So today is R U OK? Day and hopefully by now you’ve heard all about it (for more info visit their website). Some facts about suicide: Suicide claims more lives in Australia each year than our national road toll. More than 2,200 Australians take their own lives every year (ABS data). It is the biggest killer of men and women between 15 and 35. And for every...

A few weeks ago, I posted a link via my LinkedIn page about R U OK? Day and the response from people was that they wanted to get involved and just hadn’t heard about it before. Working in the legal industry myself, its particularly important with a report from the Brain & Mind Research Institute, ‘Courting the Blues’ stating that mental illness is of...

I know I’ve been absent from the blog for a few days, but there has been lots happening and I wasn’t feeling up to it. You know those days where you just want to hide underneath the covers and not talk to anyone. Eat a whole pizza and lay there like a sloth. Someone took all their frustrations out on me at work, then my kitten ate a pistachio nut (which...

I hope by now you’ve heard about R U OK? in your workplace or from one of your friends. In the instance that you haven’t, R U OK? is an organisation which is about preventing suicide in Australia. The premise is simple- a conversation can change a life. By connecting with friends, colleagues and loved ones and simply talking about what’s happening- suicide can...