Mentally Yours

Raising Suicide Awareness Across the Country One Step at a Time...

Tim, Andy and Mike are three suicide-bereaved dads walking in memory of their daughters: Emily, Beth and Sophie. They chat to Yvette about their daughters, their bereavement and their charity work... and walks! 

This episode has references to suicide in it. 

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Managing online communities...

Yvette chats to Ashleigh Louise, Presenter, Social Commentator and Founder of Talks With Ash on Twitter Spaces. They chat about depression, online communities and the stresses of the online world. 

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Seyi Akiwowo is boss of Glitch, a charity working towards ending online abuse, particularly against Black women and marginalised people. She is also the Author of the book, How to Stay Safe Online, a guide to spotting, responding to and proactively defending yourself from online abuse. She chats to Yvette about online abuse: the challenges, mental health impacts and support available. 

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Johnny Daukes is a Musician, Director and Author of the memoir Shadowman, Records of a Life Corrupted. He chats to Yvette about his childhood experiences. 

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Gavin Thorpe is the Co-Founder of Talk Club, a charity which aims to support men to improve their "mental fitness". He chats to Yvette about men's mental health, peer support and the story of his charity. 

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Samantha Fitzgibbons is Author of the book Happy State, a dystopian novel where the government seeks to eradicate mental illness in order to create a pure and perfect race. She chats to Ellen and Yvette about anxiety, anorexia and her new novel. 

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It's more than just the "baby blues".

Yvette chats to Catherine Cho, Author of A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness, all about her experience of perinatal mental health issues which she had after giving birth to her first child. 

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Emma Flint is a Film and TV Journalist with Borderline Personality Disorder. Marking Halloween, Emma chats with Yvette about how mental health is depicted in horror films. Watch out for spoilers in this episode...

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What is it and how does it impact people? 

Halina Rifai is a Mental Health Advocate and the Host of A Sonic Hug Podcast, where she talks to different people who are experiencing mental health issues. She chats to Yvette about living with agoraphobia and how to speak with people about mental health issues. 

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The cost of living crisis in the UK is leading to more and more of us using food banks. For some people, the stress of not being able to afford food can cause mental health issues, and for others, mental health issues are the reason that they are using a food bank in the first place. Ellen and Yvette chat to Charlotte (who has needed to use a food bank in the past) and Grace Wyld, Senior Policy Adviser from the charity, the Trussell Trust, who provide practical support for people facing hardship through a network of more than 1,300 local food bank centres across the UK. 

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