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Men Supporting Men

Locality: Penrith, New South Wales

Phone: +61 417 655 101

Address: Cranebrook 2749 Penrith, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 A young guy introduces himself before the workshop with a fake name. When I say his name as we kick-off, the whole room bursts into laughter. He has a cheeky sm...irk on his face, and I realise the joke is on me. I know what he’s trying to do because I used to do it too. When I was at school, our goal was to stir up facilitators. It was a challenge as to who could fart the loudest or say the most vulgar thing to ruin the workshop. . Young guys are great at taking the piss, it’s how we get out of talking about difficult things. During our workshops, we let it all play out. Because taking the piss is part of the stereotype. . We eventually call out the behaviour in a caring way, because we believe that men need range. We need to be able to take the piss with our mates., however, sometimes we have to step into difficult conversations. We need to be serious when we talk about serious things. Mental health issues. Suicide. Violence. These are the crucial conversations that we need to have that we cant take the piss out of. . During the workshop with the Year 9’s at John Tonkin College, a friend of the guy with the fake name, stood up and talked about being suicidal. The fella with the fake name stopped taking the piss and instead stepped into the heat. He told his mate how important he was to him. . When we were wrapping up, he approached me and asked Are you guys are gonna come back next year? I told him I hope so. He said, Make sure that happens. - Rhett . Thanks to the legends at The Kai Eardley Foundation and Gotcha4Life for making this workshop possible. See more

24.01.2022 Great night and no rain, we meet some great fellas on our walk, here’s 2 of them. Graham and Grant #69 #72 #noexcuses #menshealth

21.01.2022 What does it mean to be an Aussie bloke in 2020? Join us for a casual convo on what’s happening for men and masculinity today. You’ll leave better equipped to l...ook after yourself and those you care about. Do it. We’ve got dates coming up in Wagga Wagga, West Pymble, Bilgola Beach, Brookvale, Batlow and Tumbarumba in NSW and Millewa in VIC with more coming up in WA. Grab your mates and register for free now https://www.tomorrowman.com.au/events

20.01.2022 Do you remember your first week at a new school? Do you remember trying to fit in? Did you keep a low profile and do your best not to stand out? Because that’s ...what I did. There was one young lad at Boyup Brook District High School School who did the exact opposite. This was his first week at a new school, having just moved to Australia. He voiced his opinion early, challenging the stereotype that men are supposed to hide their emotions. He opened up, he talked and he led the conversation within the room. I was surprised when I learnt that it was only his second day at the school. He showed an emotional maturity far beyond his years, and when I asked, How do we remedy the horrific statistics that are killing us too young? He responded with ease, We need to talk. When a young bloke like this has the confidence to step up and talk, the rest of the boys in the room learn something. They see how powerful it is to open up, they see the strength in talking about difficult times in their lives. This young man led the way and allowed the rest of the room to follow by talking and sharing their experiences. It sounds easy because he made it sound easy. This is what leading with strength looks like - being the first to talk, to open up, to share. - Rhett Thanks to our incredible funders at The Kai Eardley Foundation for making this workshop possible. See more

14.01.2022 The lads at Mitchell High School were an impressive bunch! A culturally diverse group in the centre of two dividing regions of Sydney, Greater West and Inner We...st. The divides were clear around who came from what area, who ran with which crew and culture. . Inside the workshop what the boys discovered is that although many of them had different origins, they often shared similar stories, of loss, of loneliness and role models letting them down. Through story, these boys realised that they weren’t so different. They had each other’s backs, building a fierce energy of the room. . The success and vibe of the day was summarised at the end of the last workshop. The boys were pumping Onefour, rapping and dancing on stage and kicking footies into hoops while simultaneously wanting to challenge the stereotype by painting each other’s nails. It was hectic. - Josh . Thanks to our incredible partners in crime Gotcha4Life for making this workshop possible. See more

13.01.2022 Proud to power this engaging and impactful session to build Mental Fitness with the blokes of Bilgola, delivered by @tomorrowman_au. The tide is changing for me...n young and old, and the outdated stereotype is leaving some of our mates, dads, sons, uncles, teammates, workmates and brothers stranded without the tools to live a healthy life. It’s time we got in a room to have a no holds barred, honest, open conversation about the state of man; face the stats and create a space to explore how we can look after ourselves, our mates and families better while carving out our own version of the Aussie man. Join Tomorrow Man for an engaging and impactful two hours of casual and honest conversation exploring what it means to be a man today and what it will mean tomorrow. Thu 5th Mar, 7:00-9:00pm @ Bilgola Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Bilgola Plateau, NSW 2107 This FREE Tomorrow Man event is proudly brought to you by @gotcha4life. @tomorrowman_au

12.01.2022 Some great conversations were had at Thursday’s Walk-you never know what you are going to take away when just shooting the breeze with another human away from the electronic gadgets we all get caught up with.... come along & try it out

10.01.2022 In this time of global climate crisis here's an excerpt from The Making of Men by Dr Arne Rubinstein about why Healthy Rites of Passage are so essential... "Whe...n I think about our leaders today, the ones that we elect and the ones in positions of power at work and within our communities, I wonder how many of them have a true vision, as opposed to doing just about anything they can to hold onto their power. How many of them act with the long-term consequences in mind rather than taking short-term actions that will make them look good now but will create greater problems down the track? Do our leaders truly take responsibility for their actions, or do they blame others and make excuses? Do they treat the environment and our natural resources as precious and deserving of preservation, or do they treat them as never-ending supplies, with pollution and global warming just being an unavoidable consequence? Imagine if all our leaders functioned within healthy man psychology. Imagine if we had leaders who were visionaries who sought to improve the health and well- being of all humankind; leaders who thought about the consequences of their actions and how they would impact future generations; leaders who were prepared to hand over power when the time was right, and who treated the earth and the environment as something to improve over time rather than ignore and pillage. A society that runs on boy psychology will act as if the earth is an unlimited resource, or that the effects of human behaviour don’t matter as the problems won't affect our generation. This society will accept the decimation of forests, pour unlimited amounts of greenhouse gases and toxins into the atmosphere, and allow the rivers and oceans to become polluted. The future success, happiness and sustainability of our world depends on men acting in ways that are based on healthy man psychology, rather than on boy psychology. Unrecognised and unchecked boy psychology leads a man to believe that material possessions and power over others are what defines him as successful. This allows him to ignore the consequences of his actions and often has a disastrous effect on his relationships with women and at a societal level with the earth we live on. This needs to be recognised and dealt with".

10.01.2022 It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood... to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore. "Hello Eeyore," said Pooh. "Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice. "We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay." Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now." Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house. Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?" "We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are." "Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better. Because Pooh and Piglet were There. No more; no less. #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay #PeerSupport #VeteranPeerSupport #OverwatchChallenge #OWA

08.01.2022 Super excited about all the amazing women getting involved in Rites of Passage work. 2 weekends ago we ran a Leadership Training for 40 Indigenous and Non Indig...enous people from Butchulla country. The women there asked us at the end of last year to help them start Rites of Passage programs for their girls after seeing the success of the programs for the boys we created there. This picture is of the women who came along and they were incredible, fabulous, deep and powerful. Then last weekend we ran another Leadership Training and 13 of the 23 attendees were women and many of them specifically wanted to create Rites of Passage for girls. Given my deep concern that the current leadership model is so incredibly inadequate and unprepared to tackle the issues at hand, I am totally motivated to be putting my energy into this work which is bringing the voice and wisdom of Indigenous Women and Men into the lives of young people. And the thought of genuinely empowering young women as well as young men gives me hope that we could actually end up with leaders working on a different model and one that values family, community and culture above everything else. Our next Leadership Training is near Melbourne Mar 20-22 and then May 1-3 back up in Byron before I head off to Europe and run a training in Holland June 26-28. Please let people know, things are happening and the more good people we get involved the better. See more

07.01.2022 [Trigger Warning] This is the final photograph of Phillip Herron 34, crying in his car, literally minutes before he took his own life. He was a single Dad of th...ree young children, struggling with escalating debt of over 20,000 and was desperately waiting for a universal credit payment he'd applied for. But it's paid in arrears, with a 5 week wait time. That wait drove him even deeper into debt, and when he died he had 4.61 in his bank account and clearly couldn't see any other way out. Like a lot of people, especially men, he kept all of this to himself, nobody else knew how bad things were getting. The poor bloke even had to tell his children that Father Xmas hadn't come this year, and in his suicide note he wrote that they'd be better off if he wasn't there any more. And now he isn't. We need to talk more. We need to be kinder. And we need to be a country that helps people when they need it the most. RIP x

07.01.2022 We talk to each other differently. We actually open up about stuff." After visiting Bridgetown High School in November last year, we returned in February to ru...n our follow up session 'History of Man'. After the workshops wrapped up one of the young blokes stuck around to have a chat. He had a fair bit on his plate and wanted to keep talking. It was incredible to hear how he had taken the tools from our previous workshop and had been applying them to his life since. Here was a bloke who had so much going on, but no outlet. These are the conversations that keep us motivated. #tomorrowman #culturechange Thanks to the legends at The Kai Eardley Foundation and Gotcha4Life for making these workshops possible.

01.01.2022 A Rite of Passage experience has a really positive impact on the whole family. A dad who attended a recent Making of Men camp shared I was blown away by the e...ntire process, It was absolutely brilliantly thought out and delivered in every way. I would definitely recommend it to all dads. My boy's mother also got a tremendous amount out of the process and was really supported by the women facilitators. I reckon everyone in the world should be doing this. Our next Making of Men camp is from 15 - 19 April. See more