In this episode of the Dibbly Dobbly Podcast I speak to Mark Boyns the founder of Opening Up. An organisation which was established in 2014 in the UK. The organisation was started following the tragic death of Sefton Park CC wicket keeper Alex Miller. The organisation has been on a campaign to raise awareness for mental health issues and suicide prevention and educating cricketers on the importance of mental health and suicide prevention. In this Cricket Discussion we talked about Mark's/Opening Up's Journey, What is Mental Health, Mental Health in International Cricket, Mental Health Education, Strategies to deal with our Mental Health and the Stigma around Mental Health.

Time Stamps

0:00 Intro

1:35 Mark's/Opening Up's Journey

13:12 What is Mental Health?

15:17 Mental Health in International Cricket

24:59 Mental Health Education

35:02 Strategies to deal with our Mental Health

38:56 Stigma around Mental Health

47:44 Outro

Opening Up Links

Website: https://openingupcricket.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5_Aj0Hyhd9AZttPXnZOiZw

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/openingupcricket/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpeningUpCC

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openingupcricket/

Mental Health organisations within Australia and the UK:

Lifeline 13 11 14: https://www.lifeline.org.au/

Headspace: https://headspace.org.au/

Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

RUOK?: https://www.ruok.org.au/

The Resilience Project: https://theresilienceproject.com.au/

Samaritan (UK): https://www.samaritans.org/

CALM (UK): https://www.thecalmzone.net/

Opening Up Mark’s chat with Tom Scollay from Cricket Mentoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJvPQAhR4IQ

Mental Health videos on the Dibbly Dobbly Podcast

Mental Health in Cricket | Cricket Discussion | Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoh2hMoCXFY

Mental Health in Cricket and Society | Cricket Discussion with Tom Scollay Cricket Mentoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8CwKHLNf6w

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