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real life stories
Six Connections is people-powered and we know that real conversations make a real difference.
So we’ve brought together some real-life, feel-good stories to show you what we mean.
Have a read. Get inspired. And get reaching out to your six connections.
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Halima
I never felt alone. Even if I was struggling or feeling home sick, someone would always be around to pick me up or chat to me.
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Vicky
A few years back I sent a love letter to Mrs Mitchell to explain how much that connection changed me, how it shaped me and had such a huge impact, that one little message and extra attention.
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Tom
Don’t overthink how you can support someone. Sometimes it’s the smallest of things that have the biggest impact, for example, just saying you believe in someone.
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Sarah
It was 15 ½ years ago and I can picture it now; my brand-new baby son was a week old, post-natal depression had me in its grip and my dream of being-the-perfect-mum was in tatters.
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Paul
I’m a typical a 52-year-old man, who has worked since leaving school. I have a mortgage and I have a wife and 2 kids. My health in recent years has not been as typical.
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Neil
The most powerful part…whenever I asked ‘why do you invest so much effort in me?’ the answer was always simply… ‘you’re worth it’.
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Jennifer
We remain friends who text each other twice a day, sharing our connections as they ripple further afield, helping people as we travel along life’s path.
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Barry
I turned into a man approaching 50 with nothing more in life than work. My business was successful… but at what cost?
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Adam
Burnley
Football has a unique way of bringing people together because it’s normal.
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Lisa
Making sense of my past, understanding my mind and accepting that I was no longer a child dependent on others for anything changed everything for me.
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Helen
As my friendship with Lorraine was growing, I had a friend of 20 years who had really hurt me and I was faced with a dilemma, to forgive and forget or end the friendship. I tried to forgive and forget and repair the friendship.
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Claire
On the surface, to acquaintances, as I didn’t really have any real friends then, it looked successful, fun, happy and outgoing so no one ever questioned my life and neither did I.
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