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LOVE YOURSELF … imperfections and all 1
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Glenn Marsden
ONE MAN’S GLOBAL MISSION TO BUST MENTAL HEALTH MYTHS AND CREATE A WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING - TO KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE 7
By JENNI GILBERT For near 18 months, a typical day for Glenn Marsden went something like this … 4am: Get up, go to the gym to work out, simultaneously study an audio course for a life- and business coaching certificate. 6am-6pm: Work on construction sites as a general labourer, complete assessments for course on the bus to and from work. 7pm: Home for dinner with wife, Catareeya, son Lincoln, 7, and daughter Leighton, 2, then put the kids to bed. 9-11.30pm: Get on the laptop to work on his mental health awareness mission, Imperfectly Perfect Campaign (IPC); networking and getting the message out. Today the campaign has reached its two-year mark, with a combined international reach now surpassing 4.5 million people and having attracted more than 250 influential public figures across corporate, entertainment, and infrastructure to reinforce IPC’s mission. That is, to drawn attention to and normalise 8 | THRIVE #3
the conversation around a multitude of mental health struggles - from anxiety and depression, to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), post-natal depression, bipolar disorder and more - enabling people to live without the isolation and stigma so often attached. IPC has attracted mainstream media coverage across Australia, New Zealand, the US and UK, and South-East Asia. Celebrities and sports stars, for instance, who have lent their names to the cause with their own stories include Rebecca Gibney, Grant Denyer, Angie Everhart, David Meltzer, Justin Guarini, Dominic Purcell, Anthony Trucks, Rebecca JR MARTINEZ, the cast of the original Baywatch series, Willie Mason, Shar Jackson and Christina Moses, among many more. British-born, Sydney-based Glenn, 36, decided to launch Imperfectly Perfect just over two years ago, after losing a close friend in the UK to suicide.
