Supporting the LS Precast team in Benalla
The traditional domains of silence about mental health are disappearing, and we couldn’t be happier or prouder to play a very small part in helping that along. LS Precast is one such business that not so many years ago might have been like that. A precast...
Launching the new podcast!
Be Human, Not Concrete: the Hearten Up podcast, is now LIVE! It features stories and thoughts from me, around dropping the facades we all build up, normalising being human, recommendations on all sorts of resources (genuine ones, not sponsored) and future episodes...
It’s ok me, I got this
Originally published in The Westsider The single most powerful and liberating psychological practice I have ever done is reintroduce myself to my inner child, and show him who I am now. Yes, it sounds wanky and flowery but I truly donāt care. I gave this a crack and...
Honey, I’m home! (reconnecting with myself)
Originally published in The Westsider Itās been almost two years since I last wrote a column, and loads of cool and some difficult stuff has happened. Iām excited to be writing again and to share how Iām living as a heartful and hopeful human. Last year I came...
From superannuation marketing to mental health first aid training
A self-described ācorporate refugeeā, Mr Clapham spoke to AIST on the tipping point that triggered his mental health mission and turned his life around. Mental health is the greatest healthcare risk facing Australians after cardiovascular disease and cancer, according...
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 ā 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 fatherās suicide,...
How my fatherās suicide helped me to become a āreal manā
LOSING his dad as a teen was ātruly horribleā 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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