R U OK?

And after a long corporate career, went on to build a- her own successful business, Unlimit You, helping working parents navigate family, ambition, and everything in between.

Poppy is a high-performance neuroscience coach and an R U OK community ambassador, and drawing on both life experience, uh, after losing her brother, Will, to suicide in 2010, and her own expertise in human behavior, you know, she's out, out there supporting a, a lot of, a lot of us.

So firstly, you know, I commend you for the work that you do.

It's, um, yeah, so needed, so thank you.

Um, so Unlimit You re- really came about from wanting to, I guess, help people, um, certainly help teams with my business experience, to be able to show up well, but really to be able to access those human skills so they can think well, they can bounce back well when they've had setbacks, you know, navigate all those pressures and demands, and importantly, be doing that with mental fitness, um, at its core.

And, and like you said at the outset, we, my family tragically did lose, um, my brother, Will, uh, to suicide in 2010, and really off the back of that, as many people do that have faced tragedy, you're often asking, you know, "What could I do differently? What did we miss?" And, um, I think my passion for helping others improve their mental health, be more aware of good mental health, being equipped with the skills to keep building good mental health and our mental fitness, really came about from, obviously, our family's, uh, experience as well.

So there is no doubt that my work with R U OK! and, um, I love it, I'm very passionate about it, it came about from tragedy.

Um, and I would say Unlimit You, what I do as a professional job t- day-to-day, is very linked in some ways, too, to, I guess, our experiences and all of the champion messages that we promote at R U OK.

Treat them kindly.

Because would you treat your brother or your sister in that manner? You wouldn't do it, you know, 'cause mom and dad wouldn't be pleased with that." And so be kind to one another, look out for one another, and remember, R U OK Day isn't just for one day, it's every day.

Look after each other.

Ask people if they're okay, are okay every day.

I love that.

Um, in closing, R U OK? is about making supportive conversations part of every day.

For listeners concerned about someone who appears to be struggling but keeps saying they're fine, what advice would you leave with them?

Do it from both sides, I suppose, is if you think that someone's struggling, uh, it's really important to reach out and check in on how they're going and listen to what, what's going on with absolutely no judgment and probably no advice for a start.

Delivering help and hope alongside local churches where it's needed most here and around the world.

Today is RUOK Day and this morning we've got a very special guest, Kate Taylor.

She's the founder and managing director of Taylor Care Group.

She is also a RUOK community ambassador and Kate joins us this morning to have a little bit of a chat about the significance of a day like today.

How are you doing? Are you okay? Yeah, so awesome.

Are you all right? Yeah, that's right.

Hey, Kate, you're an ambassador for RUOK Day.

Can you tell us a bit of how you came to be involved at this kind of level?

Hey, for Chemist Warehouse, it's Mikey, it's Amy Gerard.

R U OK? Day.

Oh, yes.

Very important day.

So it, it all comes in together.

Yeah.

And it is, um, uh, on a serious note, it's R U OK Day.

Like, are you all right, mate? 'Cause you could be a bit, like, are you depressed, do you think?

This is Kiss Breakfast.

All right, Ally Langdon, host of A Current Affair, joining us live right now, um, for R U OK? Day.

Um, ask are you okay any day because the conversation can change a life.

Mm.

And, and it's been great just to see it grow as it has.

Back then, we didn't even talk about mental health or suicide prevention, and now, you know, like my daughter's just got dressed for school today.

She's wearing her R U A- R U OK? Day T-shirt.

They're raising money for, for it.