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Core Health Consulting helps to transform physical, mental & emotional wellness.

We work with individuals & workplaces to deliver engaging & effective courses, health promotion programs and consultation services including Mental Health First Aid Courses. If you’re looking for practical solutions to health, nutrition and fitness at work, you’ve come to the right place. At Core Health Consulting we have a range of health promotion programs to suit your business and budget – and they work! Before founding Core Health Consulting in 2007, Tammy Farrell spent 10 years working in intensive care and cardiac cath labs as a registered nurse. Working in those environments it was clear that many people simply didn’t understand how their bodies worked. Patients were arriving in intensive care after months of suffering symptoms that could have been managed much earlier. After the sudden death of a friend Tammy quit nursing and began educating people and businesses about health and wellness. Since then we’ve helped thousands of employees take action, seek help and regain their health through a range of health promotion programs that really work. We are passionate about health and wellness education and would love to help your workplace become healthier too, so, give us a call today on 1300 663 062 and let Core Health Consulting help your workplace become fitter, healthier and more productive!

02/11/2026

Ever wanted to play judge? I got my chance. And the case was all about workplace safety.

I recently played judge in a Psychosocial Risk WHS Mock Court Trial at the Psychosocial Safety and Leadership Institute annual conference.

The wig was entertaining, but the exercise raised important questions:

⚠️ Were employees showing signs of fatigue or distress?

⚠️ Were managers aware of unreasonable workloads?

⚠️ Were concerns followed up with practical action?

These are familiar issues for businesses working under pressure, particularly across mining, construction and trades.

It's why my work focuses on helping employers recognise problems early, support their people and manage workplace health more effectively.

Through Mental Health First Aid, fatigue management and practical training, I help businesses build the skills needed to support psychosocial safety alongside physical workplace safety.

I’m Tammy Howell, registered nurse, mental health and resilience trainer and founder of Core Health Consulting. I help Australian businesses in mining, construction and trades support safe, compliant and productive teams at work.

Want to strengthen your approach to workplace safety? Let's talk.

01/11/2026

Psychosocial compliance is no longer optional. For FIFO, DIDO and move-about workers, isolation, fatigue and stress aren’t just “part of the job”, they’re recognised workplace hazards under WHS law.

The question isn’t if you’ll address them. It’s how.

FIFOMa8 is coming…

29/10/2026

Prevention beats crisis in every workplace. But most businesses still operate in reverse.

Action only happens after an incident, a claim, or a breakdown that could have been avoided with early intervention.

Under WHS legislation Australia, employers have a duty of care to identify and manage psychosocial hazards at work, including fatigue, stress, and mental health risks.

Yet many teams are still pushing through fatigue management workplace issues, ignoring early signs, and expecting performance from people who are not physically or mentally fit for work. That gap is where incidents happen. It is also where productivity drops, absenteeism rises, and safety compliance is compromised.

Mental health training workplace initiatives and structured workplace wellbeing programs Australia give leaders a way to prevent negative outcomes. Safe Work Australia reports psychological injury claims cost over 3x more than physical injuries and have significantly longer recovery times.

I’m Tammy Howell, registered nurse, mental health and resilience trainer and founder of Core Health Consulting. I help Australian businesses in mining, construction and trades support safe, compliant and productive teams at work.

If you are waiting for something to go wrong before acting, you are already behind the standard required to prevent workplace incidents.

Are you addressing risks before incidents occur?
Is fatigue showing up in your team right now?
Have you reviewed your duty of care employers obligations recently?

What is the next action you will take to move from reactive to preventive?

26/10/2026

When I first started speaking in mining sites and workshops, I met hardworking blokes who could strip down an engine blindfolded, service every tool in their shed, and plan a shutdown schedule without breaking stride. Yet when it came to their own bodies, many of them were operating in the dark.

They would tell me about chest tightness, fatigue, headaches, or sleep problems as if they were just part of the job. Most had never been taught what those symptoms could mean. No one had explained how the human body works in a way that made sense in their world.

I still remember standing in front of a room full of electricians and fitters and realising that they were listening closely, not because the information was complicated, but because no one had ever spoken to them about their health in a straightforward way. They were experts in their work, but they had never been given the tools to be experts in their own wellbeing.

That moment stayed with me. I wanted to create something practical, useful and grounded in respect for the men who keep our industries running. Something that treated health like another essential tool on the bench, not an abstract concept from a textbook.

The Real Man’s Toolbox came from that desire to bridge the gap. I wanted every reader to feel equipped, not lectured. Informed, not overwhelmed. Capable, not confused.

To this day, nothing means more to me than hearing a man say he booked a checkup, changed a habit, or understood a warning sign because he finally had the information explained in a way that made sense to him. That is the heart of my work.

What is one piece of health knowledge you wish someone had explained clearly to you years earlier?

25/10/2026

Safety isn’t a fixed point. I see this every time I work with FIFO, DIDO and mobile teams. Conditions shift. Rosters change. Pressure builds quietly. The risks workers face on Monday rarely look the same by Friday, yet most workplaces are still relying on one-off training to manage hazards that evolve every day.

FIFO Ma8 was built to match the reality of this kind of work. Instead of a single workshop, it provides ongoing mental health, resilience and fatigue support that strengthens decision making over time. When people know how to recognise early signs of strain, communicate clearly and look out for each other, the quality of work and the quality of safety improve together.

If your workforce is constantly moving, your safety system needs to move with them.

22/10/2026

Quick question: who thinks resilience is about toughening up and pushing through?

That thinking often shows up in workplaces where resilience training is a box ticking exercise with a one-off workshop, problems are palmed off to HR, or management assume no one’s saying anything because everything’s fine.

What’s actually happening in most workplaces is different.

Without training, teams generally do not speak up early and problems builds quietly.

By the time issues are visible, the cost is already there in incidents, absenteeism and reduced performance.

Safety culture leadership is not about policies. It is about what gets reinforced daily.

This is the work I do through neuroscience-backed resilience training, mental health first aid, and fatigue management programs. I help organisations focus on prevention, building capability across teams and creating workplaces where issues are identified early and managed properly.

I’m Tammy Howell, registered nurse, mental health and resilience trainer and founder of Core Health Consulting. I help Australian businesses in mining, construction and trades support safe, compliant and productive teams at work.

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Resilience First Aid Training – Newcastle 2026

⭢ May 18–19
⭢ July 20–21
⭢ September 21–22
⭢ November 16–17

Reach out to join.

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Is training part of your work safety program?

19/10/2026

Seventeen years ago, I found myself on site, talking to crews about something most of us were never taught: our own health.

In mining, construction and the trades, you know your gear inside out. But when it comes to understanding fatigue, stress or even the basics of how our bodies work, it’s often ignored until it becomes a crisis.

That’s why I wrote my book, The Real Man’s Toolbox.

It was my way of putting practical, down-to-earth health knowledge into the hands of Aussie blokes in a language that made sense.

Since then, I’ve worked with thousands of leaders and workers across Australia delivering programs on general health, mental health, fatigue and resilience that cut through and make a difference where it matters most: on the ground.

I’ve seen the culture shift.

From silence to open conversations. From stigma to support. From risk to resilience.

Leaders in mining, construction and trades: What’s changed in the way you work?

18/10/2026

I created FIFO Ma8 for one reason. Workers who fly in, drive in, or move between sites face risks that go far beyond physical PPE. Fatigue, isolation, high job demands and long stretches away from home quietly chip away at health and performance. When these pressures go unnoticed, they eventually show up as incidents, conflict, burnout or disengagement.

FIFO Ma8 brings mental health into the same space as hard hats and hazard checks. It gives supervisors practical tools to run wellbeing check-ins during pre-starts, shift handovers and toolbox talks. It keeps skills fresh through ongoing Peer Support sessions. It creates a structure where noticing, asking and following up become normal parts of work.

The goal is simple. Predict, prevent and protect. Stronger communication. Safer teams. Workplaces where people know they matter long before a crisis hits.

If your organisation wants to embed mental health into everyday safety practice, FIFO Ma8 is built for you.

15/10/2026

Friendly reminder: your team is your safety system.

Leaders in mining, construction and trades, you can have the policies, the procedures, the toolbox talks. But the moment that actually matters?

It’s a conversation between two people on site.

1️⃣ Someone notices a change

2️⃣ Someone decides whether to say something

3️⃣ Someone either steps in early… or walks right past

Resilience First Aid gives your people something solid to fall back on in those moments.

It’s practical, neuroscience-based training that builds real confidence and gives teams practical tools to recognise early signs, steady a conversation and support someone properly without overstepping.

I’m Tammy Howell, registered nurse, mental health and resilience trainer and founder of Core Health Consulting. I help Australian businesses in mining, construction and trades support safe, compliant and productive teams at work.

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Resilience First Aid Training – Newcastle 2026

⭢ May 18–19
⭢ July 20–21
⭢ September 21–22
⭢ November 16–17

Register: [email protected]

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Is your team safe?

12/10/2026

Nearly two decades ago, I started this work because I could see a gap. Employees were showing up 5 days a week, giving their all to their jobs, but often they were doing it without clear information about their own physical and mental health.

That hasn’t changed.

Today, I still stand in front of mine workers and tradies, delivering health education that makes sense in real working conditions.

We talk about fatigue, mental health, early warning signs and how the body actually works under pressure.

This is what drives Core Health Consulting.

Not trends. Not ticking boxes.

But increasing health literacy so people can go home safer, healthier and more informed than when they arrived.

If your workplace is serious about safety and performance, where does health education sit on your priority list today?

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