Mens Mental Health

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#Fridayfacts You have to break a few eggs too

#FridayFacts

#Fridayfacts You have to break a few eggs too

We've all heard the saying, but why is it so hard to step beyond our comfort zone and really speak the truth about how we feel? I seem to be great ...

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#FridayFacts Live Life one grain of sand at a time.

Surely there's enough in this very moment to occupy me. Yet the voice in my heads sees to it that I’m tired up in knots about about some future pos...

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#FridayFacts First World Problems Still require solutions.

You might not have Covid. You might still have a job. You might be living the dream. None of that means that you can’t still have a bad day, a nagg...

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#fridayfacts Redundancy has its perks

Losing your job can be one of the most traumatic events we experience, and it's a reality more people are facing. Since the start of Covid over ¼ m...

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FridayFacts – They can't afford what we've got.

They say you should count your blessings every day, however at we're usually so busy counting the emails, meetings and projects in our 40+hour work...

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#FridayFacts. There’s no shame in floundering.

None of us are immune to bad times. I’ve certainly had a decent share. Yet we persevere. Sometimes that perseverance is simply staying afloat. We a...

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#FridayFacts. Not all can wear yellow

As the Tour De France has rolled though the mountains these past few days, I’m reminded of the time that Chris Froome jumped to his feet after a cr...

Tips for Talking

Tips for supporting your mental health during COVID-19

As the months of living with COVID19 roll on, it is completely understandable that some people within our community will be feeling fatigued and ex...

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#Fridayfacts. Mental illness is a question of chemistry not character

There’s no shame in admitting you’ve got diabetes, and taking medication, or that you have a broken leg that will require a cast. You’d get 110% su...

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#FridayFacts It’s always darkest before the dawn

I’m not a morning person, never have been and I REALLY didn’t like getting up at 5 am this morning -it was dark and cold, and I was wishing I was s...

Tips for Talking

Once I started talking, I never looked back.

James writes about his battle with Borderline personality disorder, the power of talking, and how this doesn't just apply to him

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#FridayFacts. You’ve got to know when to fold ‘em.

As men, we're pretty good at keeping our cards close to our chest. It's come with lots of practice. After all, we've been told ever since we could ...

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#FridayFacts. It’s easy to have deep water faith when you’re in the shallow end.

It's easy to believe that everything will turn out just fine when, perhaps, your experience is that that has always been the case. Just like it's e...