Night and day since we launched Australia’s Biggest Mental Health Check-in, hundreds of completed reports gently buzz through for review on our screens. It is week 3 and the momentum has started to spread as more organisations join individuals all over Australia to see how they are tracking.   Impressive leadership has been shown by organisations such as HBF, PwC, Wesfarmers, CBH, Broadspectrum, Integro, and Intework to name a few – recognising that mental health is everyone’s business and making the Check-in free to employees who wish to take it.   We had predicted that some people would check in because life feels hard, but they hadn’t yet done themselves the honour of figuring out what to do about it.   We also predicted that others would take the opportunity to be curious about their profiles and take a psychological selfie incorporating Medibio’s game changing technology. What we didn’t predict was such positive feedback about what it was like for peo...

It’ s Time  to Check-in Australia – Let’s do it together…  Today marks the start of Mental Health Week in Australia.   There are some amazing initiatives, opportunities to connect, and concrete ways to increase awareness to the issue of mental health.   We are better at talking about it, there is no doubt.   Yet statistically, we are doing little to change it with most of us continuing to avoid paying attention to our own or others’ mental health until we have no choice. Almost every mood or mental health issue impacting on Australians has a pretty significant lead-in time where we can make some conscious changes to prevent or reduce psychological distress. If we could measure mental health   with a clear and holistic dashboard, we would be better equipped to change it.   We think it is time we did just that. Australia’s Biggest Mental Health Check-in launches today, October 10.   But as its creator, it has changed me alre...