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Leo Hede

Leo Hede

Kids Helpline National Service Manager at yourtown (Brisbane), mental health and crisis-intervention leader.

Aug 21, 2026

BrendanHOST
1:28
How can we break this stigma so people can reach out to services just like yours?
1:33
Yeah, that's such a great question.
1:36
And I think, yeah, this is one of those sort of ongoing myths and I think we'd almost need like a myth-busting episode on this one.
1:44
Yeah.
1:45
Look, that idea that, you know, just asking for help on whether it's about bullying, whether it's about other things, is weakness, is, yeah, it's something that we really want to keep addressing.
1:56
How we often do frame this is that, Whether it's bullying, whether it's your emotional support, whether it's just asking for help generally.
2:06
For young people to think about, if you are carrying a big box and there's things going into that box and it's getting heavier and heavier, you can keep trying to carry it yourself.
BrendanHOST
5:01
Is there some credibility to this and how do parents support their kids with that aspect?

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