Neuro Balance Australasia

20/03/2026

Announcing: STRONGER TOGETHER - Peer Support Conference 2026 - 15th August MELBOURNE - https://mailchi.mp/vmhpaa/pd_opportunities-6286198

Learning • Skills • Stories

Peer Support for Emergency Services, First Responders, Health Workers & Veterans,
counsellors, psychotherapists, hypnotherapists, psychologists,
general local community members and Lived Experience

A one-day conference on peer support, trauma, and practical ways to look after each other and ourselves.

Plenty Ranges Arts & Convention Centre
South Morang VIC 3752

13/03/2026

URGENT Update: Webinar Recording Available Now - VMHPAA Q & A Webinar Interview with Philip Armstrong - https://mailchi.mp/vmhpaa/update-to-members-on-national-standards-consultation-6286264

10/03/2026

Update on the National Standards Consultation - VMHPAA Q & A Webinar - https://mailchi.mp/vmhpaa/update-to-members-on-national-standards-consultation

08/03/2026

🌸 International Women’s Day 🌸

Today we pause to recognise the achievements, leadership, resilience, and contributions of women across our communities, workplaces, families, and societies.

Progress toward equality has been hard won. The opportunities many experience today exist because generations of women challenged expectations, raised their voices, and worked tirelessly to create change.

But International Women’s Day is not only a moment to celebrate — it is also a moment to reflect. Around the world, many women still face barriers to safety, opportunity, recognition, and equity. The work of building respectful, inclusive societies continues.

Today we honour the women who lead, who care, who create, who challenge, and who support the wellbeing of those around them every day.

Here’s to continued progress, shared respect, and a future where opportunity and dignity are available to all.
💜

28/02/2026

🌈 Sydney Mardi Gras reminds us of something deeper than celebration — it reminds us of community.

When people are told

“not wrong”
“not a phase”
“not broken”
“not a mistake”

…that affirmation is not just symbolic. It protects mental health.

Research consistently shows that belonging, visibility, and social connection are protective factors for wellbeing. Community reduces isolation. Shared identity builds resilience. Being seen — without having to explain yourself — lowers stress and strengthens confidence.

Mardi Gras is joy.
It is protest.
It is history.

But it is also something very practical: a reminder that no one should carry their identity alone.

Strong communities build strong minds.
Celebrate boldly. Support each other.
And remember — belonging is powerful.
🌈💛

17/02/2026

🧧 Happy Chinese New Year 🏮

Across the Asia-Pacific — from Sydney to Singapore, Hong Kong to Hanoi — this season reminds us of something enduring: family, respect for those who came before us, and hope for those who come next.

For many, it is a time of reunion dinners, red envelopes, stories retold, and traditions carried forward. For others living between cultures, it is a quiet but powerful reminder that identity can stretch across oceans and still feel like home.

May this new year bring health, harmony, prosperity, and steady courage for the year ahead.

May your family — by birth or by choice — be your anchor and your strength.

新年快乐 🧧✨

Wishing you wisdom, resilience, and new beginnings.

10/01/2026

🌡️ Staying Safe in Extreme Summer Conditions

Australia is experiencing some of the hottest days on record, with fire warnings, heatwaves, and wild seas reminding us just how powerful nature can be.

As we navigate these intense weather conditions, please take a moment to prioritise your wellbeing and the safety of those around you:

💧 Stay hydrated – drink water regularly, even if you’re not thirsty.
🏠 Keep cool – stay indoors or in shaded, air-conditioned spaces when possible.
😴 Rest often – avoid unnecessary exertion during the hottest parts of the day.
🚗 Follow official advice – if emergency services ask you to evacuate, do so early and calmly.
🤝 Check in – reach out to neighbours, friends, and clients who may need extra support.

Whether you’re working, caring for others, or providing mental health support, remember: you can’t pour from an empty cup. Look after yourself first, so you can be there for others when it counts.

31/12/2025

✨ Happy New Year ✨

As we step into a new year, it’s worth remembering:
we don’t always grow when things are easy — often, we grow when we meet challenge with patience, courage, and care.

If the year ahead feels exciting, we celebrate that with you.

If it feels uncertain or heavy, know that growth doesn’t require perfection — just showing up, one step at a time.

Here’s to a year of learning, resilience, kindness (to ourselves and others), and gentle progress forward. 🌱

Wishing you a steady, supported, and meaningful year ahead.

23/12/2025

🌿 As the holiday season arrives, we know it can hold many things at once.

For some, it’s a time of connection, celebration, and rest.

For others, it can bring loneliness, grief, pressure, or exhaustion.

If this season feels heavy for you, please know this: you’re not alone.

Support is available, and reaching out — to a trusted person or to professional services — can make a real difference.

However you’re experiencing this time, we wish you gentleness, care, and moments of steadiness where you can find them.

💛 Take care of yourself, and of one another.

10/11/2025

A strong system is inclusive, not exclusive. Let’s lift standards without shrinking the workforce. Transitional recognition and practical supervision routes keep skilled practitioners in the field—and clients in care.

Advocating for a Safe, Fair, and Practical Rollout of Counselling Standards

16/09/2025

Learn how to Build your successful Mental Health Clinical Practice - https://mailchi.mp/5746d619dcfd/neuroassess-feedback-10147562

15/09/2025

Build a Successful Mental Health Clinical Practice - https://mailchi.mp/29e1d3b419d3/build-a-successful-general-health-or-mental-health-clinical-practice-10337877 features speaker Dr. Martin Taylor, a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Learn how to meet your legal obligations when providing clinical mental health services. Identify a niche market, unique business name and a brand. Your administration integrations connecting diary book keeping and payments. Technological processes obtain legally binding informed consent, intake and note taking for case management.