16 Jul 2025

Mental As Anyone: Jonathon Moran on addiction, mental health and identity 

From Nights, 9:25 pm on 16 July 2025

For more than two decades, Australian entertainment journalist and broadcaster Jonathon Moran - better known as JMO - has been covering the lives of the rich and famous.

To the outside world he was outgoing and confident journalist who got to travel the world doing what he loved.

But behind the scenes he was battling addiction and mental health while coming to terms with his own history of sexual abuse and identity.

Now he's written a book about his life called Mental As Anyone, part memoir - part self-help based on his own struggles and experiences.

Jonathon Moran joins Emile Donovan.

Mental As Anyone: A Toolkit for Surviving and Thriving on the Chaotic Rollercoaster of Life offers readers practical tools to navigate life's toughest moments.

Mental As Anyone: A Toolkit for Surviving and Thriving on the Chaotic Rollercoaster of Life offers readers practical tools to navigate life's toughest moments. Photo: Jonathon 'JMo' Moran