Manifestation, mental health & Margot Robbie
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Why does Hannah compare Margot Robbie to a Barbie doll at the premiere?
So Margot Robbie comes out first and she like floats past. Yeah. This like ethereal, I'm like, good grief, no wonder you were Barbie. Like it's serious grief. You are Barbie.
Yeah.
Yeah, you are an actual Barbie doll. And then all of a sudden this very tall gentleman walks over and goes, hi, I'm Jacob. And I'm like, hi, like this.
Hello and welcome to today's episode of The Moment. My guest today is someone I've been wanting to talk to for ages. Ever since I saw her presenting her case to the Senate in Australian Parliament at the time that Labor... were introducing a bill to cut funding to the NDIS. Her speech was so powerful and so honest about how these cuts would affect her and many, many others. And she's using her voice for good. And I'm talking about Hannah Diveny. Now, Hannah is not only a disability advocate, she's an actor, very successful too. She's starred in a feature film in the leading role. Audrey, and she's done television. She's written an autobiography as well. If you're looking for it, it's called I'll Let Myself In.
And she's all around fabulous. And the reason why I am actually catching up with her today is because she too, like me, is an ambassador for Mental Health Month, which is happening every in the month of October. And Mental Health Month, obviously, is about raising awareness, reducing social stigma and educating everybody on what kind of resources are available. So she and I are ambassadors and there are many others as well. And I think it's just really important to talk about all this stuff because the more we talk, the easier it is for somebody else to hear us talking and get help if they need it. Hannah Diveny, thank you so much for joining us on the moment. Thanks for
having me, Miff.
Oh, look, well, the reason I've got you on here is because you and I are both ambassadors for Mental Health Month. I think
it's
a really important thing for me to be involved in because for me personally, I think it's about losing the stigma, the shame, all of that, but also moving forward, kind of just being open and to understanding ourselves a lot better and working out how our brains work. So I'm keen to know from your perspective why you got involved as an ambassador.
I think for me, mental health and mental illness specifically has always been something that I've lived with and that I've struggled with. And I'm quite open about that because like you, I don't want there to be any sort of stigma or shame about that. I'm just very aware that particularly in our industry with the things that we do, it can all look... very glamorous and fun and put together. And I always want to reassure people that, yeah, sometimes we might get to pose on red carpets, but there are still days where things aren't going too well or you like get rejected from an audition or whatever the thing is. And I'm always just really open about that kind of thing because I think it's helpful and I know what it's like to look at other people's lives and use that to sort of compare
to my own life and I don't want anyone to do that with me, I guess. Yeah,
I get it. I get it. It does look like everything's glamorous and we put Instagram photos up that are the best moments, you know. We don't put the moments where you feel really low, the moments where, like you said, you've – In your field of work, acting, that's the really hard bit. It is about rejection, isn't it, quite often?
There's so much of it.
And it's difficult. It's difficult to manage even though you know the reality of it. There's a bit of rejection here in my line of work, not so much as yours. But the world's hard to navigate, especially at the moment.
Absolutely. And I think even more so at the moment, like you can feel like everywhere you turn, there's bad news or there's negativity.
How did Hannah become a Mental Health Month ambassador and why is it important?
And I just want to make sure that people are okay because the world is going through a pretty precarious time right now for a bunch of reasons. And it's probably not normal that we're seeing all of this stuff while we're just casually eating our breakfast.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does Hannah compare Margot Robbie to a Barbie doll at the premiere?
0:00–4:17
2
How did Hannah become a Mental Health Month ambassador and why is it important?
4:17–8:00
3
What strategies does Hannah use to manage mental health in a rejection‑heavy creative industry?
8:00–12:26
4
How did Hannah transition from Instagram advocacy to landing her first major TV role?
12:26–18:59
5
Why did Hannah give a Senate testimony against NDIS funding cuts and what impact did it have?
18:59–22:14
6
How does Hannah practice manifestation and what role did Jacob Elordi play in it?
22:14–25:25
7
What challenges does Hannah face as a disabled actor in casting and how does she overcome them?
25:25–29:05
8
What self‑compassion techniques does Hannah recommend for everyday mental‑health care?
29:05–33:12