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Thank you from our friends at PANDA for providing this information to share with you! What is perinatal mental illness? Perinatal mental illnesses like anxiety and depression are common and can be serious. One in five expecting or new mothers and one in ten expecting or new fathers will experience anxiety and/or depression, affecting around 100,000 families across Australia every year. Left untreated, perinatal mental illness can have long-lasting impacts on parents, partners, baby and the rest of the family. The key to getting help is being able to recognise that something is wrong and being brave enough to ask...
Meet LIVIN's Veterans - Heston
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Tell us a bit about yourself and your history in the military... Veteran - 16 years’ service the majority of this as a Qualified Commando Officer. Multiple combat & peacekeeping deployments around the world - that have taught me the value of personality & emotional intelligence in parallel to competence in all actions. Now empowered with the purpose to support the modern veteran community in being understood, supported, and engaged to the benefit of all Australians. I took extended leave to lead the expansion of Barry’s Bootcamp to Australia and Singapore in 2018 before officially discharging from the military January...
Meet LIVIN's Veterans - Marcus
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Tell us a little bit about yourself... Born and bred in New Zealand; joined the Army straight after school. I’m passionate about anything I do and try my best to help people on a regular basis whenever I can; everything I do I give a 100 percent regardless of what it is – I’m an all or nothing kind of guy! Tell us about your background in the military... I enlisted in the Army in the year 2001. It was always a passion of mine since I was a kid. I remember growing up and being around the military my...
Meet LIVIN's Veterans - Dr. Dave Anthony
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Tell us a little bit about yourself... I’m in my early 40’s, married, living on the Sunshine Coast, and have a chocolate Lab called Lani. We’re trying to start a family. Primary passions are surfing, travelling, spending time with family and mates, getting outdoors, and learning, both personally and professionally. I’m still figuring out what I want to do when I “grow up”, but always looking for opportunities to be challenged and enjoy this fortunate life I have. And, your military background... Enlisted 2007, deployed to Timor twice in 2009, once in 2011, deployed to Middle East twice in 2010, once...
Meet LIVIN's Veterans - Tegan Brooks
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Tell us about your background... I spent six years in the Royal Australia Navy as an Electronics Technician. This means that I maintained and repaired communications equipment both on shore establishments and onboard Navy ships. In 2013, I deployed on HMAS Melbourne to the Middle East Area of Operations for six months. It was a tough deployment at times, but I am proud of our contributions to international maritime security and am grateful to have had the opportunity to visit some incredibly beautiful parts of the world. What are you up to these days? I live in Brisbane with my...