Live Learn Survive - Help Yourself - Help Others‪.‬ Trent Maxwell & Leigh Mason

Cooper Chapman’s was a young pro surfer living an extraordinary life, yet in 2018 his youngest sister found herself struggling with the loss of two of her closest friends during her final year of school as did Cooper. How could kids in the very same town be so unhappy that they’d taken their own lives? A year later Cooper began to build the concept for ‘Good Human Factory’ in 2019 -  a mental health organisation that seeks to normalise mental health discussions and inspire the global community to think about mental health differently. Incorporating in-school and corporate workshops, a podcast, an accountability community and merchandise, the Good Human Factory has grown more rapidly since 2022 than Cooper could have imagined. “Since 2020, we’ve shared workshops with over 40,000 high school students across NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania - and over 15,000 of these were last year alone. Sharing his own personal story, as he shares his own mental health journey through his surfing career, challenging audiences to connect with their values - rather than basing their self-worth on external factors. Cooper say he can’t believe the support and impact we’ve had in such a short time.”, well to be honest we can and we know you will enjoy this chat as much as we did.

Erin Pogmore has been a firefighter for 12 years, and has recently been promoted to the rank of Station Officer. Erin has a passion for rescue, and is currently a water rescue instructor with Fire and Rescue NSW. She is a member of the AUS-2 Urban Search and Rescue team, was the winner of the 2023 Rotary Emergency Service Community Awards and has been a volunteer with the NSW SES for 22 years.

Lots of little things all come together in the end to become great things is the message for this week. It’s also good to talk, so after an incredibly hard 24 hour shift Maxi came along to tell us a little about his day and how going for a run helped manage the stress of it all. Our final catch up in Australia before we bring you some wonderful guests, enjoy this weeks catch up with Maxi and Leigh.

Celebrating Leigh’s birthday this week and also celebrating a new board member for our charity, we are thrilled to welcome Jenny to our team, we are very grateful for her support to have her on board. Maxi has had a quitter time at the beach thankfully and the important lesson this week is Boat Safety which accounts for more drowning than you would think so please listen and stay safe on the water.

Challenging weeks always make us reflect and be grateful for those around us. Another spinal injury at the beach for Maxi, a great trip to Melbourne meeting with some inspiring people for Leigh. This week we bring facts about one of Maxis favourite things, museums, when did you last visit one? Many are free and they all offer a whole array of interesting things to learn about, enjoy this week’s catch up from Live Learn Survive.

Together in Brisbane Maxi and Leigh share all the good news of this week, give us a huge shout out to the Nurses in International Nurses week and did you know they are one of if not the most trusted profession. Good news on the late afternoon spinal rescue Maxi did last week and how good is a elderly dog being saved from a fire. Enjoy this weeks positive catch up on all things Live Learn Survive.