Gus Worland

Mental fitness advocate
Instagram: @gusworland Gotcha4Life
Gus Worland helps people develop the resilience, emotional muscle and social connections needed to prevent suicide and build mental fitness.

Why you should listen

Lots of people talk about the need to be physically fit, but mentally fit? Not so much. Radio host and TV personality Gus Worland wants to change that. He’s the driving force behind Gotcha4Life, a charity working to prevent suicide and break the stigma around mental health issues. He was driven to action when his friend and mentor took his own life, prompting Worland to host a three-part mental health documentary series, Man Up, which aired on Australia’s national broadcast service, ABC. The series explored the relationship between masculinity, social isolation, mental health and suicide.

What started as a mission for men has developed into a mission for everyone. Worland’s focus now is on preventing suicide while working to engage, inspire and enable all people to build and develop their mental fitness.

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Live from TED2023

Discovering how our brains might soon get upgraded: Notes on Session 6 of TED2023

April 19, 2023

In a mind-bending Session 6 of TED2023, neurotech, mental health and breakthroughs in brain-computer interfaces took the mainstage, with seven incredible speakers sharing ideas on how our brains may soon get an upgrade. The event: Talks from Session 6 of TED2023: Possibility, hosted by TED’s head of curation Helen Walters When and where: Wednesday, April […]

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