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Two years ago I was forced to walk away from policing.Today these arrived.A National Police Service Medal.A National Med...
24/06/2026

Two years ago I was forced to walk away from policing.

Today these arrived.

A National Police Service Medal.
A National Medal.
A Certificate of Service recognising 10 years and 3 months with the Queensland Police Service.

It’s strange receiving them now. It kind of feels like a participation award, especially when 10 years service is summarised in 6 lines.

For a long time I measured my worth by a badge, a rank, a station, or the job I was doing.

Looking at the certificate today, it lists where I worked, the medals I received, and the dates I served.

What it doesn’t show are the people I met, the lives I crossed paths with, the jobs that stayed with me, or the personal cost that sometimes comes with service.

The truth is that many of us leave carrying things nobody can see and for a while I struggled with that. I felt like I had lost part of my identity. I feared my wife wouldn’t love the man I was being forced to become, worried my kids wouldn’t see me as their superhero anymore. A lot of it was ego and pride but so many nights I spent in the dark thinking I’d never be good enough for them again.

Thankfully, and slowly, over the last two years I’ve realised something important:

I wasn’t defined by the uniform.

The values that led me to serve are still here.

The desire to help people is still here.

The willingness to keep getting back up when life knocks you down is still here.

The chapter ended. The person didn’t.

To anyone who has had to walk away from a career, a dream, or a version of themselves they thought would last forever:

You are more than the title you once held.

Be kind to yourself 💙

I posted a couple of weeks ago about asking to establish a police pension and sent off numerous emails to every governme...
22/06/2026

I posted a couple of weeks ago about asking to establish a police pension and sent off numerous emails to every government official who I could think would have some involvement. This is the generic email I got back from Dan Purdie MP office - completely ignoring the entire reason I emailed and instead talking about Cop Care.

I may be wrong but in my experience officers don’t trust the QPS AT ALL, let alone divulging their deepest secrets to other serving officers and expecting it to not be somehow used against them. We all know that the stigma around mental health is atrocious and anyone who says it isn’t is either completely oblivious or in management. No officer is going to be completely transparent to this service as it is run by the QPS - the self refer service was at least independent of QPS and completely confidential. Not to mention who are they going to staff this with? Some jaded old senior Connie who doesn’t want to be on the road anymore? Or someone recovering from an injury and shafted to this section? We all know how QPS operates.

As I said in my email, instead of TELLING officers what they need wouldn’t it be nice if they actually spoke to those of us who have navigated the absolute s**t fight of a system they currently have and see how they could improve it? I sat with the boss of Health and Wellbeing for over 2 hours spilling all of the issues I faced and 3 years on nothing has changed, it’s like that meeting never happened or she just put me in the “too hard” basket which seems to be their specialty!

I’d love to hear from those still in the job, whatever rank you are, to see if maybe I’ve just become super cynical in my old age 😂

A few months ago this was nothing more than an idea floating around in my head.Today, I’m holding the first prototype of...
21/06/2026

A few months ago this was nothing more than an idea floating around in my head.

Today, I’m holding the first prototype of the Unstable Check-In Box in my hands.

The idea came from something I’ve seen time and time again—in policing, emergency services, workplaces, sporting teams, schools, and even around the family dinner table.

Most people aren’t struggling because nobody cares.

They’re struggling because nobody knows.

We ask “How are you?” and get “Good thanks.”

Conversation over.

The Unstable Check-In Box was designed to make those conversations easier.

Inside are simple prompts ranging from light check-ins through to deeper conversations. The goal isn’t to fix anyone. It’s not therapy. It’s simply creating a space where people can be honest about how they’re really doing.

One card.
One question.
One honest conversation.

This prototype isn’t perfect. There have been design changes, reorders, sizing issues, and plenty of trial and error along the way. But that’s part of building something from scratch.

To go from an idea in my head to holding a physical product that could potentially help families, schools, workplaces, sporting clubs and first responders have better conversations is a pretty special feeling.

It’s still early days.

But every product starts with someone deciding to give an idea a chance.

This is mine.

19/06/2026

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The one constant in life is change.I’ve learned that the hard way.Careers end.Dreams evolve.People leave.New opportuniti...
18/06/2026

The one constant in life is change.

I’ve learned that the hard way.

Careers end.
Dreams evolve.
People leave.
New opportunities appear when you least expect them.

The goal isn’t to control every storm.
The goal is to become someone who can weather them.

Life was never meant to be stable.

That’s why we embrace the chaos.

04/06/2026

Some things stay with you long after the noise stops 💙

Turns out not everybody has 15 tabs open in their brain at once.I got diagnosed with ADHD at the end of last year and ho...
02/06/2026

Turns out not everybody has 15 tabs open in their brain at once.

I got diagnosed with ADHD at the end of last year and honestly, it explained a lot.

Up until then, I’d always thought ADHD just meant kids who couldn’t sit still in class or were constantly bouncing off the walls. I had no idea adults could even be diagnosed with it.

What shocked me most was realising that a lot of the “symptoms” are things we just brush off as normal adult life.

Overthinking everything. Starting ten tasks and finishing two. Walking into a room and forgetting why you’re there.
Struggling to switch off from the constant mental noise.
Feeling exhausted from doing what looks like “simple” things.

I genuinely thought everybody lived like that and it was normal.

In policing, it actually helped me. You become hyper aware which allows you to notice tiny changes in behaviour.
You think three steps ahead and prepare for worst-case scenarios before they happen.

It made me good at the job.

But what I didn’t realise was that my brain never stopped.

Even at home, in silence and even when trying to sleep.

I spent years thinking I was just stressed, lazy, broken, too intense, bad at relaxing
 whatever label fit at the time.

Now I realise my brain was running a marathon every single day while pretending it was fine.

And I know I’m not the only bloke who’s gone through life thinking:
“This is just how everyone feels.”

Maybe this is your reminder that it isn’t 💙

29/05/2026

I was out doing errands when a crew went past me lights and sirens and I had that little ni**le in my belly that made me miss that feeling. I miss working with good mates and knowing that whatever the shift threw at you it would all be ok because you were working alongside someone who you could trust entirely. I don’t however miss the abuse, the sadness, the heartbreak of the hard jobs. So to anyone working tonight, be safe and take care of yourself 💙

28/05/2026

Honestly didn’t expect my picture of Neale Daniher and Jai Arrow to resonate the way it did.

Appreciate every share, comment and message.
I think it just shows how many people are fighting battles nobody sees 💙

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