Hello! So good to be here.

Hi all 🙂

I am a Community Mental Health Peer Practitioner and I am starting to discover and lean in to the wonderful peer communities that we have here in Australia. My career in mental health is only a few months old, but I am loving it thus far. It is amazing to have a job with purpose and meaning in which I can use my own lived experience to assist others in their journey - a privilege and an honour, really.

I really enjoy speaking with other people who have a lived experience of complex mental health challenges - the discussion is often so interesting! We with lived experience are a colourful group 🙂

I am a big fan of Death Metal / Deathcore and Psychedelic Trance - they are two very different genres but they share a lot in the way of their momentum, intensity and cathartic expression. I recently planted over 100 seedlings in (belated) time for spring - an ADHD moment struck me in the garden on a really beautiful, sunny day and some of them are starting to sprout! The established plants that I already have - thyme, parsley, mint, chives - the only ones that survived my last ADHD garden moment and consequent obsession with something other than gardening (haha), are thriving. I recently bought some triggerpoint balls and a foam roller and have found a lot of joy in Yoga and other activities that involve the connection between the mind and body - so good for re-integration!

What are some of your interests? What gives you joy? What helps your recovery?

🙂 wonderful to be here, take care all.