WIMS Supporter | Cormac Ryan
At Walk in My Shoes (WIMS), we are delighted to have Cormac Ryan on board to help amplify the WIMS message in the 2023-24 school year.
Cormac is from Dublin and works as a physiotherapist. He is a former minor and under 21 hurler for Dublin GAA, and is now an endurance cyclist. Cormac is also one of the coaches for the Westmeath hurling team.
When he was aged 18, Cormac was diagnosed with a serious heart condition. As a result, he had to have surgery to implant a cardiac pacemaker.
Cormac experienced depression and an eating disorder shortly after his surgery. In late 2021, he took part in an RTÉ documentary, Unspoken, which followed Cormac through his eating disorder treatment and recovery journey. Cormac also spoke about his experience when he took part in WIMS Live 2022.
In the last few years, Cormac has taken on a number of endurance challenges from cycling the coastline of Ireland, to cycling over 5,000 kilometers across Europe. In summer 2022, Cormac cycled 6,000 kilometers solo from San Francisco to New York in the United States, with the aim of raising awareness of eating disorders. In total, Cormac has raised over €150,000 for various charities.
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Friends of WIMS
Bláthnaid Treacy
Bláthnaid has been an ambassador for WIMS since 2016 and loves shining a spotlight on mental health. Bláthnaid has helped us to launch our 2020 WIMS Live programme and several annual #MindYourSelfie campaigns, as well as presenting her own show in our 2019 WIMS FM pop-up radio station.
Bláthnaid has been a regular on RTÉ for several years now, hosting entertainment shows such as Two Tube and The Electric Picnic Show. You can also hear her on Friday nights on RTÉ 2FM, counting down the top 30 songs on the National Chart Show.
Steve Garrigan
Steve Garrigan, musician and Kodaline frontman, was the WIMS lead ambassador from 2019 to 2020.
Steve is keen to get the conversation started about mental health and advocates for speaking openly and honestly about it.
Conor O'Keeffe
Conor O’Keeffe is an ultra marathon runner and a mental health and wellbeing speaker from Cork. He speaks about personal resilience and adopting daily wellbeing practices to help maintain our mental health.
Conor joined us as our lead ambassador from 2021 to 2022.
Nicole Owens
Nicole is a Dublin Senior Ladies GAA player. She has spoken openly in the past about her own experience with mental health difficulties, and is a passionate advocate for raising awareness and educating young people about how to express their feelings, manage their emotions and foster wellbeing in their everyday lives.
Nicole came on board as our lead ambassador from 2020 to 2021.
Grace Mongey Gernon
Grace Mongey Gernon joined us as our ambassador in October 2022. Grace is a mother of two, wife and social media content creator. She is a mental health advocate with a passion for life and beauty, and shares the highs and lows with her followers online.
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