“When sailors were coming home from a stint on the ocean, they would put their anchor upside down on the front of their boat and that would tell all other ships, get out of our way, we’re going home to our families ..read more

Growing up with an absent father and an alcoholic, drug abusing mother. Dropping out of school. Becoming a dad and a business owner. Losing his mum to suicide, bringing down a 12-year relationship by self-destructing and finally building himself up stronger than ever... That's Jesse's story in a nutshell, but there's much more to it than that... I guarantee you'll leave this episode feeling more inspired than when you found it. So please give it a listen and let me know what you took away from our conversation. This is Jesse Trout...  ..read more

Jesse grew up with an absent father and mother who was a slave to alcoholism and drug abuse. It was a scary and confusing environment to grow up in and has resulted in him spending most of his life feeling on edge, waiting for something to go wrong… While plenty has gone wrong, he’s done everything in his power to make sure even more goes right and today is proudly the devoted parent he never had ..read more

This week's Memorable Moment is a follow up from last week's main episode with Sean Phillip, Founder of The Shaka Project. This clip takes you back to 2021, when Sean was first on the podcast, to share his intense and inspiring origin story, which includes drugs, violence, trouble with the law and miraculously surviving a suicide attempt to go on and do great things ..read more

Sean Phillip is the Founder of The Shaka Project, an increasingly recognisable charity doing big things for mental health in Australia. Sean shared his personal story on the podcast 3 years ago, so this time around we spoke about what life’s been like since then, the highs and lows of working in this space, and our thoughts on where men's mental health is at now. Sean dedicates his days to travelling around the country presenting talks to many different organisations and he does it all while being a dad, a partner, a son and a mate. Sean also takes it upon himself to personally console the lov ..read more

Imagine making four separate phone calls to offer an ear and support to people who've just lost a loved one to suicide... That's all in a day's work for Sean, the young founder of The Shaka Project, a national mental health charity that evolved out of his own close call with suicide and recognising Australia's need for a louder mental health conversation ..read more

For more than a decade, Luke McLean was controlled by a gambling addiction he couldn't escape. He was 17 when he got hooked after his first win at the TAB and went on to spend just every cent he ever earned on online sports betting. The habit made him hate himself and very nearly claimed his life. Fortunately he found a way to finally break free before it was too late. Go back to June 2021 in our podcast library to listen to Luke's full story titled, Gamble (Ir)responsibly | Luke McLean ..read more

Kian Rafie is a junior lawyer who got the dream start to his career that he'd always wanted, when a mental health crisis threatened to completely derail it... Renowned for being a cut-throat, high pressure industry with little room for error and lofty expectations, the legal profession has been known to chew up new graduates and spit them out.  Kian was confronted by an office culture and various unexpected challenges that sent him into a tailspin, with his mental state spiraling out of control. Thankfully, Kian's in a much better space now, still pursuing his dream of being the best lawy ..read more

It wasn't long after Kian started his law career interstate that his mental health started imploding. Pride and embarrassment stopped him going to his family for help, even though he knew they'd be supportive. He felt like it was on him to solve the problem alone, because he didn't want to burden anyone ..read more

When the end of his AFL career coincided with the breakdown of his marriage, the effects of alcohol abuse and improperly medicated bipolar disorder, Heath Black spiralled dangerously out of control to point where anything could've happened, and part of him was hoping for the worst. Scroll back to October 2020 in our podcast library for the full story - A Recipe for Disaster | Heath Black ..read more