Raising Minds

10/10/2026

A little self-compassion can go a long way.
When so much of your energy goes into supporting your child or young person, being kind to yourself can easily fall to the bottom of the list.
This World Mental Health Day, our practical tip is a small one: notice how you speak to yourself when things haven't gone to plan.
You don't need to have every answer or handle every difficult moment perfectly. Sometimes the most useful thing you can do is give yourself the same patience and understanding you'd offer someone else.
What would you say to another parent or carer who was having a hard day? Could you offer a little of that kindness to yourself today? 💚

06/10/2026

Bundaberg parents, carers, family and kin - these free workshops are for you. 💚
Supporting a child or young person experiencing complex mental health challenges can mean navigating services, advocating for their needs, and trying to stay connected through some really difficult moments.

This October, Raising Minds is coming back to Bundaberg with two free, practical workshops created for parents, carers, family and kin:

🧭 Finding Your Way - Navigating Systems & Services to Support Young People
Wednesday 28 October | 9:30 am - 11:30 am

💬 Speaking Their Language - Connecting With Your Child or Young Person
Friday 30 October | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Doors open at 9am both dates for a relaxed morning tea, feel welcome to stay for a free lunch after!

Come along for practical information, useful strategies and connection with people who understand that supporting a young person with complex mental health challenges isn't always straightforward.

Places are limited, so register to join us in Bundaberg: rir.raisingminds.org.au/bundaberg

05/10/2026

Build Community. Build Wellbeing.
This Queensland Mental Health Week is about moving beyond awareness and into action - and recognising the everyday connections that help us feel supported and like we belong.
For parents, carers, family and kin supporting a child or young person through complex mental health challenges, that connection can really matter.

It might be talking to someone who just gets it. Learning from another family’s lived experience. Finding information that makes the next step a little clearer. Or simply being in a space where you don’t have to explain quite so much.

At Raising Minds, we know connection can help build confidence too - confidence to ask questions, navigate systems, advocate for your young person and make informed decisions about what comes next.

Because supporting our young people also means making sure the people walking alongside them feel informed, connected and supported.

04/10/2026

You might hear the words "complex mental health” used by health professionals, schools or support services - but what does that actually mean for your child, and for your family?

Complex mental health can describe challenges that are severe, ongoing, happening together, or affecting different parts of a child or young person’s life - at home, at school, in relationships or in the community.

Sometimes there are multiple diagnoses. Sometimes there might be one diagnosis that offers daily complexity. Sometimes there isn’t a clear diagnosis yet. And sometimes a young person’s needs simply don’t fit neatly into one box.

For families, “complex” can take on a whole other meaning too.

It can mean navigating different professionals, services and systems, advocating for your young person and trying to work out where they fit.

Some families may even have experienced the frustration of being told their child’s needs are “too complex” for one type of support, while “not complex enough” for another.

If you’ve found yourself caught somewhere in between, trying to understand what support is available and where to turn next, you’re not alone in finding the system difficult to navigate.

Raising Minds supports parents, carers, families and kin of children and young people experiencing complex mental health with information, self-advocacy, connection and lived-experience support.

01/10/2026

October marks the UN's Mental Health Awareness Month 💚
For many parents, carers, families and kin, their child or young person's mental health isn’t something they think about for one month of the year. It’s part of everyday life.
It can look like advocating for your child or young person with school and clinicians, navigating services, supporting them through difficult days, celebrating progress others might not see, and trying to look after yourself somewhere in between.

This month, we want to make space for those experiences too.
For the families supporting children and young people through complex mental health challenges. For the conversations that can be difficult to have. And for greater understanding, connection and support - not just in October, but all year round.

Throughout Mental Health Awareness Month, we’ll be sharing information, lived experience and practical support to help families feel more informed, connected and supported.
Because supporting the mental health of children and young people also means supporting the people who walk alongside them. 💚

24/09/2026

"They just won't.”
Won't get ready. Won't go to school. Won't talk. Won't do the thing you've asked five times.

When you're already stretched, it can be incredibly frustrating.

But sometimes it can help to change the question.
Instead of “Why won't they?”, try:
What might be making this hard right now?”

There may be overwhelm, anxiety, sensory discomfort, too many steps, difficulty finding the words, or something else entirely getting in the way.
It doesn't mean every boundary disappears or that difficult behaviour suddenly becomes easy to navigate.
It's simply an invitation to get curious about what might be happening underneath what we can see.
Sometimes changing the question can change the conversation. 🧡

Save this for a hard day, or share it with someone supporting a young person alongside you.

23/09/2026

There are some things that take a lot of explaining.

Until you're talking to another parent or carer who's been there. 🧡

The plans that change at the last minute.

That feeling when the school's number appears on your phone.

The wins that might seem tiny to someone else, but feel enormous in your family.

The paperwork, appointments and mental load.

And the exhaustion of having to tell your family's story from the beginning, one more time.

Sometimes there's comfort in simply hearing:
"I get it. You don't have to explain.”

That's one of the things that makes peer connection so powerful.

Parents, carers, family and kin - what would you add to the list?

22/09/2026

Supporting a child or young person through complex mental health can mean navigating a lot - systems, services, your own wellbeing, and knowing how best to support them. 💚

This October and November, Resilience in Reach is coming to Logan with three FREE workshops created specifically for parents, carers, family and kin.

📍 Logan Central Library

🌱 Finding Your Way - Thu 8 Oct, 12-2pm
Make navigating systems and services a little less overwhelming.

🧡 Resourcing Your Journey - Thu 22 Oct, 12-2pm
Explore realistic self-care that recognises the realities of caring.

💛 Setting Out - Tue 3 Nov, 12-2pm
Build your confidence in supporting a young person experiencing complex mental health challenges.

Come to one or join us for all three. You’ll meet other parents and carers who understand, learn practical strategies you can take home, and connect with support grounded in lived experience.

Free to attend. Morning tea and lunch included.

Places are limited - register via Humanitix here: https://rir.raisingminds.org.au/brisbane-workshops/

Free Support Group Workshop for Parents and Carers of Children and Young People with Complex Mental Health

16/09/2026

Wondering what actually happens at a Resilience in Reach workshop? 🧡

There’s conversation. Practical learning. Questions. Shared experiences. And often that reassuring moment when you realise someone else in the room really gets it.
This photo is from one of our recent workshops in Kawana, Sunshine Coast, where parents, carers, family and kin came together to build practical skills for supporting children and young people experiencing complex mental health challenges.

Our workshops are 100% peer-led, which means they’re shaped by lived and living experience, not just theory.

You don’t need to know anyone before you arrive. You don’t need to share anything you’re not comfortable sharing. And you definitely don’t need to have everything figured out.

Just come as you are.

Want to see where Resilience in Reach is heading next? Check out our upcoming free workshops via the link in our bio.

Free Support Group Workshop for Parents and Carers of Children and Young People with Complex Mental Health

10/09/2026

It takes a village to raise a young mind - especially when things are complex. 💛
That's why our Online Peer Network has a new name: the Resilience in Reach Virtual Village.
A place for parents, carers, families and kin to connect, hear from voices that resonate and be part of conversations shaped around what matters to you.
And we're delighted to welcome Rebecca Lockyer from Little TheraPeas to our next Virtual Village.
🌱 Reducing conflict and building connection with neurodivergent children and teens🌱
Rebecca brings a unique combination of professional OT knowledge and lived experience as a parent of a neurodivergent child. Together, we'll explore practical ways to understand what sits beneath behaviour, reduce conflict and overwhelm, and build stronger connection.
📅 Wednesday 16 September
⏰ 10am–12pm
💻 Online | Free
Come as you are. Listen, share, ask questions or simply be part of the conversation.
Because everyone needs a village - and this one is yours.
Register → https://events.humanitix.com/virtual-village-rebecca-lockyer?c=meta

A regular online gathering for parents, carers, families and kin You don’t have to navigate caring for a child or young person with complex mental health alone.