Caring for my mum with BPD: Lucy’s story
Lucy was just 10 years old when she first started to realise that her family situation was a bit different to others.
Resources
A collection of videos, articles, creative ideas and other useful information to help children, young people, and their families navigate living with mental health challenges in the family. These resources are co-designed by Satellite and those with lived experience.
For mental health and wellbeing
Talking with children about their parent’s mental health
Rose Cuff, Satellite’s CEO offers ideas on how parents, carers and family members can discuss mental illness or mental health challenges with the children and young people in their lives.
What’s inside your light?
Sunny nature walks, all fuzzy and furry friends, creative expression - where do you find your light and what is inside it?
Self-care alphabet
This Self-Care Alphabet is a downloadable resource to print out and stick up – a good reminder of taking time out to care for yourself!
Lessons from a long distance carer
Lotti O'Dea shares more from her lived experience of how to adapt to being a carer at a distance.
Voice Lab And Satellite – listening to and learning from young people!
See some of the beautiful insights and creative outputs made by the ‘At Home with Satellite’ participants during lockdown 2020.
Get Up Mum on ABC’s Life Matters
Get Up Mum is based on the childhood memoir of author and Satellite Ambassador Justin Heazlewood and charts one year in the life of a 12-year-old growing up in Tasmania in the early ’90s.
Words of wisdom from kids!
If you could say anything to another young person with a family a bit like yours, what would you say? We asked some of Satellite's young people, and here's what they had to say!
Dear Schizophrenia…
Satellite Ambassador Justin Heazlewood writes a letter to schizophrenia, to acknowledge World Schizophrenia Awareness Day on 24 May 2022.
