Dean has collaborated with Phil Marshall, a singer-songwriter from Hull who released 12 studio albums in the USA, where he spent most of his career. The prolific singer-songwriter turned his attentions to positive mental health following challenges he experienced as an independent artist working in a 'complicated-at-best' music industry. Back in the UK catching up in the pub one afternoon, Dean and Phil discussed writing a book that tries to tackle adversity, and help people overcome troubles. They went on to conduct and document a series of impassioned interviews across a three-year period.