chat chit

In today's episode, I'm joined by Sarah from @thecuriositycompasspod, a first year Journalism student at York St John. After accidentally finding one of our leaflets on the campus, she reached out to Chat Chit to share her travel and mental health experiences. Alongside talking about her time at uni and travelling to Japan and Morocco, Sarah chats about how she finds comfort in watching Gilmore Girls and doing crochet, as well as her passions for mindfulness and herbal teas.

Listener discretion advised as this episode contains multiple references to eating disorders.

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[UPDATE - 10th September 2026] 

Sadly, Papyrus and Hopeline 24/7 are have ceased operations and are in the process of winding down. 

I'm joined by Chloe from Papyrus this time. She talks about her time working at the charity, her interests in crochet and rollerskating, as well as the sitcom New Girl! Meanwhile, I get quizzed on my time taking the SPEAK training back in January.

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This time, I'm joined by Amelia from Sam's Student Talking Club who talks about her passions for powerlifting, quizzes, photography and collecting antique bibles. Sam's is a peer support groups that runs every other Thursday and is open to all students at the University of York. Amelia talks about how her mental health journey inspired her to study Psychology and how spending time in York's many green spaces regulates her wellbeing. Towards the end of the recording, I also know that I mistakenly say the phrase "every book is a bookshop" rather than "every shop is a bookshop" when referring to Hay-on-Wye, but I left it in anyway. Enjoy!

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In this episode, we're joined by Jane and Katie from Leeds Mind. During our chat, they talked about how they were the first neurodivergent people they'd each met after their respective diagnoses, alongside their peer support sessions. We also discover their passions for musical theatre, TV and coffee shops, as well as who their favourite double acts are!

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In this episode, we're joined by Robert, a freelance journalist and disability rights campaigner from North Yorkshire. During our chat, Robert discusses the links between neurodivergence and mental health, his own advocacy campaigns across the region, as well as his coverage of grassroots disability sport. We also learn that Robert enjoys going for runs to regulate his mental wellbeing, as long as the weather holds up!

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In this episode, I'm joined by Suzy from the Buddhism and Meditation Society at the University of York, who discusses how she used Buddhism and Meditation as a means of coping with a series of sports injuries while studying. Alongside featuring an in-depth exploration of Buddhist philosophy, we also chat about our favourite biscuits and herbal teas. Enjoy!

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In this episode, we meet James, our new host who discusses his background and experience of bereavement, offers some helpful services which are open if you need them over Christmas and New Year, as well as teasing podcasts for the upcoming year.

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What is neurodiversity? how does it differ to personality and what are the things we can do to try understand and embrace our difference? These are just a couple of the questions that Chris tries to answer with Ben and Becky. Ben works on the ADHD pathway and Becky on the Autism pathway in CAMHS. This episode gives a real insight into the sort of things people who are neurodivergent may struggle with, but also the ways to try and manage these potential struggles and how they overlap with mental health. Like all of these videos its all about linking back to the potential support and resources so click the link to watch the full Youtube video and access different mental health resources. https://linkin.bio/survivinginthewild 

Enjoy  

Bookmarks: 

00:00 Start 

00:08 What we are going to cover in the episode  

00:10 What is neurodiversity? What is ADHD and ASD? 

00:14 Neurodiversity vs personality 

00:22 Neurodiversity overlapping with mental health  

00:26 The world hindering vs the world helping  

00:30 Why and why not a diagnosis? 

00:37 Executive functioning and masking 

00:40 Self diagnosis 

00:47 Implementing strategies 

00:53 How do Becky and Ben survive in the wild 

You can watch the full episode on youtube here 

Surviving In the wild - YouTube 

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In this crossover episode, we chat to Charlotte from St Leonard's Hospice all about depression and grief; the differences, where does the signs and symptoms, how to manage it and most importantly highlighting that grief is NOT a mental health condition.   Its hard to find reliable information about mental health on social media so this is why surviving in the wild exists! Go visit our Youtube Surviving In the wild - YouTube to see the video  of the episode or if you want to jump to different sections of the podcast you can see the time stamps below! Enjoy. 

Bookmarks 

0 - Check in and who is Charlotte from St Leonard's 

4 - Understanding low mod vs depression 

1023 - Misconceptions of depression and medication? 

1730 - Signs and symptoms 

2130 - Grief is not a mental health condition!

3043 - Attitudes to grief

34 - Talking about death and how to help others

42 - How to manage and how does Charlotte manage

5620 - Final thoughts

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Chris is joined by Kirsty and Emily from the Well being in Mind team who exist to support young people who have mental health struggles and to help them manage in a school environment. Why is school so hard and what is the impact when you already are struggling with your mental health? Is it the pressure? Is it in the environment, or something else? We try to answer these questions whilst also hearing anecdotes about how they all manage!
Enjoy!

Chapters;
00:00 Start
01:30 Check in 
04:15 What are the Well Being in Mind teams
08:00 Is school getting harder?
15:00 Exams and expectation 
19:00 How do they work with young people?
24:00 Learning how to fail and not focusing on grades
30:00 Anxiety vs social anxiety 
38:15 How do Kirsty and Emily survive in the wild? 
41:30 Final tips for surviving in school

If you are trying to find support click this link for support, services and resources across North Yorkshire and Humber. 

https://linkin.bio/survivinginthewild

This channel has been created with young people by York Mind, and has been funded the by North Yorkshire and Humber health and care partnership.

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