Men’s Information Sheet to Every Region: October, 2018.

Mostly Men’s Matters. Monthly Networking Men’s Groups and Communities in Australia (and beyond).

Book: It’s All a Matter of Attitude, by Justin Herald. “Never underestimate the power of your attitude. After all your expertise, your huffing and puffing, your successes and your failures, all you have left is your attitude towards how you will handle the next day, next crisis. Check your attitude to ensure it is on track.”

See: bit.ly/2GiUjXz

“If you need to talk, give one of MensLine Australia counsellors a call on 1300 78 99 78 or register for online chat.”

“National Carers Week is about recognising and celebrating the contribution carers make. Carers Australia works directly with state and territory associations to de-liver services.” www.carersweek.com.au/ +links. And: bit.ly/2P4coh7

*Book: Stop Walking on Egg-shells, Paul T Mason, Randi Kreger.

“Fear of abandonment, engulf-ment, people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are struggling daily with these issues. Torn between the urge to merge and the desire for independence, they may feel - and look – like a walking contradiction. Their ac-tions may not make sense be-cause half the time they seek closeness and nurturing and the rest of the time they seem com-pelled to drive you away.” More:

bit.ly/2oZftmL *Bonus: Pre-view to P. 66 of book. Up & back.

Extra sites: bit.ly/2Nek0jL

“Mental Health Month is cele-brated each year in the month of October in NSW (and elsewhere too!). Understand the importance of mental health in our everyday lives and encourage help seeking behaviours when needed. The theme for Mental Health Month is Share the Journey. Sharing your stories with others – creating a sense of security within families and communities – reaching out to someone who might need your help - decreasing the isolation. To make communities as supportive as possible.” More: bit.ly/1YCvKJH Other sites: bit.ly/2NgAXud

Mental illness affects the whole family. “A diagnosis of mental illness like anxiety or a mood dis-order in one family member af-fects the whole family. The indi-vidual who has an illness such as depression, bipolar disorder or anxiety has his or her world changed and is usually looking for relief from emotional pain, as well as support and understand-ing. The family members of some-one who has a mental illness of-ten feel perplexed. They may not know the most effective thing to say or do.” See: bit.ly/2xefYxU More websites: bit.ly/1ZFXFGy

The quiet crisis: “Mental health problems are often masked by oth-er health risk behaviours that oc-cur more frequently among men, which include alcohol and drug abuse, anger and aggression, speeding on roads and drink driv-ing. Men are also less likely to have strong social networks that provide them with support ” More: bit.ly/2u03IQ3

The Centre Within. In Rural Queensland towns: “Helen Everingham presents practical courses in effective liv-ing on this creative website. CDs are available to buy to use in any location, ideal for farmers.” See : thecentrewithin.com Helen’s informative September 2018 newsletter: bit.ly/2QjZ7BX (Useful for all to reflect upon. Ed.)

Help for Farmers. “January 2016 Lions International agreed to fund a mental health pilot program aimed at providing mental health support to drought affected rural farmers in Australia. In conjunc-tion with the charity organization, Aussie Helpers, an innovative men-tal health strategy was launched in conjunction with Virtual Psycholo-gist, offering psychological support

and psycho education to drought affected farmers in remote areas, via sms, email, phone, online chat and face to face counseling on farm-ing properties.” More: bit.ly/2OuCUjb See: virtualpsychologist.com.au/ News item: bit.ly/2NQFJhl Farmer sites: bit.ly/2NTwih0

“One priority is to encourage more men share their stories, re-duce isolation by growing visible communities of men in caring roles.” Very important to see much more: www.mencaretoo.org (Check ALL links AND register for the newsletter on the website.) bit.ly/2vjZ3bJ

MEN CARE TOO

About many health issues. This long, sectioned item, is includ-ed in MISTER because, by following through the many sections, with photographs, it gives a good broad coverage of physical health matters. NOTE: It is for information only. Please seek your own medical ad-vice. (Ed.) See: bit.ly/2DvT6zo

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Extract from “TIME” and website. “Realise that the one thing you have absolute control over is your attitude. See the effect that it has on those around you. For each life is linked to all life and your words carry with them chain reactions like a stone that is thrown into a pond.” Sir Laurance Olivier version in full: bit.ly/2bBzvza

“Remember: success is truly the result of good judgment. Good judgment is the result of experience, and experi-ence is often the result of bad judg-ment.” (Anthony Robbins)

“If you need to talk, give one of MensLine Australia counsellors a call on 1300 78 99 78 or register for online chat.”

Editor: Ron Parnell. baronpar@hotmail.com

Note: Content from all websites is provided for education and information purposes only. (Ed.)

Phone Lifeline: 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636. Informed awareness and intervention can save lives.

Great national/ international referral site for Men’s Health issues and check out all of the informative links on the web-site for selection of organisa-tions working to improve men and boys’ health:

www.amhf.org.au/links/ Further : www.amhf.org.au/

www.misternewsletter. com.au Newsletters. Links.

Men’s Health, helpful sites to choose from: bit.ly/2nlPMN8

To support above site, see more: “Parenting programs designed just for dads can benefit the whole family. Parenting pro-grams can provide extra skills to families impacted by relation-ship breakdowns, health issues and other social disad-vantages. In Australia, parent-ing programs offer targeted training, education to mums & dads.” lonefathers.org.au/?

The Fathering Project. “Help fathers realise how important they are in a child’s life and to give them advice on how to en-courage their children. Reach fathers in their situation: schools, workplaces, community groups. ” See: thefatheringpro-ject.org/ Sign up for weekly tips:/bit.ly/2NQe4JQ

Men with Heart Exhibtion. 8-14th October 2018, Water-side Pavilion, Hobart, Tasma-nia. Celebrating Men. Images and Stories. Men telling their stories in person alongside their photographic portraits aims to break the many stereotypes of what it means to be a man today. The men speak from their heart, hence the name of the event “Men with Heart.” See:

tasmen.org.au/ (Check out this great revised website. Ed.)

"Amazeing Manhood" The 24th

WA Men's Gathering: Friday 2nd -

Sunday 4th November 2018. Point Walter, Bicton, WA. “At this year's WA Men's Gathering we will ex-plore these questions: Do we see our lives as a journey through the complexity of a Maze? W here do we go for Validation? Do w e see our manhood as a Gift? Reg-ular updates about our theme and plans posted on our Facebook page and will be emailed to you when registered.” Website: www.wamensgathering.org.au/ Australian Men’s Gatherings asso-cisated websites: bit.ly/2MsRaau

From list of cancer types to check, this is just one: “Pancreatic cancer occurs when malignant cells develop in part of the pancreas. This may affect how the pancreas works, including the functioning of the exocrine or en-docrine glands. It is the tenth most common cancer in men and ninth most common cancer in women in Australia.” More: bit.ly/2LSQ5Z8 Further sites: bit.ly/2NUVgwB Early detection: bit.ly/2xwhBGD

Men’s Health gets a wide cover-age. Example is Male Depression: “It is associated with an increased risk of health disorders such as cardiovascular disease and diabe-tes. Men are likely to resort to de-structive behaviours in an at-tempt to deal with depression. Men often try to manage their symptoms of depression by using alcohol and other drugs, which make the symptoms worse.” See vast range of men’s issues: bit.ly/1Q6SeiC

Movember 2018: “Our fa-thers, partners, brothers and friends are facing a health cri-sis and it’s not being talked about. We can’t afford to stay silent. Helping men live happier, healthier, longer lives. Funding game changing men's health pro-jects. Listen to the community and advocate for men.” Check out the website, stories, be in the Movember moments. (Ed,)

See: mvmbr.co/2k9qAKe

“The Australian Men’s Shed Asso-ciation (AMSA) is the peak body supporting almost 1000 Men’s Sheds and is recognised as one of Australia’s largest male based com-munity development organisa-tions.” See: mensshed.org/

“Writes of Men.” Do you have a poem or piece of verse you’ve written that cap-tures something of men’s lives and experiences today? We are looking for poetry and verse that explores the complexi-ties, contradictions, soul and es-sence of what it is to be a man, the joy, sacrifice, loss, adventure, humour, family, love – and yes, the silly things as well. Our plan is to collate all the submissions from individuals and men’s or-ganisations across Australia and New Zealand with a view to make the end result available to anyone interested in reading “ Writes of Men.” Send to Dave Golding at- writesofmen@gmail.com before end of October, all sub-missions will be acknowledged.