
If you're navigating mental health struggles, addiction or recovery — your own or someone else's — you'll hear what actually worked, what didn't and what people wish they'd known sooner.
Take It From Us is the voice of lived experience, featuring people sharing their own journeys, unscripted and unfiltered.
Host Kent Johns is a broadcaster and health coach who believes everyone has a story wort... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 61 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Mental HealthHealth & FitnessPersonal JournalsSociety & Culture | |||

Flynn Mitchell spent three years in a Dunedin university flat built for wheelchair users — accessible kitchen, accessible bathroom, full independence. Then he moved home to Auckland and lost all of it. Now he needs a carer just to wash his own dishes... more
On New Year's Eve 2022, Sam Cox went through the windscreen of a car doing over 100km/h down a gravel road outside Rangiora. His best friend Kaide, who was driving, didn't survive. Sam did — with a brain injury so severe it took him five months to ev... more
Shane Cameron spent 17 years as a professional heavyweight boxer — a Commonwealth Games bronze, a world title shot and the 2009 fight against David Tua that ended with him in an ambulance. He didn't watch the footage back until last year.
In this e... more
At 22, Tai Tupou learned that the man who raised him wasn't his biological father. He told no one. For three years he isolated himself, burned bridges and had no idea he was living with depression — until a colleague asked him a simple question. Twic... more
Five years ago, Meg Vardy was a UK-based researcher studying treatment for anorexia. What most of her colleagues didn't know: she'd been living with anorexia herself for 15 years.
She's since stepped away from academia to launch JourneyED, a Dunedin... more
"Who the f*** you really are underneath all the other shit." That's the question Rob Brown puts to every man he coaches — and it's the one he couldn't answer himself for most of his life. Two businesses built and lost, a marriage that ended and a thr... more
"I'm a catastrophiser," admits Grant Robertson, New Zealand's former Deputy Prime Minister.
It's a confession that sits behind a high-profile political career — years of COVID decisions, and eventually, a panic attack he didn't see coming. As press... more
Blain Collinge was once the reason his parents started Red Door Recovery — refusing help, deep in addiction, with "no desire to change." Over a decade later, he co-leads the very organisation built to save him.
Justine Hamill came to Red Door after ... more
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Real stories about mental health, addiction, trauma, and recovery are shared by people with lived experience. Episodes center on coercive control, addiction journeys, recovery, cultural and community contexts, parenting challenges, and neurodiversity, with guests ranging from survivors and caregivers to athletes turned wellness advocates. The conversations emphasize practical lessons, ways to access support, reducing stigma, and the power of sharing personal paths to help others navigate difficult issues. The show often highlights how lived experience informs frontline work, caregiving, and community programs, making it a useful resource for professionals seeking authentic perspectives and for listeners seeking relatable, actionable insight... more
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