179 {Tina Kendall-Davis} Why keeping quiet about stress on the farm can be fatal

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There is a general belief that ‘life on the land is tough’, but many of us don’t realise just how tough it can be, and the toll it can have on the lives of the individuals and families who work the land. That is an experience that Tina Kendall-Davis knows very well. Tina is the founder of Anytime Counselling, a mental health service dedicated to delivering accessible, stigma-free support across Australia, with a deep focus on rural and regional communities. Her mission is personal. Growing up on a farm her father was everything to her, but like many men of his generation, he carried the weight of financial pressure, isolation, and unspoken stress. He never sought help, and when Tina lost him to a stress-induced heart attack, her world fell apart. She is determined to shift the mental health conversation from reactive space to a proactive one, because we all deserve to live our best lives every day.

In this episode she shares:

• Life growing up on the farm
• The darker side of living on the farm
• The negative impact of farm life on her family
• Losing her dad to a heart attack and her belief that the farm life stress influenced it
• The financial stresses of farm life
• How she responded to her father’s death
• The biggest impact on her life about losing her dad
• The disappointment of friendships that didn’t help her when she needed them
• Why she became a counsellor
• How she made her unique therapy service
• The difference between proactive therapy and reactive therapy
• The importance of tools in your toolbox

 

Key Quotes

 

“If he had had counselling, we'd still have hi.”

“We don’t prioritise ourselves the way we prioritise other stuff and it costs you your life.”

“Stress is human rust.”

More about Tina

Find Tina on Linkedin or check out the Anytime Counselling website.

 

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