West Auckland native Zane Munro never met his birth father and grew up putting on the tough guy front as he struggled to define his identity.Charging into young adulthood, Zane moved away from everyone he knew and found himself very much alone. He rapidl

(Dave) Porter is a very different man today to the lost boy he used to be...Porters had a colourful life to put it mildly, finding himself stuck on a lonely, confusing path from a young age. It led him to live under a dark cloud of drug addiction and chr

MattKovatchis went through school, college and most of his 20s as a closeted bi-sexual, only coming out around a year ago.An athlete raised in a hyper masculine and sometimes homophobic environment,Mattlived with deeply ingrained guilt and shame whic

For so many years, Matt denied his sexuality to himself and the world. He was so terrified of accepting who he really is, that he thought it wouldbe better to just live a lie and it turned him into someone he hated.

This October Cooper Hough is running the entire 1200km of the Heysen Trail for mental health!Cooper's been touched by suicide indirectly through friends and family who've lost people.Like many of us, his experiences have made him feel helpless and desper

Cancer doesnt care that you have your whole life ahead of you. It affects everyone and can target anyone.Harry Malcolm was just your average easy going bloke cruising along in life when out of nowhere he had a seizure at work. From then on, Harry endure

Harry's a 22 year old go-getter living a full and active life. He's also got a slow growing brain tumour he can't get rid of.

Ben Hirst; on the 12th of July he'll beclimbing twice the height of Mount Everest, by trekking up and down the slopes of Mount Wellington in Hobart.It's the latest in a long line of ultra endurance challenges that he's been pumping out over

This August, Blake Bourne is running 380km across the Simpson Desert to raise money for mental health.Blakehas a long history of mental health struggles dating back to childhood; that culminated in multiple suicide attempts when he was just a boy. Thank

Take a look back at a Young Blood moment that'll stay with you...Episode 36 - The Conversation That Saved A Convicted Ex-Cop with Matt NewlandsMatt Newlands is a former police officer turned mental health worker, community leader and podcast host.