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The Proper Mental Podcast

Proper Mental Podcast

Normalising open and honest conversation about mental health by having open and honest conversations about mental health.

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01:09:50

Nadia Gilani

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2024/02/05

Welcome to episode 167 with Nadia Gilani, who is a writer and yoga teacher. Nadia was introduced to yoga as a teenager when her Mum took her along to a class as a way of helping her mental health. Since then, yoga has been a constant and important part of her life but her relationship with the practice has not always been a smooth one. In this episode I chat to Nadia about her experiences with mental illness that started when she was a teenager. We chat about that first yoga class, what led her

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01:01:14

Tate Smith

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2024/01/29

Welcome to episode 166 with Tate Smith, who is an award-winning trans activist, consultant and speaker. Tate started to experience anxiety at high school but this had nothing to do with his gender. It was only later on in his teenage years that he became aware of what it means to be trans and was able to start making sense of himself. In this episode I chat to Tate about anxiety, why it started and how it affects his life. I also chat to Tate about coming out as trans, how that was received in his

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59:56

Roxy Longworth

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2024/01/22

Welcome to episode 165 with Roxy Longworth. When Roxy was 13, she was coerced then blackmailed into sending explicit photos, which were spread around her school. The school blamed all of this on Roxy and the shame and embarrassment that was heaped down on her, by the very establishment that was supposed to be looking after her, took a huge toll on her mental health and eventually led to self-harm and hearing voices. At 14 she suffered a psychotic breakdown and was hospitalized. She spent the next

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01:09:03

Ian Tucknott

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2024/01/15

Welcome to episode 164 with Ian Tucknott who is a creative coach, arts educator and the curator of the Mental Wealth Festival which is hosted by City Lit. The festival is an annual event that provides a forum for informative, challenging and inspiring discussion through workshops, talks, exhibitions, and other activities. In this episode I chat to Ian about the festival, the incredible work that they do and how it has evolved over the years. We talk about Ian’s own mental health challenges and how a

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58:09

Steve Warwick

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2024/01/08

Welcome to episode 163 with Steve Warwick, who is a men’s mental health advocate, eating disorder survivor and the man behind the Instagram page Healthy Done Sexy. In this episode I chat to Steve about his relationship with food from a creative perspective and a mental illness perspective. We chat about Steve’s history with Bulimia, how it showed up in his life and how he learned to manage it. We also chat about his diagnosis of BPD, what that means to him and what it was like to get diagnosed at a

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54:35

Aidy Smith

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2024/01/02

Welcome to episode 162 with Aidy Smith who is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, content creator and speaker and the only TV presenter in the UK with Tourette Syndrome. Aidy created The Three Drinkers on Amazon Prime; the show has released 3 seasons since 2019 in over 100 territories and 10+ languages around the world. In this episode I chat to Aidy about Tourette Syndrome, when it showed up in his life and the impact it has had on his mental health over the years. We chat about the stigma

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01:01:47

Adam Bloom

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/12/19

Welcome to episode 161 with Adam Bloom who is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian and writer. Adam has made national TV appearances in Britain and The U.S. and has also ghost-written for 50 comedians. Adam has a diagnosis of Bipolar and in this episode, we chat about his experiences with hypomania which is the less extreme part of bipolar and very different to hyper mania. We chat about getting into comedy and the art of writing funny stuff, we chat about the mental impact of becoming successful

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54:47

Bonus: Christmas Special 2023

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/12/14

Welcome to a very special Christmas episode of the Proper Mental podcast! Tis the season that not everybody enjoys, for a lot of different reasons. I wanted to put something out at Christmas that might give someone a little lift if they needed one, even if it’s just for 5 minutes. Sometimes 5 minutes can make all the difference. I reached out to advocates, campaigners, authors, speakers and podcasters and friends and I asked them to record a voice note that might be nice for someone to hear over

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56:25

Tasha Bailey

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/12/10

Welcome to episode 160 with The Real Talk Therapist, Tasha Bailey! Tasha is an author, content creator and psychotherapist who specialises in trauma, self-love and creativity. In this episode I chat to Tasha about why she decided to become a therapist and some of the different ways that she supports the people she works with. We chat about the language of therapy becoming more common place and how it’s very easy to learn the words without necessarily doing the work. And we chat about learning to

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57:29

Kunt & The Gang

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/12/08

Welcome to episode 159 with Kunt, who is a sometime comedy songwriter turned major irritant who records and performs as Kunt & The Gang! At Christmas 2020, his other band The K*nts, had an unexpected top 5 hit single with their protest song Boris Johnson is a F**king C**t. Since then, they have had top 20 hits with Boris Johnson is STILL a F**king C**t, F** The Tories and Scrap The Monarchy despite having no record company, no management, no PR company and no financial backing. In this episode

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38:05

Christmas For CAMHS

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/12/04

Welcome to episode 158 with Ro Bevan from Christmas For CAMHS, a registered charity who provides special Christmas gifts every year for children and young people who are inpatients in child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) wards across the UK over the Christmas holiday period. Dr Ro Bevan got things started after working on CAMHS wards at Christmas and noticing a huge disparity in the way CAMHS units were treated over the festive period compared to other NHS services for children and young

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01:12:26

Reed Amber

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/11/27

Welcome to episode 157 with Reed Amber, who is a proud sex worker, educator, anti-shamer and activist. She is also co-founder of ComeCurious, a leading channel about sex and relationships and co-host of the award-winning F**ks Given podcast. Reed describes herself as an anxious child and she became aware of her mental health from a young age. In this episode Reed guides me through her early experiences that led to her being diagnosed with OCD. We chat about the different ways that OCD has

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01:02:43

Bonus: Mental Wealth Festival 2023 Live Panel

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/11/23

Welcome to this bonus episode which was recorded live at this year’s Mental Wealth Festival in October 2023. The Mental Wealth Festival is an annual event, hosted by City Lit, and offers free or low-fee events, including in person and online workshops, talks, discussions, exhibitions, and other activities. I was honoured to be asked to join a panel for experts and campaigners to chat about men's mental health in contemporary society, the possible factors that impact men's wellbeing, and explore the

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01:10:11

Top 5 Songs for your Mental Health with Chris & Stu...

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/11/20

Welcome to episode 156, where I’m joined by Chris & Stu from Hardcore Listings for a men’s mental health awareness month special! I reached out to the lads to borrow the Hardcore Listings format and do a Top 5 and they chose to do songs that are good for your mental health. I also really love how comfortable both Chris & Stu are talking about things like mental health and emotions and all the things that men are always told they don’t speak about. I also love the way they talk about this

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01:19:18

Sammy Trotman

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/11/13

Welcome to episode 155 with Sammy Trotman, who is the writer and creator of ‘That’s Not My Name’ a show about mental illness, labels and trauma. Sammy started writing the show while she was in a psychiatric hospital and the reasons why she ended up in hospital are what the show is based around. In this episode I chat to Sammy about writing the show and about open up conversations through performance, stories and humour. We talk about the impact that society has on mental welling being and just

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50:58

Mark Richardson

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/11/06

Welcome to episode 154 with Mark Richardson, who is the drummer in Skunk Anansie and has previously played drums in Little Angels and Feeder. As a child Mark found that playing drums was the only that kept him from bouncing off the walls and he eventually moved to London to join Little Angels before joining Skunk Anansie after he met the band at the Kerrang! awards. Mark struggled with addiction for many years before getting sober in 2003 and in this episode, I chat to him about the role that drink

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01:11:48

Vanessa Cornell

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/10/30

Welcome to episode 153 with Vanessa Cornell, who is a surfer, writer, teacher a messy mum of 5 and the founder of Nushu, an organisation that holds a safe space and creates a supportive environment for those seeking to live authentic, inspired, and joyful lives through the power of true community. At one point in time, Vanessa had everything that she thought she was supposed to. She had the perfect family and the perfect life and no idea who she really was. This disconnection pushed her to a dark

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01:01:26

Kieran Cunningham

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/10/23

Welcome to episode 152 with Kieran Cunningham, who is an author, climber and mountaineer. After being diagnosed with Bipolar 1 while at university, Kieran spent a decade travelling around the world trying to figure out what he wanted to do and how he was going to live with this diagnosis. Along the way he found that climbing was the perfect way for him to find peace and manage his illness. Eventually he landed in Italy where the mountains and local climbing community helped him to keep well but that

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57:36

Kim Davies

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/10/16

Welcome to episode 151 with Kim Davies! My wife Kim and I originally recorded and released this episode in April 2021. At that time, we were both quite nervous about putting our story out there so I just slipped it out as a bonus with very little promotion. It had such a wonderful response and is still one of the episodes that I get the most feedback from. I can’t tell my story without Kim telling hers so I wanted to give it a proper release alongside episode 150 which is also out today and is me

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01:14:32

Tom Davies

The Proper Mental Podcast ·

2023/10/16

Welcome to episode 150! I’m not sure if 150 episodes is an actual milestone or not, but it sort of feels like one so I wanted to mark it in some way. I’ve been lucky enough to be asked to tell my own mental health story in a lot of different places but it’s been a long time since I’ve talked about myself on Proper Mental. Very early on, episode 7 in fact, I did my own episode. At that time, I had a really limited understanding of my own mental health. I didn’t have the vocabulary that I do now and

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