WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR FIRST PEOPLE?
One of the joys I’ve discovered since creating the Life Again Foundation over 5 years ago is developing deep friendships with many Aborigines from different parts of Australia, particularly from the Centre and Western Desert communities. Not only have I met them and...
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OUTBACK WITH A PURPOSE
PLANNING LIFE AGAIN IN 2018 In 2018, Life Again will be coordinating several outback trips to Central Australia. Join Gareth Andrews for a journey of discovery and reflection in Central Australia’s Aboriginal community. You will need to bring an open mind, a...
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TAKE NOTE – LIFE CHANGING ADVICE FROM FRANK COSTA
Men, hold onto your hats. This is the most important message I can give you. I’ve thought about it for some time as I've reflected upon important moments of my life. Good and bad. Happy and sad. Good bloke and cad. Balanced and mad. I’ve been to all those places and...
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STOP BURNOUTS IN THE WORKPLACE
In 2013 the US Gallup data organisation released world-wide research information which is frightening for the work place. It suggested that only 13% of employees are “engaged” in their jobs, or emotionally invested in their work and focussed on helping their...
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AND FINALLY, A NOTE FROM DUSTY!
Dustin Martin has ruled our lives for most of the last six months. He has almost succeeded in taking Donald Trump off the front pages of newspapers, certainly in Victoria, and just walking around Melbourne today his “bodgie” haircut is rife. Whether or not neck tats...
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SWEEPING THE SHED
The power of Richmond on Friday night, inspired by Dustin Martin, was one of the great football stories of the weekend. It was awesome. Chilling and thrilling for Richmond fans. It came from a team that has struggled through wasted seasons for decades and looked like...
read more9 LIFE LESSONS BY TIM MINCHIN
As many of you have been asking about my Blogs, I admit to having been in a mini-Winter break! What with Outback trips and planning the next stage of the Life Again journey, its been writer’s block time. Thats all about to change. But just for a bit of fun, I want to...
read moreWHAT I’VE LEARNED FROM THE DEATH OF MY DOG
Just over a week ago, my beautiful little 21-month-old pug, named Tuesday, died after being hit by a car. She was being her normal, spirited self, egged on by her little pug buddy, Foxy. Thankfully, she died instantly. And even more thankfully, I wasn’t there to...
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TRUMP AND THE FRAGILE MAN
To many of my readers, you might think that I have drifted off the planet for a few weeks. Let me assure you, you may be quite right. I have been in the US for the better part of 2 weeks and have seen a cross-section of people going through the most challenging...
read moreTHE HIDDEN SECRETS OF MAN
Recently we celebrated the life of a man who was larger than life - in every way imaginable. The Whale was an appropriate name and descriptor for Brian Roberts, a champion footballer from the 60's and 70's. Standing 199cm and weighing 120kg on a good day, he was a...
read moreLISTEN TO YOUR DIFFERENT DRUMMER BEFORE THIS TRAIN LOSES CONTROL
How do we measure ourselves? Ultimately it's up to each of us to make that decision based on who we think we are. That's a pretty simple truth to put down on paper but it's a hard rule to stand by. We are forever looking outwards and watching and interacting with a...
read moreA LESSON IN CALMNESS AND TRANQUILITY
A mate of mine died a couple of months ago. He had been a successful businessmen who appeared able to cope well with all the stresses of a modern life. Happily married and father of a lovely daughter, his was a life fully-lived. He was gregarious, generous and...
read moreIT’S TIME TO BE CAREFREE AGAIN
Often I need to hear a word that moves me; a word that stops my mind from intellectualising everything and brings me back to the moment. A word that causes my heart to start singing no matter where my head is travelling at that moment. I heard the word carefree used...
read moreTHE POPE, TRUMP & STUFF UPS. PARENTS, PLEASE TELL US IT WILL BE OK
WHAT A WORLD WE LIVE IN... We are emotionally thrown from pillar to post in ways the human mind and spirit were never built for. We are only barely keeping pace. Last week I started an article based on some of the stuff that our kids are doing. Bad stuff. Stuff with...
read moreGEORGE WEINER
George Weiner is the Founder of Whole Whale, an organisation which helps nonprofits benefit from Digital Strategies. In his previous career he helped build a community of over 1.5 million young people taking action. I read these words of his recently. ' I LOVE THE...
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LIFE MIGHT NEVER BE A BOWL OF ROSES
Sometimes, I feel like a fraud. I spend much of my time thinking about how young men can change their lives and move forward from Thoreau’s ‘lives of quiet desperation;' so much time speaking publicly about my recovery from depression and seeing the light, that it...
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MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL: LOOK AT ME
"IT’S LIKE WE LIVE IN A WALL OF MIRRORS." A friend casually used this as a throw away line the other day in a meeting and it immediately resonated with me. He was describing men in midlife and how they see themselves. In essence, it means that everywhere we look, we...
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LIFEAGAIN AND YOKE DESIGN: A LABOUR FROM THE HEART
When Gareth first approached Yoke explaining his organisation and requesting to have a website developed, Yoke was immediately touched by his cause. Gareth’s history and inspiring life journey spoke mountains to the team. The work carried out by Life Again helps many...
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ARE WE THE WORLD’S MEANEST COUNTRY?
Treasurer Joe Hockey’s budget last night knocked another $3.7 billion off our aid budget over the next four years, on top of the $7.6 billion over 5 years from his last budget. World Vision CEO, Tim Costello said “The Abbott-Hockey Government has destroyed our aid...
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THE REBUILDING AND REDIRECTION OF EGO
I’ve been thinking about Ego recently and the important role it plays in the way men define themselves. In our modern Western society we grow up by identifying ourselves with what we “have.” Elkhart Tolle in his book “A New Earth” recognises this and so what we have...
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TRIUMPH AND DISASTER: OUR TWO IMPOSTORS
The news of the moment in the literary world is the decision by publishers HarperCollins to publish a sequel to Harper Lee’s legendary novel To Kill a Mockingbird 54 years after the original blockbuster burst onto the scene. The sequel – Go Set a Watchman – was...
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A FLY ON THE WALL IN YOUR OWN LIFE
Have you ever been in a meeting where one of the participants totally loses his or her temper? It happened to me many years ago and I have never forgotten it. Eight of us – lawyers, accountants, and protagonists were there to solve a dispute. We weren’t there to bring...
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GO OUT AND SEARCH YOUNG MAN
I was speaking with a young bloke the other day who asked me for one piece of advice for a 30 year old. It didn’t take me long – I suggested he do everything he could to learn about the world, its people and his place amongst his fellow man. I talked about the power...
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WRITING LIFEAGAIN
I have always enjoyed writing. For many years I have written down my thoughts- including private thoughts- in various diaries which sat around in drawers and cupboards until the day came when I might look at them. Indeed, I think I found the writing more cathartic...
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