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The start of SmackTalk

by | Jun 1, 2024 | SmackTalk

Around three months after his son Mac took his own life, Wayne Holdsworth decided he had a responsibility to ensure other families didn’t go through the pain his family was suffering. It led to the creation of a registered charity, SmackTalk. Weekly counselling...

Why counselling is critical?

by | May 31, 2024 | SmackTalk

Why counselling is critical   It was just two days after Wayne Holdsworth found his son Mac dead in his bedroom that he had his first visit from Adrian Price from Support after Suicide.  It would prove to be vital therapy that would help Wayne get through some tough...

Missing Mac’s Mum 

by | May 30, 2024 | SmackTalk

Exactly 100 days before Mac took his own life, he lost his Mum, Renee.   In his note to family, Mac outlined his guilt of not being able to spend more time with her before she passed away from a cardiac arrest, just six weeks after being diagnosed with MS.   His...

Scott’s sextortion safety tips

by | May 30, 2024 | SmackTalk

At the end of May, Barefoot Investor Scott Pape wrote a heart-wrenching post to his large database. Entitled ‘This is the hardest thing I’ve ever written’, it detailed an extremely moving conversation he had with Wayne about Mac taking his own life following an...

MAC

by | May 30, 2024 | SmackTalk

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