Lively Minds: The Mental Health Podcast

07/07/2024

Season 3 is here!

Join Will Sadler, Anya Media as he talks to Rupert Jones-Lee about mental health in the film and TV industry.

As The Film and TV Charity launches the Looking Glass survey 2024, Rupert discusses the concerning findings from the 2022 report in which only 11% of those surveyed considered the screen sector a mentally health place to work.

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.

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08/05/2024

Australia’s nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2024, Matt Ottley Art, talks to us about his new work "The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness", published by One Te****le Publishing which explores experiences of bipolar and psychosis through art, words and music.

Tune in by searching Lively Minds wherever you get your podcasts or click the link to listen on our website!
https://www.anyamedia.net/livelymindspod/s2e8-illustrating-bipolar-through-pictures-words-and-music-with-matt-ottley/

Matt Ottley is an internationally acclaimed and multiple award-winning neurodiverse artist, author and composer with more than forty picture books to his name.

The film of "The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness" has its UK launch at the Curzon Bloomsbury in London on Thursday 16th May... and there are a few tickets left!

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26/04/2024

🎙️ Tune in now for our moving and (weirdly) funny conversation about funerals and mental health on Lively Minds Podcast Series 2, Episode 7

💬 We're sitting down with funeral celebrant - or 'funeralist' - Andy Jones to explore the profound connections between funerals and mental health.

🌟 Andy shares insights on what makes a funeral truly supportive for those grieving and reveals how he maintains his own mental wellbeing when his work entails being surrounded by death and grief.

https://www.anyamedia.net/livelymindspod/s2e7-funerals-and-mental-health-with-andy-jones/

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10/04/2024

🎭 NEW EPISODE 🎭

What exactly IS Dramatherapy? Well, it's pretty incredible, by the sounds of it!

We speak with Dramatherapist Ciara McClelland in Series 2 Episode 6 of about her experiences both delivering and receiving Dramatherapy 🌟

Does it work? What is the theoretical background for its use? Join us as we find out how Dramatherapy sessions work in practice, as well as why this particular mode of therapy can be useful for working through traumatic experiences and exploring the emotions and thoughts that we can't quite put into words.

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27/03/2024

🎙️ Season 2: Episode 5 has landed!

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💬 In this episode, we'll be talking to Phil Dore and Amanda Williamson about the 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.

🌟 Phil Dore is a mental health nurse who has spent most of his career in the NHS.

📜 They co-authored the Unsafe Spaces report in 2016, advocating for the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy

🔗 (Link to the report in the show notes)

🇬🇧 We explore the concept of protected titles and professions, shedding light on the current landscape of talking therapy in the UK. I don't want to give too big a spoiler alert, but I think you might be slightly horrified by which titles and professions are and are not regulated.

🧠 Tune in as we look into the ongoing relevance of their report and the critical need for better and consistent (and legislative) regulation of therapy in mental health care.

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22/03/2024

Tune in and tune out misinformation! Join the conversation on the latest episode of Lively Minds: The Mental Health Podcast , where the IOCDF teams up with Lively Minds: The Mental Health Podcast and The OCD Stories to debunk myths about OCD. Special guest IOCDF Director of Operations, Matthew Antonelli, shares insights you won't want to miss! Let's set the record straight together! bit.ly/3INocBx

13/03/2024

Episode 4: Arts Activism and Mental Health with Vici Wreford-Sinnott

🎨 Episode 4 of Season 2 is HERE! 🌟 Join us as we welcome the incredible Vici Wreford-Sinnott back to the podcast to talk more about her experience as a committed activist within the arts world.

💬 Vici talks to Will about art activism and mental health - looking after your own and that of others

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07/02/2024

🎙️ Tune in to the latest episode of Lively Minds Podcast! 🎧

Join us as we chat with the wonderful Paul Wilshaw from MMind the Gapabout the relationship and intersection between learning disability and mental health.

Latest episode is out now, available wherever you get your podcasts :)

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07/02/2024

Why is mental health and learning disability so often confused? How do they interact? Why are learning disabled people more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population? In this episode, we will be talking to Paul Wilshaw, who is Associate Producer at https://www.mind-the-...

24/01/2024

🎙️✨ Exciting News for Season 2! 🌟 We're kicking things off with a familiar face – welcome back, Stuart Ralph! 🤗👏

In Episode 1, we dive into the intriguing world of "Pure O." 🧠 What exactly is it? Does it really exist?

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24/01/2024

Season 2 is officially here!

Thank you to everyone who supported us over the last year. We both do this in our own time, so please do like and review the podcast on your app if you haven't already - it really helps other people to find our show.

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21/12/2023

And that's a wrap on Season 1 of Lively Minds: The Mental Health Podcast.

Thank you so much to everyone who sent in their questions for the last 2 episodes of the season. You gave us huge food for thought. We'll be back for Season 2 in late January 2024!

And a huge thank you to all our amazing guests from Season 1: Stuart Ralph, Dolly Sen, Jake Dunn, Karen Lowinger, Professor William Tov, Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen, Hal Branson, Dr Arya Thampuran, Kema Sikazwe, Professor Tom Shakespeare, Amanda Marples & Vici Wreford-Sinnott.

See you in 2024!

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29/11/2023

In today’s episode of Lively Minds, writer, director and activist Vici Wreford-Sinnott guides us through how the Social Model of Disability can transform the way we understand our mental health problems.

This is a great companion episode to our earlier conversation with Prof Tom Shakespeare that introduced us to how concepts of mental health and disability interconnect.

After hearing her brilliant interview on Disability Arts Online and Mind the Gap’s Disability And… podcast, we invited Vici to discuss how she connects her own mental health difficulties to the social model of disability. We discuss the important role disabled identity plays in self advocacy as well as campaigning for inclusion and equity for all disabled people.

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https://www.anyamedia.net/livelymindspod/s1e20-reconceptualising-mental-health-through-the-social-model-of-disability-with-vici-wreford-sinnott/

15/11/2023

🎙️ Episode 19 has landed!

What is Clinical Anxiety? with Karen Lowinger 🌟

🌈✨ We've got an absolute gem for you in our latest episode -Join us as we explore the intricate layers of clinical anxiety with Clinical Psychologist Karen Lowinger.

In Episode 19, we explore the difference between "anxiety" and "clinical anxiety" and shed light on how it manifests 🌐💬

It's always a pleasure to speak to Karen in Panama and we would love to hear your thoughts.

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https://www.anyamedia.net/livelymindspod/s1e19-what-is-clinical-anxiety-with-karen-lowinger/

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01/11/2023

In today's episode of Lively Minds: The Mental Health Podcast, Amanda Marples - author of The Healing Workbook, published by Summersdale Publishers - returns to talk to us about the connections between trauma and neurodivergence - particularly autism and ADHD.

Neurodivergent identity has become a hugely positive way for people (including those with mental health problems) to reframe the challenges they experience as variations in human cognition rather than disorders or deficits.

Amanda talks to us about her work understanding how neurodivergent people might react differently to trauma, and how traumatic experiences can shape neurodivergent development.

It's important to clarify that not all neurodivergent people have experienced trauma, and neither does trauma inevitably lead to neurodivergence. Rather, Amanda takes us through some fascinating research about correlations between the two.

Listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
See the show notes for content notes.

https://www.anyamedia.net/livelymindspod/s1e18-trauma-and-neurodivergence/

20/10/2023

In the third and final part of our miniseries about mental health hospitals, Ellie Ora Page talks to us about her experiences of running workshops and events at mental health care institutions as well as her hopes for the future of inpatient mental health care.

You can listen by searching Lively Minds wherever you get your podcasts, or visiting https://www.anyamedia.net/project/livelyminds/

Thank you to everyone who has been sending in their thoughts and questions. We'll record a bonus episode for Ellie to respond - though it might not be for a little while due to busy schedules. In the meantime please keep sending them in! You can reach us at [email protected]

05/10/2023

🎙️Episode 16 of Lively Minds: The Mental Health Podcast is here! 🌟

Join us for Part 2 of our miniseries where host Ellie Ora Page talks about her experiences as a patient on a mental health ward. Sense of humour intact, Ellie shares her 2 week stay at Casa del MH Ward. Mixed reviews, largely unimpressed with the check-out process.

🔊 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform and share your thoughts with us. Please leave a review or email us with any questions at [email protected] 📢

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20/09/2023

Today you can listen to the first of a 2-part special where we speak to our very own Ellie Ora Page about her thoughts and experiences as both staff and patient in mental health hospitals.

Content warnings as usual are at the start of the episode.

We would love it if you can rate the show and leave a review - it really helps other people to find our podcast!

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06/09/2023

In today's episode we speak to Amanda Marples about trauma - what is it? How does it affect us? More importantly, how can we heal from it?

Amanda's new book The Healing Workbook is out now & available from Summersdale Publishers Ltd at all your usual bookstores: https://lnkd.in/eWbm-HqJ

Listen now, rate & review & let us know your thoughts!

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