What is Bianca Dye doing now?
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Everyone keeps asking and now she can reveal one of the big answers.
In recent weeks she has been busy interviewing celebrities such as Demi Lovato to Hugh Jackman and Ricky Martin something that has never been done before on radio.
Dye has been working with The Hit Network and will broadcast a three hour commercial free special called Press Pause on Tuesday night from 7pm to 10pm.
Press Pause is about raising awareness for mental health and checking in with Australian youth.
The program is being aired to help launch Mental Health Month and looks at issues ranging from anxiety and depression, to peer and social media bullying.
Dye has been public in recent years about her own battle with anxiety and was recently named an ambassador for Mental Health Australia.
And now she is excited about the new opportunity to co-host Press Pause with Jules Lund and give a voice to what she regards as very important topics.
The national radio show will focus on prevention and awareness which is something Dye is passionate about.
This special broadcast is one of the agreed actions of the judgment by the ACMA investigation into the “royal prank call” on Sydney radio that Lund and Dye were not involved with in any way.
They want to start a conversation with other celebrities to spread awareness to a target audience of under 30’s, across The Hit Network’s 42 stations.
Press Pause is also part of the launch of national Mental Health Month.
And many Australian and international stars are lending their voices to help raise awareness and share their thoughts on how to help yourself and help others, to live a happy and healthy life.
They include TV host Osher Gunsberg , models Ashley Hart and Nick Bracks, performers Olly Murrs, Troy Sivan and Anja Nissen, and journalist Mia Freedman.
Helping Jules and Bianca open the show will be Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley discussing the brutal statistics around self-harm and suicide and what the government is doing to manage the issue.
Jules and Bianca will also speak with experts in mental health including Batyr founder, Sebastian Robertson, Mental Health Australia’s Chris Wagner and REACH Foundation’s CEO Trish Squires.
The Ethics Centre’s Dr Matthew Beard will discuss ethics in the media and what really is “in the public’s interest”.
A strong digital and social media presence will be created before, and during the show, using the hashtag #presspause. The Hit Network is working with Twitter, encouraging listeners to join the conversation on social media by following #PressPause.
And as part of a new level of engagement Australian youth can interact using the Shazam app to get interactive contacts for the organisations featured, and how to reach out for help, as they listen.
The commercial free air time is being donated to raise awareness for Lifeline, Kids Helpline, Beyond Blue, Headspace, The Reach Foundation, Reachout.com and Batyr.
For Dye it has been a great opportunity to step into after leaving seven years of breakfast radio in Wollongong.
But it is not the only thing she has been doing.
''I am the busiest I have ever been,'' she said.
''And I am doing things that make me feel good.I did Studio 10 recently. I always wanted to co-host and they emailed me..and rang and asked me three weeks after I left i98. And they are going to get me back on.''
After becoming ambassador for Mental Health Australia she wrote an article for mamamia.com.au about the Buddy Franklin mental health issue has had nearly 35,000 shares.
''It is awesome because it means a lot of people are sharing a story about mental health,'' she said.
''Now they have me writing other stuff for them as well.''
A biancadye.com site is presently being built for that and travel stories she wants to do.
And she is about to embark on a finding herself trip to India.
''It is about how do I handle my anxiety when I don't have excuses,'' she said.
''I will have nothing I have to do except meditate and be in a real calm spiritual place,''
Dye is also well on track ticking many things off on her own personal bucket list.
''The universe really does provide,'' she said.
''I am a big believer in having vision boards and I am a big believer in meditating on visions and thinking about what I want to happen...because they do happen.''
One that is about to happen is Dye is going to go on a trip around rural parts of Australia in a vintage American caravan known as an Airstream and an Instagrammer called Amazing Australia.
She wants to use that trip to talk about and create awareness about mental health in regional Australia.
''These two people contacted me totally separately and said they wanted to do something with mental health,'' she said.
''We are going to combine incredible shots with mental health and travel around Australia. It is something I have wanted to do for a long time.''
Dye really wants to use every opportunity to be an advocate for mental health awareness.
She wants to be someone seen as relatable and real and honest in her role as an ambassador.
''They are doing a summit for Healthy Mental Me and they have done a Q & A with me for that.
''People have told me it is brilliant I have come out and spoken about it because I am seen as someone who can push awareness.’’
Dye said as a result of her work people were coming up to her and talking about mental health.
''People have told me it is brilliant I have come out and spoken about it because I am someone in a position to be able to push awareness,'' she said.
''As result more people are coming up to me and talking about mental health.
Dye has also launched an Instagram page called https://instagram.com/anxietyfree/?hl=en that is about to exceed 10,000 followers.
Dye is making the most of every opportunity.
''I am doing yoga all the time and I just feel like I am a different person,'' she said.
''And all these incredible opportunities are coming. For example I recently put a post on social media about wanting to work on a cruise ship doing short trips. As a result I have been offered a two day trip on the Pacific Pearl between Sydney and Melbourne called Myer Fashions on the Deck.
Dye said it paid to be brave and tell the world what you want to do even if it never happens.
''It is sprinkling the fairy dust I call it,'' she said.
Dye is also writing a stand up comedy show with a friend, writing a eBook on anxiety after being encouraged to do so by newsreader Jacinta Tynan and hosting a summit for businesswomen http://www.businessmadebeautiful.com/bmb-summitt/