A Path To Follow
A Path To Follow Inc. is a newly registered charity providing Living/ed Experience Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support Services.
At A Path To Follow, we support the mental health of young people and families through a unique advocacy and peer support model, using lived experience and professional experiences to help navigate mental health and foster independence. With a team who hold a unique blend of qualifications and experiences as service users, carers and professionals in the sector, this service was founded to support young people and families in a way the current system does not. We envisage a connected community where young people and families support each other in their mental health journeys. We hope to support families to achieve this by keeping young people connected to community via pairing them with workforce peers who have living/lived mental health experiences. We seek to support families with mental health advocacy and peer support to make their mental health journeys less isolating and ensure their voices are authentically heard in a service system that finds it hard to listen. The service is flexible and personalised according to a familyβs needs, using an Intentional Peer Support framework to guide best engagement and support of peers. Young people, from approximately 11 years of age are connected to the community by pairing them with a living/lived experience Youth Peer Support Worker. We meet them where they are and walk beside them as they determine their own paths forward. Service navigation, advocacy, referral guidance, emotional and practical supports are provided to parents and families in their Family Peer Advocacy and Peer Support Program. Whole of family challenges are also supported with our Single Session Family Consultation Service, where practical plans are discussed, set and reviewed as families journey through complex life situations. This support can be ongoing or short term in helping families to navigate a complex service system.
28/09/2026
A couple of partners in wellbeing are running a session for small businesses about helping staff to maintain physical and mental wellness.
Check it out.
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Is this session for you?
If you lead a team, run a business, or work in HR and you've noticed self-care conversations tend to stall at "take a bubble bath" β yes.
We're going deeper into what actually builds capacity to cope with workplace pressure.
7 October, 12β1pm AEST.
π Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/self-care-in-the-workplace-the-mind-body-foundation-tickets-1995895439989?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Gary Wagner
How do we balance looking after our activated parts AND still hold people accountable for their sh*tty behaviour?
18/09/2026
Twice a week I turn up to this space and this amazing woman!
Twice a week a part of me sneers "you won't get through. Just cancel. What lie do you want to give Lee? I got plenty!"
Twice a week I walk out super proud we got through. Sometimes it's messy, most times it's challenging and every single time it respects and is line with what my whole being needs.
I cannot tell you how much this commitment is contributing to how I get through my days and weeks. I have progressed so far physically, but mentally, it has been life changing.
Thanks Lee Bestbodies Training
13/09/2026
I am a strong woman who sometimes feels I cannot take the next step, who allows her boundaries to be violated and tunnels back to believing I am not worthy, important nor valued, or seeks that from the wrong people.
The way out (again) is not to just barge through and move on and my body and brain can't simply just ignore its existence anyway. βThe way out is inβ; to reconnect and listen to those parts of me reactivated and reinstate my dedication to giving them what they need.
Itβs a journey, each time it happens, just ask my family. Even they canβt give it to me and they give me the world. I have to search and find it within myself again. It's messy. It's so lonely. It tears me to my core (again).
But I will do it, again and again. For me, for my boys and for you. I am this beautiful mess and I am also a strong, productive, compassionate and whole woman.
It's a path I choose. I hope you do too.
Walking beside you
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09/09/2026
Attempting to re-energize me to be wholly there for you!
See you in Spring APTFollowers ππ£
31/08/2026
If this is all I get done today, it has to be enough.
For those of you who are in caring roles; professional, personal and/or community you might know this level of fatigue?
I like to throw in a dash of social masking (and w**e) to really make sure the start of the week is hard...
Time to turn the care inward I suspect. This week's focus in on food. What are you doing to turn the care inward this week?
Walking with you.
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27/08/2026
Yesterday was an important meeting for multiple reasons:
π I got to co-host with one of our longest supporters, Rachel of Beaumaris Secondary College , who I met when we initially started and raised money for in 2013.
π£ I got to introduce two important youth referral partners Headstart Au & Poppy Support Services to the school community.
π I was able to introduce another two important mental health service options for young people in Kathryn Green Coaching & Mindful Mentors & meet the amazing Priscilla of Concordia Music Therapy.
I felt good after chairing the meeting; something I have not felt in "speaking" for some time.
Thank you Wellbeing staff of the Bayside and surrounding areas. We see you continue to work hard in the best interests of our young people!
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20/08/2026
Those of you following our Journey will know the last few months have been challenging.
Getting up before 6am and meeting with this bunch of peeps has not been one of those challenges. In fact, they are part of the reason I am coming out strong on the other side!
Thanks First Class Moorabbin.
If you need more connection (and business), reach out and come and meet the team.
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14/08/2026
We slowly progress our final moves to winding down the charity...
Please share the opportunity to take over our really cosy and versatile space with those you think might be interested.
I am happy to directly answer any questions I can otherwise Tess and Callum will also be able to assist.
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Affordable and versatile ormond gem with excellent station access The Leasing Agency is pleased to present for lease this convenient office or retail shop in well located Ormond Arcade. Key highlights of this opportunity include: + Bright and versatile tenancy available immediately inside Ormond Arcade + Suitable for a range of uses i...
06/08/2026
So true...
I feel like I must always be growing...
Kirstie
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7/556-558 North Road, Ormond
Melbourne, VIC
3204
Opening Hours
| Tuesday | 9am - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |
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