Sam Thomas is quite a remarkable man, he has taught me a lot, left an impression on me, and most of all made me feel as though it doesn't matter which way we start our journey or the path we follow or what we go through but that we strive to educate not only ourselves and other people around us. It's something I believe in massively and something that I think Sam has encapsulated perfectly. . In today's podcast episode where I interview Sam, we chop it up over his battle with his Bulimia, running his charity MGEDT, and being recently diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Sam day to day runs a Men Get Eating Disorders Too, which is a charity focussed around raising awareness, providing support services, and training to the general public and companies. . Sam is a Huffpost contributor with quite a catalog of articles around mental health and even his most recent diagnosis on BPD. Sam is honest, open, and completely fascinating in his interview and I hope you enjoy it too 😊

Hello there! Yes you! So I talk about lots of things like positivity, mindset, self-worth, and self-awareness. It's all pretty heavy and is great to write a post about but that won't always give you lovely people perspective. Sometimes getting your hands mucky and learning about yourself is the only way to discover these things. . I don't like to talk about stuff unless I have tried it myself or know enough about it to have an intelligent conversation. The picture and hopefully this caption will give you what you need but if not drop me a DM or comment and I will help you out. The aim of the game with this diagram is developing Self-Awareness. . So to complete this exercise/challenge/task grab yourself a pad of paper and a pen, draw out a line and at one end of the line we'll call this your "earliest memory" and and the end we'll call this "Now" as in today. The goal is to document along the top of the timeline positive milestones in your life, things that have really moved you and sta

Ruth Fox is an author, mental health advocate and footballer. In this interview she details out her experience with mental health in college and university whilst also explaining what it was like to be in the system after being admitted to hospital. Ruth explains the inspiration behind her book which comes out later this year and tells a truly compelling story about going from wanting to take her own life, to campaigning for mental health.

It's Monday so I have another smashing podcast interview for you lovely people. Therapy means a lot to me because of the massive value I got from being taught how to develop my self-awareness, battle my demons head on, and being able to talk in a non-judgemental environment.

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I was lucky enough yesterday to interview a lady called Kim Mole who is a therapist with what we call an integrative approach in counselling. It means that Kim encompasses a wide range of therapy models to suit a client. We chop it up in this episode about mental health, what therapy is, what type of person becomes a therapist, how to find a great therapist and much more. I think there is a lot of different groups of people that will get a lot out of this episode.

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Kim's calm open minded demeanour comes across in this interview as we delve into her origin story of becoming a counsellor, what it is like to have family and friends not understand what you do for a living, and what the training is like to become a

What's good Podcast? Listen I appreciate your attention so I won't waste your time. I have recorded a podcast interview with a lovely guy from Stockton California called Daniel Martinez. Dan has Bipolar Disorder 1. . We chatted about his journey with Bipolar from his first psychotic break, to coping mechanisms, and helpful advice to anyone that is suffering. Dan is very honest about his experiences and it definitely gave me a new perspective on Bipolar and how it impacts people's lives. Dan has really taken ownership of his illness and has come a long way, which shows on his holistic view of life. Dan shares a similar vision to me in that he wants to help others that are struggling with mental health too! . Dan has had ups and downs and it is so great to speak with someone that has come back from homelessness, being hospitalised, and in a bad place to having a wonderful fulfilling life with a great support network around him like his best mate Oswaldo who has helped with other friends

Sometimes you meet people in life and you have a good feeling about them before you have even spoken. It is safe to say that is the case with Jonathan Darling. Through the serendipity of Instagram hashtags I was looking for posts under #makepositivitylouder and the second post I saw was Jon's. . His picture caption read "Took a root wring and jacked my ankle half way through. Really slowed me down but that's part of it". It really spoke to me because of the mental fortitude it takes to carry on sometimes when we hit a bump in the road. We connected on Instagram and I got him on the podcast for what I believe is an all time episode! . We chopped it up about positivity, Empathy, Jon's 24 hike challenge that changed his life, meeting his wife, writing leadership articles, raising children, and many more things. The conversation got me really fired up because of Jon's energy and passion that really spoke to me, we got really deep and spoke about a lot of areas of mental health and persona

I'm sick of hearing online tweets or Instagram posts of "We need to start talking about Mental health." My view is be the change you wish to see in the world and get started! In this episode I will show you how!

This episode is about positivity, my journey over the last 2 months with it and how it can change your life 😊