Author: capital

I’m delighted to say that  Voices was formally launched at the Poetry Cafe on Thursday 31st January 2013 The line up included many who had contributed to the book with music from Steve Antoni and Ross Wilson  

Creativity. To be inspired, to be moved by art, beauty, winning performance, dance, music, painting, sculpture, writing, even articulating dissent, the human voice, the human body, ecstasy, heights we aspire to… making connections matter is primarily about creativity – spirit

Fast train approaching… is a lively autobiographical account of my experiences of breakdown (see mind: making sense of the reality we think we know). It is raw, frank and in places shocking and disturbing. It is interspersed with poems which provide

The World Premiere of An Acute Psychotic Episode was performed at the Brighton Festival Fringe on 18th May 2008. Good humoured, confessional, raw, honest, poetic & in parts shocking – based on Fast Train Approaching…Steve Walter’s personal account of nervous breakdown

If you have direct experience of mental illness or know someone close to you who has been mentally ill – get in touch. I’m drawing together a narrative of individual experiences and what they’ve meant for people, for my next

If this is your first time to this site, be aware that it is one of personal reflection, of poems and breakdown, and recovery. Check out the links for my book (Fast Train Approaching…) and, if you’re a business visitor,

Following our success in Brighton in 2008, An Acute Psychotic Episode (II) played at theEdinburgh Festival Fringe, from Saturday 8th to Sunday 16th August 2009 at The Vault, Annexeto an audience of over 120 people. Visit the microsite: An Acute Psychotic Episode (II) for reviews

Think! What do you need to do to promote good mental health in your business? Remember, the paybacks are considerable, especially in terms of individual loyalty and commitment, creativity and productivity. mental health awareness training – mental health and work

Hi – we rode a delightful, if testing in places, 230 miles to Paris from 22nd to 25th July 2010 for theBig Issue Foundation by way of celebrating my new found 50 years…cheers to all you kind sponsors! Check out pics on the Fast

In 1997, the year M©M was born, I experienced a nervous breakdown, arising out of what was later diagnosed as manic depression (bipolar affective disorder), in the form of an acute psychotic episode (see Fast train approaching…). At the beginning

Visit the HSE stress webpages for a summary of my story – One Man’s Story

Welcome to making connections matter, the site inspired by the human condition on planet earth and concerned with creativity, sustainability and spirit. M©M, making connections matter, draws on experience. It is a personal brand with several meanings: the infinite becoming