MARLIN, Texas (KWTX) - A local minister, motivational speaker and author is out with a new book about investing in mental health.

Marlin resident George Stricklin, known as Minister Slugger, has released “How to Invest in Your Mental Wellness: When Your Mind is Well Your Life is Well.”

The book draws on the life experience of the 47-year-old author who suffered with depression so severe in the past, he attempted suicide multiple times.

“The subject around mental wellness, it’s a subject that we can’t talk about it enough and it’s something that we should continuously talk about because there are people out there suffering in their mental wellness and some of these people will never tell you how they’re truly feeling,” Stricklin said.

The book seeks to emphasize the urgent need for p

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