
Workshops help to build childhood resilience
Award-winning children’s author and child wellbeing advocate Josh Langley will host the workshops aimed at developing resilience through childhood.
Award-winning children’s author and child wellbeing advocate Josh Langley will host the workshops aimed at developing resilience through childhood.
Former captain of the Perth Wildcats, Brad Robbins will be in Margaret River this month to talk about ‘Taming the Angry Ant’. Picture supplied by A Stitch in Time. As a representative of Mindful Margaret River, I have been asked to write a short article to encourage men in the region to attend a lecture/workshop […]
Mindful Margaret River volunteers Katherine Seisun and Marg Lindsay find solace and celebration in the ocean thanks to their love of surfing. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of that first moment paddling out, your head ducks through the first wave and the refreshing cold-water washes over you. Your body calms, your head clears, the […]
Why are we here? What is this all about? I don’t know about you, but I’m still waiting for the day I wake up in the morning with a clear understanding of my purpose and place in the world; the reason for my existence, the knowledge that I matter in the scheme of things and […]
When moving to a new town or finding yourself home with children, finding connection and like minded people is more important than ever, however getting started can be daunting and exhausting.
Dr Peter Durey is a Mindful Margaret River board members and volunteers on one of our taskforce teams. This short article is not intended to be provocative but instead stimulating, a light-hearted and simple exploration of issues relevant to men and the elderly in particular. As a recently retired GP I have obviously had too […]
I came around the bend in our road where usually I only see kangaroos. There stood a young man with his thumb out. When I said where I was heading, he happily climbed in beside me. He wasn’t a neighbour. I asked him where had he come from? He told me he’d cut across the paddocks for a kilometre or so. This was his fastest route to get into town.
My wife and I moved to live in Burnside in early 2018. We didn’t know many people in the Margaret River area and we wondered if we’d feel isolated living in the middle of a forest. It seemed rude to intrude on people’s privacy. But I did anyway!
A chance meeting between self-proclaimed ‘soul friends’ Ashlee Heard and Ryan Stone has seen the formation of the region’s new LGBTQIA+ group and a growing number of events and programs to support the community and its allies.
“What’s the best thing to say to someone when they tell you they are having suicidal thoughts?” Libby Kustka