A former Lymm High school student who emigrated to New Zealand, where he ended up homeless, has published a poetry book about his mental health journey.
Now a Fitness Coach based in New Zealand, Alex Thomas has coached in over 12 different gyms around the world and it has taken six years to complete the book of poetry he has been writing on all his journeys.
While in Lymm in played county rugby and was a regional swimmer before moving down south for three years and then on to New Zeland, running his own fitness programmes and business.
He now hosts his own podcast on the lifestyle of fitness including physical and mental health and wellbeing.
Alex said: “The book has over 100 poems narrating tales of mental health. It has taken me 6 years to complete and I have been writing it on all my journeys. I moved over to New Zealand late 2019 where I actually became homeless before working my way back up to the position, I’m in now.
“I have lived on couches, my car, a shed. Through it all I kept writing different poems on mental health, eventually publishing in December 2020.”
Alex attended Lymm High with his good friend Dan Gordon, who recently featured on warrington-worldwide with his strength in stories, outlining his own battle with mental health.
His book is available here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R64MMX3
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