauren on LinkedIn | nawic.com.au
Stuff we talk about: NAWIC | Nelson Mandela | Little Rascals Movie
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Welcome to Episode 16 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Our guest is Marc Brown, a swimmer, an educator and coordinator at the University of Wollongong, and all-around good human.
Marc talks reflects on the past 20 years gasp as an educator and reminisces about the days where collegiality, morning tea and open doors were the norm. He poignantly speaks about Government funding cuts which have forced universities to move away from being an educational institution to one which operates like a corporate entity, and his observation that, for some academics, students have become a nuisance standing in the way of their research.
Marc explains his dream education model which could simultaneously provide students with the educational experience they deserve and empower professionals to share their knowledge as they become experts in their chosen fields.
Marc shares stories of students doing the darndest things during prac labs prompting shout outs to some UOW Alumni, colleagues and friends. If you have been a student of Marc's, you'll want to hear this one. And if you’re not – heck, you’ll want to hear this one too.
Find Marc Brown on LinkedIn | UOW Scholars | With his office door wide open
Stuff we talk about: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | University of Wollongong | ESSA | University of NSW
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Welcome to Episode 15 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Our guest is Dr Ehssan Sakhaee (rhymes with Hawaii), speaker, cartoonist, leadership educator and founder of Wacky Wisdom, Inspirational Management Australia, Street Poet, and UpskillEQ.
Ehssan busts some mindfulness myths, accepting our reality, and being shat on by an elephant. He talks about how a simple trip to the beach changed his entire outlook on life, and recalls his personal journey about how he became an engineer despite a love for the arts, how he created his dream job because of his passion for self-development, and on how his challenging the norm has enabled him to lead others through a transformative process. Ehssan also has a message for the students who are about to do their HSC exams.
Find Dr Ehssan Sakhaee on LinkedIn | Ehssan's Website | Inspirational Management Australia | Facebook | Instagram | | Outside with his laptop
Stuff we talk about: Future Crunch | Steven Covey The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People | Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now
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This is episode 14 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast with Kate who has chosen a pseudonym to protect her identify and her family, which, on so many levels is truly heartbreaking. Because, Kate is one of us, a healthcare worker, a colleague, a person who has serviced our community for many years. However you might feel about COVID-19, the vaccinations and the mandates - I ask you, the listener, to be curious, to open your mind, and to open your heart. What you are about to hear is two friends, two colleagues, and two humans, sitting down and simply having a chat.
Find Kate*: If you want to connect with Kate on this episode for a compassionate and open discussion, contact Rhea Mercado or Threesticks and we will facilitate any genuine request to connect with the Kate.
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Welcome to episode 13 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. In this episode, Shaun Cronin gives us a crash course in self-determination theory and shares real world, first-hand success stories from using this theory. He us candid about life as an insurance claims manager and challenges the compensation and rehab industry to improve the diversity of its professionals.
Shaun is a self-described guitar playing, power lifter, fan of AC/DC and blues rock. Shaun is a rebel with a cause and has taken a revolutionary approach to supporting and empowering injured workers to engage in their return-to-work process. Like most, he stumbled into the compo industry, unsure of where it would take him.
Shaun and Rhea share tips for newbies entering the world of compo and agree that sharing our knowledge and building a supportive network is key to longevity.
The birds starting chirping during this episode which could only be a sign of hope, optimism and of new beginnings. So let’s get to it…this is Shaun Cronin.
Find Shaun: LinkedIn | In a mosh pit
Stuff they talk about: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram | AC/DC | Lauren Dredge and Claims Pharmacy | Luke McGrath and Independent Med Management | The Change Room | “Drive” by Daniel Pink | “Why We Do What We Do” by Edward L Deci
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We’re back with Season 3 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. To open this season we have Fiona Fonti, a mum, a wife, a business owner and an all-around good human. Rhea first heard about Fiona from a friend, and then months later from another friend. Now having met Fiona and spending time with her, I know what the Hype is about. Fiona, already being an NDIA participant recently had a significant medical episode. She went from the professional and being viciously independent to now being the patient and needing help with aspect of her daily life. She has learnt to embrace the simpler things and make definite choices about where to put her energy.
Fiona is generous is sharing her story including the hardships and challenges. She is insightful and reflective, candid and wonderfully optimistic. Fiona shares her experience about trying to return to work and managing her business after the medical episode. She talks about the difficulties in navigating through the healthcare system, the impact on her family, and about how this experience makes her a better professional. And she also has some tips for the rest of us.
Fiona was reluctant to toot her own horn, she is one of the great people in the rehab world, someone who cares deeply for her staff and for the clients. Someone who needs to be celebrated. In sharing her story and coming on the podcast, Fiona hopes that people will connect with her. She is an open book and invites everyone to “ask her anything” about any aspect of her life, her business, her disability and her ongoing recovery. Let’s get to it, this is Fiona Fonti. Even though we were on the sixth floor, the noise from the giant excavator can still be heard in the background. Sorry folks, Bob The Builder just couldn’t be stopped.
Find Fiona Fonti on LinkedIn | The Rehabilitation Specialists | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Walking, walking and walking some more.
Stuff we talk about: Turkish Get Ups
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Does religion have a place in healthcare practise? In this final episode of season 2 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, Rhea goes solo to muse about the place of religion in healthcare and to share her personal journey with religion including time spent as an “Antioch-er.”
With this background, Rhea explores how religious beliefs or atheism might impact healthcare practice. Rhea admits that it wasn’t until recently when she was trying to decode people’s choices around the pandemic, reading about abortion laws around the world, and peering into Australia’s religious freedom bill that her curiosity in this topic was ignited. Rhea then went and explored if there was a place for religion in healthcare, and if so, how religious beliefs could influence decisions made by the patient and by the healthcare professional.
Rhea asks: Should a healthcare professional make decisions based on their religion’s teachings? How does a person's religious beliefs impact their choices about healthcare? How does the religious moral ethics and beliefs of a healthcare professional, which are fundamental to their personal morals give them the right to refuse medical treatment to a patient?
Stuff Rhea talks about: Mayo Clinic review | Church's Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers | Australian Medical Association – 2019 Position Stand on Conscientious Objection | Jehovah’s Witnesses | Margaret Mead
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In this penultimate episode of season 2, Rhea chats with Samantha Flinn. A wife, a mom and an accidental exercise physiologist. Sam shares her adventures through business ownership, motherhood and now as a workplace rehab consultant and how she made an intentional decision regarding what failure she is willing to accept and which ones she will not. Sam shares her epic failures and the tough lessons learnt along the way.
She has some nuggets of wisdom for anyone thinking about doing a career transition from clinical work to rehab consultancy. What makes this chat with Sam so fascinating is the incredible insight she has about her own identity, her personal flaws and strengths and how she has embraced all these parts of herself.
Find Samantha on Linkedin | Eating cupcakes and then running around the track.
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In this episode Rhea chats with her friend Pierre Gabriel Ymalay - a high school dropout turned healthcare recruiter and podcaster. Pierre is generous in sharing his story and his honesty and candour will make you smile, cringe a little and laugh out loud. They chat about lessons learnt in their twenties, the importance of community and family, motivations, what defines their success, his philosophy about healthcare recruitment, hustle porn, and the eye-watering salary of new graduates and Doctors. They try to do some math (and fail epically) when working out recruiter commissions.
Pierre names the healthcare "unicorns" and the challenges in recruiting win specific industries like aged care and occupational rehabilitation. He has some tips for employers to attract and retain quality staff and also has some wisdom for employees looking for work. Pierre's energy is infectious, he is a creative, has his own podcast. Look him up on socials to check out his skits about all of the things for all the people.
WARNING: This episode contains profanities.
Find Pierre on Linkedin | Instagram @pierresays & @theddshow | ACM Healthcare | pierre@acmhealthcare.com.au
The stuff they talk about: Orange, NSW | Elon Musk | ACM Healthcare
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In this episode Rhea chats with Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson who is a self-described trouble maker. Up until this episode on the pod, Rhea has been speaking with healthcare and rehabilitation professionals. Today she chats with somebody who has been personally affected by a workplace injury, has experienced the inequality and the complexity of the system and has seriously gone about trying to fix it. Rosemary is the founder of Craig's Table, a not-for-profit organisation which advocates for and supports people who have sustained a workplace injury. If you are anywhere within the orbit of workers compensation or the healthcare of people who have sustained workplace injuries - You need to listen to this, you need to take note of this because what Rosemary has to say is pretty f**king important.
In Rosemary's own words,
"I am not a victim I am not a survivor, I am Rosemary". The journey has been a long and twisted one, prescription addiction, three suicide attempts, The Deceased Workers Memorial Forest in Adelaide, part of the committee for the National Deceased Workers Memorial in Canberra, writing the world’s first community engagement concept (Craig’s Table written by a person with a workplace injury (I am not an injured worker I have a workplace injury) for others who have sustained a workplace injury.
Along the way I have received for my work a Pride of Australia Pin, Advantage SA Community Leader Award, Charles Sturt Community Leader Award, reached the final selection for and Australia Day Award and a Summa Comp Laude Award- I am the first Australian to receive international recognition and the first person with a workplace injury to receive the recognition."
WARNING: This episode contain profanities.
Find Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson: Linkedin | Craig's Table | Monday Muses & Sipping tea at The Iconic Cafe, Parramatta
The stuff they chat about: Injured Worker Wellbeing Week 2022 | Comp Laude Awards & Gala | Lord of The Rings Two Towers Extended Edition | Australian Prison Foundation Victims Support Scheme
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In this episode we chat with Nikki Lodge and Matt Hicks from Sydney West Sports Medicine. Nikki and Matt start with their healthcare origin stories and what they would be doing if not in healthcare. Rhea asks them about their thoughts on a 2020 Australia Physiotherapy Association article in which the author refers to Exercise Physiology is a “trend” and had him seeing “red” when he had “work cover and GPs stating to me that patients need exercise not physiotherapy to rehabilitate.” Read the full article here.
Nikki and Matt are on a mission to create safe spaces for both healthcare practitioners and the community to educate, empower and explore better ways to help people heal and recover. By unintentionally gathering a team of un-like minds with unique interests and skillsets and combining this with the immense resources available in their immediate area they have developed a truly multi-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation and recovery.
During the chat, Matt also muses whether allied healthcare is a consultative process or a rehabilitative process, leading to discussion about the fluidity of rehabilitation and scrapping of the unilateral fee model.
Nikki, Matt and Rhea discuss reasons why healthcare professionals hold onto their patients, wondering if it is about greed, mis-trust, lack of referral pathways, dependency on our patients or a combination of some or all of these factors.
Like all chats in The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, this discussion is emergent, ignites curiosity, raises more questions than answers, and celebrates the people and businesses which are placing humanity and ethics at the heart of their decisions.
WARNING: This episode contains profanities.
Find Nikki and Matt: Nikki on Linkedin | Matt on Linkedin |Sydney West Sport Medicine | Instagram | Facebook | Nikki dressed as a starfish | Matt wide awake at 3am
The stuff they chat about: Australian Physiotherapy Association Physiotherapy inmotion article | West HQ | One 55 Health & Fitness
Sydney Gymnastics and Aquatic Centre International Centre of Training Excellence
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Meet Brooke Archibald and Jane Gallard, two very different people united by one purpose. Brooke and Jane are the dynamic duo behind the One55 Health & Fitness Centre.
During Sydney covid lockdown 2021 when other fitness centres went online with their classes, One55 went in a different direction. Brooke and Jane would jump onto social media and send messages of love and support to their tribe whilst chronicling their own COVID lockdown journey. So I was eager to speak with them about what it was like to for them during this time and how they got through it.
They chat about their internal dialogues and how they both coped through the lockdown. Jane and Brooke share their personal experiences of a Mum and the network of support needed to show your best self to the world.
They touch on the dangers of social media and self-proclaimed fitness “experts” and how Brooke and Jane’s message to their tribe is focused on wellbeing and mental well-being rather than on physical looks. The chat spirals quickly into crushing over a certain A-List celebrity, guilty pleasures and Karate side-kicks in dark alleyways.
WARNING: This episode contains profanities. (Mainly from Rhea)
Find Brooke and Jane: West HQOne 55 Health & Fitness | One55 Facebook Page | On stage teaching a Les Mills Class | Jane on the trails & Brooke at Wendy’s place
Instagram Brooke is @archibaldbrooke (no hashtags there) | Jane is @janegallard (This is a beautiful account full of nature's beauty and inspiration)
The stuff they chat about: Zero Negativity by Ant Middleton | Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey | The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young | Dirt Church Podcast | @dirtchurchradio hosted by Matt Rayment & Eugene Bingham | Wendy’s Flake Shake
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A Holiday Message from Rhea. We wish you all a safe, happy holidays. Now go and be your rebellious little selves.Bits & Pieces:Intelligent Rebellion Podcast is a Threesticks Production.Producer & Host: Rhea MercadoEmperor of Sound and Original Music: WillCopyright 2021 Rhea Mercado™See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is James Ellis, a husband, a father, a man who loves to sail and a man with a Plan B.
This episode started as a chat about Prof. Henry Mintzberg and the healthcare mythology, humanising workers compensation and evolved into an emergent discussion about humble enquiry, being wrong, doing better science, intuition and TWOGS.
Find James Ellis: Linkedin | Framework GroupBehind the boat’s wheel
Stuff they chat about: Professor Henry Mintzberg Twitter @mintzberg141| Daniel Schmachtenberger & The Consilience Project Rosa Carillo
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When someone tries to sabotage your career, you call your friends, lean into them and remind yourself that you're a good person. Business is business. This was personal.Rhea shares the story of the moment she broke, when she had to defend her reputation and how turning to her community reignited her passion for the healthcare and rehab industry.
WARNING: This episode contains profanities.
Find Rhea Mercado: Linkedin | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Hanging out with Kimbo
The stuff Rhea mentions: Sarah Cappello, Partner / Principal at Hunt & Hunt Lawyers | The Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act)
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This is part two of Rhea's chat with Lauren Dredge. If you haven’t heard part one, go and listen to that first and then come back to this one. Lauren and Rhea continue their discussion about medications in industry, plateauing return to work rates, uniting under one healthcare mission and how she is changing the world with Claims Pharmacy.
There is more talk about red wine, some talk about burpees and Lauren fan girl-ing over Alexa Leary.
WARNING: This episode discusses drug use, drug addiction, drug overdose and death and contains strong language.
Find Lauren Dredge: Linkedin | Claims Pharmacy | Doing burpees and jump squats
The stuff we chat about: The Penington Institute | Move For Lex: www.moveforlex.com IG: @moveforlex #moveforlex | Paul Bloom: Twitter @paulbloomatyale
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This is part one of two of Rhea's chat with Lauren Dredge. In this episode Lauren shares her healthcare origin story, being lame in our older age and small rebellions during lockdown.
Lauren talks about the scariest thing she sees is happening in healthcare right now and muse about some of solutions including collaboration, policy change and placing the injured person at the centre of the claim.
WARNING: This episode discusses drug use, drug addiction, drug overdose and death and strong language.
Find Lauren Dredge: Linkedin | Claims Pharmacy | Doing burpees and jump squats
The stuff we chat about: The Penington Institute | Move For Lex: www.moveforlex.com IG: @moveforlex #moveforlex | Paul Bloom: Twitter @paulbloomatyale
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This is John Mellors, a husband, a proud father, a tragic Brisbane Bronco’s fan, and a business development manager.
John chats with Rhea about being a verbivore, about his recent move from one organisation to another and his attempts at work/life balance. They wonder why prevention is not a priority in commercial models, the danger of prescriptive workplace wellness programs, cause and correlation and chat about big sounding words like Salutogenesis. John shares his most recent obsession and what only he could consider as being a “fun” activity.
WARNING: This episode contains profanities.
Find John Mellors: Linkedin | The Change Room | at a Brisbane Broncos' game
Stuff they chat about: Dr Adam Fraser and his book The Third Space | Podcast: Absolutely Mental with Ricky Gervais & Sam Harris | Podcast: Ian Wright’s Everyday People | Call John about blood flow restriction training.
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Welcome to the Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Meet Rhea Mercado and listen as she shares a little about her origin story and how the podcast came to be.
It was an exciting entry into the world dropping onto her parent's floor boards in Pasig City, Philippines. Rhea shares stories about moments in her life which have shaped her being. Recalling her Dad's version of truck Tetris, her and Merv's wayward game of darts and her time in Arapahoe, North Carolina she talks about the lessons learnt from these experiences and how they have shaped her work and her life.
Rhea speaks about legacy, role-modelling and the hope she has for her kids and then asks you to share your story because it’s a story only you can tell.
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Bits & Pieces: Intelligent Rebellion Podcast is a Threesticks Production | Producer & Host: Rhea Mercado | Emperor of Sound: Wills
Copyright 2021 Rhea Mercado.
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Welcome to the Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. A show about companies which celebrate compassion, optimism, imagination and humanity. Hosted by Rhea Mercado - an optimist, an educator and a rebel.
Rhea hits record on her random chats with friends and colleagues in the health and fitness community. They drop some truth bombs, chat about their experiences within the industry, reflect on their personal journeys and muse about better businesses where every human is supported.
Rhea chats with guests about their own personal rebellions, about challenging norms and on creating companies that celebrate compassion, optimism, imagination and humanity.
WARNING: This show contains profanities.
Bits & Pieces: The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast is a Threesticks Production | Producer & Host: Rhea Mercado | Emperor of Sound and Original Music: Will
Copyright 2021 Rhea Mercado®
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