{"id":47759,"date":"2026-10-23T14:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=47759"},"modified":"2026-10-23T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:50:49","slug":"from-hiding-to-healing-new-dare-to-be-more-podcast-now-live","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/from-hiding-to-healing-new-dare-to-be-more-podcast-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"From Hiding to Healing \u2013 new Dare to Be More Podcast Now Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47760 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/EP26_Janu-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/EP26_Janu-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/EP26_Janu-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/EP26_Janu-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/EP26_Janu-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/EP26_Janu-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/EP26_Janu.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>In this episode of <em>Dare to Be More<\/em>, we are joined by MLC School alumna and <a href=\"https:\/\/community.mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\/news\/alumnae-awards\/2026-alumnae-award-recipients\/182\/182-Janu-Dhayanathan-2000-\">2026 Alumnae Award winner<\/a> <strong>Janu Dhayanathan<\/strong> (2000).<\/p>\n<p>Janu shares her deeply personal story of living with neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition she kept secret for thirty years. She discusses the isolation of hiding her true self and the incredible liberation she found when she finally shared her story to raise funds for the Children&#8217;s Tumour Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Janu also reflects on her time at MLC School, explaining how the support of teachers and counsellors helped her overcome bullying and a crisis of confidence in Year 12.<\/p>\n<p>Listen on the link below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: From Hiding to Healing with Janu Dhayanathan | MLC School, dare to be more podcast\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/47EN41cPY95gaqP7lwFefH?si=f96741691ee445ac&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stay connected and join the conversation as we continue to celebrate the opportunities that empower every MLC School student to\u00a0<em>Dare to Be More<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7484Dr6g8nm3fm0ewgafDB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Listen here now<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fon Spotify, or search\u00a0<em>MLC School Dare to Be More<\/em>\u00a0on your favourite podcast platform.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of Dare to Be More, we are joined by MLC School alumna and 2026 Alumnae Award winner Janu Dhayanathan (2000). Janu shares her deeply personal story of living with neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition she kept secret for thirty years. She discusses the isolation of hiding her true self and the incredible liberation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[9],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47759","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47759"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}