Episode 1 Honest Conversations: A Folk Tales mini-series for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

Honest Conversations is a Folk Tales mini-series focused on all things mental wellbeing as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021.

Today's theme is "Give" and we're speaking with Alex Sergison from the Portland-based business, Adventure4All. Adventure4All uses adventure sports such as paddle boarding, rock climbing and coasteering to help people push themselves and their boundaries, to learn and grow and build confidence.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Alex and his team have helped many children and young adults who are struggling to cope with their mental health following extended periods of lockdown and re-engaging with their peers having been out of school for so long.

Alex also talks about his own experience with anxiety and depression and how he is striving to create a safe place to discuss mental health for his children despite finding it difficult to talk about himself.

Happy listening!

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