Health Science Jamila Rizvi & Rosie Waterland Want Us All To Be More Honest About Getting Sick Every person in this world will be touched by mental or physical illness. Jamila and Rosie are just two of them. Here are their takeaways from an emotional and candid conversation about what it means to have a broken body or a broken brain. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Health Science Jamila Rizvi & Rosie Waterland Want Us All To Be More Honest About Getting Sick Every person in this world will be touched by mental or physical illness. Jamila and Rosie are just two of them. Here are their takeaways from an emotional and candid conversation about what it means to have a broken body or a broken brain. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article On Being Nice Next article Why Are Millennial Women So Obsessed With Astrology? In their lifetime, every person in this world will be touched by mental or serious physical illness. If it’s not you personally then it will be someone you know and love.Yet becoming, and being, sick isn’t something we talk about very often – and certainly not something we talk about very well. Future Women’s Editor-at-Large Jamila Rizvi (who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour) and comedian, author and screenwriter Rosie Waterland (who has battled depression) are on a mission to change that. Future Women members were the first to hear that Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland are writing a book on handling mental and serious physical illness. It will be published by Penguin in 2020. If you or someone you know is seeking support and information about mental health or suicide prevention, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467. wellness Best Of Future Women Wellbeing It took an ADHD diagnosis and a breakdown to change my relationship with work By jitendermittal Gender diversity Soft Power By jitendermittal Gender diversity Cyber expert laments “lost generation” in online misogyny panel By jitendermittal Gender diversity Is this at the bottom of your To-Do list? By jitendermittal Wellbeing How being a ‘good girl’ is holding you back By jitendermittal Gender diversity The Confidence Gap By jitendermittal Wellbeing The curious connection between food and work By jitendermittal Gender diversity Wait, what? The new Thor is a woman? By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
