Lauren Kayle is one of many Illawarra business people getting behind Highlights on Mental Health and the Illawarra’s Top Model fundraising initiative in 2016.
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Ms Kayle is a cancer survivor who has overcome a number of challenges in life with a “life is what you make it” attitude. She is a single mum who describes her three daughters as her greatest motivation. One of them, the eldest Chloe, is an entrant in Illawarra’s Top Model in 2016.
Ms Kayle runs a fitness gym in Ralph Black Drive called Live Committed gym and has supported the fundraising competition for several years. This year she has invited model entrants to come for a free fitness session.
Event founder Robyn te Velde said because Illawarra’s Top Model was so focused on personal development and mental well-being it was offering to all contestants an opportunity to experience a free class.
“And we will be inviting the nutritionist who is working with Lauren at Live Committed to come and speak to you all to give you some tips on healthy eating, getting fit for summer and doing it sensibly,” she said.
Ms Kayle because of her own experience with mental health she wanted to help anyway she could.
“I stand here today as someone who has had mental illness for 22 years. I have suffered from anxiety and depression. I immigrated from South Africa at age 22. I have overcome...mental and physical abuse. I have had my own personal experience with cervical cancer. And I have been left with nothing twice. But through all that I have been blessed and I thank God every day for having the most amazing three daughters.”
Ms Kayle said no matter how hard life has been sometimes“I have always tried to be a pillar of strength to my girls because I am a leading role model in their lives”.
She is now commonly referred to as Coach Kayle and is giving back to the community that supported her when she started the business with 10 clients and the fear of not even know how she was going to pay the rent.
“This community is absolutely amazing and two years on we have 1200 clients. Commitment and community is absolutely everything. And the gift of giving and sharing is what I stand and live by. I try and instill that into my children and I am so happy that Chloe is a part of this.”
Lifeline Australia chairman John Brogden visit.
The Highlights on Mental committee has a mental health in the workplace corporate luncheon on September 9 at Centro CBD. Janine Cullen mental health costs Australian businesses $11 billion a year and the aim was to raise awareness and funds for a Highlights on Mental Health program supporting teenagers caring for parents or siblings with mental illness. It will involve and expert panel headed by Lifeline Australia chairman John Brogden who is also the managing director and chief executive of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He was previously the Member for Pittwater in the NSW Parliament from 1996 and Leader of the Opposition between 2002 and 2005.
Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
