FIFO Mental Health Group.

FIFO Mental Health Group. We get FIFO workers talking about their mental health.

Our impact for November! 🎉Thank you to Goldfields, Maca, MLG, IGO, Tianqi and the Port Hedland Chamber of Commerce for g...
09/12/2023

Our impact for November! 🎉

Thank you to Goldfields, Maca, MLG, IGO, Tianqi and the Port Hedland Chamber of Commerce for giving us the opportunity to work with your teams and speak at your events!

Time to wind the year down now, in prep for a BIG 2024!

31/08/2023

Story: Greenies over experience 🏗😬

On the topic of "its who you know, not what you know", I thought this story of me getting a shot as a scaff bro on a 4/1 gig at Sino in 2014, over guys with decades more experience, highlights how important relationships are, when it comes to how some people hire for upcoming projects.

Obviously there are diversity targets with hiring now, but for most of us, when there is autonomy, we choose the people we know and trust, based on past expereince, to ensure we get the work done.

Also, Forge was early 2014, not 2012/2013 😭🤣🤦

29/08/2023

FIFO partners threatening to leave 😭

This is something thats come up quite a bit over the last year or so, and something I think needs to be spoken about, just so that those who are going through it, can make sense of it, and choose a path forward.

I myself was in a relationship like this, where my partner would threaten to leave, which would lead me to fear and submission.

Once I chose to leave that relationship, I adopted that same approach, bringing it with me to my next one, the one Im currently in now, with a woman who absolutely didnt deserve it. Long story short, she called me on my bluff, and I realised fairly quickly what I had to lose and what I had to change.

What Ive seen in myself, having worked through a lot of my trauma since we met, is that this was a way for me to not be fully connected, to not love unconditionally, just incase that love was taken away... which was an underlying belief.

Obviously, in this situation if youre on the receiveing end you also have to check in with yourself and ask how you contribute to this and whether your behaviour warrants it, because for some of us, justifying our poor behaviour might also be on auto pilot, allowing us to play victim in situations where we're causing enough hurt that leaving is genuinely the safest option.

Last week was BIG 🤙It was a massive week with both Lachie and Corey away on site, flying home late Thursday night to fil...
29/08/2023

Last week was BIG 🤙

It was a massive week with both Lachie and Corey away on site, flying home late Thursday night to film at Wolfe and catch up with Katelin from Goldfields on Friday.

Lachie had an amazing time at Pluto Train 2, delivering 12 sessions, 11 to the crews and 1 to the leadership team. In total facilitating for over 500 people, and having 13 x 1on1 conversations 😍

Corey spent the week facilitating for the leadership teams at BHP Whaleback, supporting the client and all contractors where needed, be it sessions or 1on1s.

This week we're back on deck, with Bec and Lachie delivering to Bennco Group in Perth yesterday, with Lachie headimg to Cosmos with IGO Ltd, while Corey and Bec return to BHP 🤩

To wrap up our week, we'll have our bowling for better mental health sundowner happening at Strike Forrest Chase 😬

It feels like a lot, but we're lucky to have each other, outside supoort and a bunch of tools to keep grounded.

❤️🤙

28/08/2023

Why is there such low EAP usage? 🤷

This has long been a question in mining, which for the most part I believe is due to stigma, underwhelming marketing and the barrier to entry / receiving the help you're after.

In this video I ask Corey Gaidzionis for his views on why the usage rate is so low across many of the clients we assist.

*This is not to knock eaps, theyre a cricital part of our industry, and we see ourselves as the people who can create enough connection and trust to refer to them.

24/08/2023

Work life balance is a lie 🙊

Im seeing more and more fifo workers struggling with the shame and guilt that comes with flying back to site, having spent their rnr not being present with the ones they love.

As a result, theres a need to create "balance", leading to buying the things they think will help them create presence, memories and connection, which then flows on to feeling even more TRAPPED in the fifo life, paying off the debt theyve taken on. This feeling of being trapped eventually becomes disdain.

What most cant see is that if they could just switch from work, and worrying about what they havent got done, or if their back to back will pull their weight, theyd then create the presence needed for connection.

Im sure weve all been in the presence of someone whos physically there, but mentally somewhere else.

Its hard to feel like you matter if they arent really listening, or are constantly checking their emails, especially if youre a kid whos missed their parent, or a partner whos missed the connection of the person you love most.

If this is you and you need a tool to begin the process please reach out!

23/08/2023

Is FIFO ready for biometrics? 👀

Peta Slocombe, who built and sold a company based on biometrics, asks me if I think our industry is ready and what the reception might be like.

20/08/2023

Is it time to drop fear as a motivator in FIFO? 👻

Beforehand Corey Gaidzionis spoke of a conversation he had, where one of the men on site opened up about the anxiety that prestarts create, because of the heavy focus on injury and potential death.

I then get to ask Corey about his views on dropping fear as a motivator...

Thank you Wolfe Recruitment Group for the studio!

BHP shut in Newman 😍Becs in Newman this week, working with all leadership across the shut down, talking mental health an...
18/08/2023

BHP shut in Newman 😍

Becs in Newman this week, working with all leadership across the shut down, talking mental health and how to create trust in teams.

Today she got to engage with 50+ leaders from BHP and the 7 contractors currently on site.

🕺🕺

17/08/2023

Where is the tipping point for mental health?

Lachie asks Peta Slocombe what she sees as the pillars for creating a tipping point / cultural change in FIFO mental health.

As always, her answer is thoughtful and articulate..

15/08/2023

In FIFO its WHO you know! 🤝

Im sure youve heard this before, but I want to use this saying to highlight the importance of relationships and putting your best foot forward.

Whenever I got opportunities, it was because I had a reputation for showing up every day, working hard and not complaining about the crap jobs like wearing the acid suits at Murrin Murrin.

As a result, the people id worked with who did the hiring for future opportunities gave me a shot because there was connection and trust.

over time, through both mental health challenges and complacency, that completely flipped, to the point where my brother and I were called "the slow bros", because we were first off the job and into the truck, then last out the truck back to the job, which as you can imagine, made it harder for those leaders to choose us for upcoming projects.

So with this in mind, how are you putting your best foot forward, so that when opportunities come up, youre one of the people that come to mind to fill those holes?

13/08/2023

Mental health needs measurement in mining ⚖️

I ask Peta Slocombe if she feels theres a place for the use of biometrics in mining, when it comes to mental health.

Her answer: Absolutely...

Watch to hear the rest!

Thanks to Wolfe Recruitment Group for the studio!

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