Our Mission
To create a space where every boy gets what he needs to become a great man.
Our Story
We know what you’re going through. Why? Because we have lived through these challenges; physical weakness, obesity, depression, suicide, abuse, broken relationships, addiction.
The focus is not just on physical or mental health. We know it needs to be about overall health because nothing is mutually exclusive.
Our Purpose
Provide a space and network to support men's physical, emotional and spiritual health.
Why?
There are clear differences between women and men. Gender blind health services struggle to help men (and women) optimally. While "gender neutral" services may seem fair and equal, these services can fail to take into account the different needs of men and women.
As Aussie men, we know we could do things differently. However, we also know it’s a bloody hard slog. The cultural challenges we all face daily to redefine what it means to be a man.
Mothers hope their sons come home at night, women search for a good man to love and only find stumbling boys in mens bodies, wives see confusion and unhappiness in their husbands and wish they could find their direction, and millions of men sit hunched behind a screen, vehicle or in a mine camp and wonder is this all there is?
Men are not living purposeful, fulfilled lives and leading with power. We want to see a world where men rise daily with purpose, where they are able to pursue their human potential and be a positive role model for all those around them, especially young men, as they navigate the journey to manhood.
When surveyed, the top ways men manage their health were, exercise & eating healthily, keeping busy, hanging out with positive people, doing something for another person and achieve something.
The Junto does all of this through physical training, working in teams, being connected with a positive place and individuals, education and support around achieving things you didn’t think you could do on a daily basis.
We know the importance of providing a space and opportunity for men to come as they are, without judgement or expectation, to grow and learn at their own pace. It brings them closer to who they want to be for themselves, their families and their mates.
The Junto is a mask free, ego free and d!ckhead free space. A place to access brotherhood and mateship.
Our Pillars
CORE - things that define what you do, why you do it, and how you go about it.
HEART - essentials to life. The things that maintain our basic function, and allow us to excel.
BACKBONE - the things that support you, and you them. They form the foundation, or backbone of your life
MASTERY - the things we pursue
IDENTITY
"At our core, we all desire a secure sense of who we are, what we want and where we are going."
- JuVan Langford
RELATIONSHIPS
"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively."
- Bob Marley
PURPOSE
"Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need."
- Frederick Buechner
EDUCATION
“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
- Ben Franklin
CULTURE
Culture is the form through which we reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
- Wendell Pierce
MENTORING
A mentor is someone who sees more talent & ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out.”
- Bob Proctor
“We are our stupidest when at our strongest, and our wisest at our weakest” - Juvan Langford
We need your help.
It takes a tribe to raise a child. It will take a collaborative team with varying experience and skillsets to move the needle.