Coaching look forwards at all times, not often dealing with past things that hold you back. While we may help you process somethings, a good coach will understand when you need a counsellor instead. (IRebekah is also a qualified counsellor and can do more reflective sessions with you) . Coaches are also not experts, like mentors. While a coach can encourage you with ideas or words of wisdom - it is not their primary role to guide, only keep account and provide motivation when it can lack.

Setting goals and understanding you priorities in both work and life can help you see where you leaning too heavily and are out of balance. Once clear priorities are acknowledged, setting structures and limits to work can be helpful. Keep in mind that you can love your work and still forget about the poeple in your life. designating time for rest is very important and your struture of days should be around a day of rest - whichever day works for you.

Ag can take up every waking hour if you let it. It is physically , mentally, and emotionally demanding. The long hours of harvest or seeding, are often not balanced out by rest at other times. Try to find a partcular day each week where you rest - or just do something that isn’t farming. Socialise often, and eat well. The Act Belong Commit campaign had it right. Keep physically active, join a group where people will miss you if you dont show up, and work for a cuased that is bigger than yourself.

Having plans behind plans behind plans is a good way to mitigate feeling complete failure. Knowing your sell by dates, or change of plan dates is imperative as well. But in general, having something bigger than your far,. and yourself, that can support you in hardship is the best way to emotionally cope with big losses. As always, Act, Belong, Commit.

Have clear productivity goals, plans, and then plans behind plans. Know your expectations, and don’t set yourself up to fail. Keep well rested, well fed, and well socialised (even if you are an introvert). Have a clear understanding of how you will meet your productivity demands, and what to do when it looks like it won’t be met, or needs to be met in a different way than first planned for. Knowing sell by dates, green dates and other important calendar dates can really help with mitigating stress.

Keep up to date with what the industry is doing and go to grower / producer meetings often. If you find yourself one to not welcome change, grower groups are often full of people passionate about the future of ag and their enthusiasm can be the best antidote to being a Hanrahan. A positive mindset often starts with a choice to be positive. There are many changes to ag in Australia, and most of them we can’t do much about (unless you want an MP which you can find here.) Sometimes the best way to stay positive is to understand you can’t control things as large at the future of agriculture, but you can control what is on your far,. Start there.

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Talk to a Mate (Regional Men’s Health Initiative) (08) 6314 1436

National Centre for Farmer Health

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