Today Alana is joined by queer young person, provisional psychologist and PhD student at Telethon Kids Institute Dylan Gilbey and Head of the Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health team at the Telethon Kids Institute Amy Finlay-Jones, to chat about self stigma experienced by young LGBTQIA+ people and how self compassion can combat it.

Self stigma survey: bit.ly/selfstigma Telethon Kids Institute mindful self-compassion for LGBTIQIA+ youth study: www.telethonkids.org.au/projects/MSC/ QLife: https://qlife.org.au/ 1800 184 527 Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/ 13 11 14