Sir John Kirwan: NZ's Mental Health Pioneer, Managing Depression, and more! (Re-Release)

This podcast with Sir John Kirwan was first released in September 2022.

I am re-sharing it now to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 in New Zealand.

If you are an early listener to the podcast who has already heard this one, just skip it.

But if you have just recently discovered the podcast, you may really enjoy this one- I still get messages every other week from people telling me they listened and got a lot of valuable tips from Sir John.

Either way, thanks for checking the podcast out. I genuinely appreciate you being here to read this.

Sir John Kirwan is an All Black legend. But its what he has done since retiring from sport that has made him an all-round legend.

15 years ago JK reluctantly spoke publicly about his depression and mental health struggles (we discuss his reluctance in this chat- I won't tell you who pushed him into doing it!)

Mental health has never had more chat that what it currently gets. This guy was the trailblazer. NOBODY really talked about this stuff publicly before Sir John.

There are so many tips, tricks and tools from JK in this conversation that we can all use to improve our mental health. We also reminisce a little bit about his time as a butcher, an All Black and a DB Bitter Warrior.

If this episode triggers anything, PLEASE chat to someone you trust. Or text 1737 anytime (NZ). You’ll get to chat to a trained counsellor.

Dom

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