Way back, on 24 July 24 2015, I was pretty jazzed to share a stage with David Burroughs, world-renowned psychologist and strategist at the Sydney Safety Symposium, talking about creating environments that support good mental health. Mind blown by his presentation – as he was with mine :-), we’ve come a long way in our friendship and collaboration. To this day, Dave continues to hold his own, making massive waves in workplace mental health and, like me, embraces the extension of men’s health. Most recently, Dave co-founded Mantle, a men’s health service that provides specialist, confidential, virtual mental health support, addressing the stigma surrounding barriers men experience in seeking and engaging with support. This ties into what International best practice tells us, that one of the key ways to improve men's access to healthcare is by developing male-friendly services, which was acknowledged in Australia’s first National Male Health Strategy https://lnkd.in/dq5gzNi

There are more than six million mothers in Australia and between one and two billion mothers around the world caring for children and other people every day of the year. I spoke to a few of these remarkable women, during a very isolated Mother’s Day 2020, back in May. We kicked off with Dr Nicole Canham, a Doctor of Philosophy with a PhD in Music and a penchant for caring for just about anyone who comes into her sights. Next up was Organisational Psychologist, Rachael Palmer who has a passion for supporting parental-leave, work-life and mature-age transitions. My old friend and founder of Digital White Space and co-creator of Digital Women's Network, Angela Mellak talked about her newly acquired riad in Morocco and her upcoming motherhood. We finished the show getting a little closer to home, celebrating my Aunty Betty who takes such beautiful, motherly care of me and another mum who grew wings only a week before Mother’s Day. Listen right here at my YouTube channel along with many others like it. What does it feel like, being you today? #mothersday2020 #workingmothers #careermothers #aunties #grandmothers #granddaughters #sisters #nieces #daughters