For father of five Fabio Paderno, the death of a close friend to suicide inspired him to launch a community radio program encouraging men to get talking about mental health.<\/p>\n
Mr Paderno said his show The Blue Corner has been running for two months and features health and wellness practitioners, as well as people who share their mentalhealth journeys.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach week I develop a bit of a banner about what we\u2019re going to discuss, the premise of the show is based around men\u2019s mental health, but it\u2019s broader than that, it includes everyone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe show airs Monday evenings at 7.30pm on Apollo Bay Radio. We look at specific stuff for men, how comfortable they feel to come forward and talk, and also the tools and techniques that are available at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Paderno said he is not a \u201cpsychologist by any means\u201d but did migrate to Australia from Italy with his family and faced a lot of adversity growing up in Melbourne during the 60s.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was born in Italy and came out and faced a lot of adversity out here, I grew up in Western Melbourne and I know the hidings we copped. I used to look at it and think, how can a human do this to another human? We all bleed red,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
At a cross roads in life as a young adult Mr Paderno credits the encouragement of a couple of really good teachers and karate teachers who kept him on the right path.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey said I needed to have a look at myself and what I had going. I ended up becoming the Victorian operations manager for The Age and worked in the corporate field for over 15 years. I channelled my energy to make a contribution to society.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Paderno now owns and runs Coastal Yoga & Kitchen Medicine in Apollo Bay and said he hopes the show can also guide people and help them connect with thetools they need.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying to create a platform of discussion. I don\u2019t think anyone can help someone else, the only person that can help you is you, but we can give them the support and tools to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information head to 3abr.org and click listen live or go to yogaandfoodasmedicineretreats.com, alternatively search \u201cCoastal Yoga & Kitchen Medicine Apollo Bay\u201d on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For father of five Fabio Paderno, the death of a close friend to suicide inspired him to launch a community radio program encouraging men to get talking about mental health. Mr Paderno said his show The Blue Corner has been running for two months and features health and wellness practitioners, as well as people who […]<\/p>\n