Leaving footprints in the Sand

Leaving footprints in the Sand Physical event to bring together people affected by Complex Mental Health and Suicide. https://www.childsafe.org.au/about/childsafe-champions

Every year at the end of Mens Mental Health week, since 2019 we have proudly brought to the community our Annual Soft Sand Tyre Pull, along the beautiful beach front of the Gold Coast. Starting fromBurleigh at the Southern End of the Gold Coast to the Spit on Main Beach we come together to make our way through 18kms of Sand, Wind, Sun and Adversity to take on a gruelling walk of Strength and Toger

theness wearing a Harness to Pull a Standard Car tyre. By our nature, once all our other basic needs are met, we as humans always seek to be better, we need to feel like we are progressing and moving forward. The nature of this event is that regardless of our ability, we are physically moving our bodies forward to an end result every year we start this event, culminating in our end goal or key target result- to reach the finish line and release the weight/ burden we have carried for so far. When this physical movement mirrors our psychological desire the result is a feeling of fulfilment, that we are doing what we are designed to do, that we are ‘finding ourselves’ through the struggle of pulling a weight, a burden behind us. The peak of this would be when we achieve our goal, get to the end and the knowledge that we have somehow realised our potential is what brings the feeling of satisfaction. The Western World has progressed massively; our lives are much more public through social media and in a society in which a large part of it’s financial structure is based on acquisition rather than production what we have has become a real focus. In a world where how we look and what we possess have become key indicators to success, ‘getting away from it all’ and ‘just being’ allows us to refocus on just being ourselves, on self-actualising away from the expectations of others. This event is for you, its your opportunity to allow yourself to remember who you are, who you want to be, what you have been through and how truely amazing you really are. These events are co-ordinated in collaboration with The Big 3: Strive, Thrive, Live, Child Safe Australia and Positive T- Shirts.

It's not men working on cars, it's cars working on menAs I transition in to my next phase of direction I am privileged t...
10/07/2025

It's not men working on cars, it's cars working on men

As I transition in to my next phase of direction I am privileged to be assisting NDIS participants in to proactive programs and or initiatives that not only fully utilise their funding but improve their Mental Health and general well-being.

I am currently looking for interactive and proactive programs for participants in the young adult to mature adult age range.

Today was a great opportunity to introduce Wheelnutz and implement the program for a young male in Logan with another having an introduction in Wheel Nutz Brendale next week.

VERY EXCITING FAM!

for more info regarding Wheelnutz check out the link Below

Disability Mechanics | Wheelnutz Garage | Gold Coast https://share.google/6AwK1Z4awkNe0wrR0

or if you are a program delivery provider reach out to me today.






01/07/2025

I never liked Nick Caves music.
I knew he was a niche or had a cult following but from him, this I get.

Adults who live with childhood Trauma at some starting point lost hope. They lost faith.

In losing these we lose not just ourselves but our whole perception of society, civilisation and in innate ability to see the good or best in others.

You have to challenge the narrative.
The staus quo doesn't exist in everything only in somethings.

There are different versions of somethings and they exist in everything.

It involves confronting and laughing at somethings and also being angry and then loving somethings.

I'm not saying I'm going to start listening to Nick Caves music, but maybe to change I'll start listening to the things I don't like.

Faith and hope














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29/06/2025

"The future you needs you, the past you doesn't".

Of all the problems and issues that keep building up.
The best way to face them, is starting with the most obvious one.

Write down a list of everything that's on your mind and what is on that "pile of just keeps growing", and look at the things that can be easily processed and dealt with and "complete the task".

Make it a focus, commitment and make small sacrifices to complete every small till you finally feel like your starting to get space to breath.

Your best version of you still exists, it never left, it's always been there, inside of you.

Speak his name, sound out loud who he is.

This is me. I am him. He is me.

Don't think, get up and do it.

Keep going brother.














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19/03/2025

Patience, Kindness and Calm

My son and I engage in ground based, fine motor skill activities. Sometimes its Lego, sometimes it's drawing.
As my Life became fast paced the traits of mine that became dominant was impatience and intolerance.
For him I needed to relearn calmness and kindness, because with fast pace expectations in him I started to see reluctance and a eversion to disappointment.

As a parent I had to look at self reflection and accountability and see that the issues that where frustrating me was not because of incompetence or malice, it was because I had not put aside the time for him to teach me who he was, where he was, what he was and why he was.
So he builds and I learn.

When a tree is sick or does not grow, we must first look to the environment and the soil that nurtures it.
From there we can see the fruits of our labor.
In my language I embrace Takiwatanga: in their own space. In their own time.

24/02/2025

I love you man.

At some point when I first met you our friendship transcended.
You became less of a friend and more than that you became familiar, you became family.

Feom that time I've moved location, gone through some tough and painful things that broke me mentally and physically.
I suffered by myself, but I never thought I was alone.

I always had something familiar.

In four years I have had four people I loved leave this world and only one past from old age and I told him how much he meant to me.
He became familiar, like you. He became family.

I'm scared and I'm afraid.

Three have past away and they never heard me sat how much their lives meant to me and how them being alive gave me strength.

When you feel tired, sad, alone and as if no one cares.

Know this.

You have always been familiar to me.
You are not my friend, you are family.

I love you man.

Somewhere, someone you know needs to know.
Don't let them pass not knowing, it could mean one more day.














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24/02/2025

Do a friend check and remember it's about the ones we have from the past and the ones we can add for the future

Live life, add friends, gain family














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17/02/2025

I'm proud of you.

Even though you may feel at times you don't know why, I know why.

We suffer in silence, circulating thoughts of negative persuasion. Wondering if anyone see's or even cares about the struggles life throws at us and how it can go unseen or recognised.

I'm proud of you, I see you, I feel you.

You have over come so much and believe it or not your a stronger version of yourself now then you ever where.

Keep going, eventually you'll win.
Eventually the happiness you deserve and the sense of your true accomplishment will present itself and you will feel like it was all worth it and say " I'm proud of me".

I'm proud of you soldier, my guy, my friend, my brother.















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Thank you to the community and business owners who helped us to set up this brother and sister.The first photo was all t...
15/02/2025

Thank you to the community and business owners who helped us to set up this brother and sister.
The first photo was all they had to sleep, store there possessions and now thanks to all your support they can now focus on the next step.

I don't know everything about their situation that led them here all I know now is that they don't have to sleep in unsecured parks or live in anxiousness.

These are a small portion of the people we assist every week, I don't do a lot of shout outs for support and this was one of the few times I was inundated, so thank you from the siblings.

Thank you to these groups:
Ngarang-Wal
Superior traffic management
Katie Fox Kalib Nicholls Marshall Dickey















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13/02/2025

YOU! YEAH YOU!!!!

IM PROUD OF YOU!

Maybe the year hasn't started the way you planned, Maybe it just feels like it's hard to win the day.
Maybe, just maybe you need hear it from someone..

Me, Corey, just plain ol me.

I'm proud of you.
I may not have seen you for awhile, but I still see you.

I've always been proud of you and always will be.

I love you man, you being you. Me having met you and knowing just a piece of you who are and your still here.

I'm proud of.

















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A kinder, more peaceful AustraliaWhen I was selected as the R.A.P state leader there was something I discovered. How n...
06/02/2025

A kinder, more peaceful Australia

When I was selected as the R.A.P state leader there was something I discovered. How naive and arrogant I was.
To want to learn, understand and assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders I had to clear my mind, say less, watch and listen more.

Through Yarning circles, becoming involved in open public spaces, I have discovered a culture that is just as rich, diverse and beautiful as my own Maori culture.

If you want to make a difference to the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, but you’re not sure where to begin. Perhaps you’re not confident communicating with Indigenous people. Or held back by the fear of causing offense.

Does that sound like you? If so, you’re in luck.

Practical Reconciliation follows Evolve’s unique, 7 Steps™ framework to guide you towards a kinder, more peaceful Australia – one manageable step at a time.
Evolve Co-Directors Munya Andrews and Carla Rogers draw wisdom from two very different lived experiences. Together, they provide the ultimate handbook to Reconciliation in Australia today

If you are looking for a good place to start, connect with your local First Nations Community Centre, access Reconciliation Australia and discover resources that are easy to digest and warming to the heart.

To order your free copy and to register for workshops on becoming more compassionate to understanding go to:
https://www.evolves.com.au/practical-reconciliation-book/ #:~:text=Practical%20Reconciliation%20follows%20Evolve's%20unique,two%20very%20different%20lived%20experiences.
















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05/02/2025

Embrace individuality amd solitude.
Embrace uniqueness and the fact that you are the only one in this world like you and you are here for a purpose.

That purpose is you.















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31/10/2024

The social perception of the senority of mothers over fathers has always been a contentious debate.

For the adults yes.

But for the children the foundation of who they look towards and who they remember differs between the mother and father.

A good mother gives the child receives certain qualities that are essential for the baby and child to learn to receive and give love.
She will always be the one they remember for warmth and tenderness.
When their heart is aching, they will come to you.

A good father passes on and teaches qualities that will shape how they process those emotions in the world.
Through his selflessness and strength he will always be the one who doesn't just teach how to pursue and fight for what is right. But, learn when to stand back and see when fighting means standing up for your values, the commitments we have made and to fight for what we want to achieve.
He will always be the one who lives to see you be better than he.

Yes a father would die for his children and I don't know if I am a good or a bad father.

I just know I live for mine.

Strive Thrive Live

Live the life that you deserve















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