Harden Up (And Other Unhelpful Advice)

Send us Fan Mail Tommy and Mel step through the Resilience Shield and its usefulness with both the veteran and civilian community. This book is not for those who want an easy read but its also nice to find a book that trusts the reader enough to not dumb things down.  Access the Resilience Shield assessment here .    

Send us Fan Mail Tommy and Mel review Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) a certified course that Tommy delivers for Mindset Training. This 2 day workshop is often ran by workplaces who want to improve mental health but does it do that? Pros and cons of the course, and how to make the most of it from a workplace perspective are discussed.  Check out more information at https://mindsettraining.com.au/  

Send us Fan Mail This is the first in our Reviewing Resilience series and coming in hot with Hugh Van Cuylenburg's The Resilience Project which has been a popular program for schools in NSW as well as the NRL.  The dual factor model of mental health that explains the difference between mental illness and wellbeing/resilience/positive mental health can be found here: https://mindsettraining.co...

Send us Fan Mail Tommy and  Mel review the book Atomic Habits by James Clear, a digestible collection of evidence informed strategies to make small changes to your daily habits.  To access the free resources like Habit Tracking and Habit Stacking use this link: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits/resources Check out more information at https://mindsettraining.com.au/  

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Harden Up (and other unhelpful advice) Mel and Tommy discuss the hugely popular Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. Does it tell you to harden up? Yep, a little. Does it tell you how to harden up? Not so much. Look, its not all bad but there are gaping wide holes that arent very helpful.  Check out more information at https://mindsettraining.com.au/  

Send us Fan Mail In the first recorded episode of Harden Up (and Other Unhelpful Advice) Mel and Tommy discuss the merits (and otherwise) of the popular self help book Everything is Fucked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson.  Check out more information at https://mindsettraining.com.au/  

Send us Fan Mail This episode reviews the 6 part Audible Original lecture series Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal by Dr Kyler Shumway and Dr Daniel Wendler. This is a bite sized piece of education at only two and a half hours long which provides quite a few nuggets of gold.    

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tommy and Mel discuss educational book by Australian Psychologist Brad Marshal The Tech Diet for Your Child and Teen. This book was super helpful for parents to "reclaim your kid's childhood and your family's sanity"    Check out more information at https://mindsettraining.com.au/  

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tommy talks about his experience on the veteran wellbeing intensive he attended called Timor Awakening, a peer led residential education program that teaches veterans how to improve a range of wellbeing skills.