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25.01.2022 Today we interview Nathan Jones!! Parkour champion, freerunnner and Police Officer - Nathan trained religiously every day so as to one day get into the world championships. He struggled academically and settled for whatever he could throughout my education but parkour provided me with a focus point. In 2012 he made it into the red bull art of motion in Santorini, Greece. At College - he worked so hard he managed to work hard enough to come out with triple distinction star in ...his BTEC sport which opened up doors for him to go to University. Having spent 3 successful years in university he graduated with a 2:1 bachelor of honours degree in sport. During the time at university he joined West Yorkshire a Police as a Special Constance to dip his toes into a new line of work to see if this was the career for him. Soon enough he found his career. He applied to be a police Constance in two occasions both of which he failed at the final hurdle on interview. So he decided to travel. After travels he knew he was ready to pursue a career in Policing and he managed to land his career with Leicestershire Police on the 30th March 2020.
25.01.2022 Blake The Champ chatted earlier this week with the Armed For Life podcast team. Blake talks healthy choices for success, drawing upon his experience growing up in Cape Town, as a twice World Hip-Hop Champion and equipping and inspiring youth to make positive changes with 2nd Chance in South Africa. You can find Blake's podcast episode, as well as Armed For Life's other podcast episodes, here:... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com//p/armed-for-life/id1481804477 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7eq1RwzqzF4uwZETlHqdNF Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com//aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb #ArmedForLife #Podcast #success #healthychoices #2ndchancetrust
25.01.2022 Love our continued relationship with sone schools - that book every year COVID or no COVID La Salle College have been one of those schools for years now! Today was the first of 2 speaking to the Year 7’s for their Well-being Days. We discussed Self Awareness and Managing Emotions and Respect! The importance of having a perspective that all emotions are valid - we just have to become aware of them, process them and express them rather than hiding them, rejecting them or sup...pressing our negative emotions like anxiety, sadness or anger. The all have a place but we don’t want to get stuck in them!!! Thanks for having me...see you tomorrow for the other half of the Year 7’s La Salle . . . . . . . #armedforlife #selfawareness #managingemotions #respect #school
25.01.2022 Year 12's are at the end of exams and other students are still in the end of school mode with tests and assessments. How can we manage the stress we naturally feel around this time and even the emotions that come with failure or disappointment.
24.01.2022 Too many cameras Just a quick stop by around the corner in Albany to present once again at Great Southern Grammar for most of the day We discussed being Men of Respect with the Yr 9+10 boys and Consent Safety with the Yr 9+10 girls as well as our Resilience session with year 7+8 students all together. Great students and AMAZING questions especially from the girls and Yr 7+8 students (cause as you know sometimes Yr 9+10 boys don’t do questions ) ... Thanks for having me GSG - looking forward to next year . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #respect #consent #countrylife
21.01.2022 Back again today at CBC Fremantle to speakto the other half of the Year 8 boys about Resilience. Self Awareness is such a crucial part of learning to be resilient. Being able to ask why we do/ feel/ say what we do is key to being able to change behaviour and habits. This makes a difference if we are making the same mistakes and facing the same problems. Thanks for having me CBC . .... . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #resilient #learningresilience #resiliencetips #selfawareness See more
20.01.2022 What an amazing Wellbeing day at St Marks Anglican Community School today. Our newest (and shortest ) speaker Katie did an amazing job with the girls speaking about Healthy Friendships and Real Beauty to the Year 6-8 girls while I covered Real Men, Men of Respect and Healthy Choices for the Yr 6-8 boys. Such important topics and some similar themes running through the different year groups. What a privilege to present to such great students. Thank you for having us well do...ne to the staff for valuing students wellbeing enough to run a day like this . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #realmen #realbeauty #healthychoices #friendship #school See more
20.01.2022 We have already had so many comments from students at Belmont City college today. This just made my day!! Love that these sessions make such a difference for students. Amazing
19.01.2022 Today we interview Blake 'The Champ' Williams who has achieved some incredible in his 29 years on this earth! Blake The Champ is a 2 time world champion hip hop dancer, his hip hop dance crew came 3rd place in South Africa's got talent and he also won Cosmo's Sexiest Man of the Year in South Africa 2018. Blake has had to make a series of positive choices to set himself up for success - and that is a large part of why Blake now works for our International partners in Cape Town - 2nd Chance.
19.01.2022 Big day of travel today - 3 sessions at different organisations!! Started at Warnbro CHS with the Year 7’s on Bullying... Then to Helena College with the Year 10 boys on Sexual Harassment and finally to Belmont at The Base for our second week of the Resilience Program that we are running with students there. Today we discussed Decision Making and the importance of assessing what’s is important to us - because they determine why we choose what we choose. If what is important ...to us isn’t healthy then our choices won’t be either. And we can’t fall into the trap of thinking consequences don’t apply to us. Looking forward to bring back at The Base next week . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #healthychoices #stopbullying #protectivebehaviours
19.01.2022 Loved being back at Swan Valley Anglican Community School today speaking to the Year 9 boys about being a health man. It’s a privilege to continue working with the same schools. Single sessions still have a place but I think it’s continued presence in schools that really makes a difference - and leads to messages like this one. Thank you to the schools that care enough to focus on Wellbeing . .... . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #healthymen #makeadifference #socialenterprise #wellness See more
18.01.2022 Mitch taking one for the team
18.01.2022 I feel honoured and excited to be a part of such an important Virtual Summit coming up next week alongside some amazing speakers including Jelena Dokic...in relation to an INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE - BULLYING. The NO MORE HARM summit is taking place completely online this year. As someone that was bullied every day of my high school life I know the effect it has. The anxiety, feeing sick every day waking up afraid to go to school. How that anxiety turns into depression and... causes health issues as well as an inability to focus on ANYTHING in school!! Ill be speaking next Tuesday specifically on bullying and how to positively impact the situation we face in schools right now. It’s amazing timing as we are launching our first BULLYING specific program in 2021 - which already has had incredible feedback form the pilot program. Register here if your keen or passionate about this area as I am: https://hopin.com/events/no-more-harm-virtual-summit
17.01.2022 Today we interview Amy Lloyd! Amy is particularly passionate about and furthermore has extensive experience working in the area of wholefoods nutrition, mental health and digestive health, considering these an integral part of an individual’s health and well-being. Following the holistic and scientific teachings at Endeavour College of Natural Health and gaining a Bachelor of Health Science (Nutritional Medicine), Amy embraced the natural health world starting out in private ...consulting in a multi-modality clinic, before branching out to launch her own business at Amy Lloyd Nutrition. Together with her partner Leigh, Amy has launched a new venture called Vitta this year combining years of experience in functional and clinical nutrition, cardiovascular training, functional movement and strength training, fascia exploration and education, breath work, and yoga to bring you Vitta, a holistic practice for sustainable health, promoting strength and mobility, plant-based eating, optimal vitality and full body function.
15.01.2022 Introducing THE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM We use a mentor and a chosen activity with those students in the school that are really disengaged to build their engagement while taking part in an activity they don’t want to lose. The main activities to choose form are: Parkour Yoga... DJ’ing Hip Hop Dance We wanted to start with 2 schools for the pilot engagement program this term to track the effectiveness before we launch in Term 4! We gave heard from both Belmont City College and Rockingham SHS that the program is going really well! Thank you to Katie O'Meara the program manger and Darran - the man behind the parkour that we are using to engage the students! Can’t wait to launch this in Term 4. If you are struggling with students that struggle to engage no matter what get in touch with us to make a booking Term 4 . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #engagement #schoolengagement #engagementprogram #parkour
15.01.2022 FRONT PAGE OF THE POST An exciting way to finish the year. So great that one of our new programs is already being recognised as effective. Exciting times ahead If you work in a school with Year 5-8 students and you need to tackle bullying differently (or effectively) please send me a message or an email. Id would love to have a coffee and chat about it
14.01.2022 This term we launched a new SEL (SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING) CLASSROOMS PROGRAM This is a semester long program specifically targeting bullying developed over 2 years with Dr Elena Limnios. Being a pilot program we invited some select schools to take part with one class. Some of those schools have already confined that are running the program when we launch it in 2021 Rockingham SHS is one of the pilot schools and chose a year 7 class. As a part of that program I sp...oke to the whole year 7 cohort today about Bullying! One of the best sessions we have had in a while. Students were incredibly engaged. Thanks for having me Rockingham SHS - and looking forward to continually working with you and your students . . . . . . #armedforlife #bullying #resilience #bullyingawareness #stopbullying See more
12.01.2022 Of course we went to the beach after this game
10.01.2022 This week on the webicast we interview Nathan EJ from the UK! All round nice guy...Parkour champion and full time police officer. Hence we are doing the TOP 5 COP MOVIES! Let us know your fav’s below
10.01.2022 As well as our brand new ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM running today at Belmont City College I spoke this morning at Melville SHS to the Year 7’s on Resilience...and then joined Brad Ness at Southern Hills Christian College for the rest of the day running another brand new program called the AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE PROJECT We discuss the importance of respect and acceptance of difference while Brad shares his story of losing his leg on a Rottnest ferry. Then the students get to ply t...eam games and wheelchair basketball! What a day! Loving the new programs!! . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #newprogram #respect #acceptance #wheelchairbasketball See more
09.01.2022 R U OK? Day This is marks the first year I get to speak as an official ambassador for RUOK Day! Great morning at Water Corp and ERGT...And then spent the afternoon speaking at Betram Primary School to Year 5’s and 6’s about Resilience ... Connection is important - a big part of why this day exists. Ask someone the question today who seems off - or not themselves. And this is such an important question to ask and one that needs to take place on more than one day a year. It’s also important to asses if we are ok. Just as we are encouraging others to take action so we need to if we are not ok. It’s ok not to be ok - we just don’t wana stay that way. . . . . . . . #armedforlife #ruok #ruokday #resilience #connection
09.01.2022 MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR FMAILY TO YOURS We’ve always wanted to find some matching PJ’s - mission accomplished Thanks @peteralexanderofficial @peteralexander_au Hope it has been a day filled with peace and connecting with loved ones ... . . . . . . #christmas #2020 #family #holidays #matchingpjs See more
07.01.2022 Today Taylor Cowper and I got to speak to Year 8+9 students at Lesmurdie SHS. I took the boys and spoke about Real Men - what it means to be a healthy man and Taylor filled th shoes of a sick team member and spoke to the girls about Healthy Friendships. What a great school and great students. Some schools the students are just easier to engage and it’s more fun to present. As you can see the Year 8+9 boys were engaged through this session. Looking forward to hopefully anothe...r opportunity to speak to these students . . . . . . #armedforlife #realmen #healthymen #healthyfriendships #friends #respect #responsibility See more
05.01.2022 ARMED FOR LIFE SUMMER CAMP Day 1 today! Straight into it with some team building fun. Videos to follow - to see just how fun the activity is The theme for this camp is Healthy Relationships - and so of course we have to start with ourselves - so tonight we are talking about Self Esteem. ... We need to start from the inside out and make sure we are healthy to enable us to have healthy relationship! . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #summercamp #youthcamp #perth #beach
04.01.2022 THE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WE ARE NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR THIS NEW EXCITING PROGRAM FOR TERM 1 2021! After 2 years of development and a very successful trial in term 3 of 2020 we at Armed for Life are very excited to announce a brand new program for 2021 called THE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.... The program is designed to encourage and engage students that struggle to stay in class, complete work, or those students that may display destructive behaviour both in and out of the classroom. This is an 8 week program with 2 sessions a week an activity of the schools choosing and a mentor session to give context to the activity and encourage behavioural change. The activities that can be chosen from include: Parkour and Free-Running Class MMA Class Hip Hop Dance Classes Yoga Classes Below are testimonials regarding the 2020 Pilot Engagement Programs from teachers at Rockingham Senior High School and Belmont City College: "Since the mentoring and parkour program, attendance has improved dramatically due to a shift in home life and incentive of the parkour helped him significantly. " "Suspensions overall have improved! There's dramatically less suspensions happening with these students after they completed the program. " "Some of the students have not been suspended at all since going through the program which is great! " "During the program we found that some of the Year 9 & 10 students with very poor class attendance had improved attendance as a result of the sessions offered through the program." "The vibrant and tenacious natures of the facilitators continually strived to engage the students." "The students were often surprised by their physical abilities - all students reported that they enjoyed the program, particularly having the space to discuss difficult personal circumstances in a safe and supported setting." Please email [email protected] or call +61 438 938 049 for inquires or further information. . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #engagement #newprogram #takingbookings #2021
03.01.2022 A massive privilege to kick off Mega Life week at Carine SHS with the Year 7-10 students today. Screen Addiction for the Yr 7 + 8’s Relationships and Dating for the Yr 9’s and Health and Well-being for the Yr 10’s. A great mix of topics - and a great bunch of students. ... I love schools that take a day to focus on topics like these let alone a week! So great Thanks for having us Carine SHS - see you next time . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #screenaddiction #relationshipgoals #wellnessjourney
03.01.2022 Last couple of days have been awesome! Yesterday got to present again with my bro @marksmanlloyd at Rockingham SHS on being a Healthy Man to Year 9 and 10 boys and dealing with our issues, respect and self control! Today speaking to Year 7-10 about Bullying. Not just educating as to what why it is so damaging but also how to deal with being bullied in a healthy way - and the important role bystanders play! One of most popular sessions to date! If you want to tackle bullying... well within the school not only do we have this session but our new SEL classrooms program as well run for an entire semester - which we have already had incredible feedback from pilot schools this term. Get in touch for more info . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #wellnesswednesday #stopbullying #healthymen See more
02.01.2022 I legitimately look forward to coming back to Peter Carnley ACS every year for their RUOK Day They put so much effort in and organise a lot for the students to do and experience. All bound up in the message of RUOK? I spoke to every year group - Yr 7 to Yr 12 and emphasised that not only should we pay attention to the behaviour of others but make sure we are doing ok too. We covered resilience, bullying, decision making, self awareness and managing emotions and stress! ... Spotted these girls with an awesome homemade RUOK? sign. Well done girls . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #ruok #ruokday #resilence #stopbullying #stress
02.01.2022 Thank you to Belmont City College students today!! We had 5 great sessions with year groups... Yr 7’s - Healthy Friendships Yr 8’s - Self Esteem Yr 9’s - Self Awareness and Managing Emotions Yr 10’s - Self Motivation... Yr 12’s - Lessons for Leavers A mix bag of sessions but all about improving mental and emotional health, developing healthy relationships and being safe. Looking forward to coming back next term for the Yr 11’s . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #selfesteem #healthyfriendships #friendship #selfawareness #managingemotions #selfmotivation #leavers
01.01.2022 Big day today! Ran a session on Resilience to a small group of students at Rockingham SHS in connection with @cityofrockingham...then to a meeting at Swan Christian College in the Swan Valley and then back to present at CBC Fremantle for the Year 8’s on...wait for it...Resilience again! I was asked today whether I get sick of presenting on the same thing so often and I actually don’t. A part of my personality I guess - and the responses I get from these sessions (especiall...y online) fuels the next presentation - knowing is makes a difference! Thanks for having me CBC - see you tomorrow . . . . . . . . . #armedforlife #resilience #smallgroup #talks #makingadifference #lovewhatyoudo See more
01.01.2022 HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY to my beautiful wife. Have an amazing day I love you with all my heart and count myself blessed to have found you! You are not only incredibly beautiful inside and out but have brought so much light and joy to my life. You support me with in everything I do with Armed For Life!! AND are an incredible Mum to Levi. He is fortunate to have a Mum that loves him the way you do.... Thank you for who you are and how you love me. It was wonderful to see your family adore you the way I do on the weekend for your birthday. All my love PS...you outdid yourself with that pink outfit for our first dinner out since Levi being born on Friday night @cherithbrook7 You are stunning Love you xxx . . . . . . . #proudhusband #wifebirthday #bestmum #loveher #beautiful
