100 Voices: Brendan Courtney - On the Importance Mental Health Maintenance: #NowWereTalking

Music
08 Oct 18

No Repro Fee. Nevin Maguire, Sonya Lennon and Brendan Courtney, pictured at the Dunnes Stores Simply Better Brand Ambassador Neven Maguire new RTÉ One culinary and travel TV show ‘Neven’s Italian Food Trails’ launch sponsored by Dunnes Stores Simply Better at the Dunnes Stores Head Office in Dublin. The event which turned the Head Office Atrium into ‘Little Italy’ also celebrated the launch of the latest Cook with Neven Maguire magazine Italian Edition which features many of the producers appearing in the TV series and products exclusively available in the Dunnes Stores Simply Better Collection. Pic. Robbie Reynolds

Brendan Courtney

We invited a 100-strong chorus of artists, writers, musicians, broadcasters, sports stars and more to contribute to Now We’re Talking, a mental health campaign, run in partnership with Lyons Tea and Pieta House. TV presenter Brendan Courtney (picture here on the right) was among them.

I have learned through my life that my mental health is as important as – and in fact has an enormous influence on – my physical health. The two are inextricably linked. Looking after one is good, but not good enough. For too long ‘mental health’ has been a shameful taboo – it’s time to acknowledge that your mental health is as vulnerable and as important as your physical health. Look after it, talk about it and listen to others.

100 Voices was published in the Hot Press Mental Health Special in conjunction with Lyons Tea and Pieta House as part of the Now We're Talking Campaign. For more please visit hotpress.com/now-were-talking/