Today’s episode is a really fun one with Marco Gliori, chatting all about the things he loves most - the arts, culture and connection to family and community. Marco has a wonderful knack for inspiring others by sharing his optimism and enthusiasm. Regarded as one of Australia’s premier performers of bush verse, Marco is also a councillor for the Southern Downs Regional Council.

Listen in as Marco shares a selection of his original bush poetry as well as stories and thoughts about:

• connection to community
• identity and pride of place
• how volunteering and getting involved with the arts and creativity can help you get through tough times
• how sharing your story can help develop empathy, collaborative problem-solving and improve your own and other people’s mental health and well-being
• local options to get creative
• learning from past generations about tackling tough times
• practical things you can do to recover, build resilience and inspire hope after natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic
• what we can learn from farmers about how to deal with things out of our control (like the weather) by accepting, adapting and looking at each situation as an opportunity
• how he stays optimistic by focusing on family, friends and volunteers who are willing to have a go at something little that can build into something big
• how you can create your own event or project by developing a plan, connecting with others, asking for information and support, and backing yourself
• how you can add value to your life by being part of something rather than nothing, whether it’s in your own home or in the wider community, and
• communities are strengthened by community groups who bring people together for mateship

RESOURCES and LINKS
Download a handout which includes a summary of the episode and a full list of the services, organisations, events and resources mentioned

Contact Marco Gliori at Southern Downs Regional Council
W: https://www.sdrc.qld.gov.au/council/councillors
E: marco.gliori@sdrc.qld.gov.au
P: 0438 392 118

Read the transcript of the episode

Contact Kathryn Walton from Kathryn Walton Consulting and Outdoors is my Therapy

Music by Twisterium from Pixabay

Series 2 has been jointly funded under the Commonwealth and State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (2018)