Happiful: Finding What Works

Dr Louise Newson is a leading light in the world of menopause education, policy and support. On this episode she shares her expert thoughts on perimenopause, mental health and the perimenopause and how to advocate for yourself. 

Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause by Dr Louise Newson is out now. 

Find out more about Dr Louise's work, including the Balance App, on her website My Menopause Doctor

Mental Health Support

Getting help

Find more information on mental health helplines here

For information about private online counselling and therapists visit counselling-directory.org.uk

If you need to speak to someone immediately, the Samaritans are available 24-hours a day on 116 123 and you can also email [email protected]

Download the Happiful App here

David Harewood discusses his new book Maybe I Don’t Belong Here -  A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery and shares the liberation that came with telling his own story, understanding his experience with psychosis, racism and his passion for performance.

Maybe I Don’t Belong Here -  A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery is available now.

Finding help

If you need immediate support, Samaritans are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and you can call them on 116 or email [email protected]. 

You can also search and find the right therapist for you on Counselling Directory and in the Happiful App. 

This podcast is brought to you by Happiful Magazine and Counselling Directory, and its produced and hosted by Lucy Donoughue. 

Earlier this summer, Happiful and our partners at The Body Shop held an evening of self love, as part of their ongoing Self Love Uprising campaign. The following is a recording of this great event, chaired by Happiful’s Kat Nicholls who was joined by model, presenter and mental health activist Shareefa J, journalist, editor and skincare influencer Cathy Reay and life coach and therapist Rebecca Kimberley.

The panel discusses life post pandemic, managing social media comparison, rejection and the small things they do every day to keep self love on the agenda.

We hope you enjoy listening and please check out the Self Love Uprising campaign over at thebodyshop.co.uk, and download the free Happiful App to read more about mental health, wellbeing and self care.

I am. I have will return for its sixth season in September. 

Happiful is heading to Dorset from 8-12 September, to be part of the fantastic five day festival Wellbeing by the Lakes.

Day tickets are just £12.50 and you can find out more by visiting wellbeingbythelakes.co.uk or searching Happiful and Wellbeing by the Lakes.

We’ll be presenting Happiful afternoons in the Riverside Tent every day, joined by mental health and wellbeing professionals, and Yellow Kite authors including the wonderful Kirsty Gallagher, Sunday Times’ bestselling author of Lunar Living and the Lunar Living Journal , Happy Not Perfect author Poppy Jamie and the author of Anxious Man and co-host of the VoiceMail podcast Josh Roberts. More of our programming will be announced in the coming weeks.

In addition to our afternoon sessions, there’ll be talks, workshops, yoga, pilates, great food, chances to let your mind wander, opportunities to meet and talk with other people and to be inspired, reinvigorated and restored.

We cannot imagine a more beautiful place for this festival,  surrounded by 26 acres of nature, lakes and riverside beauty, as well as stunning sculptures and works of art.

We can’t wait to see you there!

I am. I have will be back in September.

Richie Norton, renowned yoga and breath work practitioner and author of the brilliant new book Lift Your Vibe joins Happiful's podcast to  talk about breath work, movement, patience and the kindness rebound.

Buy Richie's book Lift Your Vibe 

Getting help

Find more information on mental health helplines here

For information about private online counselling and therapists visit counselling-directory.org.uk

If you need to speak to someone immediately, the Samaritans are available 24-hours a day on 116 123 and you can also email [email protected]

Download the Happiful App here

Find out more about Wellbeing by the Lakes 

Award-winning nutritionist, author, and founder of Happy Hormones for Life Nicki Williams shares her own experiences of hormonal turbulence, understanding the peri-menopause and introduces us to the feisty four hormones and the ways in which we can help ourselves when it comes to finding balance

Find out more at happyhormonesforlife.com

If you'd like to work with a nutritionist on your hormone health, visit Nutritionist Resource 

Dr Lee Valls, co-founder and Clinical Director of The London Practice returns to I am. I have - How it Helps, to discuss EMDR, who and how it can help.

Find Lee at thelondonpractice.com

Getting help

Find more information on mental health helplines here

For information about private online counselling and therapists visit counselling-directory.org.uk

If you need to speak to someone immediately, the Samaritans are available 24-hours a day on 116 123 and you can also email [email protected]

Download the Happiful App here

Poppy Jamie is on a mission to help people with their outlook on life, stress and anxiety - from a place of lived experience. She’s  the founder of the award-winning Happy not Perfect app, host of the Not Perfect Podcast and the author of the brilliant new book Happy Not Perfect: Upgrade Your Mind, Challenge Your Thoughts and Free Yourself From Anxiety. We discuss the pitfalls of aiming for perfection, how a curious mindset can be our path to freedom and growth and how to become a flexible thinker.

Getting help

Find more information on mental health helplines here

For information about private online counselling and therapists visit counselling-directory.org.uk

If you need to speak to someone immediately, the Samaritans are available 24-hours a day on 116 123 and you can also email [email protected]

Download the Happiful App here

Integrative counsellor Louise Allen, Founder of Fern Counselling, talks about about outdoor therapy, walking sessions, death cafes and working with nature as a co-therapist. Louise’s therapeutic approach is inspired by nature, life cycles and natural growth and we talk about our relatedness to nature.

Getting help

Find more information on mental health helplines here

For information about private online counselling and therapists visit counselling-directory.org.uk

If you need to speak to someone immediately, the Samaritans are available 24-hours a day on 116 123 and you can also email [email protected]

Download the Happiful App here

Dr Alex George talks about his new book Live Well Every Day, his love of bath bombs, taking time out and finding your passion and purpose.

We do talk about suicide within this podcast, so please be mindful if this subject could be triggering for you.

Getting help

Find more information on mental health helplines here

For information about private online counselling and therapists visit counselling-directory.org.uk

If you need to speak to someone immediately, the Samaritans are available 24-hours a day on 116 123 and you can also email [email protected]

Download the Happiful App here