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Hi all! The past year I’ve been considering leaving the military. I joined in 2017, The Army firstly, then transferred to the RAAF after having my only child for a better work life balance. I am due to post out of my current posting in January 2029 a
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created 2 weeks ago
Hey Veterans, Thanks so much for being part of the community here with your peers! I haven’t posted in a while, so I wanted to touch base and have been thinking about my life with my father and our family lately. And how his service in the N
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created 4 months ago
Hi all, It has been a while since I’ve posted. Life has been busy - well busier than usual - and I’ve also been having one of those periods where my identity as a veteran has felt like it doesn’t quite fit. But given today is Anzac Day it’s
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created last month
Hi everyone, my anxiety is through the roof this morning, even though everything in my life is going well 🙂 Im finally getting all the support I need. It's as though I feel that I don't deserve it.
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created last month
You are not alone – real stories of recovery and resilience brings together lived experience voices from across Australia to share honest reflections on what recovery can look like over time — from planning and learning, to taking steps forwa
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created last month
I've been thinking about this lately. Not in a heavy way ~ just noticing.There was stuff we did as kids that had no purpose other than it felt good. No outcome to measure, no performance standard, no one watching. We just did it because something in us wa
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created 2 months ago
The world feels heavy right now. A lot of it is loud, and most of it is stuff none of us can actually do anything about. And I don't know about you, but I've noticed that the more I consume it, the worse I feel ... and yet there's this pull to keep watchi
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created 2 months ago
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Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created 3 months ago
I've just come back from some time away and my body is reminding me what movement actually does.I wasn't following a program or hitting targets. I was walking through places that made me feel small in the best way, swimming in water that didn't care what
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created 3 months ago
After taking a minute and not posting for a while, I find myself on a pathway which is crooked and so many deviations coming from it. Now it’s at a point of whether to stay on the pathway and make my own directions or singly allow others to give me f
Shoulder to Shoulder: Veterans Created 6 months ago
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