Jesse grew up with an absent father and mother who was a slave to alcoholism and drug

This week's Memorable Moment is a follow up from last week's main episode with Sean Phillip, Founder of The Shaka Project.

This clip takes you back to 2021, when Sean was first on the podcast, to share his intense and inspiring origin story, which includes drugs, violence, trouble with the law and miraculously surviving a suicide attempt to go on and do great things.

Sean Phillip is the Founder of The Shaka Project, an increasingly recognisable charity doing big things for mental health in Australia.

Sean shared his personal story on the podcast 3 years ago, so this time around we spoke about what life’s been like since then, the highs and lows of working in this space, and our thoughts on where men's mental health is at now.
Sean dedicates his days to travelling around the country presenting talks to many different organisations and he does it all while being a dad, a partner, a son and a mate.
Sean also takes it upon himself to personally console the loved ones of those who've recently died by suicide, who reach out to The Shaka Project for support every week.
Each heartbreaking loss hits him hard, but he and the rest of the Shaka Project team keep pushing on to change the future of mental health for the better.

This episode is proudly sponsored by our mates at The Shaka Project. 

The Shaka Project was designed to ignite the conversation around mental health. 

Encouraging connection, mateship and brotherhood through the Shaka. Inspired by a dads love for his mates and his kids. 

Go to theshakaproject.com to find out more about the epic work these guys are doing, grab yourself some merch and follow their journey @theshakaproject on Instagram

Imagine making four separate phone calls to offer an ear and support to people who've just lost a loved one to suicide...

That's all in a day's work for Sean, the young founder of The Shaka Project, a national mental health charity that evolved out of his own close call with suicide and recognising Australia's need for a louder mental health conversation.

For more than a decade, Luke McLean was controlled by a gambling addiction he couldn't escape.

He was 17 when he got hooked after his first win at the TAB and went on to spend just every cent he ever earned on online sports betting.

The habit made him hate himself and very nearly claimed his life. Fortunately he found a way to finally break free before it was too late.

Go back to June 2021 in our podcast library to listen to Luke's full story titled, Gamble (Ir)responsibly | Luke McLean

It wasn't long after Kian started his law career interstate that his mental health started imploding.

Pride and embarrassment stopped him going to his family for help, even though he knew they'd be supportive. He felt like it was on him to solve the problem alone, because he didn't want to burden anyone.