Alex Johnson: A Tackle Your Feelings story
April 26, 2021 6:25 pm Leave your thoughtsAfter being drafted with pick No. 57 in the 2010 National Draft, Alex Johnson had the dream start to his...
After being drafted with pick No. 57 in the 2010 National Draft, Alex Johnson had the dream start to his...
“You actually become a bit of an actor… you’re living a double life really, trying to show people you’re happy and successful whereas underneath you feel like you’re a total failure."
Growing up, life was pretty easy according to former Melbourne and Port Adelaide player Jack Trengove. The former No. 2...
Sam Mitchell Four-time premiership Hawk and assistant coach, Sam Mitchell, explains the importance of staying connected during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
St Kilda coach Brett Ratten's world changed when his son, Cooper, was killed in a car accident in 2015. Sharing his journey with Tackle Your Feelings, Ratten opens up on the hardship his family and him have experienced and how football provided a support network for him.
Coinciding with the GWS Giants' JLT Community Series match against Richmond and community camp in Wagga Wagga, the Tackle Your Feelings program visited four towns in Victoria's north-east and New South Wales' Riverina region to deliver the program to community football clubs.
Former GWS Giants and Geelong ruckman Dawson Simpson opens up on his mental health challenges and his recent experiences on the fire line during the 2019-20 bushfire season in Victoria. Simpson details the sense of community instilled within the Myrtleford Football Club and the significant impact they have been able to have on bringing the community back together after such adversity.
The Tackle Your Feelings program partnered with the Murrumbidgee Council last month to deliver the program in the Riverina region...
Former Carlton player Dylan Buckley struggled to find his identity in his five seasons at the Blues amid some injury and form issues. But a move to Sydney, after an uncertain period in his life when he was unsure whether he would receive another AFL contract, to join the Giants, turned out to the best thing for him. Buckley found an outlet away from the field and developed his hugely-popular Dyl and Friends podcast that allowed him to discover his “purpose”.