Mindset and lifestyle coach Jeffrey Morgan is joining forces with the City of Sydney this month to present the Maliyan Resilience Project.

This 10-week initiative aims to cultivate resilience, promote mental wellbeing, improve leadership skills, and instil a warrior mindset among Aboriginal community members residing in Sydney.

Proud Gamilaroy man Jeffrey Morgan will be hosting the Maliyan Resilience Project at the Redfern Oval Community Room.

This program is specifically tailored for members of the Aboriginal community residing in Redfern, La Perouse, Waterloo, Glebe, and Woolloomooloo. Participants will gather weekly to engage in empowering sessions led by Mr Morgan.

"We just wanted to touch on the good work people had already done in the community and make sure we build a really solid foundation," Mr Morgan told the National Indigenous Times.

"It's about building that resilience, that mindset, good habits and rituals that are about improving your mental health."

"How good does it feel when you sit down on Country with your mob, nothing around you, to be able to capture that same feeling is what we do with our program."

Mr Morgan is well-acquainted with overcoming adversity. His upbringing in Redfern exposed him to many hardships and by the age of 12, he found himself living on the streets.

Unfortunately, his early years were consumed by a life of crime, resulting in a lengthy incarceration of 18 years.

However, Mr Morgan has undergone a remarkable transformation and is now dedicated to imparting the invaluable wisdom he gained from his past experiences.

"I spent 18 years in custody and in 13 years I turned it around. I realised the habits I carried were a by product of that community so I've basically stepped into a space where I want more out of life," he said.

The Maliyan Resilience Project recognises the need for more role-modelling and honest conversations within Indigenous communities to address youth crime, mental health, and incarceration rates.

By providing tools and support structures, the project aims to facilitate a shift in that mindset.

"Values systems are essential to our success. Our communities have lores, and we'll use this opportunity to have conversations about what they are, write them down and discuss how we can best live this values system," Mr Morgan said.

"This will allow us to support each other, identify leaders and importantly, stop the destructive cycles.

"It's the only way forward and the Maliyan Resilience Project is starting those conversations.

"As an Indigenous kid growing up on struggle street, I was surrounded by bad habits, unhealthy diets, and poor mental health.

"Those behaviours and habits became deeply entrenched and it wasn't until I took responsibility and started focusing on the solution that my life started to change.

"I am living proof that your attitude really does determine your altitude."

The project's sessions will cover various topics such as stress management, time management, enhancing mental, social, and emotional wellbeing, life planning, and developing high performance habits and rituals.

Mr Morgan along with other community leaders and Elders will be invited to contribute by sharing their personal stories, experiences, and traditional wisdom.

The free program will run weekly throughout June and July.

The program is limited to the first 50 registrations. All mob from Redfern, La Perouse, Waterloo, Glebe & Woolloomooloo can attend on a first-in, best-dressed basis.

Registrations are currently being accepted via Mr Morgan's website.