SWAN Hill’s Neville Brady uses humour to help men deal with their health and wellbeing.
He will be a guest speaker at Bringing Mates Together Men’s Club’s his and hers wellbeing evening in Balranald this Saturday.
The Balranald-based group hosted events last year to give men a platform to speak about their feelings.
Dr Rosie King, a specialist in sex and relationship therapy, will also speak on the night.
Event volunteer Wyn Scott said this was the first time the group hosted the sessions for men and women together.
“Hence we wanted the guest speakers to speak about men and women and about relationship problems when times are going tough,” Ms Scott said.
“In the future, it’s mostly the men will continue their thing and we’ll see how this (combined event) goes.”
Ms Scott said they expected 300 people to attend the sessions.
“We want to make this one a big event for the town and the surrounds,” she said.
“We come together to start with and the woman have Rosie and the men have Neville to do a session.
“We come back together to have a dinner and a combined talk.”
Mr Brady is a father, husband and business consultant.
He told The Guardian his talk on dealing with social skills with different groups of people would be delivered in a humorous manner.
“We’ll try to make the night entertaining but there’s some really good points,” he said.
“I’ve just been collecting some men’s stories which are really uplifting and funny.”
Mr Brady grew up on a farm near Swan Hill with his three brothers.
He has undertaken training in family mediation and suicide intervention, working with rural businesses around Australia.
Dr King is a general practitioner and will speak about the “secret” to a happy relationship.
She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales and has specialised in sex and relationship therapy for the past 30 years.
The event is funded and supported by Balranald Inc and Greater Balranald Hearts sub-committee, NSW Health, the NSW Department of Primary Industries Rural Resilience Program, Balranald Ex-services Memorial Club, Balranald Shire Council and Andrew Peace Wines.
