683 days. That’s nearly two years of headlines that read like history’s darkest chapters repeating themselves. But beyond the heartache, there’s hope.

What you say and what others hear you say are often very different things

So here we are, in Men’s Health Week.

We’re told to look after our bodies — and rightly so.
But what about our hearts?
Not just the muscle that pumps blood — but the quiet, invisible core that keeps us grounded, feeling, leading like humans, not machines.

Maybe this is the health check we’re missing most.

“Lest we forget" and "never again" can seem like pretty empty statements when we continue to remain silent about ongoing atrocities and injustices 

Our legacies are stories discussed in the future about our past which can only be made in the present

There's a certain sense of peace in knowing that, after the first few experiences, glitz, glamour, lights and sparkles are simply same-old, same-old