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Total Distance

103km

Distance Goal

100km

Support My Walk for Mental Health Research

Did you know that 1 in 5 Australians experience symptoms of mental illness each year?

This October, I’m taking part in One Foot Forward to help Australians impacted by mental illness and suicide.

I'm walking to raise funds for Black Dog Institute to put ground-breaking new mental health treatment, education, and digital services into the hands of the people who need them most.

It would mean so much to me if you donated to support my walk.

Together, we can create better mental health for all Australians.

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The Morning Chatter

When we don’t want to and do it anyway? That’s how I know it’ll be ok ☀️

Every Step is Movement and Movement is Healing

This challenge appeared at the perfect time.

Life felt more like trudging through mud. Pretending I’m using that mud for a facial, while in reality, it’s clinging to me like I’m a shoe.

That moment when you’re certain you’ve got just a few more steps until land, so you slide off the kayak into the water.. only to feel the mud suction you in (we all know the pain of realising you’ve lost your shoe).

Every step an effort.

I might have lost a few pieces along the way.

Every breath felt just a little too full of everything.

I say “felt” as if things have changed but the truth is - the weight is still there. The difference is, I’ve given myself a goal.

That goal is to refocus and come back to the now.

To walk, to breathe, to notice what’s here instead of what isn’t.

Because somewhere along the way, I started losing myself again.

Ironically, while trying so hard to ‘find myself’.

I was peeling back layers, reflecting, analysing, growing..

Until I realised I was so focused on understanding myself that I stopped being myself.

This walk wasn’t planned but when it popped into my world, I knew it was what needed to happen.

A way of grounding myself and shining a light on the dark, because shadows don’t have to be suffocation; they can be teachers.

It’s not about fixing or figuring it all out, it’s about remembering that even when life feels like mud, movement is still possible.

Every step is a reminder that I’m still here and no one should have to walk through the hard parts alone.

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Thank you to my Sponsors

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D & G

Good on ya Gem 😊

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Lionel W Smith

I believe in you. You can manage this. Well done for helping those who need it.

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Georgia S

Go Gem !!! You've got this.

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Kaycee Farrell

You got this bubbles remember life's a rollercoaster can't have the ups without the downs and there is always people that come for the ride so you're not alone :)

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You've got this!

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Shaylyn Martin

So proud of you Gem ❤️

Thank you to my supporters

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Georgia S

Go Gem !!! You've got this.

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Kaycee Farrell

You got this bubbles remember life's a rollercoaster can't have the ups without the downs and there is always people that come for the ride so you're not alone :)

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