Project PeaceAn Australian registered charity
Inner Peace Is the First Line of Defence in a Disrupted World
Project Peace helps prevent anxiety and depression when restructures and redundancies hit.
Our free 8-week online program is for adults aged 30 to 67 facing job loss or an unplanned career change. Register your interest for the next group.
Free for individuals8 weekly online sessionsNot therapy, not job search
34% vs 16%
Unemployed vs employed people with psychological problems, across 237 studies.
Paul & Moser (2009)
34.8 weeks
Median time off work for a serious mental health workers’ compensation claim: almost 5 times other serious claims.
Safe Work Australia, Key WHS Statistics 2026
WHS hazard
Poor organisational change management is a named psychosocial hazard that employers must manage.
Safe Work Australia
Why prevention matters
From Disruption to Peace: The 6-Step Journey
Why prevention matters now, and how your support helps.
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The disruption: AI and automation are erasing whole job categories.
Roles people have built their lives around (their “Suit”) are disappearing fast. When work changes overnight, many people lose their sense of identity, purpose and direction.
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The Gap widens, and the risk rises.
Unemployed people are about twice as likely to experience psychological distress as employed people (34% vs 16%, Paul & Moser 2009, 237 studies). A widening Gap is an early warning sign of stress that, left unchecked, can lead to anxiety and depression.
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Two paths: wait for a crisis, or act early.
Without early support, distress can turn into anxiety and depression, with effects on families, workplaces and communities. Acting early, at the moment of job loss, gives people the best chance to stay well.
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Project Peace: an evidence-informed prevention program.
A free 8-week online program for adults facing job loss or an unplanned career change, using Project Peace’s three-step method:
- Empty the Gap: notice early warning signs, manage stress and self-criticism, and know when to seek help.
- Expand the Monk: build calm, values and meaning through uncertainty.
- Maximise the Suit: rebuild roles, connection and confidence.
Not therapy, and not job search. If you need help now, see your GP, call Lifeline on 13 11 14, or call 000 in an emergency.
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The ripple effect: one person at peace helps many.
When someone stays well through a major change, it shows in their family, their team and their community. That’s our vision: from inner peace to world peace, one person at a time.
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How you can help.
Sponsor places in the free program:
- 1 person$998
- 10 people$9,980
- 100 people$99,800
Project Peace is a registered charity with the ACNC. Donations are not currently tax-deductible.
The free program
Eight weeks of practical, evidence-informed skills
- 8 weekly online sessions of 2 hours, in small groups of 8 to 14 people.
- Two program facilitators in every session, trained in the Project Peace method.
- Skills that protect mental health: CBT skills, self-compassion, mindfulness and acceptance, values and meaning, social connection, preparing for setbacks, and knowing when and where to get help.
- Built for the AI era: support for people whose whole job category is being automated or erased.
Informed by published prevention research, including principles from the University of Michigan JOBS Program. Project Peace does not deliver the JOBS Program. Not therapy, counselling, diagnosis or treatment, and not a job-search service.
Our method
The Suit, the Monk and the Gap
A plain-language way to make sense of job loss, and to act early.
The Suit
The roles we wear: leader, colleague, parent, friend. Job loss can strip away the work Suit.
The Monk
The inner self: values, calm, and a sense of worth that doesn’t depend on a title.
The Gap
The distance between who you are and the role you’ve lost. A widening Gap is an early warning sign of stress that, left unchecked, can lead to anxiety and depression. That’s the time to act and seek help.
Partner with us
Two ways to make a difference
Whether your organisation is restructuring or you want to reach people with no support, there’s a way to help.
For employers
Run the program for your people
A private, confidential group for staff affected by a restructure, redundancy or role change, and for the leaders managing it. Online, and delivered by Project Peace.
$998 per person
Fees are a payment for a service, not a donation, and help keep our public program free.
Sponsor places
Help someone with no employer support
Sponsorship funds places in our free public program for people facing job loss or an unplanned career change.
- 1 person$998
- 10 people$9,980
- 100 people$99,800
Project Peace is a registered charity with the ACNC. Donations are not currently tax-deductible.
Who we help
Support at the moment it matters
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Individuals
Adults aged 30 to 67 who have lost their job, have been told their role will end, or face a major unplanned career change. The public program is free.
ii
Employers
Private groups for staff affected by a restructure, redundancy or role change, at $998 per person. For employers
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Community
We work with volunteers, community groups and partners to reach people facing job loss early. Get involved
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Arleen Lorrance and Mahatma Gandhi