Simon Thomas
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But we'll get through this.
And then, you know, let's chat.
Let's chat to Gary, who's our head of football.
And I just found that the most helpful thing because so often we battle things alone.
We fear the reaction of when people truly know what we're dealing with, what we're going through, who we are at that particular moment, that we kind of keep it buried.
And just that was the most helpful thing, that simple question.
Not the kind of, you all right?
in the corridor at work.
It's just that looking you in the eye and going, mate, are you okay?
And the tone of our voice often doesn't always, but often will bring an openness to someone because it's not an accuser.
It's like, if you've gone, you all right?
What's going on?
Yeah, yeah.
Shut the door.
Absolutely, yeah.
Shut the door, but his voice was like, are you okay?
You're not yourself.
There was a gentleness to it.
Yeah.
And it sort of gently opened the door and then it sprung open and everything came out.