Through my love of mental health art, the ‘ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM’ art project was conceptualised. What started as a national effort is quickly becoming a global awareness campaign as, in the short period of time since we launched, a “who’s who” of global corporations have joined the movement and adopted elephants to help encourage everyone to talk about the elephant in the room, mental health. Let’s all start the conversation around mental health issues, from the school yard to the board room. Because, regardless of age, sex and status, we all need to feel more comfortable about discussing our vulnerabilities. It is no longer acceptable to just ‘suck it up,’ ‘get on with life’ or to ‘deal with it’, clichés I was often told. So, I am appealing to you to show that you, your company, organisation, sporting club and community are determined to make talking about mental health a priority and that help is available to everybody in your organisation. Lives are being lost every day through suicide and Ireland sadly continues to have one of the highest suicide rates in Europe. Let’s work together to eradicate that number and to protect each other so that nobody else is lost. I would be indebted if you would agree to participate by adopting an elephant for your organisation; you would be in exceptional company as many high-profile businesses, celebrities and artists have already generously agreed to be a part of the Elephant in the Room art initiative, which is quickly becoming a hugely successful mass participation event. Together we can help reframe the conversation about mental health in Ireland, so that at some stage in the perfect world, the elephant in the room will no longer exist. What a dream that would be!