A Personal Journey to Purpose

Caroline Howe with flowers

At Create Today, our focus is to make sure your best tomorrow begins today.  

I started Create Today several years ago after coming to my own stunning realisation that my version of “normal” was not normal. I got to the point where I was working full time and functioning at work but too scared to go into my back yard. My mental health was slowly eroding, and I didn’t see it coming. What followed was divorce; I lost a job I loved, and I lost friendships that were extremely important to me. Loss after loss made me feel like I was floating around in the ocean alone. I didn’t feel safe at home, I didn’t feel safe at work and I didn’t know where to turn to for help because I had become so isolated I didn’t know where to start or who to ask.  

Feeling so lost inspired me to build Create Today. I needed a place where I felt hope and I wanted to build a place that would inspire others to be the best they could be and surrounded by a community that cared.  

I have dedicated the last 30 years to championing better mental health, social connection and personal sense of wellness through every phase of life.  

Our Purpose: Empowering Wellness for All

We know that mental well-being exists on a continuum, and we know that every day you can slide from side to side on that scale. From the proactive steps needed to prevent poor mental health at work, to the crucial support required for social recovery and reintegration into the community we built three support services to help. The first is Create Today – designed to help you like I needed help. A place to go to get information, get support, be part of a community and to create the small steps to being a better tomorrow. The second space we built was HoweSafe, designed to give you or your workpace the tools and resources to make sure that work is a safe space. Finally we built My Social Support Network, which is a community designed for those of us who just can’t get out of bed or make it to the front door. It’s a place where we bring the world to you when you don’t feel strong enough to go into the world just like when I was stuck at the kitchen sink and felt too scared to go into my own garden. My Social Support Network will meet you where you are at, expecting you to be who you are and nothing more.  

“A truly safe workplace is one where every person feels secure enough to show up as their whole self, knowing they belong and are supported to thrive.”

Creating Psychosocially Safe Workplaces: HOWESAFE

Work should be a safe place, but we all know that sometimes the workplace does not feel safe and unfortunately it impacts all levels of safety, from physical, psychological and social safety.  

Mental health challenges in the workplace can impact the business growth and performance through productivity, team dynamics, and overall job satisfaction. We designed HoweSafe to work with you to identify the hazards and collaboratively design tools, processes, procedures, and training that specifically suit the obstacles for your business.  

Our practical solution focused approach helps you; your team and the business identify and manage hazards that can lead to safety and psychosocial risks in the workplace.  

Through collaborative human centered design, we create, develop, and provide the tools your business needs to prevent, support or manage risks that can lead to psychological safety hazards.  

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

– Leo Buscaglia-

Supporting Social Recovery: My Social Support Network

Our goal at My Social Support Network is to bring the world to you, helping you reconnect with yourself and your community and rebuild or create new social connections. Whether you’re looking to improve your mental health, your social health, increase community participation, or achieve work-related outcomes, we are here to guide you every step of the way.  

My Social Support Network offers connection to community and support to regain a sense of belonging and purpose from where ever you are.  

Create Today My Social Support Network