Welcome to Proper Mental episode 59 with my guest Michael Byrne who is the Founder of LETs (Lived Experience Trauma Support) and one of the UK’s leading Mental Health speakers.
Michael established LETs after overcoming many traumatic events in his life including child abuse, the violent murder of his father, losing twins through miscarriage and surviving The Clutha disaster in 2013.
He suffered a breakdown in 2017 and was diagnosed with C-PTSD and it was after his journey to recovery that he founded LETs with the aim of improving Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace.
Michael has a mental health story that has to be heard to be believed and the fact that he has managed to turn it in to such a positive is incredible and inspirational!
We chat about Michael’s life and how he dealt with hard times by pretending they weren’t happening and we chat about why that seems to be the preferred way for men to deal with these things.
We talk about his diagnosis of C-PTSD and how he manages that, his work with LETs and how he has trained his brain and switched his mindset to focus on the positive.
You can learn more about Michael and LETs via the website here:
Lived Experience Trauma Support Home Page
You can buy Michael’s book here:
You can hear Michael talking about more of his story on the BBC here:
BBC Radio 4 - Life Changing, We said we’d never talk about it again
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