Broadcaster Keith Walsh is hoping to teach kids the language of mindfulness he didn’t have until adulthood.
He is also encouraging people to be vulnerable in their daily lives.
It all started when a shake-up to the radio line-up on 2FM meant he was out of a job and Keith took to social media and shared a video about the impact leaving the show had on him.
Speaking to Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna, he explained how it was important to move away from pretending to be "the big man" towards acknowledging his feelings.
"I had been going to therapy and I'd finished up with a job, which in radio terms was the right thing for them to do, to change, but I just felt the rejection and the disappointment," Keith said.
"You put so much effort, five years into building something up and then it's taken away from you.
"You've just got to try and deal with that, so therapy was the thing that I did because I needed to check in on a few things and I thought well look, if I don't do it now, when am I going to do it?
"One of the things my therapist talked to me about early doors was vulnerability, and I didn't really know what the word vulnerability meant, I thought being vulnerable meant taking to the hurling field without a helmet.
"When I realised what he was talking about, it really struck me that it was OK to say, look I'm really struggling here with this situation.
"It's not about pointing the finger or being angry with anyone, it's not about blame, it's about putting your hand up and going, this is not sitting well with me, I have to figure this out."
He described how he had been asked to do a talk on men's mental health and decided he wanted to speak about vulnerability.
When coming up with talking points, he decided to go on Instagram Live and speak to people and be vulnerable in the moment.
"It helped me to write that talk I needed to give the next day but it also gave me a real sense of what vulnerability meant and how it can help," he added.
Keith said that word 'vulnerability is what unlocked everything for him as once he started telling the truth of how he was feeling, he was able to present, particularly with his kids.
"I would say to anyone who is struggling with mindfulness or meditation, maybe look at that first," he said.
He is now running online courses for kids and adults called Carding With Keith which on the face of it, involves drawing cards, but goes much deeper.
"We draw some pictures, we make some cards, we do some colouring, it's an enjoyable time and everyone's relaxed," he explained.
"With the adults, I just kind of talk about my experience, with the kids I'll pick a moment when we're all quiet and we're all drawing and I'll say, 'Has anyone ever spoken to you in class about mindfulness?'
"All the kids will know, because they've all heard the word, and I'll say, 'This now what you're doing here, this is mindfulness', and it gives them a real anchor for that word.
"Then I'm able to say to them, 'If you're stuck in the house and people are annoying and bothering you and you need some headspace', kids cant really go for a 10k walk on their own, so it's about them finding space somewhere, so I say, 'Take yourself off with your paper and pens and find yourself a corner of the house and just give yourself half an hour'.
"I hope it gives them a real sense of what mindfulness means and what it's like to have that space."
You can find out more information about upcoming courses here.
