Wisdom is Withins' Mental Health First Aid Training with Robyn Rottinger

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Wisdom is Withins' Mental Health First Aid Training with Robyn Rottinger Each year 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental illness. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teache

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ˆ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ?๐ŸŽ“ Qualified counsellor๐Ÿ’š Crisis and su***de-prevention experience๐Ÿข Years of...
13/10/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ˆ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ?

๐ŸŽ“ Qualified counsellor

๐Ÿ’š Crisis and su***de-prevention experience

๐Ÿข Years of corporate experience

๐Ÿง  Accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor

But here's the important bit:
Training isn't about me.

It's about what participants can do differently afterwards.

Can they recognise when something isn't right?

Can they start the conversation?

Can they listen?

Can they respond?

Do they know what to do next?

That's what matters to me.

Knowledge + confidence + practical skills for real conversations.

If that's what you'd like to build in your workplace, let's talk.

๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ‘‡If every workplace leader could become confident having ONE difficult conversation, what would you cho...
12/10/2026

๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ‘‡

If every workplace leader could become confident having ONE difficult conversation, what would you choose?

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œI'm not coping.โ€

๐Ÿ’ฌ Burnout.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Grief.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Conflict.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Mental health concerns.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Su***de concerns.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Simply asking someone if they're really OK.

Or something completely different?

Tell me below.

Mental health doesn't stop mattering at 65.And sometimes recognising the signs in an older person isn't straightforward....
11/10/2026

Mental health doesn't stop mattering at 65.

And sometimes recognising the signs in an older person isn't straightforward.

Is it depression?

Anxiety?

Confusion?

Dementia?

Delirium?

Something else entirely?

People working with older adults don't need to diagnose.

But learning to recognise changes, respond appropriately and know when further support is needed can make a meaningful difference.

๐Ÿ’š Older people deserve mental health conversations too.

โ€œ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐„๐€๐.โ€Excellent. ๐Ÿ’šNow another question:Will someone who's struggling actually get as far as using...
09/10/2026

โ€œ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐„๐€๐.โ€

Excellent. ๐Ÿ’š

Now another question:
Will someone who's struggling actually get as far as using it?

Sometimes the bridge to professional support is another person.

The colleague who notices.

The manager who asks.

The person who listens when they hear:
โ€œActuallyโ€ฆ I'm not OK.โ€

Mental Health First Aid and training in Mental Health doesn't replace professional help.

It helps people become better prepared to recognise when support may be needed and encourage someone towards it.

Having support available matters.

Knowing how to help someone reach it matters too.

09/10/2026

Some conversations stay with you.

During more than five years working in crisis and su***de prevention, including crisis-support work with Lifeline, I've had conversations with people during some incredibly difficult moments.

Those experiences taught me many things.

But one lesson continues to influence the way I train today:
Don't underestimate the power of listening.

When someone is distressed, our instinct can be to find the right words.

To reassure.
To fix.
To fill the silence.

Sometimes the most important thing we can do is stay present long enough to understand what the person is actually telling us.

Listen without judgement.

Ask rather than assume.

Allow silence.

And resist making their experience about our discomfort.

I'm also a qualified counsellor, but I don't expect the people I train to become counsellors.

I want them to leave feeling more confident being human with another human when the conversation becomes difficult.

That's something experience has taught me that no PowerPoint ever could.

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ.How many could your managers confidently recognise?And no โ€” โ€œeveryone seems a bit stressedโ€ isn'...
07/10/2026

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ.

How many could your managers confidently recognise?

And no โ€” โ€œeveryone seems a bit stressedโ€ isn't quite the risk assessment we're looking for. ๐Ÿ˜…

Psychosocial hazards can come from:

โš ๏ธ Demands
โš ๏ธ Control
โš ๏ธ Support
โš ๏ธ Role clarity
โš ๏ธ Change
โš ๏ธ Workplace relationships
โš ๏ธ Recognition
โš ๏ธ Violence or aggression
โš ๏ธ Traumatic events
โš ๏ธ Harassment
โš ๏ธ Remote or isolated work
โš ๏ธ The working environment

And they can overlap.

Your leaders don't need to know everything.

But they do need to know what they should be noticing.

โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž.โ€Great.But what happens when someone actually says:โ€œI'm strugglingโ€?That's where c...
07/10/2026

โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž.โ€

Great.

But what happens when someone actually says:
โ€œI'm strugglingโ€?

That's where culture becomes real.

Not in the policy.

Not on the intranet.

Not on the poster beside the coffee machine.

In the response.
๐Ÿ’š Are they heard?

๐Ÿ’š Does their manager know what to do?

๐Ÿ’š Can they ask for support without feeling judged?

Because workplace culture isn't only what an organisation says.

It's what people experience.

๐–๐ž'๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ... ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ.Today I fo...
06/10/2026

๐–๐ž'๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ... ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ.

Today I found myself feeling sad.

Not because someone had gained weight.

Because they'd lost so much that I barely recognised them.

It made me stop and think.

Have we become so obsessed with being smaller that we've forgotten what good health actually looks like?

Health isn't about looking like a clothes hanger.

It's not about seeing every bone.

It's not about chasing the smallest number on the scales.

Real health looks like strength.

Energy.

Muscle.

Being able to walk, lift, laugh, travel and enjoy life.

As we age, especially as women, protecting our skeletal muscle becomes one of the greatest investments we can make.

Losing weight at the expense of your strength isn't winning.

It's simply swapping one health risk for another.

My hope is that we stop celebrating "skinny" and start celebrating strong.

Because the goal was never to be the smallest version of yourself.

The goal is to become the healthiest version of yourself.

๐Ÿ’š Let's stop asking, "How much do you weigh?" and start asking, "How healthy do you feel?"

Who checks on the person who checks on everyone else?The organiser.The fixer.The calm one.The person whose favourite sen...
06/10/2026

Who checks on the person who checks on everyone else?

The organiser.

The fixer.

The calm one.

The person whose favourite sentence appears to be:
โ€œDon't worry, I'll sort it.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜…

Strong, capable people struggle too.

Sometimes they're simply very good at doing it quietly.

So check in.

Not because you assume something is wrong.

Because none of us should have to wait until we're falling apart before someone asks:

๐Ÿ’š โ€œHow are YOU going?

01/10/2026

Corporate wellbeing starter pack:

๐ŸŽ Fruit bowl
๐Ÿง˜ Lunchtime yoga
๐Ÿ“ฑ Wellbeing app
๐Ÿง  Resilience webinar
๐Ÿ“ง 9.47 pm email saying โ€œRemember to prioritise self-care!โ€

Meanwhile:
โ€œCould you just quickly finish these 14 things before tomorrow?โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚

Wellbeing initiatives can be fantastic.

But they can't replace addressing psychosocial hazards.

You can't deep-breathe your way out of an unreasonable workload.

And no amount of downward dog is going to clarify a poorly defined role.

Sometimes we need to stop asking:
โ€œHow can our people cope better?โ€
and start asking:
โ€œWhat could we do better?โ€

That's a very different wellbeing conversation.

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