I NEVER THOUGHT MY 20's COULD BE SO..... Honestly - I couldn't be happier to leave them behind. At 19, I was plunging into the depths of ...

I couldn’t hold her hand without fear reaching from within my soul and strangling me on the spot. Love, purpose, hope, all driven out lik...

This photo was taken in 2010, I was 21. I’m standing with mum and dad. It’s been a year and a half since I first retired from cycling. I’...

Loss is hard, but life is not just found in joy, it’s found in the scope of human experience. It’s found in loss and pain as well as love...

It’s like being encircled by skyscrapers as they simultaneously crumble to the ground. What strength do you have to stop them, to avoid t...

I stood in the dark as my world crumbled. I didn’t want to go inside and I didn’t want to stay outside. I wanted to drop to my knees and ...

The worst of depression has been the struggle to find a reason to live. Not only have l felt alone and afraid, but hope has seemed non-ex...

Shanghai – 2016 I sat down across the table from my then team’s new director. I’d never met him before, all I knew was he was from Sloven...

She was in the next room laughing with her friends. It was a sharp pain. Who actually wants to be jealous of someone’s happiness? I wante...

I’ve seen the Taj Mahal. I’ve stood in the ancient city of Ephesus. I’ve walked in the eroding trenches of Gallipoli and crawled through ...

–There is perhaps only one motivator greater than fear– Fear is not always panic – it can be steadfast and determined. The No campaign is...

Even the most depressed person knows what it is like to feel alive. That’s the problem. It seems beyond reach, unimaginable that life wil...

After 27 years, I didn’t know what to expect. I felt anxious, I felt guilty, but I also still felt like me! Relationships are hard at the...

3 years ago we travelled to Elcho Island to bury my Grandfather’s ashes. He was an engineer on the remote Arnhem land Island from 1945 – ...

Rather than hyping myself up before the start of the Tour of Japan, I needed to calm myself down. Anxiety has been fairly consistently up...

Under a plum tree, An old 44-gallon drum sits at the bottom of our yard. As kids, my twin sister Nicole Guy and I picked plumbs in season...

I pulled over to the side of the road, grabbed my helmet and shook it. The fear, loneliness and confusion remained. Slumping over my hand...

I sat at the end of the bed. Unable to climb back in and unable to leave the room. I was suffocating. My hands clutched my head. My mind w...

I’ve been on medication (Antidepressants) for 7-years. At first – each time I picked up the packet, I felt like a failure. I’d rest the p...

HOPE is central to well-being. Hope says that tomorrow is worth living – that you will have something to give. Depression and anxiety str...