Changing the game for mental health, with Danny Gray, founder of War Paint and JAAQ

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Want to meet the man who’s revolutionising the mental health movement?

With our mental health care system in crisis and people struggling more than ever before, Danny Gray (founder of men’s makeup brand War Paint), saw a need for change. So he launched a revolutionary mental health platform called JAAQ.

Driven by his own learned experiences as a teenage victim of bullying, and having been diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder himself, Danny is on a mission to remove the stigma around male makeup, whilst also making expert mental health knowledge accessible to all.

Danny really is not only changing, but saving lives — all through the art of answering some of life’s most difficult and complex questions. Listen to find out how.

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0:00.0	You know that feeling when you feel utterly revived and full of energy
0:04.8	after a great conversation? That's how I feel right now. I've just spoken to Danny Gray,
0:10.8	founder of Warpaint and the Brilliant Revolutionary Jack. He was a total breath of fresh air,
0:19.6	few f-bombs, but a breath of fresh air being so open about his own struggles with mental health,
0:27.5	but ultimately how, you know, that journey has gone on to help and build two businesses
0:35.1	that I really feel is making an impact in men's mental health. And it just goes to show you
0:43.1	that our vulnerabilities, the things that we want to hide away from are normally our biggest strengths.
0:51.5	And Danny's enthusiasm, his energy, his determination, it just shines through its contagious.
0:58.2	It moved me to tears because I just want this man to succeed. Because with him at the helm,
1:06.1	I honestly do think anything is possible. Enjoy.
1:10.5	I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. Back in 2006, I founded
1:25.0	Not on the High Street from my kitchen table and since then I've gone on to launch Holly and Co.
1:30.9	I'm the UK ambassador of creative small businesses and I believe that having a business doing what
1:36.6	you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help everybody start theirs.
1:43.3	I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement. And in my view,
1:49.6	the best way to do this is by sharing stories. So I've reached out to my favourite small businesses,
1:56.5	entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs. Here are my conversations
2:04.1	of Inspiration. Hi Danny, it is a pleasure to meet you and welcome to being on Conversations
2:12.1	of Inspiration. Thank you very much. I really appreciate you having me on.
2:16.3	Oh, absolutely. Now listen, we're both wearing black. Black is the colour of your first brand war paint.
2:22.0	I was just talking to you about that we are big war paint fans in our household because Harry was
2:28.1	I think about 14 when I discovered a makeup brand for men. I screamed from the rooftops to
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