Eyes Wide Open

Brent Pope is a New Zealand born Rugby Player, Coach, Television Pundit, Children's Book Author, Journalist and Founder of the Elephant in the room foundation. Brent has spent many years advocating for Mental Health Awareness whilst confronting and giving voice to his own personal struggles.

We discuss his childhood in New Zealand, his career in Rugby, his efforts to raise awareness and destigmatize mental health issues, the Elephant in the room foundation and what the future holds

"Rugby is a special, extreme case of face to face communication, with real and voluntary vulnerability to pain and humiliation, which is seldom exploited, even by your enemies. This serves to build up your trust in human decency, to recognise your own tendency and ability to hurt others, and to empathise with people who haven't had this opportunity - those who end up lashing out, in fear, envy or resentfulness. How to bring those people back into the fold seems to be much more about inviting them onto the rugby pitch, where they can earn and express genuine respect, rather than in a disembodied no-stakes gladiator death-match online. If good conversations are a game, perhaps they're rugby." - Kevin J. Ryan

Elephant in the room foundation: https://www.elephantintheroom.ie/

Twitter @RealBrentPope

#mentalhealth #rugby #mentalhealthawareness

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Professor Colin O’Gara is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Addiction Services at St. John of God’s Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Colin received his PHD in 2010 from the University of London for his work on the Genetics of Nicotine Addiction and is author of the book “Gambling Addiction in Ireland, Causes, Consequences and Recovery”.

We discuss gambling disorder (a highly stigmatized disease and one that causes untold suffering and destruction to individuals and their families), the psychiatry profession, technology, growing up in Cork and the gathering storm.

#mentalhealth #addiction #gambling #gamblingaddiction #psychiatry #substanceabuse

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Adam Taylor is an Educator, Life Coach and the Founder of Lifehubcoaching.com. Adam share's hints, tip's and strategies for dealing with life's many challenges. From focusing on a growth mindset to handling redundancy, Adam's thoughts on how to deal with these experiences stem from his own experience as a Life Coach and Mentor.

#techlayoffs #redundancy #lifecoach #lifecoaching #mentalhealth #highperformance #changeyourlife #selfesteem #selflimitingbeliefs #growthmindset

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Conflict Management & Mediation expert Sharon Morrissey on coping with redundancy, handling the initial impact, trauma, navigating the process and rebuilding when all may initially appear lost. Hints and Tips for handling the redundancy journey.

#mentalhealth #redundancy #corporateamerica #techlayoffs #trauma #copingwithanxiety #selfesteem #family

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Gerry O'Brien is an Actor with an extensive career in Film, Theatre and Television. Gerry is also the President of The Irish Actor's Equity Union. We discuss his career, the benefit's of joining a union, the tech industry, corporate America, artist's right's, redundancy, contract law and the life of a working actor.

Irish Actor's Equity: https://irishequity.ie/

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639569/?...

#unions #redundancy #techlayoffs #actor #equity #corporateamerica #starbucks

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Hilda Burke - London based Psychotherapist, Counsellor and author of the "Phone Addiction Workbook". We discuss indicators of dependency, the signs to look out for, coping strategies and ways to build healthier relationships with our devices.

Smartphone addiction can lead to compulsive behaviour, obsession, notification anxiety and other unhealthy habits. Smartphone users have also exhibited signs of stress, depression, insomnia, intimacy issues and much more.

"Stop scrolling and start living" - coping with Phone Addiction

http://hildaburke.co.uk/about/

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51195960

https://twitter.com/HBtherapist

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Jogile Dambrauskaite is an entrepreneur and founder of the wellness and mindset coaching business, One Mind Zone. Jorge share's the company's origin story, tips on how to build an online coaching business, where the idea came from, marketing strategy and building a customer base

https://www.onemindzone.com/

Berlin Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kp9rmRybnM

SMFORMA at the Ombra Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJzNa0QuhJM

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Tobias Woudt is a Dutch entrepreneur, businessman and founder of the Tobian Language School. Tobias share's the school's origin story, where the idea came from, growth strategy, marketing tips, how he found his customer base and his plans for the future. The conversation include's useful hints and tips for those considering becoming an entrepreneur and founding an online business.

https://tobian-languageschool.com/

https://www.instagram.com/tobianls/

https://www.facebook.com/TobianLanguageSchool

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We discuss the challenges artists face balancing the demands of the music business with the desire to create lasting and meaningful work, Rock n Roll, The music business, Screenwriting, moving between the U.S and Reykjavik, building a career in Los Angeles and moving into the world of film.

Richard also shares hints and tips that may prove invaluable for any young artist/musician starting out. The pitfalls to avoid, working with managers, A&R, music publishing and the screenwriting industry along with the extraordinary and very personal story of Iceland's first recorded "armed bank robbery", a family in crisis and solitary confinement.

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