"By having the courage to speak up, it gets better."
— Darius Boyd
Mental health is a matter for everyone;
Almost 7.3 million Australians have a lived experience of mental health. Mental health issues affect the sufferer, their family, their friends and their colleagues. It is a lived experience for everyone around them. Those who are suffering should not have to do so alone.
Battling The Blues was founded by Darius Boyd with the focus of supporting the mental health of business' and their employees.
My Journey;
I've suffered from mental health challenges for a large part of my life. This has played out privately and due to my sporting profile, largely in the public eye.
I knew that I needed help and admitted myself to a mental health clinic, The Northside Clinic, Wentworthville. From this time, the change to my mental health has been dramatic. I continue to challenge myself and improve my mental health state, every day.
I have come from not knowing who my father is, what was a broken relationship with my mother and a lack of identity, whilst trying to forge a career as a professional rugby league player. I am now happily married to my wife Kayla and have a beautiful daughter Willow and I'm living out my dreams which includes captaining my beloved Brisbane Broncos club.
"I continue to challenge myself and improve my mental health state, every day. "
— Darius Boyd
Battling the Blues workshops, seminars and training in your workplace;
“I've had huge feedback from the guys who attended who have expressed how good the session was, both in enabling some people to open up about their own issues, and helping others who apparently have no problems, identify that they can help a mate who is struggling”
- Manager / Energex
“Interestingly, I was approached by two of my guys straight after the event telling me that they thought it was excellent and had made them rethink issues that they were having in their immediate families. They said it gave them a new perspective and possible approach to a remedy.”
– Manager 2 / Energex.