"Under the surface of your life is something beautiful. And just like the ocean the scariest part is that you don't know what's down there."Daragh Fleming

In this weeks solo episode of YayCanDo Bernie talks to Daragh Fleming, an author, freelance writer, and mental health blogger from Cork, Ireland who is also communications lead for A Lust for Life, a youth focused Irish mental health charity about how he came to create possibilities in his life which led him to to become a writer.  Daragh is passionate about writing and normalising the discussions around mental health. He is founder of Thoughts Too Big, a blog that he has been writing for the past 6 years that focuses on overcoming daily mental health issues and for which he recently won Blogger of the Year in the Mental Health blog Awards 2022. He recently published his second poetry chapbook in July of 2022 entitled "Poems that Were Written on Trains but Weren't Written about Trains." His debut in non-fiction, Lonely Boy, comes out in November 2022. 

1) From grief to feeling nothing to a panic attack

2) Being on the right path

3) Following my gut, no plan

3) Learning to help myself

4) Fortifying my mind

5) Mental health routines

6) The joy of making an impact

7) Trust your intuition

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