Our Spirit Blog - Aidan Grimes

What I see increasingly in businesses, communities, sporting clubs, schools, and around campfires, is what I would describe as a trust recession.

People are becoming more cautious about who they follow, what they believe, and where they place their faith.

To support diggers who had been physically and psychologically injured through service, operational deployments, and exposure to traumatic environments was something that changed me forever.

We see this firsthand through programs such as Kokoda and Campfire Academy™. Time and time again, people arrive carrying years of accumulated stress, poor sleep, elevated cortisol, weight gain, metabolic dysfunction, emotional exhaustion, and nervous system dysregulation.

One of the greatest challenges facing young people today is that they are running out of opportunities to develop genuine resilience.

One of the recurring observations I see on the Kokoda Track — regardless of age, profession, or background — is that many people arrive believing they are more prepared than they actually are.