After our EquiTeam blog 'It's OK to ask for help' became our most popular blog since we launched in March this year, we knew we needed to continue the conversation. But although the blog was read by more people than ever, hardly anyone liked, commented, or shared the blog. Which got us thinking about why…

In this episode Liz Daniels and Liz Somerville share their own experiences of mental health, discuss the stigma that still exists, talk about how asking if someone is ok twice in the same message or conversation, can be the best way to get someone to open up, and chat about how more of us need to be willing and open to share our own mental health stories.

As promised here are some of the resources that we discussed. Remember if you fell off and broke your leg you would go to A&E, if you had toothache you would go to the dentist and if your horse was lame you would call your vet. Your brain is no different and it really is ok to ask for help.

www.ridersminds.org

www.mind.org.uk

www.vetlife.org.uk