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The Healing Breath, Lake Macquarie (2026)

01/04/2026

Had a few people check in on me after my last story thinking I was in hospital.

Appreciate it… but no 😅

I’m all good. Better than ever.

That story wasn’t about me being sick.
It was about something deeper that most people don’t question.

If that’s what’s being fed to people who are meant to be healing…
it tells you everything you need to know.

We’ve normalised outsourcing our health to systems that don’t actually prioritise it.

Hospitals.
Chemists.
“Health” spaces selling sugar, processed food, and convenience.

And people just accept it.

At some point you’ve got to stop and ask yourself

Who is actually responsible for my health?

Because it’s easy to point fingers.
It’s easy to blame systems.

But at the end of the day…

👉 you’re the one eating the food
👉 you’re the one making the choices
👉 you’re the one living in your body

This isn’t about being perfect.
It’s about being honest.

The more I go down this journey of life,
the clearer things become.

What supports you.
What doesn’t.
What actually matters.

No one is coming to save you.
No system is going to take full responsibility for your health, your life, or your direction.

That part is on you!

And once you actually take that on…
things start to change pretty quickly.

I’ve never felt better.
And it didn’t come from outsourcing anything.

🧡🤠

30/03/2026

There’s a point where you realise…

nothing new needs to happen in your life for things to change.

You already know.

You’ve known for a while.

What needs to shift or to end.
What you’ve been avoiding.

Most people stay in that space for years.

Thinking and talking about it.
Working on themselves.

But never actually moving.

At some point it stops being about healing.

And becomes about decision.

And whether you’re willing to follow through on it.

I see this a lot.

People who don’t need another breakthrough…

they need structure, honesty, and someone who won’t let them slip back into old patterns.

That’s the work I’ve been doing more of behind the scenes.

Working closely with a small number of people over a longer period of time.

Not surface level.

Not one off sessions.

But actually walking things forward.

If you’re at that point where you know something in your life needs to change…

and you’re done circling it…

I have space for 1 - 2 people to work with me more closely over the next 8 weeks.

No pressure.

But if it lands, you’ll know.

Send me a message.

27/03/2026

Cold this morning.

The kind that exposes people.

You’ll see it straight away…

The ones who start negotiating with it.
Complaining.
Waiting.
Looking for a reason to stay where it’s comfortable.

And then there’s the ones
who just meet it.

No story or back and forth delay.
No need for it to be different first.

The world doesn’t adjust to how you feel.

It doesn’t warm up for you.
It doesn’t care if you’re ready.

That’s not harsh…
that’s reality.

And it’s the same in life.

Most people are waiting for conditions to improve
before they move.

That wait becomes their identity.

You either meet what’s in front of you

or you build a life around avoiding it.

There isn’t a third option. 🔥

🧡🤠

🐘🦁🦅

25/03/2026

Most people don’t actually need another breakthrough.

They already know what needs to change.

They’re just not acting on it.

I see it all the time…
people circling the same patterns, waiting for the right moment, the right feeling, the right sign.

I’ve been there too.

But life doesn’t work like that.

At some point it comes down to a decision.
And being willing to follow through on it.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.

When you slow life down and focus on what actually matters, things become pretty clear.

What matters stays.
What doesn’t… falls away.

If you’re in a place where you know something in your life needs to shift…

you probably don’t need more information.

You just need to be honest about it.

I work with people 1:1 around this.
If it lands, feel free to reach out.

🧡🤠

10/03/2026

Tonight I’m sitting alone in a little cabin while I’m away working.

One of those quiet moments where the noise of the day drops away and the thoughts start getting louder.

And if I’m honest…

I feel a bit lonely.

My wife isn’t here.
My kids aren’t here.

And when everything goes quiet like this, the mind starts asking questions.

Am I doing enough?

Am I making the right decisions?

Am I doing everything I can to provide for my family?

Am I getting this whole fatherhood thing right?

Those questions don’t come from weakness.

They come from caring.

Because when you carry responsibility for a family, you feel the weight of it.

Not in a heavy way… but in a way that reminds you what actually matters.

I know I don’t always get it right.

No father does.

Anyone who pretends they have life perfectly figured out is either lying or hiding something.

All we can do is keep trying to show up better than we did yesterday.

And I know I have come a long way.

Way further than the man I used to be.

But even with that…

there are still nights like this.

Sitting quietly.

Thinking about my kids.

Thinking about the kind of man I want them to remember when they grow up.

Because the truth is…

they’re only little for a short time.

One day they’re tiny humans climbing all over you.

The next day they’re teenagers starting to build their own lives.

And eventually they become adults walking their own path.

And that reality hits you in the chest sometimes.

It makes you realise just how precious these years really are.

So if you’re a father reading this…

Keep getting up.

Keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Keep showing up for your family even when you’re tired.

Even when you’re unsure.

Even when the pressure of providing feels heavy.

Your kids don’t need a perfect father.

They just need a man who keeps trying.

A man who loves them.

A man who keeps showing up.

Tonight I just wish I could hold mine.

But until I’m back with them…

I’ll keep doing what every father out there is doing.

Doing my best.

🧡🤠

🐘🦁🦅

09/03/2026

There are women reading these posts
who know they need this.

And they are still waiting.

Waiting until work slows down.
Waiting until the kids are easier.
Waiting until life feels less full.
Waiting until they feel more ready.

But the truth is…

The women who come to spaces like this
never feel completely ready.

They come because something in them is tired
of holding everything together.

Tired of the tension.
Tired of the constant doing.
Tired of being the one everyone else leans on.

And somewhere deep in their body
they know they need a place to land.

The Softening is that place.

Four women have already said yes.

Six places remain.

April 9 - 12.

Applications close March 22
or when the circle is full.

If you’ve been watching from the sidelines
and something in you knows…

Stop waiting.

Come.

🧡🤠

🐘🦁🦅

https://www.the-healing-breath.org/thesoftening

01/03/2026

Two and a half weeks into roofing.

I didn’t expect to love it this much.

Sun all day.
Working beside my brother.
Hands dirty.
Body tired.
Spirit energised.
You do something and then something exists at the end of it.

There’s an honesty to that.

But the thing roofing is teaching me isn’t toughness.

It’s balance.

Once the sheets come off, you’re not standing on a roof anymore.
You’re standing on battens.

Little strips of timber.
Nothing underneath you except air and a fall.

I’m not scared of heights.

But I’ll tell you something.
Your body knows the difference between ground and almost ground.

The first job we did was a garage.
No ceiling.
You look down and it’s straight to the concrete floor.

Your brain starts talking fast.

Your legs tighten.
Your feet grip.
Your breathing changes.

You realise very quickly

If your mind runs ahead of you, you misplace a step.

And if you misplace a step… you fall.

The strange part?

The house roof feels safer.

Even though it’s higher.

Because there’s a ceiling below you.
Your eyes see “ground”, so your nervous system settles.

Nothing actually changed.
Only perception.

I’ve been thinking about that a lot.

Most people aren’t overwhelmed because life is impossible.
They’re overwhelmed because their mind is somewhere else while their body is here.

Balance isn’t a life strategy.

Its presence.

On a roof you don’t think about yesterday.
You don’t think about next week.
You don’t think about your problems.

You think about one foot.
Then the next.

And your breathing naturally slows so your body can stabilise.

That’s why I teach breath.

Not as a practice.

As a return.

You don’t need to wait for a big moment.

You don’t need a perfect setting.
You don’t need to carve out an hour.

Ceremony has its place, it’s where we go deeper.

But balance starts much earlier than that.

Right now, take three slow breaths.

In through your nose.
Out through your mouth.

Then pause at the end of the third exhale.

Just notice.

You won’t become enlightened.

But you will come back into your body.

And that’s where balance actually lives.

🧡🤠

🐘🦁🦅

25/02/2026

Just finished work for the day.

Hot, full sun. Metal reflecting back at you. Shoulders cooked. Hands and shirt dirty.

And I love it.

There’s something about physical work that sorts a man out. No overthinking. No spirals. No self analysis. Just do the job in front of you. Have a laugh with your bro and next thing it’s knock off time.

Drive home dusty. Unpack the esky.

And the house is empty.

Girls at dancing. Oldest at youth club. It’s quiet. 🤣

So I sat down on the deck and just looked out.

Didn’t scroll. Didn’t put music on. Just listened to birds and wind through the land, watched the deer graze on the other side of the creek and took it all in.

And I realised something.

This is it.

Not the big moments. Not the retreats. Not the “next level.”
This.

A day of honest work.
Kids out living their lives.
A bit of silence.
A view that reminds you you chose this.

I used to think freedom would feel loud.

Turns out it feels steady.

It feels like not needing to escape your own life.

It feels like being tired in your body but calm in your chest.

Roofing isn’t separate from my path. It’s part of it.

Providing is part of it.
Building is part of it.
Sweating is part of it.
Cut hands and tanning skin is part of it.

Not everything meaningful has to look spiritual.

Sometimes it’s just a bloke sitting on a deck after work, listening to birds, knowing his family is safe and doing their thing.

That’s empowerment.

Not hype. Not noise.

Steady.

And I’m so fkn grateful for it.

🧡🤠

🐘🦁🦅

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