Suzi Evans

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Creator of WORKBENCH For The Mind & 1% of your day CHOOSE YOU theory! Author & Mental Fitness Coach! Are you ready to Master your mindset!

30/10/2026

Grateful to have been part of Sony Foundations Adelaide4Ward today at Adelaide Oval, where $450,000 was raised for South Australia’s first dedicated Youth Cancer Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. 💛

Liana spoke about going through cancer treatment at a young age and about how lonely it can be. Honest, and quietly devastating. It is exactly why this event exists.

A privilege to join Melanie Cooper and Grant Kelley on the panel, with Bec Morse hosting the discussion on resilience, and thank you Nikki Govan for the invitation.

Adelaide Oval

30/10/2026

When things get heated, the part of your brain that plans and reasons doesn't get much say. Your stress response moves faster than your thinking, and that's by design. It's kept humans alive for a very long time.

The trouble is, it can't tell the difference between a real threat and a tense team meeting.

On Friday 6 November I'm running the final session in my Mentally Fit Workplace webinar series: Neuroscience, Care & Hope: The Why and the Way Forward. We'll look at what's actually happening in your brain under stress, in plain language, and you'll leave with a tool you can use straight away. It's called the 6-second pause, and I use it myself more often than I'd like to admit.

It starts at 12:30pm Adelaide time (1pm Sydney time, 12pm Brisbane time).
Register free: https://meeting.zoho.com.au/meeting/register?uId=77975000000036036

Can't make it live? Send me a DM and I'll share the recording.

28/10/2026

Out here, you learn to read the weather. You watch the sky, you check the water, you notice when something's shifting long before it arrives.

We're not always as good at reading each other.

Su***de rates in regional Australia are well above the cities. Su***de Prevention Australia reports 15.6 and 18.8 deaths per 100,000 people in inner and outer regional areas, compared with 9.9 in major cities. Men account for three in every four of those lives lost. They're our farmers, our shearers, our truckies, our mates at the footy club.

Some of the reasons are practical. Services are further away, and you might run into your counsellor at the pub. Some are cultural. Plenty of us were raised to just get on with it.

I'm not asking anyone to stop being tough. I'm asking us to get as good at noticing each other as we are at noticing the weather.

What helps people in your community open up when things get tough?

If this brings something up for you, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.

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25/10/2026

On the farm, you learn to watch the sky.

You check the water. You watch the wind direction. You notice when something is shifting long before it arrives.

No one really taught us that in a classroom. We just learned to pay attention.

But are we paying the same attention to the people around us?

Su***de rates in regional Australia are significantly higher than in major cities, and three in every four lives lost are men.

Our farmers. Our shearers. Our truckies. Our mates at the footy club.

Some people face practical barriers to support. Others have grown up believing they should simply get on with it.

I'm not asking anyone to stop being tough.

I'm asking us to get as good at noticing each other as we are at noticing the weather.

Notice when someone goes quiet.

Check in when something feels different.

Ask the question, even when it's uncomfortable: "Are you doing okay?"

You don't need to have all the answers. Sometimes, being willing to listen and helping someone connect with support is a meaningful place to start.

That's part of what Workbench for the Mind™ is about: building the awareness, confidence and practical skills to support each other before crisis point.

Let's look out for our mates, not just when the storm hits, but in the ordinary days before it.

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23/10/2026

I've been saying some version of this for years, and I'll keep saying it until it feels normal.

Prevention isn't a campaign or a month on the calendar. It's the colleague who notices you've gone quiet. It's the neighbour who drops in. It's knowing what to say, and feeling confident enough to say it.

Those are skills. They can be learnt and practised, and the more of us who have them, the fewer people reach crisis alone.

Share this with someone who's always noticing.

If you need support now, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.

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21/10/2026

Under Australian work health and safety law, employers need to give workers a mentally healthy workplace and manage the risks from psychological hazards. That's not a nice-to-have. It's the law.

Most organisations I speak with have taken this seriously at the crisis end. They know how they'll respond if someone is in distress, and they've got the EAP contract to show for it.

I keep coming back to the other end. Managing a risk means reducing the chance it becomes harm in the first place. For psychological risk, that means building the everyday capability of your people and leaders long before anyone needs a crisis response.

That's where Workbench for the Mind™ sits. It's a practical, non-clinical program, accredited by Su***de Prevention Australia and QIP, that helps teams recognise pressure early and talk about it safely.

HR and People & Culture leaders: what prevention programs do you have in place today, alongside your crisis supports?

Enquire about in-house delivery: suzievans.com/workplace

18/10/2026

Happy Monday, leaders 💛

Quick question:

Do you actually know where your workplace culture sits right now?

Not where you hope it is.

Not where you think it might be.

Where it actually is.

Most businesses invest in training, EAPs and wellbeing days without really assessing the culture those initiatives are landing in.

That's why Workbench for the Mind™ starts with understanding, not just teaching.

Because before you can build mental fitness into your workplace culture, you need to understand where your team stands.

What's working?

Where are the pressure points?

What does your workplace actually need?

Understanding is the foundation.

Want to know where your team stands?

👉 Reach out and let's chat.

Every opportunity begins within.

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