It's Time to Give a Shit About Mental Health.

I'm fundraising for Mental Health!

I’m not who I used to be.

It’s not because of one big decision. Rather, hundreds of small ones.

I used to be the kind of person whose actions were predicated on judgement. I’d make choices based on what I thought others expected from me. How am I perceived? What looks good? What do they want to hear?

I spent so much time trying to prove myself that I started losing sight of who I was.

Eventually, this way of living caught up with me.

Anxious. Depressed. Numb. These are labels we use to describe very real experiences, often rooted in a deeper sense of disconnection or emptiness

The one thing that helped pull me out was movement. Exercise became my anchor. It provided me with a sense of control when everything else felt chaotic. It got me out of my head and into the present moment by reminding me I was still here.

For a long time, I’ve kept all of this private. Afraid of how it would be received, worried that vulnerability would somehow make me less.

That changed recently. The more time I’ve spent around bold, purpose-driven people, especially founders building things that matter, the more I’ve realised the power of building in public. When we own our stories and share our process, we grow in ways that align with our future. We become the inspiration for catalytic change among our communities.

If the current state of the world is a reflection on anything, it’s that we need change. Change at the individual, behavioural level and the change at the collective, societal level. But we’ve gotta start with getting out of our comfort zone initially.

So here I am doing something outside my comfort zone:

I’m running a half marathon and fundraising for mental health. I’ll be donating proceeds to R U Ok, which is an Australian charity focused on suicide prevention.

I’m not a runner, I hate the cold and I hate early mornings, but I’m doing this because I see it as a symbol of everything I’ve worked through and everything I’m building toward.

I’ll be training for 66 days (the average time it takes to form a habit). Along the way, I’ll share my journey, host group runs, and explore mindset, behaviour, and change from a neuroscience perspective.

This is a fundraiser for mental health and a call to action for anyone who’s struggled, stayed silent, or felt like they had to do it alone.

Let’s break that silence and move for something that matters.

My goal:

→ Raise $2000

→ And build a community of people who give a shit about mental health enough to actually do something about it.

This is for the trailblazers of change. The people that are tired of living for someone else. The people that want to join a community where accountability is default. This is for you. I invite you to join.