OUR FOUNDER
CHANGE AGENT - REBECCA JAEGER
Bec knew the team she needed & set out to find whom - she believed would lead with self-preservation.
Bec was not only looking for qualifications - Bec was searching for special individuals who had the ability to bring calm & courage with the intention to connect to our children; first responders & veterans who felt lost - disconnected and sad. Bec is a survivor of suicide. Making attempts on her life between 1997 and 1998 due to a bulging disc from 1988. 2005 was her first operation leaving her with Arachnoiditis - spinal cord injury.
Pain - whether it is physical, mental, emotional or spiritual can be paralysing and Bec knows exactly what is needed to build the human spirit from rebuilding her own life after her attempts on it.
Meet the originals!
'If you want Mental Toughness in your life - you need to become vulnerable, otherwise we are building on false validations and views which leads to failure.'
Rebecca Jaeger
LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS
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3 X NSW STATE SOFTBALL REPRESENTATIVE
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3 X AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SOFTBALL CHAMPION. 1985. 1986. 1988.
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3 X PARRAMATTA EELS CHEERLEADER
2 x NTH SYDNEY BEAR CHEERLEADER
1 X BALMAIN TIGERS CHEERLEADER
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SPORTS & PERFORMANCE DEGREE SPECIALISING IN MENTAL TOUGHNESS
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LIFE COACHING DIPLOMA
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SYDNEY OLYMPIC 2000 TORCHBEARER
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GREAT KEPPEL ISLAND RESORT
DAYDREAM ISLAND
PORT DOUGLAS SHERATON MIRAGE
SPORTSGIRL
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SURVIVOR
SUICIDE & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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CREATOR.
DREAMER.
DETERMINED.
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OUR PATRON
THERESE KERR
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The Phoenix Rising Foundation is thrilled to announce Therese Kerr as our Patron for girls.
Therese is Mum to Miranda and Matthew Kerr, as well as a visionary, a public speaker, an author and an advocate for holistic family health. Therese shares her knowledge, running life-changing empowerment programs and retreats where she engages holistic health and wellness practitioners, healthy chefs and medical doctors for all health aspects.
Through "Divine By Therese Kerr" and her Certified Organic personal care line, Therese offers products that complement her daughter, Miranda Kerr’s, KORA Organics Certified Organic skincare range. The intent of the family is to provide certified organic goodness to the world.
Since being diagnosed with tumors in her spleen in 2001, Therese believes optimum health is achieved through taking a holistic approach to wellness; ie: creating, then nurturing a physical, emotional and spiritual alignment within the body - and everything she does reflects this approach.
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OUR DIRECTORS
MICK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT
JUDICIAL & FAMILY VIOLENCE OPERATIONS
ACT POLICING
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
PROTECTION
Our children, veterans & first responders will feel calm from the protection we will offer.
Emotionally.
Mentally.
Physically.
Spiritually.
RUSSELL
DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT HEAD
RANGER/ENVIRONMENT & LAND
PHOTOGRAPHY COACH
SECURE
To heal, one must feel secure - not only in their hearts but in the immediate environment and space.
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DAVID
DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT HEAD OF
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
JUVENILE JUSTICE
13 YEARS
DEVELOPING
To develop - we must be open to change. Educating ourselves opens the door to heal.
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COL
DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT HEAD
ANIMAL SANCTUARY
HORSE TRAIL / STABLES
QUARTERHORSE BREEDER
NATIONAL CUTTING HORSES
MY FATHER DIED MARCH 4TH 2022
HEALING
Every day we witness conflict for growth. The internal struggles will create change - mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
By having a relationship with our SELF we start to heal.
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GARY
DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT HEAD
OF DRIVING SCHOOL
AUTO MECHANIC SCHOOL
GARY O'BRIEN RACING
BENDIGO RETRO MUSCLE CARS
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LEARNING
Mis-takes. Every day we are learning from them. It is how we react which creates the difference.
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OPEN SPACES
Allows the team to guide our broken veterans; first responders; teenagers and children to a place they have only dreamt about.
SECURITY & FREEDOM
ACHIEVING.
When we live with trust - we can achieve all that we want.
If plan A does not work - there is 25 letters in the alphabet - keep going!
TAYLA
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
AUSTRALIAN AIRFORCE
SURVIVOR OF SUICIDE
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Cricket Coach
BRAVE
Brave is being open to change. Releasing the pain.
Not holding onto the ice or anchor that's holding you.
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LINDA
DEPARTMENT HEAD
THERAPY
GESTALT THERAPIST
WORKSHOP PRESENTER
DAVID
FOUNDATION AUDITOR
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BELIEVING
When we are believing - we start creating and nothing can stop us.
MARK
FOUNDATION ACCOUNTANT
MARK
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
PROJECT MANAGER
1988-1991
3RD BATTALION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
1991 TO 1994
10TH INDEPENDENT RIFLE COMPANY
WARFARE CENTRE CANUNGRA
CREATE
When we live with being creative - we live with creating our thoughts and feelings.
This is when we create a new life.
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TRAVIS
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
BUILDER
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN
YURTS
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MELISSA
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
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National Sustainability
SolarPunk
Development Specialist
Dare to Dream workshop presenter
ACCEPT
Acceptance of SELF. Acceptance of the past.
Acceptance of what we cannot control.
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LOUISE
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
CONNECTING TO COUNCIL
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BAS will be guiding the foundation with council approval to build
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LANA
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
CHILD PROTECTION
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Children Protection Referral Manager
Twenty years FACS Child Caseworker
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RESPECT
When we respect our SELF - our behaviour shines and we value life, others, and animals.
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DAVID
FOUNDATION CULTURAL ADVISOR
ABORIGINAL CULTURE CENTRE
GLORY DAYS HOST
NRL Footballer
Parramatta Eels
Manly Warringah
Penrith
Indigenous Youth
Order of Australia
SUE
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
FOSTER CARE TRAINER
SPOKESPERSON
Foster Carer
Coordinator for the Connecting Carers Program
Order of Australia
NURTURING
Nurturing the SELF is taking care of it - emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually.
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SUE
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
KINSHIP FACILITATOR
SPOKESPERSON
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Kinship Carers Australia
Adolescent & Child Mental Health Certificate
Case Management
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EDDIE
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
NUTRITIONIST & WELLNESS
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Wellness & Health
Event Manager for Queensland
GUIDING
When we have guidance - or when we are guided, we trust that we are always learning and being protected, emotionally, mentally and physically.
ASHLEIGH
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
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Homeschool
Education
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SHELL
FOUNDATION ADVISOR & COACH
Softball Workshops
BA Medical Scientist - UTS
Diploma of Botanical Medicine - Herbalism
Former Australian Squad Softballer
COACHING
Coaching can guide those who are broken into a different world once a strong foundation has been built.
It is all about how we react.
RACHEL
FOUNDATION ADVISOR & COACH
Animal Keeper
Environmental Specialist
Softball Coach
Current Australian Softballer
TOKYO OLYMPIC TEAM 2021
ROB
MEDIA
Rob passed in JANUARY 2019.
He was only 47 years old.
Never forgotten.
STRENGTH
When we live with trust - we strengthen our connectedness to self, to others, and most of all - to opportunity.
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CHRIS
FOUNDATION FITNESS ADVISOR
FITNESS FIRST
PERSONAL TRAINER
CAR RACING DRIVER
TONY
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
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Tony Woods has delivered workshops in the past to teenagers about drug use after losing Anna to Ecstacy in 1996.
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FORTITUDE
Living with adversity can be soul-destroying and so it is about how we react to our past and - our present pain. Being brave and courageous to work through our pain fuels substance and emotional intelligence.
This is how we heal.
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TONY
FOUNDATION ADVISOR
CLUB SPERANZA
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE
ORDER OF AUSTRALIA
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Tony Humphrey has been saving suicidal people for over twenty years - including our founder Rebecca Jaeger.
Tony lost his daughter to suicide.
Tony has left us. Passing in his sleep. April 22nd, 2020. He was found in his bed with his laptop. Still fighting for suicide in care.
Tony was 90 years old.
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