Speaker 1: Yes.
Speaker 2: Now it is hard to believe that in twenty twenty five,
Speaker 2: men are still struggling to talk about their mental health issues.
Speaker 2: So joining us this morning is Gus Woland, who is
Speaker 2: a fabulous broadcaster but also the founder of Gotcha for
Speaker 2: Life Foundation. Welcome to the show, Gus, Well.
Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having me on. Guys, thank you
Speaker 1: so much.
Speaker 2: Now, these stats aren't good, but we understand that nine
Speaker 2: people take their life in our country every single day,
Speaker 2: and seven.
Speaker 1: Of them are men. It's incredible, isn't it. Seven men
Speaker 1: a day, two women a day, and a staff that
Speaker 1: people don't talk about a lot is that one attempts
Speaker 1: every eight minutes in this country. So and you put
Speaker 1: all those sort of stats together, you can understand why
Speaker 1: it's just so sad and it's so shocking. And when
Speaker 1: I say those stats when I'm doing my talks, people
Speaker 1: google them because they can't quite believe them, because they
Speaker 1: just can't believe in this country that that would be
Speaker 1: the case. But we're certainly not on our own. Lots
Speaker 1: of other countries is exactly the same. And that's why
Speaker 1: I got your for Life and Chemists warehouse with their
Speaker 1: supp orders out there working on prevention of suicide, and
Speaker 1: I think that's where we really need to focus. That
Speaker 1: prevention is the key, and we need to build the
Speaker 1: emotional muscle up of all of these boys, girls, men
Speaker 1: and women and everyone else to make sure that they
Speaker 1: don't worry alone, that they have enough emotional muscle to
Speaker 1: stick their hand up and ask for help. Gus, being
Speaker 1: a wife and also a mum to a teenage son,
Speaker 1: what is a way that we can get men to
Speaker 1: open up? As you've just said, yeah, I mean it's
Speaker 1: just just try, try and try again. I don't know.
Speaker 1: Kids are very difficult at times, depending on their age
Speaker 1: and their personalities. But if they feel that they can
Speaker 1: talk to mum and dad or someone a little bit
Speaker 1: older about absolutely everything, then you've really done the trick.
Speaker 1: That's the main thing. Whether it's yourself and sometimes mums
Speaker 1: and dads have to take ego out and go, well,
Speaker 1: it's not going.
Speaker 3: To be me.
Speaker 1: It might be the godparent, or it might be a
Speaker 1: teacher or a coach, or it might be a friend
Speaker 1: of yours. As long as they're talking to somebody about
Speaker 1: the stuff that's really important, that's really is the key.
Speaker 1: And I do find it that there that parents are
Speaker 1: a bit vulnerable. The more likely the kids are to think, oh,
Speaker 1: it's okay not to have all the answers, it's all
Speaker 1: right to bumble and fumble around a little bit. And
Speaker 1: that really is an absolute key thing for parents to
Speaker 1: make sure that you don't come across it you've got
Speaker 1: all the answers all the time, because it's at such
Speaker 1: a standard for your kids to try to live up to.
Speaker 3: Gus terribly to talk to you, and I just need
Speaker 3: to let you know that the last time I had
Speaker 3: a Gus wall and hug my ribs, my ribs are
Speaker 3: almost better. Thank you, congratulations for these men's care boxes.
Speaker 3: Now these are available at Chemist's Warehouse. But it is
Speaker 3: a really meaningful way of helping the organization Chemist's Warehouse
Speaker 3: fund the amazing work that gotcha for life. Does I
Speaker 3: mentioned this? I do a lot of public talking and
Speaker 3: I mentioned this all the time. It's a very simple way.
Speaker 3: It's not clinical, it's right down to earth and it
Speaker 3: basically summarizes with the work you do, the average person's
Speaker 3: view on where we're going, as in, reach out for
Speaker 3: help if you want to. No one's going to laugh
Speaker 3: at you, no one's going to make fun of you.
Speaker 3: But one meaningful way that we can all contribute is
Speaker 3: just go and buy a men's care box. All it
Speaker 3: needs is your photo inside. But they might frighten people
Speaker 3: the worst.
Speaker 1: Exactly. I got the thank you letter that yeah, that
Speaker 1: the photo was not what we're after, but no, you're right.
Speaker 1: Chemist ware House have been our biggest supporter when we
Speaker 1: started nine years ago. And these care boxes, which you
Speaker 1: can get online at at chemist warehouse dot com dot au.
Speaker 1: They're twenty dollars, so buy one for a man in
Speaker 1: your life, whoever that may be, and there's one hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty dollars worth of value. So absolutely there's a
Speaker 1: gellet shaver in there that worth twenty bucks in its
Speaker 1: own right. So it's really not about the box. It's
Speaker 1: more about if you buy the box or send the
Speaker 1: box to someone, what a conversation can start off the
Speaker 1: back of that, to go, hey, I thought of you.
Speaker 1: You're a man in my life that I care for
Speaker 1: or deeply respect or whatever it might be. We're not
Speaker 1: having enough of these what I call conversations of gravity.
Speaker 1: We're really good just chat chat, chat about banter, whether
Speaker 1: it's work or wether or the stuff that we practice,
Speaker 1: But let's start having some conversations, get a little bit deeper,
Speaker 1: not bursting into tears every five minutes or having big,
Speaker 1: deep and meaningfuls, but to be able to start a combo.
Speaker 1: And this box is a really good start to say, hey, buddy,
Speaker 1: I love you. Hand it over, have a bit of
Speaker 1: a look through it, and then perhaps that starts a
Speaker 1: conversation which may be exactly what your friend or person
Speaker 1: you care for needs.
Speaker 3: Thank you to those companies gus So, Souk and Laurel Gillette.
Speaker 3: They are firmly supporting this gift box and anytime you
Speaker 3: buy a product, five percent of that also goes to.
Speaker 1: Gotcha for Life.
Speaker 2: And I've also got a shout out to the Matschip
Speaker 2: bands as well. My friend Irene brought one for me
Speaker 2: where we were at the checkout at chemist Warehouse and
Speaker 2: I'm proudly wearing mine this morning. I wear every day
Speaker 2: so I think of my mate, and I also think
Speaker 2: of you every day. Gus So, thank you so much
Speaker 2: for everything that you do. You can check out got
Speaker 2: YOUA for Life and also head to chemist Warehouse dot
Speaker 2: com today you to buy one of those men's care boxes.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Joining us this.
Speaker 1: Morning, putting get more three kind of people than you guys,
Speaker 1: So thank you for your support and big hugs to
Speaker 1: all of you. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: My ribs are almost coming back with more next on
Speaker 2: the House of Wellness.