Walk & Talk Club For Suicide Awareness

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🫶 Walk & Talk for Suicide Awareness | Saturday 14th September

Each life matters. Each conversation counts. Each step we take together can help someone feel less alone.

Every month we host our women's and men's walk and talk clubs, but this month we want to come altogether as humans to walk for Suicide Prevention Month.

Join us for an afternoon of walking, talking, and honouring those affected by suicide.

Whether you're walking in memory of someone, walking for your own mental health, or simply showing up to support the cause and meet like-hearted souls — we welcome you.

This special Walk & Talk is open to all.

All tickets are donation based. All profits go to charity for suicide prevention.

WHY WE ARE WALKING FOR THIS CAUSE

Our founder, Essi, lost her little brother to suicide in 2017.

She's made it her mission to bring people together through Connected You Community, creating spaces for meaningful connection to combat against loneliness and depression and create a space where everyone can feel they belong.

This is a gentle, supportive and wholesome space for connection.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Opening speech from the Founder
• In remembrance to those we have lost. We take a moment of togetherness and silence for them.
• 5K Walk around Hyde Park
• We gather in a circle in the end for stories and togetherness.

You don't need to say anything if you don't want to — your presence is enough.

100% of profits from this event will be donated to a suicide prevention organisation to give back to the cause.

Loneliness is a silent epidemic and connection and community saves lives.

Let's walk and talk for that and bring some light and hope into this world.

ABOUT CONNECTED YOU COMMUNITY

Self-connection is the transformation.

We create heart-led coaching and mentoring experiences where we guide you to back to what matters: back home to yourself.

We bring people together through circles, walk-and-talk clubs, creative clubs, soul-nourishing events and retreats, creating transformative spaces that are accessible, joyful, and full of heart.

At Connected You, we believe in the power of self-connection to transform everything.

We believe that meaningful connection starts within. That deeper relationships, clarity, and courage come when you pause and meet yourself honestly — with compassion, curiosity, and care.

Founded by Essi Auguste Virtanen, a coach and former journalist who knows the power of story, Connected You began as a lifeline during lockdown — a place for people to feel seen, heard, and held. Essi’s work blends the art of storytelling with evidence-based coaching to create spaces that are real, restorative, and deeply human.

We believe belonging is our birthright. And when we wear our hearts on our sleeves, we create a world where meaningful connection is easier to find — and self-connection becomes a daily practice that changes everything.

OUR VALUES

Connection is our everything.

Curiosity is our love language.

Courage is how we move through the world.

Belonging is our birthright.

To be part of the tribe, join our mailing list to hear first what happens next at: https://connected-you-letters-with-essi.beehiiv.com/

To be part of the tribe, join our mailing list to hear first what happens next at: https://connected-you-letters-with-essi.beehiiv.com/

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Essi Auguste Virtanen

Essi believes connection is the foundation for our wellbeing. She is an Intuitive Coach & Mentor, Inspirational Speaker and Author who holds a BA in Journalism and MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology.

By combining her communications expertise, positive psychology knowledge and her gift of connecting with people, Essi founded Connected You Community which is all about bringing people together to have real heart-to-heart conversations and make meaningful connections in a community setting, which is according research the leading factor for long-term happiness.

Everything Essi does is to help you to create a Connected YOU: who feels connected within You, with Others and the wider world and the Universe to create a heart-led, fulfilling life.

Essi also does 1:1 coaching on her HEARTFUL method which is about supporting people to reconnect with themselves after heartbreaking life events or life transitions, and find their direction for a fulfilling life.

https://www.essiaugustevirtanen.co/