American Advocate
Homecoming king, Harvard student at 17, yet this African-American trailblazer did not know what hit him, when a few weeks into college he experienced his first panic attack and, subsequently, a full blown manic episode and hospitalization. An amazingly frank speaker, Rahim is now one of America’s leading mental health advocates. He has testified in front of the US Senate and lectured to over 50,000 students. Rahim is engaged and has published a book of his poetry.
Louis de Bernières, the bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, struggled with the fame that came with the success of the book. He found the attention crippling and it was 10 years before he could write for enjoyment again. Louis also talks about his anger issues triggered by a custody battle to see his children. […]
As a teenager, António Ferreira felt huge pressure at school to succeed, and started suffering pseudo seizures, auditory hallucinations and paranoia. He describes it as a boulder on his back that he couldn’t lift or get rid of, and he had planned to take his life before an intervention. Through a long recovery process, he […]
We talk a lot about having purpose in our lives, but how do we go about identifying that purpose? Conscientious leadership expert Nick Jankel has some advice for us. Firstly, start slowly, perhaps in your job or on the edges of your job. Then keep a ‘meaning journal’ for a week across all areas of […]
Adventurer Alex Staniforth turned to outdoor sports as a teenager as a way of counteracting a lack of self-confidence caused by a bad stutter, mild epilepsy and anxiety. Immediately he felt like he had found his calling… until he was injured and the resulting time off led to an eating disorder. Alex tells of how […]
Many of us live and operate from a mind-set of scarcity and limitation. We focus on what we don’t have – financial, security, confidence, relationships – and this keeps us feeling insecure and inadequate. Integrative medicine pioneer Deepak Chopra illuminates the road to success and wholeness, helping us tap into a deeper sense of awareness […]
Andy Cope is known as the ‘Doctor of Happiness’. He explains that when we are in our best-self mode, that positivity radiates and benefits other people, making them 16% happier just by being in our company. He says we can learn how to reach our best-self mode, rather than being ground down into mediocrity. He […]
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