The Noise

You're not the bloke you used to be, and everyone at home can tell.

Four hours. Eight men. One room.

Talk to Brandt first. He'll tell you if it's for you, and he'll tell you if it isn't.

This is the men it's for:

The relationship. It's strained, or it's over. You keep going back over how it got there and you can't see the moment it turned.

The tiredness. Sleeping badly. Eating badly. Cranky with the kids over nothing. Too busy to do anything about any of it, and too flat to want to.

The thing you reach for. A few drinks to switch off. Something stronger. Whatever it is, it started as a way to take the edge off and it's got more of a grip than you'd admit out loud.

Most men who walk into The Noise recognise themselves in one of those three. If you just did, keep reading.

What Is It

Four hours, eight men, and they're not just sitting in a circle talking about their feelings.

The Noise is a workshop. It's not therapy, it's not a seminar, and it's not death by powerpoint.

You'll move. You'll breathe. Some of it is physically hard. What you're actually learning is how to settle your own system when the pressure is on, which is a trainable skill and not a personality trait.

Eight to ten men, never more. Past that the room stops working.

You won't be made to speak. You will be asked to lean in.

What Another Year Of This Looks Like

Nothing dramatic and that's the problem.

It just carries on. You keep coping. You get a bit shorter, a bit flatter, a bit further away. The people at home stop bringing things to you because they can see you're carrying enough, and you tell yourself that's you protecting them.

Men who end up in real trouble did not get there in a week. They got there by doing exactly what you're doing now, for a few more years.

About

The man running the room spent thirty years pushing.

Brandt Cogill is and Ex-Pro Fighter who built an MMA gym, coached fighters, and made discipline his answer to everything. Then a bad loss took the floor out from under him and two years of pushing harder did not fix it.

What he teaches now is what he had to learn on the other side of that.

After 30 years of coaching martial arts, he has completed the Embodied Man Institute's training and helps facilitate the gathering of men. He runs regular sessions inside a correctional centre, which is about as hard as a room gets.

He is not a psychologist and does not pretend to be.

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What You Walk Out With

Something you can use on Monday

Not a high. Not a breakthrough you can't explain to anyone the next day.

A way of settling yourself that works in the car park at school pick-up, in a meeting you're dreading, and at 2am when you're running the same conversation for the fortieth time.

Most men notice it at home first. That's usually where it was costing them most.

8 - 10 Men Only

Eight to ten men, and that's the lot. Two events left this year.

Gladstone. Saturday 17 October. Rockhampton | Saturday 21 November.

Eight to ten men in each. When a room is full it is full, and the next one after Rockhampton is next year.

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FAQ'S

Is this therapy?

No. It's coaching and physical practice, run in a group. Brandt isn't a psychologist and doesn't claim to be. If what you're carrying needs a clinician, he'll tell you and point you to one.

Why do I have to talk to Brandt first? Why can't I just book?

Because a room of eight only works if the eight are right for it. The call is five minutes of him working out whether this is your thing. It also means you know what you're walking into.

I'm not in crisis. Is this for me?

Most men in the room aren't. They're capable, competent and quietly worn out. If you're holding it together for everyone else and running on empty, you're exactly who this is built for.

What do I wear and what do I bring?

Something you can move and sweat in. Shorts or trackies, a t-shirt. No gear to buy, nothing to prepare. Bare feet for most of it, so don't stress about shoes.

Water and a towel. That's it. Come having eaten something, but not a big feed right before.

Do I have to talk about my feelings in front of strangers?

You'll be asked to do things, not to perform. Nobody gets made to speak.

Can I bring a mate?

Plenty of men do. Tell Brandt on the call so he can factor it in, because the room is capped at ten and two seats go quicker than one.

Sometimes though it's better if you don't, and here's the honest reason. Men hold back in front of someone who knows them, and three hours is not long enough to get past that. Come on your own and tell him about it afterwards.

ACTION

The Bit Where You Decide

You have read this far, so something has landed.

You will do one of two things now. You will close the tab and tell yourself you will deal with it when work quietens down, which is roughly what you told yourself last time. Or you will give Brandt five minutes.

That is the actual decision in front of you. Not the workshop. The phone call.

He asks what is going on. He tells you straight whether this room is right for you, and if it is not he says so and points you at someone better. If it is, he sends you a time and an invoice. You turn up on the Saturday with a towel and a pair of shorts.

Five minutes now, or another twelve months of the same.

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The Warrior's Way is leadership and performance coaching. It is not therapy, counselling or mental health treatment, and it does not treat any medical or psychological condition. If what you're carrying needs a clinician, Brandt will point you to someone qualified.

If you need help right now, call 000. Lifeline is 13 11 14. MensLine Australia is 1300 78 99 78.

The Noise

This is the men it's for:

What Is It

What Another Year Of This Looks Like

About

Brandt in Action

What You Walk Out With

8 - 10 Men Only

Is this therapy?

Why do I have to talk to Brandt first? Why can't I just book?

I'm not in crisis. Is this for me?

What do I wear and what do I bring?

Do I have to talk about my feelings in front of strangers?

Can I bring a mate?

The Bit Where You Decide