Isolation Chats Podcast

A one to one chat with Ian Hurst from We are HummingBird and We are HummingBIrd Health companies locate din the UK. Ian is a mental health expert who began a journey of discovery that lead him to making incredibly connections with people and for them. He pioneers mental health first aid and advocates for the legacy and power of music.  For more information check the links out below: https://www.nspa.org.uk/members/we-are-hummingbird/#:~:text=We%20are%20Hummingbird%20is%20a%20non-profit%20Mental%20Health,remove%20the%20stigma%20around%20mental%20health%20and%20suicide. https://www.wearehummingbird.com/ https://www.facebook.com/wearehummingbirds/

A one to one chat with James Leon, London based singer songwriter with a rich history and unique perspective. A lovely discussion around mental health, music and making a living through creatives means.  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bqxXDNYou Tube: http://bit.ly/1ZwDcVsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jamesleonBandcamp: https://jamesleon.bandcamp.com/Website: http://jamesleonofficial.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamesleonukTwitter: @jamesleon1Instagram: @jamesleon1

A one to one chat with drama therapist, community associate, actress and all round awesome human being Louise Best From the Watermill Theatre in the United Kingdome talking lockdown, arts therapy, misconceptions and eastern philosophy.

A one to one chat with the fantastically creative recovery artist Deborah Porter, who runs Coreart Journaling supporting young people and old with artistic journaling. She has lived an extremely unique life and bring her personal experience into her work creating safe spaces and sharing her creative work digitally.

Stevie Williams artistic academic speaks about coronavirus new lockdown measures and in particular he shares how you can support your own mental wellbeing during difficult times sharing a collection of resources from reputable websites and texts.

A conversation about the trial of having dyspraxia and wanting to dance. We had the opportunity to have a chat with the lovely Cherry Lambert, dancer, dance producer and all round creative advocate for artists in the UK.

A one to one sit down across time zones and ponds, with the fantastic Alex of Backlog Battle Youtube Channel.

Hello Everyone,I hope you are doing well and keeping as strong as possible in 2020. Today, in our next episode of Isolation Chats, we have the creatively brilliant artistic director of Fluid Motion Theatre Company Leigh Johnstone on the podcast. Leigh has been making and creating work around mental health for over ten years with the company. He also is the creative mind behind All in the Mind festival, that runs in hampshire every year. A all round genuinely authentic person with great insight and a awesome approach to new theatre. Really insightful watch and listen, it was great having him on and creating this episode designed to raise awareness and spread the word of making art more accessible

A one to one chat with creatives, therapists and makers of all kinds working in or with mental health. This episode focuses on making video games. New Isolation Chats episodes every Tuesday. Tavrox is a French Game Developer who creates games for meaning. His creative passions has seen him develop a game around psychology and the concepts of explore the subconscious, his ideas and discussions are both powerful and inspiring. He speaks about how he became a game developer and how his life has lead him to making Neurodeck, where the idea came from how he got psychologists to look over and support the creation of the work and who funded his ideas.

This week's guest on Isolation Chats Violet Mackintosh is a reviewer for My Theatre mates, The Crumb and her own blog The Violet Curtain. She believes in the power of words and likes to dip her toe in academia with her university studies at the University of Toronto. She also hosts a rather extraordinary podcast Off The Script bringing many people from diverse theatre positions and situation together too chat theatre. A really insightful watch and listen, it was great having her on and creating this episode designed showcase Violets awesome work and spread positivity.