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Bring home the Plate for a Mate Cookbook—a stunning hardcover book packed with heartwarming stories and delicious, easy-to-follow recipes. Created to support mental health and suicide prevention in regional Australia, every purchase helps fund vital research and initiatives through The Black Dog Institute.
This cookbook is more than just a collection of recipes—it’s a tool to bring people together, break the stigma surrounding mental health, and make a lasting difference.
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One of the biggest issues with mental health you know, I think particularly in my life, but everywhere, is that people don’t communicate. There’s a stigma attached to needing help.
I remember being on the top of the world, in a rock and roll band and feeling absolutely alone.
I never spoke to anybody about what was going on in my head, what I was going through emotionally. I always thought I had to do it on my own.
It was a bravado thing. I would beat my chest and say ‘you don’t need anybody’.
I’m tough. I can do this.
But I’ve got to tell you, that when I got to the point where, you know, I found myself hanging on the end of a rope… and I was so lucky. I’m so lucky to be alive that, at that point, I turned and I asked for help.
I spoke to some friends and I reached out for help.
I think that day is probably the most courageous day in my life. I felt when I finally had some courage, was when I reached out and asked somebody to help me.
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Sometimes it’s the simple act of sitting and talking to your friends. If you see a mate, you know, having trouble, reach out to them.
I think a great way to share not only the good times in life, but the tough times in life is to sit down at a table, have a meal, and share a plate with a mate.
It’s a good catch phrase, ‘share a plate with a mate’ but it actually means a hell of a lot.
Sharing a plate of food with a friend or an acquaintance is a great way to tear down barriers. When you invite someone into your house for a meal, you’re not going to be fighting with them. You will find that you can talk a lot more freely when you’re sitting around having something to eat.
I mean sharing a meal is one of the ways that we as a family problem solve, celebrate, mourn, and do just about everything else. It’s a huge part of our life to sit around a table and eat and share food. So, you know, sharing a plate with a mate is a lot more than just a simple catch phrase.
I’ve played gigs all over this country and I find it unbelievable that we’re losing one farmer every ten days. That’s what that’s statistics are showing with rural suicide. It’s a tough job, it’s isolating. It’s really important that we reach out to all our rural friends. So share a plate with a mate and donate to the Black Dog Institute and help them save a life that’s perfect.
Jimmy Barnes
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