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Testosterone central... 😂 just hanging with these awesome lads and sipping wine/ chatting mental health. Cheers for a great last night in Cairns Graeme!
CAIRNS - what a fantastic afternoon! Thank you for coming along and showing your support for mental health and suicide prevention . It was great to hear such insightful conversations - both during the Q&A, as well as after the event, and to see so many of you open up and share with Graeme and I about your lives, and your struggles . For those who couldn’t make the event but were keen to grab a copy of my book, feel free to jump online to www.jasrawlinson.com for a copy! 💙 . As always, my gratitude goes to all who helped make this event possible, including Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Mal and Rebecca from Cairns Rsl sub branch, Drew and Gus from Kick On/Drewboy, Kim and Natalie (Vision Cairns Apartments), Mitch and Naomi Kane for your hospitality & looking after Rhys, and my anonymous supporters 💙
6 months ago my husband left for an Army deployment, and suddenly, I had to face the fact that I was about to become a solo parent . I had no idea how I was going to make it through that many months without him. Sure - 6 months might not seem like long to a lot of military spouses, but to me - a relatively new mum - it seemed like forever . I knew it was going to be rough doing it on my own with a 6m/o baby, so I decided to move back to my hometown to stay with my mum. I remember arriving, wondering how I was going to cope with being back in 'boring' old Coffs Harbour 😝 . Small towns...they can be, well, pretty boring when you're growing up. (Especially when our claim to fame is 'the Big Banana') 🍌😂 . But as I soon rediscovered, they can also be incredible communities. Whether I was catching up with close friends or those I'd not seen since I was a teen, or looking for someone to help me with babysitting, it seemed there was always someone who was there if you needed . When depression hit me like a ton of bricks earlier this year, I felt all those old habits from years ago creeping back. I stopped answering calls for a few days. Deleted my social media. Didn't want to see anyone . I felt isolated, but I was responding by isolating myself further (yes, yes, dumb I know). It was only a few days, but I knew it wasn't healthy . To get out of the fog, I knew I'd have to force myself - even when I didn't want to. So I started driving around to different organisations and businesses to talk to them about my book . Next thing I knew, I was running out of books! Unlike the response I'd had in Brisbane, people in my community here really connected with my message, and what I'm trying to do . Nearly every person I spoke to either had a personal story of struggling with their mental health, or knew of someone who had died by suicide. Some stories left me in tears. But they also showed me that we're all in this together . I'm going to miss this crazy 'big banana' themed town. The stunning sunsets & turquoise beaches. Living in the mountains. All the new smoothie bowl/raw treats cafes that are popping up (ermergerd. Yerrrsss!) . But most of all, the community I’ve found 💙
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