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This page is the Rat King of content related to stuff I do or am associated with... My name is Jacob Harrison, and I’m a story teller. What else?
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Story teller is probably the most succinct title I can think of. I’m an advocate for the power of story and communication to break down the perceived barriers that divide us. After a once in a lifetime journey to the U.S. for the Burning Man festival and Mexico, I found that once I came back to Australia I had to face some hard truths. For several years, my personal life had been a nightmare, deal

ing with trauma from childhood, deteriorating mental health and a victim of domestic abuse, I finally hit a breaking point. I took some time off (in various institutions), I lost some friends and relationships that were unhealthy, I hibernated and naval gazed for quite a long time but most importantly I reached out and got the help I needed to address the trauma of the past, to grow and to no longer be defined by my scars - though it wasn't, and isn't, as linear or as a steady march towards progress as a summary paragraph such as this one may allude. Then 2020 happened, the world went mad and now we all have trauma! Meanwhile here's me walking around as naturally as a peanut in a top hat, swinging a cane! Rather than finding that I was being 'retraumatised' I felt this was the world my coping mechanisms were made for! I took an increased interest in the sphere of mental health, beyond that of a client of a service or as an academic subject, and realised my lived experience could actually be valuable in the clinical space. As luck would have it, The End of Times has timed quite nicely just before I was due a pre-mid life crisis, so I decided to Change Places! and enroll in A Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with a focus on Mental Health. There's going to be posts here related to the above and the below, as well as some sideways content you may not see coming. I'm also a pernicious tart of wanton abandon, so expect some skin from time to time. My areas of interests span cinema, politics, news, literature, occultism, documentaries, the arts and new media as well as pop culture – especially contemporary television. I enjoy contributing to contemporary discourses on social and environmental issues concerning society – particularly refugee and q***r rights, sexuality, the rights and responsibilities of digital citizens, freedom of expression, mental health, ocean preservation and the sustainability of commercial fishing amongst them. I love to tell stories because it is how I can make the world a better place. This site does not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation or employer that Jacob Harrison may be employed at now or in the future, in this universe or any other.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DownUnderandSouthofTheBorder Blog: jacobharrison.org Hello, Welcome! Bienvenido to Down Under and South of the Border! Join me, Jacob Harrison on my adventures as I learn how to teach English as a foreign Language, before moving to Mexico and places beyond! Using YouTube, a blog, and social media all linked together, I’m going to talk about travel, English as a Second Language Teaching, love, LGBTQI+ issues, politics, mental health, immigration and art. We will explore Australia and meet some colourful characters, there's going to be lots of laughs and a few tears on the way, so get ready for the show! I’m learning to teach English as a Foreign Language, so I can travel indefinitely, living a life of passion and adventure while actually helping people! TEFL is a pretty interesting subject, and I could probably help others learning this by including posts on English as a Second Language Teaching, including Learning ESL, Interviews with ESL teachers, getting a job, give example lessons, supply helpful links all that jazz. It’s a pretty crazy journey that lead me to this decision, so I really should tell you what’s happened to me on my travels and on returning to Australia, then follow my adventures as I prepare to leave for good, learning Spanish, along with what I'm doing now to milk the most out of my time left in Australia – taking singing lessons, getting back in to acting, all kinds of randomness. Eventually, it’s going to be a travelogue too - Follow me on my adventures in my new home country, getting a job, making a new life, and maybe even falling in love. And finding the seven other Lost Cities of Gold, I already found two. More on that later… I’m going to be posting a new video every weekend (Australian Eastern Standard Weekends), so pretty, pretty please subscribe to my channel, youtube.com/channel/UC0yCDojQrHbtvZyNIeJTyGQ I will generally include a matching blog piece right at the same time, at jacobharrison.org. I’ll have much more regular updates of Twitter (@Jacobharrison00) and Instagram (@KOBJAC), but the best way to keep up with what’s happening is right here on my page, it’s that’s where all this stuff is going to be wrangled. Thank you so much for stopping by, I’m sure we’re going to have a lot of laughs, and a few tears along the way, but mostly laughs – jeez I hope! Lots and lots of love!!!