Captain Matt Frost (Retired) is a former helicopter pilot with The Australian Army. Diagnosed later in life with Autism and ADHD, This is a journey everyone needs to hear. In this 6 part series, we talk to Matt about his journey from childhood to the Army, and the toll the journey took.

Episode 5 discusses the process of Medical Retirement, and Matts mental health problems.

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Captain Matt Frost (Retired) is a former helicopter pilot with The Australian Army. Diagnosed later in life with Autism and ADHD, This is a journey everyone needs to hear. In this 6 part series, we talk to Matt about his journey from childhood to the Army, and the toll the journey took.

Episode 4 discusses the fallout and harm of the ongoing issues Matt experienced with the safety of the helicopters.

Captain Matt Frost (Retired) is a former helicopter pilot with The Australian Army. Diagnosed later in life with Autism and ADHD, This is a journey everyone needs to hear. In this 6 part series, we talk to Matt about his journey from childhood to the Army, and the toll the journey took.

Episode 3 continues our conversation about Matts deployment to Timor Leste, and Matt discusses some of the repeated emergencies he had experienced.

Captain Matt Frost (Retired) is a former helicopter pilot with The Australian Army. Diagnosed later in life with Autism and ADHD, This is a journey everyone needs to hear. In this 6 part series, we talk to Matt about his journey from childhood to the Army, and the toll the journey took.

Episode 2 introduces us to Matts early training and qualifying as a pilot in The Australian Army.

Captain Matt Frost (Retired) is a former helicopter pilot with The Australian Army. Diagnosed later in life with Autism and ADHD, This is a journey everyone needs to hear. In this 6 part series, we talk to Matt about his journey from childhood to the Army, and the toll the journey took.

Episode 1 introduces us to Matts childhood and his decision to join the Australian Army.

Anita Hogan is a former member of the Royal Australian Navy, an Endorsed Enrolled Nurse, and a current ambassador for RUOK day. Anita has a post graduate degree in Applied Psychology -Suicide (Suicidology). This episode discusses Anita's journey, and delves into suicide and suicide prevention.

For more information on RUOK Day, and the ongoing campaign for suicide prevention, please visit https://www.ruok.org.au/

Today I had the privilege of talking to Poppylillac (Poppy) from The Poppy Project. Poppy is the daughter of a 37 year now retired Queensland Police Officer growing up in a small town about 60km North of Townsville.

Poppy discusses the journey of being a First Responders family, and in particular the effects of the job and PTSD on the whole family.

In 2023 in grade 12, Poppy started "The Poppy Project", a support group that is for children and families of First Responders. With the intention of taking the program national, she needs support and funding to help get the ball rolling.

For more information on The Poppy Project, please head to their socials, or www.thepoppyproject.com.au

Please share this podcast with anyone you know who is a First Responder, or has family that is a First Responder....and give her the support she deserves

Shane Martin is a medically retired former QPS officer, and now President of Team Code Blue, an NFP organisation setup to assist QLD First Responders in Crisis with Financial assistance and advocacy.

We take an in depth look into Shane's career, trauma's, mental health battle and ongoing recovery.

Team Code Blue can be found at www.teamcodeblueinc.org

Please let me know what you think of this episode and we love feedback and suggestions.