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b"Welcome to the 'Pushin\\u2019 Through Blu' Podcast.\\n\\nOn Episode 4, Simon shares his story:\\n- growing up in a large family of 6 children, with a strict religious upbringing, where keeping quiet and bottling up your emotions became second nature\\n- the struggles to meet other's expectations of adapting to a stereo typed 'manly bloke' personality profile\\n- his experiences with traumatic nightmares during his late teens and the affects this played with early signs of anxiety and depression\\n- his ongoing battles with tension headaches \\n- Simon also shares his and his wife's journey with having children, the stresses associated with early parenthood and the affects unexpected life changes can play on one's mental health\\n- the struggle to have conversations about his mental health, but the immediate feelings of support and reassurance when he did\\n- from his own experiences, what advice he today would like to provide others that may be going through the same or similar thoughts and feelings\\n\\n----------\\n\\nSimon is sharing his story, in an effort to bring awareness to mental health, to offer support to others to start having conversations, to reach out for help and that it's ok not to be ok, that the bad times do pass and that help and support is available. \\n\\n----------\\n\\nIf you find value in this podcast or feel it may help someone you know, please make sure you share it. \\n\\nAlso, if you can rate - review - subscribe to the podcast, it really goes a long way in helping us share these important stories and messages to help others. \\n\\n----------\\n\\nAustralian Support Contacts\\nLifeline: 13 11 14\\nLifeline Texting Service: 0477 131 114\\nBeyondblue: 1300 224 636\\n\\n----------\\n\\nSimon's on Twitter: @precisepath\\nSimon's Apple Podcast on Twitter: @applesliceau\\n\\n---------- \\n\\nYou can also follow us on:\\nTwitter: @pushnthroughblu\\nInstagram: @pushintroughblu\\nFacebook: @pushinthroughblu\\n\\n#ShareYourStory #MuchLove"