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Navigating Disability
Welcome to the Navigating Disability Podcast Show!! Your hosts, Kate Read and Jenn Abbott are committed to changing the narrative around 'normal' and 'ability' and look so forward to sharing our weekly guests with you! Get ready to be inspired, empowered and enlivened as we dive into education, lived experiences, expert advice, behind the scenes on political movements and how YOU, our listeners can THRIVE within your community!
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Navigating Disability
Defying the Diagnosis: Dr. Azi Jankovic on Whole‑Person Healing and Hope
Trigger warning: This episode discusses psychiatric hospitalization and suicidal thoughts. If you need support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (Australia) or your local crisis line.
At 17, Dr. Azi Jankovic was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and told she’d be medicated for life. For over two decades, she lived within a system that prioritised sedation over root-cause healing. But Azi chose a different path, and now she’s helping others do the same.
In this episode, Kate and Jenn sit down with Dr. Azi to discuss her new book, Defying the Diagnosis: Reclaim Your Mental Health and Thrive, a groundbreaking guide that fuses lived experience with research and the wisdom of healing beyond the label.
Azi introduces us to her signature Four Pillars of Mental Health:
🧠 Physiology
🧘♀️ Psychology
🎯 Purpose
👥 People
We explore how she moved from surviving to thriving, and how you can too. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking real hope and whole-person healing.
💚 Dr. Azi’s links:
Website: azijankovic.com
Order book: Amazon
Insight Timer: Dr. Azi Jankovic
Instagram: @defyingthediagnosis
LinkedIn: Dr. Azi Jankovic
🎧 Listen now and share with someone who needs to know: You are not your diagnosis.