Today on the podcast we are joined by former Dublin Senior Footballer, All Ireland Champion, and published author, Shane Carthy!
Shane's story is one that bounces from the highest highs, to the lowest lows. At age 18 he achieved a dream for many football players in becoming an All Ireland Senior Champion, and on paper everything seemed to point towards the beginning of a very happy and successful adult life.
However, despite all the external hilights, internally Shane was fighting a battle few people knew about.
He speaks so openly about his struggles with depression, which ended up in him spending 11 weeks in St. Patricks Mental Hospital where he slowly but surely began to see light at the end of the tunnel.
Since then, Shane has taken his experience going through those times to be a pillar of hope for people who are facing similar situations in their own lives - beginning with delivering speeches and talks, all the way up to releasing his autobiography, 'Dark Blue'.
It was a fantastic and refreshing conversation with Shane who pulls no punches in describing what he went through, and I'm sure you'll get loads of value from it!
Mental health is such an important topic, and it's so important that conversations like this can be had openly. So please share this with anyone you think might benefit from hearing it :)
Enjoy, hope it helps