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What it takes to help a Rehabilitation and RTW client, get a new job.

I’ve noticed a bit of a trend here at Purple Co.  We are starting to receive an increased number of referrals for clients who have been job seeking for many months – sometimes for years – without...

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Re-Ignite: A new approach to job placement for people recovering from illness...

I, like so many Rehabilitation Professionals was operating under a very wrong assumption.  You see I thought that the more senior a person was in the world of work, the higher they had climbed the...

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Brain Injury and Social and Emotional Intelligence – implications for...

This week is Brain Injury Awareness week #BIA2017.  We at Purple Co have been providing services to people who live with injuries to their brains, and the functional consequences of these injuries,...

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So The SH%!T Has Happened. Now What?

If you are reading this blog, chances are you have some interest in money, wealth and financial security. We have this incredible opportunity here in Australia where we can actually insure ourselves,...

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To the 6 Complete Strangers Who Compelled me to Take Action

I didn’t want to write this post.  But there are times when something impacts you so significantly that you know you have to write it, or speak it or show it.  This is one of those times. It is not my...

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LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT ROLE? 5 Easy Things You Can Do to Keep Yourself Healthy...

We’ve heard the stories before.  One day a friend, or family member walks into their workplace, the next, they are out of work.  Sometimes this is expected, sometimes it’s a complete shock. The reasons...

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What Makes Someone Difficult?

When we are working in recovery, rehabilitation and RTW we often find ourselves facing people who can be labelled as difficult.  We know them.  Many of us have met them time and time again.  Maybe we...

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The Trifecta for Complete Health: Mental, Physical and Cognitive

Should I care about my brain health?    Is the Pope a Catholic? Sorry if this sounds facetious, but I find it more than a touch frustrating when I hear this question being repeatedly asked as if this...

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Is My Brain Working OK?

How do you know if your brain is functioning normally? Until recently, unless you’ve had a head injury, or suffered some sort of health event that affected your thinking or your mood, chances are...

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I’m Fine Now So Why Am I So Tired?

We are human and while we can fall into the trap of treating ourselves like robots, as humans at risk of injury and accident, the recovery (there’s that eight-letter word again) journey is an...

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