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[ARCHIVE - Undoing Ruin] Moshing Happily Under Radioactive Ash: An ADHD-Focused Look At 2024 From Me.
One of my more acerbic and honest/critical self-reflective pieces (as well as just plain lengthy), this is an honest neurodivergent-peer review of 2024, originally posted to our prior now-dead website (RIP) late last year. I pull no punches here (and content warning - discussions of mental health, anxiety, depression etc) about the impact living with ADHD had on me last year, my whole life, and some frustrations with stereotypes. It’s not all bad, though - I discuss many positives about being ND, too!
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[Riff] Don’t give up, there’s hope on the horizon.
In this Riff (article), Mal provides a nice little playlist broaching both alternative and pop-music titles from across a wide palette. (Plus, we get a playlist which is linked inside this post!). Most importantly, Mal provides some lovely, strengths-based reflections that are prompted/drawn from said songs. In these confusing, uncertain and chaotic times, it’s important to lean into this little nuggets of hope from our creative muses.
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[Riffs] Some Thoughts On: Info-Overload, Option-Paralysis, and Digital Chaos.
Originally posted to our prior now-defunct website (RIP), this Riff (article) is an exploration of technology, information overload/overwhelm, digital minimalism and how this relates to both me personally, but also in the context of directing and managing the Inner-Strength Check Podcast/blog etc. Read on!
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[Archive] ISC Podcast Ep. 26: From 2023 to 2024: A Review of Just About Everything, Pt I.
Featured Image Credit: @koniaowskyoceanrt on Instagram. Note: This is an archival repost, originally posted to our now-defunct prior website (RIP old site 22.03.2024, sniff). Check the link for a massive retrospective/prospective analysis of 2023 and into 2024 regarding mass burnout, occupational challenges, the socioeconomic and policy environment of mental health and wellbeing in 2023/2023 and my own lived experiences, hopes and challenges in the same regard.
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[Archive] Ep. 20: Recap Part 1. State of the Podcast Address.
Featured Image by: Samuel Phillips Photography @ New Dead Fest. Check the blog for our review of 2022 + 2023 NDF! This is an archived podcast episodes, brought to you from the remains of our sadly now-defunct old website (RIP 31.12.2024). This one’s a.. challenging read for me considering how 2024 turned out. More on that later. See link for podcast episode links, interview links and a very thorough transcript with a lot of mental health reflection - positive, negative and all in between.
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[Archive] 2023 Madcap-Recap//2024-To-The-Floor (Intro)
Quoting my original except from the Jan 5th, 2024 article (posted on our prior, now-defunct website, RIP) “ A prelude to my comprehensive review of society, culture and lifestyle in 2023, as well as predictions, hopes and concerns for 2024. In this article, I discuss themes ahead for the first longer-form series of the ISC podcast, exploring society, discourse and the relationship between these and the arts, hobbies, music and mental health.
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[Archive] Ep. 18 - ‘Touch Grass’ A.K.A. The Enshittification of The Internet.
(Archival Post - originally posted to our now-defunct (RIP) prior website on November 6th, 2023). This episode is a discourse analysis and review of the process of ‘enshittification’, a term coined by technology journalist and critic Cory Doctorow. Check the link for Spotify and Youtube podcast episodes!
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[Archive] Episodes 16 + 17: ADHD Awareness Month 2023 - A National Impetus For Change.
See here for Spotify and Youtube links to episodes 16 and 17 of our podcast, the blog posts for which were lost along with our prior website (RIP). Titled ‘ADHD Awareness Month: A No Holds-Barred Peer Perspective (Part 1) & A National Impetus For Change’ respectively - both episodes do what they say on the tin. Listen in for some archival thoughts on ADHD, neurodivergent discourse, social norms and much more. I didn’t hold back, and I still don’t.
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[Blog Update] Swingin’ The (Un)Dead - 2025 Content Roadmap (Jan)
Hope y’all appreciate this one cause holy HELL it was a bit of work! Full Content Roadmap for ISC blog for 2025, including each individual archive piece for re-writing/posting from our prior now-dead website. Plus, a heads-up on the scheduling and content of the Podcast for 2025, list of albums for review and much more. Back to it.
A Philo-Slothical Piece - Thank You From Me, Your Host.
(Content Warning - Explicit Language!). A heartfelt and sincere thanks-in-advance to YOU, the Inner-Strength Check community. In this article, I reiterate the ultimate purpose of this whole project, and the reasons I’ve kept going through 4 years and a new website from the ground up. Thank you. Sincerely.
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[ISC Podcast, Ep. 10:] Interview w/ ELISSA JEWELL, Owner of DEADLIFTS AND DEATH METAL (11.07.23).
See here for Brady’s discussion with Elissa Jewell, Melbourne-based trainer and owner of local business Deadlifts and Death Metal back in 2023. We discuss everything ranging from common fitness industry thinking-traps to mental health, striking out with a brand based on your passions, and much more!
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ISC Podcast Ep. 08 - (Prelude to ‘The Stoked Series’). [11.03.2023]
Yet another of our archival posts, this one was a primer/precursor to ‘The Stoked Series’. In this article, I discussed some pretty open and honest challenges around living with ADHD (Inattentive-Type) and some common mental health comorbidities. It’s ultimately positive though, and focuses on the return of hedonia and stokedness.
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ISC Podcast Ep. 6 - The March Not-An-Update Anti-Update (Update). [05/03/2023].
Originally posted on our sadly now-in-ruins previous website (RIP) back in 2023. In honesty, it’s an interesting piece with some varied thoughts around content-creation and creativity, but it’s overall a pretty impassioned diatribe. If that sounds up your alley, dig in. If not, we’ve got a heap more episodes being copied and reposted from the carcass of ISC.com (RIP)!
ISC Podcast Ep. 05 - ISC Trajectory for 2023. (27.12.2022)
Originally posted on our old website, which unfortunately has met an untimely end (thanks, WordPress!). To quote directly - ‘A culture fed unrelenting standards imposed by some strange continued need to propagate the pre-pandemic model of life under neoliberal austerity. Plot twist - that isn't working, and I'm fed up.’ Link to rant contained inside!
ISC Podcast Ep. 04 - The Great (Sigh of) Resignation.
This is an archival repost of Episode 4: ‘The Great Sigh of Resignation’ of the Inner-Strength Check Podcast. Available on Spotify, Youtube and all other streaming platforms. Rest in Peace innerstrengthcheck.com, you will be missed.
ISC Podcast Episode 01: - Inside the computer.
Inner-Strength Check is a multi-modal podcast/vlog/blog project focused on exploring the intersection between societal discourse, mental health, neurodiversity, recovery, and leisure.
It’s part-blog, part-podcast and part-vlog/streaming. It's also partly serious discussions and fun stuff - video/board/tabletop gaming, roleplaying, music, reviews, banter and other fun ways of practicing what is preached here.
Introduction to the ISC Blog/Youtube Channel.
Our introductory post for ISC, originally posted on Oct 4th, 2021 on the now-defunct innerstrengthcheck.com website.
ISC Podcast Episode 2: Inside The Ear Canal.
For Episode 2, we dive into a retrospective overview of the powerfully formative impact music has had for me - in terms of my mental health, coping strategies, values and identity.
As well, a bit of discussion around sensitivity and the arts, perfectionism and the broader millenial generational backdrop to how my musical journey has formed over time.