Perspectives on how we live, learn and relate
Inner Workings Journal
After 20 years working in mental health and leadership, here is the most important thing I’ve learned about high-functioning people and grief, but first some context. In 2007, at 27 years old, I answered the door to two police officers who told me my brother Casey had died on a jobsite in Queensland. I made […]
The contemporary mental health system is largely organised around crisis. Entry points are typically activated when an individual is already experiencing significant distress, impairment, or dysfunction. The language reflects this: mental health crisis, disorder, diagnosis, treatment. Implicit in this model is a core assumption that mental health care is something one accesses when something has […]
