She is one of Australia's favourite sports media personalities and a professional boxer to boot. What you may not know about her is that she once tried to take her own life.
With a career spanning TV, radio and media management, Renee Gartner has an impressive resume. A reporter for Triple M and NRL Nation radio, a freelance MC for The Australian Turf Club and South Sydney. A host for the annual NRL awards night (The “ Dally M Awards” ), to the games pinnacle matches - the State of Origin Series (with a live audience of over 80,000+), a regular panelist on programs such as Channel 9’s ‘The Footy Show’ (NRL), to Network Ten’s ‘Studio10’, Sportsfan Club House on channel 7mate, and The League Lounge (NRL) on Fox Sports and co-host for major prime time television sporting events including the 2017 men's Rugby League World Cup and the Women’s Rugby League World Cup, as a commentator and co-host Behind the scenes what many didn't know or see was somebody who was struggling with depression. Proven at succeeding against the odds, Renee for several years has and continues to be a huge campaigner in the mental health landscape.
This episode we hear as Renee openly shares her story of struggling with depression from an early age to the struggles of dealing with suicidal ideation to the day she tried to take her own life.
We learn of her recovery to advocating for these hard conversations to be brought to the fore-front more and all of the incredible work she does in the Mental Health landscape to change the narrative around struggling.
This is a powerful episode and should you be struggling we urge you to seek help by your nearest support / crisis numbers. To find out more about Renee, simply head to the links below to keep up to date with all of her latest projects and work: IG: https://www.instagram.com/renee_gartner/?hl=en Contact: http://www.bemanagement.com.au/renee-gartner
To find out more about the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign, our Global Efforts, how you can get involved, becoming an official sponsor and more, simply click on the link below to our official website: https://linktr.ee/imperfectlyperfectcampaign
A big thank-you to our Voice Over Artist: Mike Christensen (thevoicemonkey.com)
