The Pandemic Petrichor
We are on the cusp of a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and there is a good chance that things are going to be very difficult for...
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Lee Cambule
- Oct 9, 2020
- 4 min
Imagine mental health for all...
Vision is a powerful word when it comes to mental health. We have to have a dream, to coin a popular phrase. It is important that we can...
Lee Cambule
- Sep 15, 2020
- 5 min
A day, a week, a year...
So, I am publishing this blog a week after Suicide Awareness Day. I hope anybody who missed the event last week sees this and it opens...
Lee Cambule
- May 18, 2020
- 3 min
Be Kind
This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is kindness and this could not come at a more important time. In a new world where...
Lee Cambule
- Jun 23, 2019
- 4 min
Honesty, Courage and Hope
There is a battle going on around mental health awareness at present and it is a long, hard campaign. A lack of understanding, long...
Lee Cambule
- Nov 21, 2018
- 4 min
Anxieties of a 'father-in-waiting'
There is a huge difference between procreation and parenthood. One is just the natural order, an evolutionary process of reproduction...
Lee Cambule
- Nov 8, 2018
- 4 min
Camaraderie against Mental Health
For many of us, mental health problems can be difficult to diagnose, treat and recover from but for men in particular, the issue is a...
Lee Cambule
- Aug 24, 2018
- 4 min
Surviving the "need" for suicide
This week we saw the broadcast of a new documentary called 'Horizon: Stopping Male Suicide' on BBC Two which addressed the biggest cause...
Lee Cambule
- May 31, 2018
- 4 min
The Long, Dark Tunnel - Writer's Block & Stress
There are many challenges that authors and writers are faced with; tight deadlines, extensive research, legal implications,...
Lee Cambule
- May 13, 2018
- 4 min
Battling Wasps - Stress and Mental Health
It has been twenty years since the height of my conflict with depression, since the dark days when I saw only one way out of my...
Lee Cambule
- Apr 18, 2018
- 4 min
Planning Zombies!!!
This week saw the broadcast of the latest season finale of US TV hit “The Walking Dead”. I was watching a scene with a large swarm of...
Lee Cambule
- Feb 19, 2018
- 5 min
Be more duck!
Every morning on my way into work, I cross the Cardiff Bridge just across from the Principality Stadium to get to the office. Most...
Lee Cambule
- Oct 10, 2017
- 5 min
Why I apologise for my mental health
Today is World Mental Health Day and I will be spending it hosting a stand at a Mental Health Conference in Cardiff Bay, talking with...
Lee Cambule
- Jun 20, 2017
- 2 min
Making "Reach Out"
Today is the official relaunch of the Time to Change Wales Reach Out campaign and I was honoured to be asked to take part in the...
Lee Cambule
- Jun 7, 2017
- 3 min
The On Side Rule
Right guys, listen up. There’s a new rule we’ve got to learn… Statistically speaking, men find the most difficulty in opening up about...
Lee Cambule
- Apr 25, 2017
- 3 min
Job Hunt? Choose mental health over money!
So you are looking for a job, maybe considering a career change or just starting your working life after school, college or university....
Lee Cambule
- Apr 12, 2017
- 3 min
Creativity and Mental Health
History is littered with examples about how creative people have suffered from challenges associated with mental health. The theories...
Lee Cambule
- Apr 4, 2017
- 3 min
Making time to Mentor
Last month I participated in my first Speed Mentoring event. The concept – if you haven’t heard the term – is pretty exciting. You get a...
Lee Cambule
- Mar 20, 2017
- 3 min
How to hold on
I recently heard a great analogy about stress from a colleague that I will not take any credit for it but it really resonated with me and...