Australian Dads Network

Welcome to Part Two of our yarn with Trys Reddick.

A message from Trys, "A bit about me, so I was diagnosed with Depression, Anxiety, OCD and Agoraphobia when I was 13 and left school when I was 14, having Home Ed to finish off my GCSE's (I'm from the UK). Having Home Ed gave me an excuse not to go out and my Agoraphobia got worse, living as a recluse for 10 years. In my Mid 20's I had a holiday to Perth to see my Grandparents who were ill. While over here I had an awesome spiritual experience and felt Kwinana would one day be my home. I went back to the UK after 2 months and started a journey of recovery. After 5 years I got the opportunity to come over on a 2 year student visa to study for a Diploma in Community Services and on completion of that I worked in Employment Services. I stayed in the industry 5 years and then left and have been training Mental Health First Aid ever since. I currently live in Kwinana, 5 mins away from where my Grandparents live.

My passion is about talking about mental health especially for guys. 75% of suicides are male and part of that is that we don't talk about how we're travelling. I have lost 7 people in my life, all men. I think it's important we reach out to people and get them to talk.

I run my own MHFA Training business now full time, I also film YouTube videos and just getting started again with podcasts. Last year I co-founded the Kwinana Alliance against Depression and also funded and co-founded the Songs of Hope project. The project was a collaboration between myself and Foundation to Wellness and we took 10 singer / songwriters with lived experience of mental illness and supported them to write their own song around the theme of hope. The Spotify link below allows you to download the album for free Check them out and let me know what you think.

ABC News Footage

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-28/alliances-against-depression-formed-to-tackle-mental-illness/11342738

Video of the Journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSyKj_a1OS4

Download the Album here

https://open.spotify.com/album/3rqy34MOPwOFQ2Y3PCcxBx

Passionate Lives website

www.passionatelives.com.au

Beyond Now

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/beyondnow-suicide-safety-planning

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011751035310

A message from Trys, "A bit about me, so I was diagnosed with Depression, Anxiety, OCD and Agoraphobia when I was 13 and left school when I was 14, having Home Ed to finish off my GCSE's (I'm from the UK). Having Home Ed gave me an excuse not to go out and my Agoraphobia got worse, living as a recluse for 10 years. In my Mid 20's I had a holiday to Perth to see my Grandparents who were ill. While over here I had an awesome spiritual experience and felt Kwinana would one day be my home. I went back to the UK after 2 months and started a journey of recovery. After 5 years I got the opportunity to come over on a 2 year student visa to study for a Diploma in Community Services and on completion of that I worked in Employment Services. I stayed in the industry 5 years and then left and have been training Mental Health First Aid ever since. I currently live in Kwinana, 5 mins away from where my Grandparents live.

My passion is about talking about mental health especially for guys. 75% of suicides are male and part of that is that we don't talk about how we're travelling. I have lost 7 people in my life, all men. I think it's important we reach out to people and get them to talk.

I run my own MHFA Training business now full time, I also film YouTube videos and just getting started again with podcasts. Last year I co-founded the Kwinana Alliance against Depression and also funded and co-founded the Songs of Hope project. The project was a collaboration between myself and Foundation to Wellness and we took 10 singer / songwriters with lived experience of mental illness and supported them to write their own song around the theme of hope. The Spotify link below allows you to download the album for free Check them out and let me know what you think.

ABC News Footage

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-28/alliances-against-depression-formed-to-tackle-mental-illness/11342738

Video of the Journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSyKj_a1OS4

Download the Album here

https://open.spotify.com/album/3rqy34MOPwOFQ2Y3PCcxBx

Passionate Lives website

www.passionatelives.com.au

Beyond Now

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/beyondnow-suicide-safety-planning

Jason McGrice from The Meditation House supports men and women to diffuse anxiety, connect to their bodies, rediscover the power of their breath and find peace

in beautiful meditation and healing practices.

Spiritually connected from a young age, it would be Jason's own spiritual journey that would eventually become the catalyst for the launch of The Meditation House;

a community inspired by connection and united in a deep understanding of the profound benefits of meditation and spiritual practice. It is through these meditation and spiritual healing practices that Jason's connection to source truly shines the brightest.

Jason's unique and spiritual approach has inspired a movement, with his meditation single 'Morning Ritual' skyrocketing into the top 10 on the popular meditation

app 'Insight Timer'; seeing over 2.6 million listeners connecting with his guidance and inspiring a worldwide community waking up to his energy, every single morning.

Now with over 17 years' experience, he has experimented with the power of universal energy and has passionately honed his skills to serve as a

true light worker.

http://www.themeditationhouse.com.au/

Peter Borda of The Wellness Centre in Whyalla and the Facebook community Living Life Like A Holiday is here to have a yarn about emotions, mental health, choice, opportunity and living life to its fullest.

https://www.facebook.com/thewellnesscentrewhyalla/

https://www.thewellnesscentrewhyalla.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifelikeaholiday/

A special Dads Day edition of the podcast to showcase some of the insights from Dads within the Australian Dads Network.

Thanks to all the fellas for sharing!

Today you will hear an episode from the Become A Fearless Father podcast with Klaas Van-Oosterhout interviewing Liam Sorrell (CEO and Founder of the Australian Dads Network).

If ya like what you hear then subscribe to this podcast and also the Become a Fearless Father podcast too why don't ya!!

Maria gives us the low down on child support. Some points mentioned are what child support is, how it's calculated, some pitfalls and some what to do's and what to don'ts!

We are stoked that Maria from HNT Legal are the legal team of choice for the men of the Australian Dads Network.

www.hntlegal.com.au

Child support estimator - https://processing.csa.gov.au/estimator/About.aspx

If you need a lawyer or even if you are unsure if you do or not, contact HNT Legal. Or get in touch with Liam at [email protected] to have a yarn.

Craig Spence is a loving father and due to his unfortunate circumstances of Parental Alienation he plays a key role as a Brand Ambassador for The Australian Dads Network, and for the U Matter Dad Foundation.

As a Founding Director of World Kindness Australia (WKA); he is committed to building and strengthening inclusivity, kindness and parental equality across the nation.

He is currently a Director for a National Medical Device organisation, saving lives, providing Defibrillators across Australia, New Zealand, Oceania & the UK, and he is the COO for the Waterline Foundation.

Craig joined the Australian Army serving 7 years full time and 10 years part time with one overseas deployment, and amongst other duties trained the elite soldiers on health and fitness.

It was during this time he witnessed first hand a culture which struggled to be the best it could be which reminded him of his childhood where he was severely bullied at school.

As a result Craig was instinctively drawn to the core values of kindness and equality to address cultures of exclusion, bullying and Parental Alienation.

Despite Craig's wide range of interests and commitments he manages to find the time within his hectic schedule to invest in making a difference to the community through his Brand Ambassadorial roles and engaging the corporate sector to place Kindness on the agenda.

Visit Craig's video commentary on all things Kindness.

1) Impact of Kindness 2) Are People Kind 3) Captain Kindness 4) World Kindness Day 5) The Kindness Benefit

Also see WKA's Kindness Performance Indicators and the Kindness Clause for all organisations.

Rocky V inspirational video - https://youtu.be/_Z5OookwOoY

Thanks to Pep at Wawili Sound Solutions for their assistance in cleaning up some of the audio in today's episode.

https://www.wawilisoundsolutions.com/

As always thanks to Stance MD for the prescribing our intro and Outro beats.

https://www.facebook.com/PrescribedBeats/

Katy Thomas is a PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania (UTAS)

A Primary school teacher - and taught in Tasmania and Santiago, Chile.

She has 4 children (7-13 years).

Past employment - Sexuality Education teacher with Family Planning Tasmania (working with schools, school children and parents)

Married to Jeff, an Academic at UTAS who supports her research.

She lives in a bush setting just outside Hobart with her children, husband, mum, 4 chooks, and a miniature horse.

Talk soon talk often book FREE PDF - https://healthywa.wa.gov.au/~/media/Files/HealthyWA/Original/Sexual-health/TSTO_V2.pdf

Visit the Facebook page The Dad Gap to get access to the survey - https://www.facebook.com/UTASPhD/

headspace Australia - resources for family and friends of young people -

https://headspace.org.au/friends-and-family/life-issues/

Connect with Katy - [email protected]

Michael is a Counsellor, Men's Mentor, Relationship Coach and speaker with 15 years experience in helping people grow and learn through the challenges of life.

He is the authour of the newly released book titled, "Forging Excalibur".

Michael's strengths lie in the fact that he has "walked the path" already, he has experienced the lack of awareness and all the struggle and heartache associated with this. Michael has spent years studying the conscious and subconscious minds as well as associated principles surrounding neuroscience, neuroplasticity and the deep connections between the body-mind-spirit.

http://www.michaellauriacoaching.com

https://www.amazon.com.au/Forging-Excalibur-Rediscover-Your-Masculinity-ebook/dp/B07QVLRRQS