Mark started Opening Up in 2014 after his cricket club was hit with tragedy with the passing of his good mate, Alex, who took his own life.
Since then, Mark has been on a campaign to raise awareness for mental health issues and suicide prevention and travels around the world teaching people how every single person can improve their ‘mental fitness’, which is something that aligns with our message as coaches and mentors to our athletes.
As the name suggests, Mark and his now team of speakers, travel around the UK and more recently Australia and New Zealand encouraging and supporting cricketers to Open Up and talk to someone if they are struggling with their mental health.
Opening Up has won the support of many of England’s best cricketers who love the message it shares.
In this episode we discussed:
Plus a whole lot more.
This is a different chat to many of the others we’ve published previously but there are so many great things that you can learn from it and implement into your life and help with others around you.
Mark is a very clever guy who is changing peoples lives around the world so I’m thrilled to have sat down with him and heard more about his story. So lets get into this episode…
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How to play the short ball (bouncer) | Monday Mentoring Ep 03
How to face inswing bowling as a batter | Monday Mentoring Ep 02
How to change your mindset between different match formats | Monday Mentoring Ep 01
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Bhavi Devchand - From the toughest time in her life, to being teammates with the worlds best
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Jake Weatherald (Part A): The struggle into professional cricket
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Nicole Bolton talks about mental health struggles and her time playing for Australia
Sam Harper discusses how he went from playing in the backyard to playing in the BBL
Michael Klinger on the transition from playing professional cricket to becoming a professional coach
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