NDIS Cuts
A simple question no one seems to be answering We’re being told fraud is a major problem in the NDIS. […]
Awareness
When Men Disengage
Across Australia, men with approved NDIS plans are quietly disengaging — not because they don’t need support, but because mental health, stigma, and system fatigue get in the way. When allocated supports go unused, it isn’t a saving. It’s deferred crisis — for participants, families, and society. Here’s why engagement matters.
The Truth About the NDIS
The Truth About the NDIS (That No One Wants to Talk About) The conversation about the National Disability Insurance Scheme
I Spent the Week Immersed in Calm
I spent the week editing guided meditations — and accidentally learned a truth: you can’t think your way out of a dysregulated nervous system. Here’s why regulation matters, and how the new Guided Chill-Pills inside Mendis can help.
When Kindness Knocks the Wind Out of You
Sometimes it’s not the hard conversations that undo us — it’s the kindness. This reflection explores what’s happening in the nervous system when support lands unexpectedly, why many men find receiving help harder than giving it, and how learning to receive can be an act of strength.
Life Doesn’t Pause — But You’re Allowed To
Life doesn’t pause — even when something important has just happened.
For many men, the world keeps moving while the inside takes longer to catch up. This reflection is about grief, change, and the quiet permission to show up differently — and why spaces like Mendis matter.
When Joy and Grief Sit at the Same Table
Joy and grief can sit at the same table — especially when you’re living with disability. If the festive season feels heavy, you’re not failing. Here’s a different kind of New Year: less perfection, more support.
Lies, Secrets, and the Cost to the Nervous System
Lies and long-held secrets keep the nervous system on high alert. This week’s reflection explores truth, safety, disability, parenting, and why honesty — with ourselves and others — is not just ethical, but regulating. No Zoom this week — join us face-to-face in Adelaide on Wednesday evening.
Heartprints, Legacy & the Quiet Ways Men Matter
Your legacy isn’t what you built. It’s the lives you touched.
Why I Left Last Week’s Mendis With a Spring in My Step
I logged off our last Mendis Zoom call with something I don’t always have these days: a spring in my step.
Nothing dramatic happened. No miracle cure, no big “breakthrough”. It was just three blokes with diagnoses, dodgy bodies, dark humour and real talk… and somehow we all logged off lighter than we started.
That’s the quiet power of Mendis: mateship, lived experience and a regular space where you don’t have to explain yourself – you’re simply understood.