<div>Bonjour! In this episode I’m chatting with Dave Birss. Dave is an expert on creativity and innovation -  a consultant, keynote speaker and author of A User Guide to the Creative Mind and How To Get Great Ideas. </div>
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<div>25 years ago Dave experienced a profound mental health crisis, after which he was retro-diagnosed as being bipolar. </div>
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<div>Today Dave thinks of his bipolarism as a superpower which helped him forge his extraordinary career. Listen as we discuss the use medication vs overmedication, how to improve mental health in the workplace (in the advertising industry in particular), how conformity makes us ill, whether or not corporate mental health schemes actually make any difference, and the possibility of the 4 day work week. Let’s get into it shall we? </div>

Bonjour! In this episode I’m chatting with Dave Birss. Dave is an expert on creativity and innovation - a consultant, keynote speaker and author of A User Guide to the Creative Mind and How To Get Great Ideas. 25 years ago Dave experienced a profound mental health crisis, after which he was retro-diagnosed as being bipolar. Today Dave thinks of his bipolarism as a superpower which helped him forge his extraordinary career. Listen as we discuss the use medication vs overmedication, how to improve mental health in the workplace (in the advertising industry in particular), how conformity makes us ill, whether or not corporate mental health schemes actually make any difference, and the possibility of the 4 day work week. Let’s get into it shall we?

Bonjour! In this episode I’m chatting with Dave Birss. Dave is an expert on creativity and innovation -&nbsp; a consultant, keynote speaker and author of A User Guide to the Creative Mind and How To Get Great Ideas.&nbsp;
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25 years ago Dave experienced a profound mental health crisis, after which he was retro-diagnosed as being bipolar.&nbsp;
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Today Dave thinks of his bipolarism as a superpower which helped him forge his extraordinary career. Listen as we discuss the use medication vs overmedication, how to improve mental health in the workplace (in the advertising industry in particular), how conformity makes us ill, whether or not corporate mental health schemes actually make any difference, and the possibility of the 4 day work week. Let’s get into it shall we?&nbsp;

6: Dave Birss: Creativity, conformity, and bipolarity.

<div>Hello! I’m Michelle Thomas and welcome to My Sh*t Therapist, a mental health podcast based on my best-selling-thank-you-very-much book and audiobook about, amongst other things, a shit therapist, whose advice was "just have a cup of tea and think about something else".<br>
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£20 that cost me.</div>
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<div>In this podcast I’m going to chat to very different people about the best and worst mental health advice they’ve ever had, and about how their condition impacts every part of their lives, from how they parent their children, to where they live, to what jobs they do. We’re going to talk about treatment options, medication, meditation, and good and bad mechanisms, and all the admin that comes with being mad – madmin, as it were. </div>
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<div>If you’ve got a story to share email <a href="mailto:myshittherapist@gmail.com">myshittherapist@gmail.com</a> or find me on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/myshittherapist?s=20">@myshittherapist</a><br>
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Hello! I’m Michelle Thomas and welcome to My Sh*t Therapist, a mental health podcast based on my best-selling-thank-you-very-much book and audiobook about, amongst other things, a shit therapist, whose advice was "just have a cup of tea and think about something else". £20 that cost me. In this podcast I’m going to chat to very different people about the best and worst mental health advice they’ve ever had, and about how their condition impacts every part of their lives, from how they parent their children, to where they live, to what jobs they do. We’re going to talk about treatment options, medication, meditation, and good and bad mechanisms, and all the admin that comes with being mad – madmin, as it were. If you’ve got a story to share email myshittherapist@gmail.com or find me on twitter at @myshittherapist

Hello! I’m Michelle Thomas and welcome to My Sh*t Therapist, a mental health podcast based on my best-selling-thank-you-very-much book and audiobook about, amongst other things, a shit therapist, whose advice was "just have a cup of tea and think about something else".<br>
<br>
£20 that cost me.
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In this podcast I’m going to chat to very different people about the best and worst mental health advice they’ve ever had, and about how their condition impacts every part of their lives, from how they parent their children, to where they live, to what jobs they do. We’re going to talk about treatment options, medication, meditation, and good and bad mechanisms, and all the admin that comes with being mad – madmin, as it were.&nbsp;
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If you’ve got a story to share email <a href="mailto:myshittherapist@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">myshittherapist@gmail.com</a> or find me on twitter at&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/myshittherapist?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer">@myshittherapist</a><br>
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