DISCONNECTED
YOU'VE BUILT A LIFE BUT LOST TOUCH WITH YOURSELF.
SILENT PRESSURE
YOU CARRY MORE THAN YOU SAY, AND IT'S WEARING YOU DOWN.
REPEATED PATTERNS
SAME ARGUMENTS. SAME GUILT.
NO LASTING CHANGE.
READY FOR MORE
YOU DON'T NEED FIXING, YOU NEED THE TOOLS TO LEAD YOURSELF.
Across our communities, many men have grown up in environments where emotions were ignored or silenced. To cope, they learned to hide their feelings, abandon their needs and present a version of themselves that felt safe, but wasn’t true.
At Amend, we understand these patterns aren’t weakness. They’re survival. But when survival becomes the only way of living, change can feel unsafe. We work with men who are ready to break that cycle, men who want more than just “getting by.” Our programs help men connect with their emotions, develop better relationships and create lasting change for themselves, their families and their communities.
HOW WE DO IT.
FOR THE MEN WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGE.
There’s no shortcut to change. The behaviours that once kept you safe are now the ones holding you back. Real growth means unlearning survival patterns, leaning into discomfort, and building a new way of living.
That’s why we created The Amend Therapeutic Change Framework™, a structured, tailored approach that helps men break free from old patterns and build a life they’re proud of.
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OUR IMPACT
SO FAR.
REAL CHANGE LASTS.
10,000+ MEN SUPPORTED
Since 2019, across Australia and New Zealand, through workshops, programs and community.
CALMER RESPONSES
Practical tools to understand emotions and respond with greater awareness under pressure.
CLEARER DIRECTION
Space to explore your values, build self-leadership and choose how you want to show up.
PRACTICAL CHANGE
Skills to practise in everyday life, relationships and the weeks beyond a program.
YOU'RE READY FOR MORE
THE WORK
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU.
12-WEEK EMOTIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
Understand the patterns behind your reactions, strengthen your relationships and learn practical tools for emotional regulation, communication and lasting behaviour change. Join our structured 12-week online program, led by counsellors, with live calls and two workshop weekends.
1:1 COUNSELLING.
Confidential, personalised support from qualified Amend Movement counsellors. Work through stress, relationship challenges, emotional patterns and life transitions at your own pace.
MEN'S RETREATS.
Step away from everyday demands and make space for meaningful reflection, connection and practical personal growth. Explore upcoming Amend Movement retreats and find the experience that fits where you are in life.
HOW AMEND STARTED.
A MOVEMENT BORN FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE, REAL WORK AND A COMMITMENT TO CHANGE.
Amend didn’t begin in a classroom or a boardroom, it started on the ground, in the places most people never go. For years, our founder, Watene “Wa” Waenga, worked inside the spaces where pain hides and potential gets overlooked: child safety, classrooms for disconnected young boys, recovery homes, and communities carrying generations of unspoken trauma.
In 2019, Amend was born from a simple idea; create a place where men could walk, talk, breathe, and finally tell the truth about their lives without judgement or shame.
No therapy talk. No pressure. No pretending. Just men standing side by side, breaking cycles that had been passed down for decades.
Those early men’s walks grew into circles.
The circles grew into a community.
And the community grew into a movement.
A movement dedicated to helping men make change from the inside out, lead with emotional strength, and create safer homes, relationships and futures for the people they love.
Today, Amend works with men across Australia, New Zealand and beyond; fathers, partners, leaders, young men, and men who grew up without role models all committed to becoming the men they were meant to be.
Amend isn’t just a brand.
It’s a turning point in a man’s life.
It’s a call for change, and rebuild from within.
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