Its mental health awareness week. So, I thought I’d share this update, which might also help someone to keep fighting and never give up! May 2024 Its never happened to me before. I always had a huge sense of self belief and confidence. Despite having had a very chaotic, abusive and dysfunctional childhood I wanted something better. But I’ve been beaten before, I’m almost conditioned for it and its hard to show weakness. When your vulnerable it seems somewhat harder to speak up and seek help because let’s be honest, we can’t afford not to work and what would people think if they see weakness. At least this is how us men think. I’ve always been good at acting positive and injecting myself with energy before walking into a room. Especially where this is a room of staff, a football dressing room, a football pitch or a room I’m presenting to for business. I’ve always been fearless. I’d gladly take risks and I’ve never got too down with setbacks, mistakes or failure. But, as I appro...
Our former neighbour is 97 and my wife still pops round every week to bring her some shopping and for a chat. She is a fascinating and remarkable woman. Incredibly sharp and very determined and independent where possible. I guess this strength & resilience comes from living through war and experiences we can only imagine and watch in films. We were with her one day over Christmas and she mentioned needing to buy something, But the only way she could buy it was if she used “The Magic Box”. This comment fascinated me and got me thinking about living in this era. I know age doesn’t define your technical skills per se. Or willingness to except modernisation and change. I witnessed this in hospital over recent years. Another older lady, in her 90’s using WhatsApp video to video chat with her children and grand children was great to see. A clear example of that technology providing a benefit. But, of course for many and in particular the older generation that didn’t learn these sk...