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Over 1000 reasons to celebrate the future of workforce mental health... (And the Ambassadors (pictures throughout) and organisations ahead of their time who helped us figure it out) This week marked the close of Australia’s Biggest Mental Health Check-in – a world first initiative combining an online mental health profile and Medibio’s wearable technology.   The result saw over 1000 Australians sign up in under 4 weeks – all of them receiving an individualised program designed to improve or help future-proof, their mental health.   Ambassadors: Dr Neale Fong, Vin Gleeson and Dr Kate Hadwen The Check-in team and I watched as people all around the country opened their reports at the same time – symbolising that we are all in this together and mental health checks should be no more stigma-inducing than having a physical health check up.   The e-traffic in the next hours was awesome: “No one is ever going to tell you the state of your mental health, it is up to you.