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Sep 2023
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RWC REPLAY: Sir John Kirwan - Mental Hea...

Simon Mundie
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The Life Lessons podcast has a simple mission: to have discussions that reveal something important about life and how best to live it. My guests range from the biggest sporting names on the planet, as well as neuroscientists, world-renowned philosophers, and psychologists – right through to Buddhist monks.

All Black legend and World Cup winner Sir John Kirwan. JK was knighted for services to mental health, and since becoming the face of mental health in New Zealand, he has launched Groov - the innovative mental health organisation looking t0 transform people's wellbeing - particularly in the workplace. The theme of the conversation is mental health - and being able to 'thrive not just survive'


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