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Speaker 1: Job mission with Jones and Amanda, Well.

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Speaker 2: This year will be the toughest year ever for so

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Speaker 2: many people in Australia, so many of us in lockdown

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Speaker 2: and struggling. That's why days like are You Okay Day

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Speaker 2: are so important. Today is are You Okay Day? Our

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Speaker 2: next guest is the Australian surfing legend who's here to

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Speaker 2: remind us the importance of checking in with loved ones

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Speaker 2: and checking in on our own mental health. Laane beach Lee, Hi,

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Speaker 2: good morning, Amanda, Hello the lane. Hi, so nice to

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Speaker 2: talk to you. What are you hoping will come from today?

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Speaker 1: I just really want people to prioritize their emotional or

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Speaker 1: mental well being. It's as you said, Amanda, it's a

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Speaker 1: really challenging time. And with are You Okay Day, it's

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Speaker 1: about encouraging people to have the conversation that can literally

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Speaker 1: sad change your life by asking the question are you

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Speaker 1: really okay?

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Speaker 3: And you've had this and I didn't realize that, and

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Speaker 3: I follow you on Instagram and I just didn't realize.

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Speaker 1: That well that I had are you okay?

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Speaker 3: Are you okay?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 3: I just didn't And I'm of an era where no

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Speaker 3: one talked about mental health and I got to admit

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Speaker 3: when Ada came out, I said, it's just lip service, Like, really,

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Speaker 3: is it going to make a difference, But the fact

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Speaker 3: that you're making or you're having conversation about it, which

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Speaker 3: also sounds cliched, but at the same time we're talking

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Speaker 3: about Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I feel like we underestimate the importance of simplicity and

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Speaker 1: it does literally start with just a conversation. And to

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Speaker 1: elaborate on what you mentioned about me having is I've

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Speaker 1: endured my spare share of mental health challenges throughout my life,

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Speaker 1: including depression and anxiety and all those kind of things.

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Speaker 1: Fortunately I haven't been medicated because I've been able to

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Speaker 1: support myself and I have a great network of support

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Speaker 1: around me. And I was going through a pretty dark

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Speaker 1: depressive state a couple of years ago and Kirk literally

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Speaker 1: asked me the question are you okay? And having that

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Speaker 1: support and love from my husband enabled me just to

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Speaker 1: break down and feel the safety to be supported, to

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Speaker 1: talk about it, to process it. He checked in with

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Speaker 1: me every day to make sure I was getting through it,

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Speaker 1: and it took me about five days to come out

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Speaker 1: of it.

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Speaker 2: But also that's the point too, isn't it If someone

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Speaker 2: I guess that's what we want today to be, and

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Speaker 2: not just today, but to raise awareness on it. Today

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Speaker 2: is that if someone asks you the question, allow yourself

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Speaker 2: to be vulnerable and actually answer it.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and a lot of people if you don't even

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Speaker 1: want to ask the question, and in case somebody says no,

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Speaker 1: I'm not okay. And the point about today is yes,

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Speaker 1: having the vulnerability to say you're not okay in the

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Speaker 1: event that you're not, but also making sure that you

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Speaker 1: feel safe enough to do so. And in the event

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Speaker 1: that you don't feel if you're the person asking the

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Speaker 1: question and you don't feel like you have all the resources,

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Speaker 1: all the answers, that's okay, you're not meant to have

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Speaker 1: all the answers, but just having someone there to sit

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Speaker 1: and listen to you is really really powerful.

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Speaker 3: The other thing I learned about you, Lane was your

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Speaker 3: surfing technique. So you won all those all those trophies,

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Speaker 3: but you weren't surfing properly. You were and you surf

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Speaker 3: like I did. Oh I still do getting up on

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Speaker 3: the you know, your back foot, not not doing the

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Speaker 3: pop up.

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Speaker 1: Yes, because I taught myself how to surf. And when

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Speaker 1: you teach yourself how the surf. It tends to be

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Speaker 1: pretty flawed. And yeah, I had this three step pop

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Speaker 1: up that was preventing me from being able to get

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Speaker 1: to my feet in one smooth motion, which then prevented

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Speaker 1: me from being our of the surf in waves of

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Speaker 1: Vibia that were really steep and of a significant consequence

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Speaker 1: or barreling. So yeah, it slowed me down, slowed down

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Speaker 1: my progress.

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Speaker 2: It must have been a strange process, like a golfer

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Speaker 2: having to learn to redo your swing well into your career.

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Speaker 2: It's risky.

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Speaker 1: It was risky, and it was my surf coach guy

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Speaker 1: called Steve Foreman, and you basically said, look, I want

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Speaker 1: to work with you because obviously you've got the work ethic,

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Speaker 1: but I have some bad news, and that is everything

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Speaker 1: you currently do and everything you know you're going to

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Speaker 1: have to let go of and start again. So and

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Speaker 1: I was number two in the.

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Speaker 3: World, you'd won the world titles, and imagine, like, do

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Speaker 3: you ever think if I popped up earlier.

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Speaker 1: Look, I've had my fair shrif of success. So I

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Speaker 1: don't look back and go, gee, I wish I want more.

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Speaker 2: Let's not be a whole, but.

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Speaker 3: I've tried to do agree with that and on the

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Speaker 3: strength of watching you do it with the pop up technique.

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Speaker 3: I've just tried it on the on the floor, you know,

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Speaker 3: just doing it. It's bloody hard.

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Speaker 1: It's a good workout though, isn't it. It's a really

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Speaker 1: good work and I still do it. I still do

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Speaker 1: ten to day just to keep my muscle memory in

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Speaker 1: check and making sure that because you know, a lot

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Speaker 1: of people say as they get older, it's an excuse

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Speaker 1: to get on the longest satnter boards that do all

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Speaker 1: the work for them. But if we keep ourselves physically

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Speaker 1: and mentally strong, then we can, you know, maintain that

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Speaker 1: connection with our youth and our vitality.

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Speaker 3: Or heaven forbid you buy a stand up paddle board.

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Speaker 1: Oh come on, that's just giving up that. Lane.

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Speaker 3: Well, Lane, it's always great to talk to you and

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Speaker 3: make sure to check in on your loved ones and

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Speaker 3: head to Are you okay dot org dot au? Say

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Speaker 3: hi to Kirk for us as well.

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Speaker 1: Lane, I certainly will, thanks Jones.

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Speaker 3: Nice to talk to you, Lane, Lane Beachley there

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Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda's