Supporting Beechworth To Bridge
There are so many good people, community groups, and organisations doing the good work to destigmatise mental health problems, and the sad end point for far too many – suicide. One such group is Beechworth to Bridge, established to raise awareness and funds for mental...
Learning from the best
Earlier this week I got to spend two days hearing from arguably the world leader in trauma therapy, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, MD, whose book ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ was a game-changer and best-seller (and he signed my copy for me :D) I...
Radio interview: ABC Darwin
In 2017, ABC Radio Darwin interviewed me about my show HUMPTY DUMPTY DADDY, which I delivered at the Darwin Fringe Festival that year. I really enjoyed the conversation with the lovely Rebecca McLaren. We spoke about the show, my father’s suicide,...
How my father’s suicide helped me to become a ‘real man’
LOSING his dad as a teen was “truly horrible” for JC Clapham but the father-of-three was soon faced with his own moment of despair. IT WAS Saturday, March 28, 1998, when I received the news that would cast a shadow over the rest of my life. I was 16 years old, and...
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