About this Event
BLOKESTALK BEACHSIDE
Mens mental health and wellbeing - by the beach
In association with Fremantle Surf Life Saving Club
A regular evening for Blokes to get together to discuss staying mentally healthy by the beach..
Time: 6.30 to 8.30pm
Date: Monday May 20th, 2024
Venue: Fremantle Surf Life Saving Club, Leighton Beach, North Fremantle
Cost: $7 (plus booking fee) to cover costs and donate the balance - Meeting for Minds
Agenda
- Open and Welcome
- A talk by a Bloke to Blokes about things Blokes need to talk about to stay mentally healthy
- Blokes then talking
- An exercise with your eyes closed to help your Blokes mind calm down and plan the next 30 days and beyond so you are more mentally healthy and happier
- Close of Forum
- Stay back for a chat
- Doors Shut - 9pm – home to bed for healthy sleep
- Some of the topics in the series of Blokes Talk - Beachside Forums will be:
- How to plan and live a healthy, happy life after your worklife
- How the Bloke Mind works and how you can manage and drive it better
- How you can’t always Judge a Bloke’s Book by its Cover..
- How do you recognise that a Bloke is not OK.. and what to do about it.. The Early Warning Signs for Not Ok..
- Understanding Brain Fuel Depletion - the Brain Chemicals you need to know about and Manage
- How and Why you need a good bunch of blokes (friends - could be male or female or both) to stay mentally and physically healthy
- Understanding the Science of the Brain and Neuroplasticity – Which muscles in the brain have you been exercising well and which ones you have been straining too much
- The difference between the Male and Female Brain and how you can deal with that
- How to understand, manage and calm that inner ocean inside of many/most blokes
- Rules and Tools for the Bloke Brain to Live a Great Life - no matter what your age
- The Bloke Lifecycle and how to manage it
- The Bloke Lifestyle Liferaft - and how to stay afloat - no matter what your age
- The 5 Levels of Living a Bloke needs to be on top of if he wants to lead a healthy, happy life
- Work Life Balance
- How to prepare for life after work - retirement
- How to recognise if you’re on the downhill, slippery slope and what to do about it before its too late
- How to help a mate - or another bloke - out when he is in need - and may or may not recognise it
- What to do and say about the Bullshit that sometimes goes on between your ears. Tools for Self Talk Bullshit..
- …Plus.. The occasional surprise.. To help Blokes Brains and Mental Health get better and better..
Your Hosts:
Leigh Farnell - Leigh Farnell Best Business Consulting and PodSquad North Cottesloe Ocean Swimming Stalwart
Leigh is a professional facilitator and trainer of business groups and adults. His Masters Degree at UWA included the study of Lifestyle and Physical and Mental Health. He will chair and facilitate the forum… but others with expertise and experience will speak and share their experiences and lessons.. This will be a chance to both listen and talk if you want to.
Paul Robinson - Founder of Cottesloe Crooners Men Choir and BucketList Groups
Paul will share his experiences with mental health and well-being plus the groups he has set up to help blokes and what impact that has had
Other experts in the room will share their lived experiences with mental health and well-being and what they have done and are doing to stay on top and live their best lives as blokes by the beach.
Jane Wishaw - Photojournalist and Marketing Expert
Jane helped catalyse the founding of Blokestalk Beachside and helps greet and set up the meetings and keep Paul and Leigh on track. She doesn’t participate in the meetings as it is ‘Blokes Only’ but she helps spread the word via her stories in the local media. We truly appreciate the help and the role she plays in keeping BlokesTalk Beachside moving forward.
Be there - Fremantle Surf Life Saving Club, Leighton Beach, North Fremantle
Who Should Attend?
Blokes of all ages who want to learn, share, listen, to design, redesign, lead a healthier, happier life - no matter what your age. We recommend Blokes be over 18 before they come along.
Price: $7 (plus booking fee) to cover costs and donate the balance - Meeting for Minds
This is planned to be the first in a series of BlokesTalk Beachside nights - to be held once every 4-6 weeks
As Paul Kelly says ‘From Little things - big things grow..’
Limited to the first 40 Blokes.. Book Now
About one in five Australians experience some form of mental illness each year, and one in two will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
“Mental health is a state of wellbeing in which an individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to contribute to his or her community.”
World Health Organization
We would also like to acknowledge and thank the role that co-founder Jane Wishaw has played in catalysing Paul and I into action to get BlokesTalk Beachside up and running.. Now with her help to get funding and take it to a whole new level.. Thanks Jane -- (www.cottesloebeachlife.com)
Call Leigh Farnell on 0412 945 402 if you have questions..
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Fremantle Surf Lifesaving Club, 20 Leighton Beach Boulevard, North Fremantle, Australia
AUD 7.00