One Sentence Can Change Your Life! Curbing Male Suicide with Leon Lewis, founder of The Man Talk

• How Man talk started
• Leon Going through depression
• Male friend groups, sharing, and vulnerability
• What is depression?
• Dad diagnosed as schizophrenic & keeping it as a secret for 12 years
• Telling friends for the 1st time at 16
• Calling people “crazy” / skits
• Looking after your mental health & Understanding issues that come up
• Changing the term Mental health
• Man Talk Event, 350 males in a safe space
• Suicide being number 1 cause of death for males under 45
• How do you Approach friends who are experiencing MHI? Breaking through WhatsApp groups
• Low friction touch points.. easy to check in but not really find out
• Accountability
• Adding ingredients to your life to improve your state
• Water fasting
• Starting new habits, being rubbish at the start
• Chasing happiness, finding your meaning
• WhyThe easy route isn't the easy route
• Why do men commit suicide?
• Conversations bring us closer
• Imagining your dreams in 'real' terms
• Rethinking vision boards
• Reading vs Audiobooks. Being kicked out of school
• You can change som bodies life with a sentence
• Changing the voices in your head
• We can heal
• The Man Talk 2020
• Why Accountability makes you better
• Clichés bring true
• Books

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