Oct 29, 2019 | anxiety, Depression, mental health, self esteem
Our self esteem – it’s our self perception, it’s what we think, feel and believe about ourselves. It has a massive impact when people have low self esteem – I speak from experience, it was an underlying issue with my own mental health issues....
Oct 10, 2019 | choice, fear, friends, mental health, support
Have you ever suffered pain and not let anyone know? As you have that discussion, the pain throbs in your body silently. The pain is so bad, you feel nauseous and are thinking about holding it together and focusing on the task you are doing. Your body is screaming at...
Oct 2, 2019 | choice, Depression, fear, friends, mental health, support
It is no exaggeration to say that not one adult in my life realised or knew I was struggling with depression. The reality is neither did I, I denied it myself. I claimed to be having mini meltdowns throughout 2015, I was living with the blackness of depression the...
Aug 26, 2019 | anxiety, coaching, Depression, mental health
Mental health advocates and US pod-casters, ‘A New Dawn’ aim to break the walls and barriers for people so they can unmask themselves. I feature in one of the episodes of the podcast, link below to listen in. I’m sharing how my personal journey of...
Jul 30, 2019 | anxiety, coaching, Depression, mental health, resilient, sports, support, teamwork
I am reflecting on the helping athletes succeed workshop last night and am so very grateful for all that attended and contributed to discussions, offered opinions and shared their coaching struggles when supporting athletes with mental illness. There are so few...
Jul 17, 2019 | anxiety, fear, mental health, resilient, support
When I started this talk, it was just after my auntie had passed away, Jamie Denyer had made me tear up with his inspirational talk and he’d had a huge response. My nerves were uncontrollable, I was shaking, sweating, stammering and bang I was on stage not sure...
