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🎙 Go In Courage #37: Fear to Strength: Motherhood, Mental Health & Asking for Help with Catrina Brown.
In this episode, host Rix Banga sits down with Catrina Brown, a senior mental health nurse, wife, and proud mother who has dedicated over 20 years to supporting others in health and social care.
Catrina shares her powerful personal journey - becoming a mum at just 18, battling intrusive thoughts and anxiety, and finding the courage to ask for help. She opens up about breaking cycles, the life lessons learned through hardship, and how she turned her own challenges into a lifelong passion for mental health advocacy.
Her story is one of resilience, purpose, and hope — showing how early struggles can fuel a career built on empathy, strength, and service.