Darius Boyd played 337 NRL games for 3 different clubs, won 2 premierships, played 28 games for Queensland and represented Australia 23 times. He was also my team mate across many of those games. 

Outside of his elite sport performance Darius has battled with his own mental health and he open up to me in this episode of We are Human. 

Darius also has anew book out now which is called Battling the Blues.

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In this episode hear about the moment when Sam found out his time at the Broncos was over and how that affected his own mental health and then while he was down the disappointments kept coming. 

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In this episode hear the devastating effect of my best mates struggle with his own mental health and how that had a profound effect on me and my own challenges. 

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We continue Sam's story as a young boy who faces his demons contemplating what his life might be like.  

Triger warning - this episode contains language that may trigger some listeners.

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In this first episode Sam start's his story as a young boy growing up in a mix race family in Far North Queensland. 

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This new weekly podcast with NRL larrikin Sam Thaiday delves into mental health in our elite sport stars.

Long after the last siren sounds and the last autograph is signed how do these athletes transition into every day life? 

In the first 4 episodes Sam tells his story. The highest of highs and the lowest of lows from growing up in a mixed race family, to his own struggles with low self worth and the end of his NRL days. 

 Episode 1 drops Wednesday October 28th, wherever you get your podcasts 

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