Lively Minds: The Mental Health Podcast

09/01/2025

Co-host Will has written an article for North East Bylines about North East England's ongoing mental health crisis.

It includes a conversation - featured on this podcast - with Alisdair Cameron of Re-Co-Co, where we try to fathom out what on Earth is going on.

You can read the article here
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/why-is-north-east-england-still-so-mentally-unwell/

You can listen to Will and Alisdair's conversation on the podcast by clicking below or searching Lively Minds wherever you get your podcasts.
https://www.anyamedia.net/livelymindspod/s3e6-why-is-north-east-england-so-mentally-unwell-with-alisdair-cameron/

"...your lack of proximity to power means that your voices are not heard, your concerns are not heard, and you are essentially forgotten about.”

07/01/2025

Series 3 Episode 7 is here!

I (Ellie, me, from the show n that) will be talking to Will about my recently published research paper, based on my MSc Psychology thesis: Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and shift to online formats on hearing voices group facilitators in the UK, published in Psychosis journal by Taylor & Francis.

We discuss the "rapid and forced" transition that many community peer support groups (in this particular case, the wonderful Hearing Voices Groups) experienced over the pandemic, moving to online and teleconferencing formats.

What was it like for facilitators? What was it like for participants? I don't think it is as simple as pros and cons, but interested to know your thoughts...

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01/11/2024

Episode 5 has landed!

And it is a LONG overdue episode (the first of many) on the topic of Art and Mental Health with the marvelousssss Doll!

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07/10/2024

Will and Ellie - cohosts of the Lively Minds mental health podcast - discuss what their ingredients are for good mental health. 👩‍🍳

We are really interested to hear what your ingredients are - please let us know in the commments! ⬇️

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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 BRAND NEW SHINY website livelymindspod.com

07/10/2024

Series 3 is officially here!

Join us for episode one as Will meets Rupert Jones Lee to talk about Mental Health in the TV and Film Industry.

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19/09/2024

In this month’s episode, we feed-shared with the Creative Life Story Work podcast!

We were pleased to welcome back Ciara McClelland from TICS (Trauma Informed Consultancy Services).

Ciara shares her expertise on supporting care-experienced children and young people as they navigate the complex grief and loss that often comes with separation from their birth families. Drawing on her dramatherapeutic approach, she explains how creative interventions can help young people process these profound feelings.

What stood out to us was how Ciara reframed ‘grief’ beyond traditional bereavement. This episode offers a deep and thoughtful exploration of these experiences, underlining the need for compassionate, trauma-informed care.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking here
https://www.anyamedia.net/livelymindspod/s3e3-navigating-the-grief-and-loss-of-separation-for-care-experienced-children-and-young-people-with-ciara-mcclelland/

The Creative Life Story Work podcast is all about how a creative approach to life story work can help care-experienced children and young people make sense of their past, and build a brighter future. You can check them out at creativelifestorywork.com/podcast

02/08/2024

In Series 3 Episode 2, we spoke to Dr Afrosa Ahmed about Mindfulness. Having worked as a GP for over 20 years, Dr Ahmed now teaches and practices mindfulness both through her work in clinic and through her Mindfulness Coaching organisation - MindfulDoc.

Mindfulness... you might have heard the term thrown around a lot. So what exactly is it? How can it help? Why does it help? Who does it help?

We loved speaking to Dr Ahmed, and if you would like to put some of her techniques into practice, you can buy her book Mindful Healing, published by

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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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https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/research-impact/reports/looking-glass-2024/?utm_campaign=Looking%20Glass%202024&utm_source=Staff%20Outreach&utm_medium=Rupert

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!

https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/54147

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?

👂 Tune in now: https://www.anyamedia.net/project/livelyminds/

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