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25.01.2022 Workshop Sale - Supporting Clients at Risk of Eating Disorders - 20% off until October 15, 2020 Virtual Delivery over 3 sessions November 6, 13 and 20, 3pm - 5pm Australian EST Eating Disorders are not 'diets gone wrong' or a lifestyle choice. These illnesses negatively impact physical, mental and social health. Early intervention is critical. ... Exercise professionals are in a optimal position to start the conversation with those that may be suffering. The workshop Supporting Clients at Risk of Eating Disorders equips you to identify and appropriately communicate so that those you can support the health of your clients within a team of allied health professionals. Register here today: https://www.brazengrowth.com.au/about-2/

23.01.2022 Hope always provides a path. Peace from Long Reef Headland #keepgping #dontgiveup #mentalhealth #beheretomorrow #hope #longreef

23.01.2022 4 days left to register!! I am excited to present this topic that I am so passionate about and believe is a discussion that is needed! Register today via link in event !

23.01.2022 We are living in a sick culture. There have been ‘viruses’ in our society that destroy many lives on a daily basis. It is sick that ... A father did not want his son to seek help for not feeling that he was coping with life because he didn’t want people to think his son had ‘mental problems’.... A person that self-harms is called an attention seeker. Our mental health budget is a quarter of our physical health budget. We judge a person on the ‘what’ rather than understand the ‘why’ A person buys illegal drugs on purpose to be caught and put back into prison where they at least get a bed and food, because it is extremely difficult to get a job with a criminal record. There is at least a 5-year waitlist for social housing when there are so many vacant buildings. A woman defends herself against a partner when an AVO exists and she is charged with assault. Many people that lost everything in the fires are still living out of vans and tents. A person seeking support to rehabilitate is turned away from a bed as he has a criminal record. Society does not recognise rehabilitation and continues to discriminate causing people to continually live in shame. We are building more prisons. People are discriminated because of ethnicity or the colour of their skin. The only thing NOT listed for discrimination in NSW is a criminal record. A woman is killed every 9 days by a partner. A man is killed every 29 days by a partner. 8 people die by suicide every day in Australia. People’s right to question and have an opinion is silenced by aggressive comments. I am sure you can add to this list. That so much fear, isolation of the well and focus on one virus has dulled the reality and even perpetuated all of the above We live in a sick culture #mentalhealth #rehabilitation #sickculture #society #priorities #criminaljusticereform

23.01.2022 The world is not ok. It is 'RUOK' day. Even the most resilient may be struggling. We all are struggling at different times and in varying degrees. So it is up to all of us to pick each other up, day after day. We also have to know when we need to step back, look after ourselves and accept help. The idea of merely asking RUOK doesn't sit right with me. 14 years ago I didn’t know that I was suffering from depression. I just knew I couldn’t let anyone know that I was not coping...! I always felt I had to be the perfect mother, wife, daughter and staff member. I always felt I had to be there for others and to please them in order to feel a sense of worth. I was frightened, felt guilty and ashamed to say I was struggling. So I didn’t say 'No, I am not ok.' So as we try and get through this horrid year, where our levels of resilience have been tested by what has been imposed on us and the devastating ripple effect of this, rather than ask RUOK, maybe say I understand and noticed that you are struggling right now. Don't minimise each person's suffering by saying 'we all are'. I believe that creates a bigger barrier to asking for help. Do what we can to help at times we can help. One moment at a time. We will get through this together. Do what works for you. Apart from the non-judgemental support of family and friends, it was my faith that got me through the darkest times. Hope pulls you out of the darkest crevice, gives you strength to climb another mountain and turn another corner. And if you have no hope,then allow yourself to open up and accept the hope of others. You ARE WORTH IT #ruok #mentalhealth #support #checkin #hope #faith

22.01.2022 Memory pop -up from 2 years ago. One of my favourite shots. I started doing unassisted chin-ups again (since 25 years previously) when I turned 50. Resistance training as we age is the best exercise. It helps maintain muscle mass, keeps joint structures strong, blood sugar levels in check (assuming nutrition is sound) which in turn helps prevent many chronic illnesses :) Resistance training also helped my mental health. At a time when thoughts were racing, I was using antidepressants & was suicidal , focussing on technique gave my mind a break from the unhealthy thoughts, one training session at a time. Start lifting!! No matter how old you are! #health #mentalhealth #strength #resistancetraining #mindset

21.01.2022 STOP For just 1 minute. Really stop and be still. Breathe in the sound of the ocean. ... So much turmoil for so many people with all that is going on in our world. I love this sound and what it does to still my soul even for just a minute .. often #bestill #ocean #meditation #mindset #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #breathe

20.01.2022 Oh how I wish I believed and applied this to my life sooner! For decades I believed that the more I did the more I was worth and would be valued by myself and others. To others it may have appeared that I was motivated, ambitious and driven. To an extent I am, but I had low self-worth, burnt out and always felt I needed to please. Rest and timeout were not an option.... This extended to: Chores I did as a young girl and teenager Exercise and eating habits (culminating in anorexia) Application to university study to the point that I was never satisfied with what I had done Beating myself up if the long list of housework was not done each day as a wife and mother Feeling guilty if I didn’t do everything that pleased my husband. And feeling guilty if I did anything that pleased me Putting my hand up at work to do more than was required Giving in to sex when I really didn’t want to after I separated (that is what my ex said he missed most about me something I felt for 21 years of marriage. I believed I was only valued for sex by my husband and therefore all men! I despised myself when I did not do all the above. I despised myself more for saying yes when I really wanted to say no. I was exhausted for everything I believed I HAD to do! What a lie of a cycle!! Thank God for hitting rock bottom! Thank God for unconditional love and grace that taught me I am loved and valued. Thank God that this gave me the strength to crawl through the dark tunnel of shame, guilt and come out the other side. Thank God that I love myself now enough to stop, say no and rest. Thank God that I now have the energy and right motivation support others who find themselves in the cycle of ‘I am not enough.’

19.01.2022 I had the honour of presenting a workshop to a group of wonderful carers last night for CCNB . Carers are at risk of suffering anxiety, depression and physical health issues. The workshop focussed on the connection between our thoughts, anxiety and the impacts on physical health. Self-care is paramount if you are caring for others. And you should not feel guilty for doing so or for using support services to help do the fantastic job that you do

18.01.2022 Constantly come back to the present moment. 'What if's' and looming difficult times ahead zap strength for today #present #worry #today #mentalhealth #mindset #energy #whatif

17.01.2022 Did you know that Lifeline Northern Beaches offers so much more than the crisis call line? If you prefer to text for help you can and they offer face-to-face affordable counselling.

16.01.2022 The power of telling your story. I have experienced this for myself and also many of the women I have contact with. The listener hears to understand with empathy, not to hear to judge, condemn or gossip. #nojudgement #healing #safespace #understanding #empathy #storytelling #nofear

16.01.2022 We say to have empathy or compassion it is good to walk in another's shoes. It is good to remember the journey you may not have travelled. Kaizen .. seemingly small insignificant steps over a period of time leads to much progress #babysteps #compassion #empathy #mentalhealth

14.01.2022 Good morning to you all with these colours off Long Reef Headland this morning. Breath. It is a new day #newday #hope #breathe #mentalhealth #meditation

13.01.2022 At 6am on July 31, 2014, my children drove into the gates of Dillwynia Correctional Centre for the last time to pick me up and take me home. I stood outside in my clothes, the prison green clothing left inside on the floor where I threw them down hard as I changed. I had counted down to this date every day for 11 months. Decades of unhealthy false beliefs I had of myself had changed through this experience. ... You would think that once you have ‘done your time’ that you put it behind you. This photo is taken in the car just as we drove out of the prison gates with ACDC’s Jailbreak blaring. It was one of the songs on a ‘coming home’ playlist my kids put together for me. In this moment I felt relief, joy, love, elation to be with my children & unbelief that I got through a time I never believed I had the strength to push through. Little did I know that it doesn’t end once you leave the gates. The world doesn’t often see the often painful lead up to ‘the fall’, & the work you’ve done to learn and rehabilitate. It just sees the criminal record. The discrimination, alienation, exclusion and loss of opportunity I’ve faced for the last 6 years threatened to cause me to give up. But if I allowed that then ‘the bastards would have won’ so to speak. Thank God for those people that recognise rehabilitation. Thank God for the strength he has constantly given me each time I’ve had to pick myself up during these last 6 years. I’ve been surrounded in the last 2 years by amazing women and right now I am right where I’m meant to be. As I drove out that day six years ago, I knew I did not want to waste this experience. On a mission #resilience #criminaljusticesystem #rehabilitation #empowerment #empoweringwomen #mentalhealth #discrimination #exclusion #strength #faith

11.01.2022 Penny Holbrook and I are about to go live on the Men's Mental Health Show for ladies day show. The link to tune in is in the post

08.01.2022 People with lived experience of an eating disorder; your voice matters and is needed. Please take a look at completing this survey

06.01.2022 Hearing & sharing Kevin Hines has been an honour as my attempt to do what I can for suicide prevention. Meeting the very real, down to earth and passionate man that he is was humbling. We can all do something. Watch this space

05.01.2022 Once I start talking about Nutrition, Health and Fitness, I can go off on all tangents! It was a pleasure to present this workshop for CCNB Mind Yourself program this evening! There is so much to discern regarding these topics, and whether what you are presented with is actually impacting your mental, physical and social health in a negative way.

03.01.2022 Not everything has to be ok all of the time. When we feel it has to be, we become exhausted trying to feel better often with unhealthy means. When this becomes our 'normal', city is hard to recognise that we are unwell. I realised and unlearned this the hard way. In case you missed my interview with #stronghealthywomen you can find it here with some of my other blogs :) https://www.brazengrowth.com.au/blog/

02.01.2022 The peace and joy of the sunrise over the ocean Take many moments of joy each day to get through each day #joy #mentalhealth #mindfulness #meditation #bestill

02.01.2022 Pull-ups .. my thoughts from this week as I did weighted ones (pic this week too ) You don’t often pull your whole body weight upwards against the force of gravity. It is not a natural everyday movement. Pull-ups are my mental health and tough circumstance analogy exercise. ... One of the most difficult things I’ve had to do was to admit guilt to something that I was extremely shameful for. Hiding it was destroying me but I was SO SCARED to open up. I’d never learned to open up. It was not natural for me to do so. But I had to. And it was SCARY AF!! When I first started doing pull-ups they were assisted ones. It made it easier to pull up against the force of gravity as I wasn’t strong enough. What assisted me to be honest and break the shame that kept me bound, was kindness, and gentle support from each person I disclosed to. What kept me clammed up and not wanting to walk the path to change the thoughts and behaviours that kept me locked in shame were responses of anger, people walking away from me and silent treatment. These forces always pulled me down, intensifying the shame. But I kept pulling myself up using the assistance I was given. Life still throws tough circumstances. But I now have the tools and the ‘muscle’ to know I can pull myself up. Shame can be caused by different circumstances for each person. Be kind. And if you’re walking through shame, be assisted by those who are. You WILL get stronger and pull yourself up from forces that try to pull you back down #kindness #shame #mentalhealth #keepgoing #pullups #support #stronger #lifechanges

02.01.2022 The last two weeks I have found tough with levels of anxiety a little higher than normal. High enough that I didn’t want to get out of bed. Things in my world felt frayed like my shoes !! I felt agitated and uneasy before going to bed and woke up feeling sick in the stomach. STOP. THINK. WHAT IS CAUSING ME TO FEEL LIKE THIS. ... ACKNOWLEDGE. ACCEPT. NOW GET UP. Five of my days start with approximately one hour of exercise. It is one of the things I do to keep my mind well. It felt strange to hear my psychologist say, when you stop your routine of exercise, I will be worried.’ It was strange because having had a history of anorexia where guilt motivated compulsion to exercise was part of my world. I am free of that compulsion as the cause has been healed. Balance is important but I believe a daily check in with your thoughts is more important. I take my rest days when I listen to my body and around other commitments in my week. But when I am aware that I do not want to get up and do ‘life’, the things I know keep me well, or things I need to do, this calls for a ‘thought and emotion check in’. When I don’t check in, it is easy to roll with the feelings that have the potential to sabotage my wellness. So, I get up DESPITE how I am feeling and JUST DO IT. Getting to this point has not come without hard work. My psychologist once said to me ‘It is ok to sit on the couch in your PJ’s when you are not having good days and drop your bundle, but don’t stay there. Use what you know works, pick the bundle up again and do it.’ If you are not there yet buddy up with someone. Reach out to someone you know is struggling to do the things that keep them well and do it with them.

02.01.2022 This study invites people to share their experience with body image or disordered eating during COVID-19. Questions? Email [email protected]. For support, call the national eating disorder helpline on 1800 ED HOPE (1800 33 4673).

02.01.2022 This article outlines some of the many impacts that social distancing places on people suffering from eating disorders. https://apple.news/Ap2IVYcYySvaoPziaIcY7TQ

01.01.2022 What a privilege to do a live interview with @holbrookpenny on radio 89.1 Blue Mountains Radio this morning for the Mens Mental Health show. A podcast of the interview will be available tomorrow. I’ll share that link ! #mentalhealth #radio #suicideprevention #mensmentalhealth

01.01.2022 Some photos from last nights #womenwithaltitudeawards2020 awards. I received a Brave Rising Star award for my efforts supporting women affected by the criminal justice system and for mental health programs I develop and deliver. Proud of the woman I’ve become #women #overcomeadversity #mentalhealth #awardsnight #secondchances