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NFH #26 - Do Not Suffer In Silence | Daniel Wilsher - Award Winning Mental Health Speaker

The 5-minute mental health newsletter.

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Nick Horton
March 12, 2023

The 5-minute mental health newsletter.

Never Fully Heard is a space for men to listen to and engage in open, authentic & uncomfortable conversations to help improve their mental state.

In today's edition:

Self-reflection question of the week: What's worrying you right now?

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Before reading I want you to do four box breaths.

Exhale to a count of four, holding your lungs empty for a four-count, inhaling at the same pace, and holding air in your lungs for a count of four before exhaling.

Repeat 4 times.

Link to podcast here

In this episode I speak to Daniel, who is a full time Public Speaker running The Damaged Goods Co. (@damagedgoodsblog), an organisation formed to raise awareness around mental health and the effects of childhood trauma within educational and corporate settings. He has also just launched the @walkandtalkseries, a new mental health interview series that focuses on ā€˜ordinary people with extraordinary stories.ā€™

  • Suicide of Danielā€™s father

  • Relationship with drink, drugs and his mum

  • Hitting rock bottom

  • Therapy and how it changed his life

  • Why itā€™s strong to talk about your mental health

  • What resistance he felt to speaking truthfully about his trauma

  • His why and mission in life

ā“Self-reflection question ā“

What's worrying you right now?

What do you need to address that you are currently avoiding?

How to answer self-reflection questionsā€¦

  1. Set aside time to sit and think.

  2. Remove all distractions or take yourself off somewhere quiet.

  3. Allow your answers to just flow ā€“ write whatever comes to mind.

  4. Be honest. Thereā€™s no point asking yourself self-reflection questions if youā€™re not going to be honest with your answers.

  5. Donā€™t be afraid of what you might discover. Give yourself permission to be honest, raw and real.

  6. If it helps, try meditating on your self-reflection questions. Sit somewhere quiet. Clear your mind and with the questions in front of you, just ponder on them with no pressure or judgement. Afterwards, write down what you can remember.

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