From the outside Andrew Hankin had it all - a successful career, a beautiful family and material success. However, on the inside the story was very different. In this episode Andrew shares his story of how he went from chronic depression and planning his own suicide to an incredible transformation back to full health and helping others. Today he run's Hero Transformations, working with people with a wide variety of mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, alcoholism, victims of sexual violence, suicidal thoughts and suicide survivors. This is his story. 

• The impact of losing friends to suicide and the complex range of emotions this brings out in different people and how this is now more openly discussed in society
• The disproportionately high rates of male suicide
• The different triggers of depression, and how these might not always be obvious
• How depression and suicidal thoughts can manifest and how they appear
• Reasons why comparing ourselves to others can lead to people to feel shame and inadequacy
• The importance of individual identity and purpose
• The wider impact of depression on the family unit
• Andrew’s decision to make a step-change and how he accomplished this
• The importance of having a personal ‘why’ which is greater than ourselves
• The importance of support networks
• The role that exercise can play in recovering from mental health issues
• How actively taking control of your mindset, even hour by hour, can have incredible results
• The importance of journaling and seeing how far we have come
• How recovery from serious mental health issues is a lifelong journey and demands commitment
• How social media ‘connectedness’ is actually false.

Andrew Hankin can be contacted using the following links:

Website: Hero Transformations

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By Phone: 0800 3 20 20 60

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