Trigger warning: This letter will discuss statistics of suicide. If this is a sensitive topic for you, use caution and read when you are in a state to receive this.

My dear reader,

Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get talked about enough.
Men’s mental health.

In the UK alone, three out of every four suicides are men.

In 2023, there were 6,069 registered suicides in England and Wales, with approximately 75% being male.

Globally, suicide is one of the leading causes of death in men under 50.

And yet, many men are still suffering in silence, without the spaces or support they need.

This isn’t just data. It’s real.

And this is personal.

In 2017, I lost my little brother to suicide.

He is my why of doing what I do.

Aiming to change the world with power of self-connection and community changes lives and helps you always to see the light at the end of the tunnel - no matter how hard things might get in your life.

A community where support and meaningful connection can be easy to find and doesn’t need to break your bank.

When I started Connected You back in 2021, it was naturally shaped by and for women — and I’m so grateful to those of you who have built this space with me.

Women seek connection spaces more naturally and due to our feminine flow, we open our hearts more naturally. It is in our DNA.

For men, this is not as easy always and we live in a world that has conditioned men to toughen up and hold it in.

But, men need space to be held and wear hearts in their sleeves, too. And that will be so liberating and elevate our energy as humanity.

Connected You is a community for everyone.
Not just for women. Not just men.
Not just for the humans who have it all “figured out.”
But for any human being navigating life, change, and connection.

Whichever the gender, identity, whom you love, your background, your neurodivergence you identity as - you are welcome here.

I’ve held the quiet, determined vision that one day I’d open its own confidential space for men — a space to simply be, to connect what it means to be a man in today’s world.

And now, it’s happening.

And, I need your help.

👣 Our FIRST EVER Men’s Walk & Talk Club - Help Us Launch!
Hosted by the amazing Coach Alex Whitton

It’s not therapy — it’s simply a space for men to walk, talk, and just be.

Help us launch this new space where we can support men too and create spaces
for brave authentic connecting.
(All whilst having fun walking and talking in our wonderful parks in London!)

If you are a man reading this and feel the resonance. Sign up.
If you know a man in your life, who could use this kind of supportive,
no-pressure space, please forward this to him.
Your share could truly make a difference.

Date: Saturday 14th June
Location: Hyde Park
Time: 11am - 1pm
Tickets: £7

I want to say thank you for being part of this community. Whether you’re new here or been here since the beginning, thank you.

Now it’s time to expand.
To stretch wider.
To make sure everyone has a seat at the circle.

Because every human needs to feel heard.
Every human deserves a space to be held — without judgement, without fixing.
Especially men, who are often taught to keep it all in.

My brother who we lost way too soon, kept so much in.
We had no idea he was struggling.

We can start changing this, now. Together.

Here’s to making space for us to be held
and to remembering:

We are not alone. We are in this together.

With heart,
Essi x

OUR OTHER JUNE EVENTS COMING UP!

Women’s Walk & Talk Club - Greenwich Park
Theme: The Meaning of Time

We all have the same 24 hours — but how we experience time, spend it, and honour it… that’s personal. That’s a powerful theme to connect while we talk and walk.

🌿 Join us for a grounding, heartful afternoon walk.

Date: Sunday, 15th June
Location: Greenwich Park
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Tickets: £7

🌟 The Connected Circle – RETURN TO YOUR INNER LIGHT 🌟

As the sun reaches its peak this Summer Solstice, how can you honour the light within you — and let it shine more fully?

Join us for 2 hours of self-connection practices, mindfulness, breath, gentle movement & group mentoring to explore our light and shadow within, embracing all that makes you, you

Date: Sunday, June 22nd
Location: YogaHome
Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tickets: £24