Season 1 Episode #21: Osher Günsberg ~ TV host & Mental Health Advocate

It's our season one finale and what a way to end it. We sat down (in person) at the Coogee Pavilion in Sydney to chat with TV host and radio presenter and journalist, Osher Günsberg. Famous for being the host of the reality TV series The Bachelor Australia, The Bachelorette Australia and also Bachelor in Paradise Australia. He's also an author, cyclist, and photographer and has his own podcast(s); DadPod and Better Than Yesterday.

But in more recent years, Osher has also become one of the leading advocates for mental health here in Australia. Osher has been very open and public about his own struggles namely with depression, anxiety, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, psychosis, alcoholism, and suicidal ideation. He's written his own memoirs entitled Back, After the Break, which has been a real hit.

It was an honour for us to be able to chat with Osher and also to hear his candid thoughts and share real conversations with him. His advocacy alone is helping tear down the wall of stigma around mental health and it's so great to have someone of his public stature bringing the topic to everyday conversation.

The guy is just such an inspiration. On top of all of the above, he's a family man, eats plant-based and has also been on the cover of Men's Health Magazine.

A thoroughly enjoyable chat and we just wish we had more time with this absolute hero.

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