Quickword Podcast S1E10: October 2024

Hi, and welcome to another episode of Quickword, where we give you the headline features from our e-newsletter. This newsletter aims to connect and inform people that work with people, about different health related campaigns, events, and resources in an uplifting and positive way.

We Acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands that were never ceded that we live, work, and record upon. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to those who may be visiting our website or listening to our podcasts today.

My name is Jennifer Farinella, and I'll be talking you through what you will find in this month's Quickword.

Let's dive in.

This month's Quote is:

"Knowledge always has and always will be the best inoculation against fear."

This quote is by Jane Gilmore, who is an author, journalist, feminist, and consent educator. She has been researching and writing about the causes and effects of violence and poverty for over a decade and is now also delivering consent and respectful relationship education in Australian schools. Find out more at jangilmore.com

This month's Useful Facts

The New South Wales Opioid Treatment Program, OTP, also known as Opioid Agonist Treatment or Opioid Dependence Treatment, provides pharmacotherapy and support services to people with an opioid dependence.

Find a local pharmacy that offers OTP or long acting injectable buprenorphine using the map below. If you are considering a change in dosing point, please speak to your prescriber to discuss as this will need to be arranged by them. It is recommended you call the pharmacy to confirm that they have capacity to take on new patients.

Find out more at health.nsw.gov.Au forward slash aod

This month's Instagram Highlight

Yes, it's only a few months in, but we're already calling this our 2024 highlight. The All About Women event at Sydney Opera House was full of insightful and thought provoking discussion, ending with a surprise meeting of the Queen herself, Hannah Ferguson, the founder and CEO of Cheek Media, a true inspirer for us here at Caddyshack.

Follow us on Instagram for more content like this.

This month's Campaign and Events

Mpox is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus, which is mainly spread through skin to skin contact with someone who has Mpox. Since May 2022, there has been an increase in Mpox infections in countries where the illness is not usually seen, including Australia.

People at highest risk of Mpox in NSW are men who have sex with men, particularly those who are having sex overseas or with overseas travellers.

 There is a vaccine to protect against Mpox it is free and recommended in New South Wales for eligible groups of people. Learn more about the symptoms and how to stay safe. And you can also download a fact sheet at health.nsw.gov.au forward slash infectious forward slash mpox

This month's Know Your Websites

Women and gender diverse people should feel safe, welcome and valued in all public places across New South Wales. Help make public places better by sharing your experience. Your Ground NSW was designed by Crowdspot in collaboration with Monash XYX Lab. It's a crowd mapping website that enables women and gender diverse people to identify and share places that make them feel uneasy, scared, unwelcome, or happy, safe, and included.

With this project they hope to empower women and gender diverse people to call out safe and unsafe experiences and geographically identify spaces where they have good as well as concerning experiences. The map unearths real stories of women and gender diverse people and makes them visible to advocate for change.

Find out more at yourground.org

This month's Who Are?

The Project Air strategy for personality disorders is an internationally recognized leader in research, education, and treatment of personality disorders. They aim to support compassionate, evidence based treatment and recovery for people with personality disorder and related conditions.

Project Air at the University of Wollongong has developed and evaluated a range of interventions for health services, schools and clinicians. They build capacity to help health services, schools and communities identify and respond more effectively to suicide risk, self harm and complex mental health presentations.

Find out more at uow.edu.Au forward slash Project Air

This month's On The Blog

Myth or Fact, the vulva and vagina are not the same thing?

From our participating Instagram followers, 17 percent said this is a myth with 83 percent correct and that it is a fact. The vagina is a three to six inch long muscular canal that runs from the cervix, the lower part of the uterus, to the outside of the body.

The vulva is all the outer stuff, including the labia, urethra, clitoris, and vaginal opening.

So, most people can orgasm from vaginal penetration alone?

What do you think about this one? Myth or fact? Most of our Instagram followers, 88% were correct, that is a myth. A little over 18% of vagina owners say they can reach orgasm from penetration alone for the other 80%, the key orgasmic ingredient is the clitoris.

Read the whole blog at Caddyshack Project.com

This month's Resource

A better emotional vocabulary can help you develop better emotional skills. Researchers are finding that a better emotional vocabulary can help you identify, work with, and regulate your emotions. A rich vocabulary helps you understand yourself and the world around you, and it helps you understand what you're feeling when an emotion arises.

We've all seen that having a large vocabulary makes us more articulate and more able to express ourselves precisely. What is interesting is that a large emotional vocab helps us identify and regulate our emotions more quickly. This can be immensely helpful. The sooner you know what you're feeling, the quicker you can take effective emotional action.

A free emotions list is an alphabetized list of all your emotions in three nuanced categories. Soft, medium, and intense. So that you can become smarter, quicker, and more articulate with your emotions.

Find out more at KarlaMcLaren.Com forward slash emotional vocabulary.

This month's Diary Dates

For all our upcoming webinar dates, check our website where you can register for free and also complete free online modules on sexual and reproductive health in your own time.

You can read our monthly blog, find the map which shows you where to access free condoms at services who are part of the Condom Dispenser Project in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven, and order a free bag of 144 condoms, now with lube as well, from PlaySafe, NSW Health Australia.

Thanks for listening to this episode of Caddyshack's Quickword.

We hope you learned something, found a useful link, or can pass it on to a colleague, friend, or family member. You can find all the details on our homepage on the web at caddyshackproject.com. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or check out our On The Couch podcast series.

Until next month, peace, love, and protection.