It’s more than winter blues! Ellen and Yvette speak to Sybil Watson about her seasonal affective disorder, a category of depression that emerges in particular seasons of the year, mostly winter!
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Vicky Chandler chats to Ellen and Yvette about health anxiety. We learn how obsessive thoughts about an illness can lead to ill health and how CBT can help break the cycle. If you have any requests for things you’d like Ellen and Yvette to talk about, please get in touch with yvette.caster@metro.co.uk
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There are 4 modules in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). and the first one I already have a video on!! That is Mindfulness! So check that video out! The second module is Distress Tolerance. This entails distracting and they use the acronym ACCEPTS. The next module is Emotion Regulation, and this can help us be in
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The question I get asked more than any other is “How can I support my partner/brother/sister/friend/colleague when they have anxiety or depression?”. In this podcast, I wanted to share what types of things people have done to help me in my mental health journey, and hopefully do so in a way that helps you to
A Mental Health Journey Podcast: #18: Helping a Loved One Read More »
When a friend or a loved one is going through a difficult time, our compassion comes out to comfort them and support them. So how come we often struggle to show the same compassion to ourselves in our moments of vulnerability and need? In this episode, Conor shares his difficulties with having a naturally self-deprecating
The physical effects that stress, anxiety and depression can have on our bodies is incredible. For me, these have been the most challenging aspects of living with mental illness but through therapy, CBT and self-reflection, I have worked out how I can adapt and continue to live a full life. In this episode, I share
Conor is not a parent but through his years in therapy and studying mental health, he has a number of reflections on his childhood and what he thought did help and what could have helped his wellbeing as he grew up. Episode includes references to #self-esteem building, activity participation, emotional understanding, #mindfulness and #CBT for
A Mental Health Journey Podcast: #12: Children’s Mental Health & Well-being Read More »
In this episode, Conor opens up about his experiences of therapy. Conor has had over one hundred psychotherapy sessions in the last three years and has also completed a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) course with the NHS. In this piece he explains what these two therapies involve, what his own experiences of them have been
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As mentioned in the podcast intro, here is the link to my upcoming event in The Alex hotel. It’s a publishing masterclass for anyone who’s ever dreamed of writing a book. There will be more events coming soon specifically themed around anxiety so stay tuned for those. This week Cassie Stokes of Xpose fame joins
Owning It: Cassie Stokes talks heartbreak, agoraphobia and prawn-induced anxiety (yes) Read More »
CBT is something that’s naturally woven into each and every podcast, you probably use CBT tools yourself without realising it, so I wanted to give this hero therapy some time to shine and discuss what it is, how it works, why it worked for me and how incredibly helpful it is when you’re on the
Owning It Mini Episode: What CBT is and why it helps with anxiety Read More »
I had some time to spare and rather than relax I recorded this quick little episode on the common mind traps that we might fall into that give rise to stress and anxiety in our day to day lives. For example, a big one is ‘catastrophizing’ (I’m using a ‘z’ in that word for US
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In this episode I introduce the Assess and Address technique for anxiety, and am joined by clinical psychologist Dr Clare Kambamettu. She talks SO much sense around anxiety. We unpack it, getting a better understanding of why we feel it and how normal it is and exactly what’s happening in our body. This episode will
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