![]() ![]() ![]() Without his words, there's no way I'd be where I am today.Ī few players that I knew from school within the Blues' setup spoke of the change Sir John bought to the dressing room, of the mana that he carried as a former player for club and country. How could someone who didn't know me even possibly stand a chance to help me with a few inspirational phrases?īut not Sir John. As a natural cynic, I rejected a lot of those. In getting treatment for mental health, you are often exposed to a waft of content around self-improvement and self-reflection. ![]() Having battled my own demons since my teens, Sir John's book All Blacks Don't Cry showed me that what I was feeling was normal - that the way I was feeling was down to a chemical imbalance in my brain, not because of who I was. I never knew him as a player, but Sir John Kirwan was the man helped me through my darkest times with his work in aiding those battling depression and anxiety. I willed him to succeed at the Blues, I wanted to see nothing more than Sir John Kirwan be hailed as the man to make them champions once again. Excited because a man that I admired beyond all belief was given a chance to show that people affected by mental illness could actually achieve anything in life. ![]()
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