TOUGH WORDS

How Responsible Communication About Suicide Can Help Save Lives

He Didn’t Realise He’d Fallen Stuart Holness, Guardian of the Hole, and why men need others to reach in

Sextortion, Silence and Suicide Risk: What We’re Getting Wrong About Boys and Young Men

Social Courage: Being the One Who Says Something – Early On

What February Taught Us About Men’s Mental Health, Crisis and Suicide Prevention in the UK

What I Took from the Men’s Mental Health Conference 2026, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London By Steve Whittle

If We Can Save Lives at Sea, Why Haven’t We Built the Same System to Save Men From Suicide?

Men: Decisive and Determined – To a Fault

BS 30480 and the Workplace: Why Prevention Can’t Start at Crisis

January Didn’t Bring New Answers on Suicide. It Exposed the Same Old Problem.

Were Ant and Dec Right to Remove the Post?

By Steve Rothwell Overcome Trauma Stuck Points Counselling www.reliefandhope.com Blokes in emotional distress are often like wild birds. They fluff themselves up and appear strong right up to the moment they are about to fall off the perch. The comparison may sound absurd, or even insensitive, but it holds. When men are under sustained emotional strain, many slip into automatic distress-minimising or outright denial. They tell themselves it is not that bad. They carry on. The

What I Survived, What Nearly Broke Me, and Why I Speak Up Now

We Don’t Wait for Crisis: Why Tough To Talk Works Upstream To Reduce Male Suicide.

Riding for a Reason: A 100k Journey for Men's Mental Health

I’ve Seen Santa’s Naughty & Nice List for Suicide Prevention (Christmas 2025) And yes, I’ve put Tough to Talk on the Nice side. Argue with me. By Steve Whittle, Founder of Tough to Talk

Unmasking Masculinity: Lessons from Men, Masks, and Tate Smith

TRANSFORMING WORKPLACE CULTURE IN MALE-CENTRIC SPACES, REDUCING MALE SUICIDE AND BREAKING THE SILENCE ON MEN'S CRISES.

Media's Influence on Suicide: A Call for Responsibility