Suns help shine a light on mental health
August 8, 2019 1:27 pm Leave your thoughtsMore than 30 community coaches from the Townsville region had the opportunity to hear firsthand from Gold Coast Suns coach...
Categories for Mental Health
How to get a great night’s sleep
July 30, 2019 11:52 am Leave your thoughtsJust like aspects of our game, from time-to-time, our sleep needs a bit of work. And just as we need...
How important is sleep to mental health?
July 18, 2019 3:51 pm Leave your thoughtsWe can spend (on average), up to one third of our life asleep. This is probably just a little more than we spend coaching or playing footy! Perhaps you’ve heard that sleep is important for physical recovery after a game or training, as well as for mental readiness before a game, but is sleep important to mental health as well? If it is, how important is it?
When is the timing right to have that chat?
July 18, 2019 1:03 pm Leave your thoughtsI’m sure, like me, you’ve had many challenging conversations in your lifetime. Some that have gone well and others that...
Jetta’s pride in Tackle Your Feelings
July 10, 2019 3:20 pmALTHOUGH Neville Jetta has been sidelined for much of the season, he continues to do wonderful things off the field. Melbourne’s vice-captain is having a positive impact in the grassroots AFL community, using his ambassadorial role for the Tackle Your Feelings campaign to promote positive change in mental health.
Coaches from Melbourne’s south-east tackle their feelings
June 11, 2019 4:23 pm Leave your thoughtsON A SOAKED Cranbourne evening, a group of local Australian Rules football coaches were all eyes and ears as Melbourne’s...
Coaching beyond the football field
June 11, 2019 12:05 pm Leave your thoughts"You want to know that the person next to you has got your back, whether you’re about to put your head over the footy or you’re experiencing a challenging time."
AFLCA, AFLPA and the Zurich Foundation launch Tackle Your Feelings program
May 23, 2019 12:06 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Tackle Your Feelings mental health training program launched last night with the delivery of the first face to face session to more than 25 community coaches from Melbourne’s south-east region.
‘A feeling of insecurity that I could not escape’
April 1, 2019 12:00 pm Leave your thoughtsWords by Tom Downie (GWS Giants) JLT Community Series Game 1 — Saturday February 18, 2017. How could watching the...
My year off social media
April 1, 2019 12:00 pm Leave your thoughtsWords by Connor Blakely (Fremantle Dockers) Have you ever considered removing yourself from the world of social media? Maybe you’ve...