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Lively Minds is a podcast about mental health challenges that go beyond the ebb and flow of the everyday. Led by people with lived experience, the show looks at how...
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Lively Minds is a podcast about mental health challenges that go beyond the ebb and flow of the everyday. Led by people with lived experience, the show looks at how developing an understanding of our mental health influences how we address the challenges we face.
Episodes are released on the first Friday of each month.
Find out more at www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
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Episodes are released on the first Friday of each month.
Find out more at www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
Lively Minds, the UK Mental Health Podcast
Lively Minds, the UK Mental Health Podcast
Ellie Page & Will Sadler
1 NOV 2024 · How can art be used as a therepeutic tool to navigate types of grief that go beyond death and bereavement?
This is just one of the questions covered in our conversation with Doll - an artist, who shares their story of using their artistic practice to navigate their mental health experience.
Discussing their eclectic artistic practices—from sketchbooks to sculpture and crochet—Doll elaborates on how these forms of expression have helped them communicate their inner struggles, and become therepeutic practices in their own right.
You can find out more about Doll and their work at
https://www.instagram.com/dollwithabun/
https://www.creatingconversations.co.uk/
https://outsidein.org.uk/galleries/doll/
Also a link to Doesthedogdie.com
https://www.doesthedogdie.com/
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Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our website http://livelymindspod.com
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4 OCT 2024 · Will and Ellie - co-hosts of the Lively Minds mental health podcast, discuss what their ingredients are for good mental health.
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Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our website http://livelymindspod.com
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5 SEP 2024 · How might the impact of detachment from their mother and birth family affect care-experienced children and young people's behaviour and relationships? And how can we support care-experienced children and young people to process their feelings?
We welcome back to the podcast Ciara McLelland, who specialises in working with children and families impacted by adverse childhood experiences, to find out more about the impact of grief and loss on the brain and body. Ciara is a trainer from https://www.ticservicesltd.com/.
For this episode, we are partnering with https://creativelifestorywork.com/podcast/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwreW2BhBhEiwAavLwfFybgbiiCzDJxFhHRoq762KrQRj5XVLznk7iEAp_UmD2wWLSVN4KixoCEFsQAvD_BwEwho are posting it on their feed too! Head over to their show to hear more about how art, artists and creative activity can be used to help care-experienced children make sense of their past and build a brighter future.
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Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our websitehttps://www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
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2 AUG 2024 · What is mindfulness? What's the difference between mindfulness and doing things 'mindfully'? What does evidence about the positive impact of mindfulness tell us about the origins of our mental health struggles?
We'll be discussing these topics with Dr Afrosa Ahmed, who has just written a book: https://www.mombooks.com/book/mindful-healing/?imprint=1 published by Michael O'Mara Books.
A practising GP in the NHS for over 20 years, as well as a Harley Street-based mindfulness coach, Afrosa launched life-coaching programme https://www.mindfuldoc.org/ in 2020.
In her book, Afrosa shares her knowledge of how we can incorporate the ancient practice of mindfulness into our everyday lives. Mindfulness is now endorsed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the NHS.
https://www.mombooks.com/book/mindful-healing/?imprint=1 is published by Michael O'Mara Books.
Follow @livelymindspod on X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and more athttps://www.bio.link/livelyminds
Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our websitehttps://www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
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5 JUL 2024 · In 2022, a survey revealed that only 11% of people working in the UK’s film and TV sectors considered the industry to be a mentally healthy place to work.
As the latest iteration of the “Looking Glass” survey is launched, we speak with Rupert Jones-Lee, Head of Research and Impact at the Film & TV Charity, about the mental health challenges faced by those in the film and TV industry.
We talk about the reasons behind these mental health struggles, the measures currently being implemented to address them, and the further actions needed to create a healthier work environment.
Do you work in the screen sector? You can complete the latest Looking Glass Survey by https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/research-impact/reports/looking-glass-2024/?utm_campaign=Looking%20Glass%202024&utm_source=Staff%20Outreach&utm_medium=Rupert
Other links:
- If anyone has questions about the survey they can email research@filmtvcharity.org.uk
- Link to the Looking Glass 2022 report: https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/research-impact/reports/looking-glass-22-report/
- Charity website: https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/
- The Film & TV Charity’s 24 hour support line is 0800 054 0000.
- Webchat and email can be reached via https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/get-support/24-hour-support-line/
- Whole Picture Toolkit:https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/get-support/support-for-organisations/the-whole-picture-toolkit/
Content Warning
There is a brief reference to statistics around suicidal ideation.
Follow @livelymindspod on X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and more athttps://www.bio.link/livelyminds
Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our websitehttps://www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
22 MAY 2024 · Hi everyone, just a quick podcast update today.
Ellie and I have decided to reduce the frequency of Lively Minds to once a month. The main reason for this change is that, as you know, we produce the show in our spare time, and maintaining a fortnightly release schedule has become challenging alongside our other commitments.
We aren’t going anywhere! The next episode of Lively Minds will be released on the first Friday of July. Following that, new episodes will be published on the first Friday of each month.
We also hope that moving to a monthly schedule will allow us to dedicate more time to each episode. Those of you who have ventured into podcasting understand the constant balancing act between regularly releasing episodes and ensuring the content is high-quality.
We have some exciting ideas for future episode formats, including something we’re calling "voice notes." Ellie and I will exchange voice notes over several weeks or even months, gradually building a conversation around a specific topic. This approach, the idea for which came from the brilliant Podcraft podcast, allows each of us to respond thoughtfully and research before we reply.
I'm also eager to create episodes that blend previous interviews with new conversations to delve into specific themes. One idea is a show titled “The Figments of My Imagination Are Out to Get Me,” which will explore the evolutionary history of anxiety and why this essential human feeling can sometimes spiral out of control.
So, please keep listening, sharing, and telling others about the show. If you are able to, please donate to us at https://buymeacoffee.com/livelyminds. If you haven’t yet, please rate or review us on your podcast app—it really helps boost our visibility and motivates us to create new content.
Until July, bye for now.
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8 MAY 2024 · Australia’s nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2024, Matt Ottley, talks to us about his new work The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness, which explores experiences of bipolar and psychosis through art, word and music.
Matt Ottley is an internationally acclaimed and multiple award-winning neurodiverse artist, author and composer from Australia, with more than forty picture books to his name.
You can find out more about The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness by following these links
https://mattottley.com/the-tree-of-ecstasy/
https://onetentaclepublishing.com/the-tree-of-ecstasy-and-unbearable-sadness/
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Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our websitehttps://www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
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24 APR 2024 · “Sometimes, people just need to be really very sad together”
In this episode, we will be talking with funeral celebrant - or ‘funeralist’ - Andy Jones about funerals and mental health.
We ask Andy what ingredients he thinks a funeral needs in order to best support the wellbeing of those that have lost someone.
We also discuss how, as someone who spends his life around death and grieving, Andy looks after his own mental wellbeing.
You can hear Andy interviewed on the Cinematologists podcast by https://cinematologists.podbean.com/e/plan-75/
He will also be interviewed on an upcoming episode of the Endings podcast, which you can https://justhazel.co.uk/podcasts/
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Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our websitehttps://www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
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10 APR 2024 · What is Dramatherapy? How does it work? And how can it help us make better sense of our mental health?
In this episode, Ellie and Will chat with Ciara McClelland of https://dream-together.co.uk/ who is a registered dramatherapist and social worker.
We explore dramatherapy's application in both individual and group contexts. From facilitating personal healing journeys to shedding light on pressing social issues, dramatherapy emerges as a powerful tool for fostering self-awareness and collective understanding.
We will also discuss how dramatherapy helps to reclaim the way we understand ourselves, leading to profound insights into the complexities that shape our lives.
Please note: case study examples are 'mock ups' of therapeutic scenarios for which consent has been given.
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Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our websitehttps://www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
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27 MAR 2024 · Did you know, that in the UK, anyone - no matter what their qualifications or experience - can set themselves up as a counsellor, a psychotherapist, or indeed use any job title except for a chosen few that are protected by law?
In this episode, we will be talking Phil Doré and Amanda Williamson about regulation - or rather, the lack of it - in mental health care in the UK.
Amanda Williamson is a Senior Accredited Counsellor and Coach working in private practice. Following her experience of abusive therapy as a trainee, she joined Phil Doré as part of Unsafe Spaces and campaigned for the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy.
Phil Dore is a mental health nurse who has spent most of his career in the NHS, which is where he currently works. He started the Unsafe Spaces blog and together with Amanda, Phil wrote the Unsafe Spaces report in 2016 (see link below)
Now you may be wondering why we are interviewing people who wrote a report that’s now 8 years old?
Well, the reason is because - as we’ll hear later - everything in that report remains equally as relevant, if not more so today.
Links
https://notsobigsociety.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/unsafe-spaces-report-may-2016.pdf the Unsafe Spaces report
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1847527/Disgraced-therapists-ignoring-rulings the investigation by the Daily Express
https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/share-your-experience the Professional Standards Authority's 'Share Your Experience' form
General advice on choosing a therapist in the UK
- https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/talking-therapy-and-counselling/how-to-find-a-therapist/
- https://positivemindpractice.co.uk/blog/finding-accredited-therapists/
Follow @livelymindspod on X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and more athttps://www.bio.link/livelyminds
Please note that this show does not constitute medical advice and is not a replacement for seeking professional help. You can find our more about the show and get signposting to support on our websitehttps://www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
Lively Minds is a podcast about mental health challenges that go beyond the ebb and flow of the everyday. Led by people with lived experience, the show looks at how...
show more
Lively Minds is a podcast about mental health challenges that go beyond the ebb and flow of the everyday. Led by people with lived experience, the show looks at how developing an understanding of our mental health influences how we address the challenges we face.
Episodes are released on the first Friday of each month.
Find out more at www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
show less
Episodes are released on the first Friday of each month.
Find out more at www.anyamedia.net/livelyminds
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| Author | Ellie Page & Will Sadler |
| Organization | Will Sadler |
| Categories | Health & Fitness , Mental Health , Philosophy |
| Website | - |
| livelyminds@anyamedia.net |
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