Have you ever found yourself trying to make sense of life, figure out the next steps or lost in the mush of a busy, hectic and anxious life? The answer is yes, of course! And in these moments the last thing we feel like doing is sitting in our mess and really trying to understand […]
The voices woke me at 2.30 in the morning. At first, I thought it was one of my girls, but the sound was coming from a different direction. That’s when I heard it, “I hate you. You’re a f***n ass***e. Just leave me alone!” The people next door were having a domestic. I shudder to think […]
In the movie Forrest Gump, a young Forrest lives most of his life constrained to splints on his legs. The splints support his frail limbs and allow him to live a somewhat normal life. In his late childhood years, Forrest gets bullied by three friends. Rocks are hurled at him and he’s does what anyone would do […]
There is a father and daughter in front of me. She’s supposed to be doing homework but has been seduced by her phone. She’s about 9 or 10 I’d say. The father, on the other hand, has his laptop open, to do work I suppose. But I haven’t seen him type anything. He also has […]
Recently, Wifey and I got a few hours of space away from the kids. We went out for dinner and as per usual, the menu was amazing! I wanted to try most of the items, but of course that’s not possible. I had to select something, and leave the other dishes for another time. Navigating […]
Nearly 1 in 4 Australian teenagers meet the criteria for having a “probable serious mental illness”, a joint report from Mission Australia and the Black Dog Institute has found. via ABC. Read that again. Let it sink in for a moment. 1 in 4 Aussie teens is likely to have a serious mental illness.
“It’s OK to not be OK” is the suicide prevention catch cry which rings out every September. It’s become a day of international significance, and rightly so. But how do we ask for help? How do we actually go about telling someone that something is up? Not necessarily with feelings of suicide, but with struggles in our […]
There are hundreds of thousands of people living a lifestyle they’d rather not be living. Their bodies are failing them, their emotional health is a sewer of stress, they are bitter toward their family, their career is simply about the next paycheck and they have no idea what the purpose of it all is. Creating a […]
I sat on the couch to scroll through my Facebook feed. I stumbled upon one of those slick motivational talks from a supposed business guru. The words rolled of her tongue like she’d been rehearsing for months. It looked, shiny, sharp and sort of fake. The longer I watched the more I fell for the message. I […]
For most of my life I’ve fought with the laziness gremlin. My school report card in year 3 read “if Travis spent less time talking with friends and spent more time focusing he could achieve a much better grade“. Or my U17 footy coach told my Dad after I won the best and fairest that “next year will […]
