The Peer Practice

12/10/2026

Music, movement, and a whole lot of joy! 🎶💛

Moments like this are what it’s all about. Having a worker you genuinely connect with changes everything—and that’s what we are all about here at The Peer Practice.

Supports shouldn’t feel heavy; they should feel safe, fun, and completely tailored to letting you be you. 🫶🏼 You deserve to enjoy your worker’s company, share a laugh, and feel like a valued human every single day.

Want to see who’s on our team? You can browse all of our staff profiles on our website! From there, you’re welcome to sign up to trial and meet workers. There is zero pressure to stay—we truly just hope you find your people. And if we aren’t the right fit, we’ll gladly help you find another service that is. ✨

Head to our website to meet the team and take the first step! 🖥️🌻

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02/10/2026

“Suicidal thoughts often become more frightening when they’re ignored... But when we catch them early, get curious about what they’re telling us, and ask for help, they become a warning sign. A signal of where we’re at.” 🛑💭

In our latest blog, our CEO Kirstie opens up about her own experience with suicidal thoughts, reframing them not as something to fear and hide, but as an urgent signal that something needs to change. 💔✨
Read her full, powerful reflection and discover why moving past the stigma starts with safe, honest conversation.

👉 Read the blog on our website. 👩‍💻

Support is available:
🌱 Alt2Su (Alternatives to Su***de): alt2su-nsw.net
💙 Roses in the Ocean (Peer CARE): 1800 777 337
🇦🇺 Lifeline: 13 11 14

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17/09/2026

When your peer worker turns your cooking goals into a low-key kitchen dance party. 🍳💃✨

11/09/2026

🌟 Meet Mel! 🌟

Mel is officially taking on referrals across the Mandurah and Peel region! 💚

Bringing deep compassion, lived experience, and a serious taste for adventure (including over 3,500 skydives! 🪂), Mel is here to walk alongside you as you build confidence, reframe challenges, and strengthen your wellbeing.

✨ What Mel offers:

💙 Real lived experience: A grounded, zero-judgment space with a Peer Worker who truly gets it.

💙 Empowered recovery: Support focused entirely on your goals, your pace, and your autonomy.

💙 NDIS-friendly: Capacity-building support welcoming NDIS participants.

💙 Local connection: Proudly supporting Mandurah and surrounding areas.

Ready to connect with a Peer Worker in your corner?

📩 Reach out to The Peer Practice to learn more or make a referral.

08/09/2026

Sometimes the best regulation tool is just stepping outside with your peer worker. 🌿✨

Out on the trails exploring how fresh air, movement, and nature support the nervous system—because peer work is an empowered space to navigate mental wellbeing together. We’re here to help you find your way to the best version of you, and sometimes we get to have epic fun along the way. Obviously. 🥰

This is how we do it at The Peer Practice: no rigid boxes, just a safe, mutually healing, trauma-informed space to discover what works for your physical and mental wellbeing.

Keen to join in the fun? Head to our website to learn more. ❤️

07/09/2026

🌟 Supporting you while you support others. 🌟

Peer work is deeply rewarding, but it can also be challenging. You pour your energy, your heart, and your lived experience into helping others navigate their hardest moments—so who is holding space for you?

At The Peer Practice, we believe in backing our workforce. Our team of professional, experienced reflective supervision mentors is here to help you reflect on your practice, process the challenges, and come out stronger, wiser, and grounded in your strengths. 💡✨

Meet our incredible mentoring team:
🔹 Meegan
🔹 Milly
🔹 Jaan
🔹 Scott
🔹 Nathalie

You can check out their full profiles on the Peer Practice website! (Link in bio)

How it works:
🕒 1-hour sessions tailored just for you.
💻 Delivered via Microsoft Teams so you can join from the comfort of your home or workplace.
💼 Flexible payment: Sessions can be covered by your workplace, or if you’re funding it yourself as an industry worker, they are tax deductible!
👥 Team & Group Options: Want to set up workplace group supervision? We facilitate group sessions, too!

Ready to invest in your own practice and well-being?

Reach out to us via our website to enquire and sign up today. Because doing this life-changing work means you deserve to be supported just as fiercely as you support everyone else. 🤝🌱

21/08/2026

Our thoughts on the recent changes to the NDIS...

Like many people across the disability community, we have been closely following the recently passed changes to the NDIS and considering what they may mean for participants, families, carers and the people who support them.

We recognise that the NDIS is not a perfect system. There are genuine issues that need to be addressed, including fraud, exploitation, inappropriate charging and practices that do not deliver meaningful outcomes for participants. We support reform that strengthens the integrity and long-term sustainability of the Scheme.

At the same time, we are concerned about the potential impact that reductions or changes to supports may have on the people the NDIS was created to support.

At The Peer Practice, we see every day what the right support can make possible.

Support can help someone build confidence and independence. It can enable connection with community, participation in everyday life and progress towards personal goals. It can also provide essential support to families and carers who are often carrying significant responsibilities themselves.

These supports are not simply line items in a budget. Behind every plan, funding category and policy decision is a person and a life.

We understand the need to ensure the NDIS remains sustainable for future generations. We also believe sustainability and participant wellbeing must be considered together.

When supports are reduced, the underlying need does not necessarily disappear. There is a very real risk that responsibility instead shifts to families, carers, health services, community organisations and, ultimately, back to the person with disability.

We welcome stronger measures to address fraud, exploitation and poor-quality service provision within the NDIS. Participants deserve a system in which funding is used responsibly and genuinely contributes to their goals, independence and quality of life.

But as these reforms are implemented, we believe the voices and experiences of people with disability must remain central to the conversation.

For our participants and families who may be feeling uncertain about what these changes mean for them: we see you, we hear your concerns, and we will continue to advocate for support that is person-centred, meaningful and grounded in dignity, choice and connection.

Reforming the system should ultimately make it stronger - not make the people it exists to support feel less secure within it.

19/08/2026

Three months ago, I became a mum. 💛

Since then, I've learned that:

👶 Babies have impeccable timing when it comes to interrupting hyperfocus.

😴 Sleep deprivation makes ADHD extra interesting.

🧠 You can forget what day it is while somehow remembering exactly which nappy brand leaks the least.

🎵 And 00s dance music is surprisingly effective for boosting your mood during the fifth load of washing for the week.

I've just published a blog sharing my honest experience of the first three months of motherhood with ADHD. It's a reflection on the challenges, the overwhelm, the love, the support I've needed, and the things that have helped me navigate one of the biggest life changes I've ever experienced.

Some days I've felt completely capable.

Some days I've cried in the shower.

Most days I've done both.

If you're a parent, expecting a baby, have ADHD, support someone who does, or simply enjoy honest stories about life's messy and beautiful moments, I'd love for you to have a read.

🔗 https://www.peerpractice.com.au/sharing-our-stories/adhd-and-motherhood


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19/08/2026

Three months ago, I became a mum. 💛

Since then, I've learned that:

👶 Babies have impeccable timing when it comes to interrupting hyperfocus.

😴 Sleep deprivation makes ADHD extra interesting.

🧠 You can forget what day it is while somehow remembering exactly which nappy brand leaks the least.

🎵 And 00s dance music is surprisingly effective for boosting your mood during the fifth load of washing for the week.

I've just published a blog sharing my honest experience of the first three months of motherhood with ADHD. It's a reflection on the challenges, the overwhelm, the love, the support I've needed, and the things that have helped me navigate one of the biggest life changes I've ever experienced.

Some days I've felt completely capable.
Some days I've cried in the shower.
Most days I've done both.

If you're a parent, expecting a baby, have ADHD, support someone who does, or simply enjoy honest stories about life's messy and beautiful moments, I'd love for you to have a read.

🔗 https://www.peerpractice.com.au/sharing-our-stories/adhd-and-motherhood

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An honest account of the first three months of motherhood with ADHD, including sleep deprivation, hyperfocus, emotional regulation, self-care, support, and the surprising strategies that helped me navigate life with a newborn.

08/07/2026

🔥 The Fire and the Flood: Navigating the Epic Intensity of RSD 🌊

Two years ago, I received an ADHD diagnosis that finally helped me make sense of something that had shaped my life for decades: Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD). For me, RSD isn't just being sensitive to rejection. It's the stomach drop when someone doesn't reply. It's convincing yourself you've done something wrong when there is no evidence. It's feeling every emotion so deeply that it can become overwhelming.

In my latest blog, I share my personal experience of living with RSD, the challenges, the heartbreak, the healing, and the lessons I've learned about self-compassion along the way.
This piece is for anyone who:
💛 Feels things deeply
💛 Lives with ADHD or suspects they might
💛 Struggles with self-doubt or overthinking
💛 Loves someone who experiences RSD
💛 Needs a reminder that they are not "too much"

One of the biggest things I've learned is this: "The first person who needs to want you, is you." If you've ever felt rejected before rejection even happened, I hope this story helps you feel a little less alone. 👉 Read the blog here: https://www.peerpractice.com.au/sharing-our-stories

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