Nathan Bolton

Writing my story for “Trigger Warning” was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I had already lived it. The trauma, the collapse, the suicidal thinking, the slow climb back. Putting it on paper meant going back into some of the darkest moments of my life and looking at them up close. So why do it? Why drag all that out instead of locking it away and pretending it never happened? Because secrets were killing me. And because I knew other people were carrying their own secrets and...

How Positive Emotions Rewire the Brain: A Practical Guide for Blokes Who Think “This Is All Woo-Woo” If you read the words “positive emotions” and roll your eyes, I get it. When you are in a dark place, someone telling you to “just be positive” feels like an insult. It can make you feel more alone, not less. I am not interested in fake positivity. I am interested in what actually works to shift a brain and body that have been stuck in survival mode for too long. Positive emotions are not...

“I'm fine.” Two words. For a lot of men, they are not true. “I'm fine” can mean “I do not know how to talk about this”, “I do not want to worry anyone”, or “I am barely hanging on.” We think keeping it inside is the strong thing to do. We tell ourselves we are protecting our partner, our kids, our mates. What we are really doing is pushing the pressure down until it leaks out somewhere else. Let’s talk about the real cost of bottling things up, and what it looks like to do it differently....