At WayAhead, we first met Christie Begnell as a participant in our Eating Disorders: Dispelling the Myths video installation at Parramatta Library for
Meet Alice Cheok: The Grateful Refugee
It is stories like Alice Cheok’s that remind us that while migrants have a past, they also have a future here and have so much to offer to the
An Update of Research into Anxiety
Summary of the paper: Anxiety Disorders, by Michelle G. Craske, Murray B. Stein, Thalia C. Eley, Mohammed R. Milad, Andrew Holmes, Ronald M. Rapee,
The Chatswood Mental Health Expo – A Volunteer’s Perspective
In April, WayAhead, in partnership with Willoughby City Council and Australian Chinese Psychological Association, held a Mental Health Expo in
Behind the Photographer’s Lens
Last month, documentary photographer, Jennifer Blau, exhibited her portraits of people who had had an eating disorder in the series Just ask
Talking about it: Celebrities opening up about mental health
Recently, several celebrities have opened up about their personal journey living with a mental health condition. One of the most high-profile of
WayAhead Workplaces Annual Forum 2017
Everyone in the workforce can think of a story either positive or negative where their place of work has had an impact on them. The kind of place
Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
WayAhead's Diversity and Inclusion Strategy Statement Way Ahead acknowledges and actively supports the culturally diverse community we work in.
Top 5 ways organisations can support their employee’s mental health
Employers and managers should view being a mentally healthy workplace as core to their business success says WayAhead Workplaces Manager, Sharon
Change of Mind: Hep C Treatment
The prevalence of hepatitis C in people with mental illness is known to be higher than it is in the general population, but recent medical advances
WayAhead’s Mental Health Expo
Marketplace of Mental Health Last week WayAhead, in partnership with Willoughby City Council and the Australian Chinese Psychological Association,
The Big Black Hole: Functional Neurological Disorder [FND] / Conversion Disorder [CD]
Falling through the gaps in the system between neurology and psychiatry – The disconnect between Mind and Body Like many people with functional [also
Welcome to our new Senior Manager
Hailing from New Zealand, Marge Jackson – WayAhead’s new Senior Manager has been in Australia for a few months and has hit the ground
WayAhead Workplaces Celebrates 10 Years of Workplace Health
The 2016 Annual Member’s Forum for WayAhead Workplaces drew together more than 100 people to hear presentations on diverse topics such as the impact
The World Doesn’t Need Buddhism as a Religion – Relax. Hear me out.
In this opinion piece, young Chinese writer Nikki Chen questions orthodox views of religion and the emotional journey of caring for a loved
Small Acts of Disappearance
I couldn’t see myself as one of ‘those women’ – I thought that eating disorders only happen to women who are vain and selfish, shallow and somehow
Small Steps
Some of those parents who don’t think they have an anxiety disorder in the family will come up to me at the end of the seminar and say “you know what,
Into the Light
WayAhead is housed in a cooperative of three mental health advocacy organisations called “Collective Purpose” and one of the great benefits of this is