This episode we spoke to Yoni Ashar, a Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Yoni's work looks at using brain measurement (especially fMRI) to better understand how placebo treatments for depression work and to better understand how factors of the patient-provider relationship can lead to healing. In our conversation we spoke about another of his research interests in chronic pain and whether it can be learnt. Our chat also touched upon compassion and Yoni's own journey to where he is now.To find more about Yoni:Twitter- @YoniAshar Website-https://www.colorado.edu/clinicalpsychology/yoni-ashar

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This episode we spoke to Yoni Ashar, a Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Yoni's work looks at using brain measurement (especially fMRI) to better understand how placebo treatments for depression work and to better understand how factors of the patient-provider relationship can lead to healing. In our conversation we spoke about another of his research interests in chronic pain and whether it can be learnt. Our chat also touched upon compassion and Yoni's own journey to where he is now.

To find more about Yoni:

Twitter- @YoniAshar

Website-https://www.colorado.edu/clinicalpsychology/yoni-ashar

This week our guest is Rachel Hall- Higher Education Editor at the Guardian. In this role, and through her previous experiences engaging with universities she has seen an increased dialogue around student mental health and has written numerous articles on it.We really enjoyed chatting to Rachel and look forward to reading more of her work. If you enjoy listening to Rachel as well please give us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts!Find more about Rachel's work here:Twitter: https://twitter.com/RachelHall_HEWebsite: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rachel-hallAs ever thanks to Oskar Rice for producing the podcast.

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This week our guest is Rachel Hall- Higher Education Editor at the Guardian.

In this role, and through her previous experiences engaging with universities she has seen an increased dialogue around student mental health and has written numerous articles on it.

We really enjoyed chatting to Rachel and look forward to reading more of her work. If you enjoy listening to Rachel as well please give us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts!

Find more about Rachel's work here:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RachelHall_HE

Website: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rachel-hall

As ever thanks to Oskar Rice for producing the podcast.

In this weeks episode of the Mental Health Pod we spoke to Hope Virgo. Hope is a mental health campaigner and author of Stand Tall Little Girl- which details her journey with Anorexia. More recently, Hope’s efforts have been devoted to her Dump The Scales Petition- which calls for the government to review the eating disorder guidance delivered by clinicians.We loved chatting to Hope and learning about her inspirational story.If you enjoy listening please drop us a review and rating and recommend us to a mate!Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/Hopevirgoauthor/Twitter-https://twitter.com/HopeVirgoWebsite-http://hopevirgo.comPetition-https://www.change.org/p/eating-disorders-are-not-just-about-weight-dumpthescalesAs ever thanks to Oskar Rice for putting this together!

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In this weeks episode of the Mental Health Pod we spoke to Hope Virgo. Hope is a mental health campaigner and author of Stand Tall Little Girl- which details her journey with Anorexia. More recently, Hope’s efforts have been devoted to her Dump The Scales Petition- which calls for the government to review the eating disorder guidance delivered by clinicians.

We loved chatting to Hope and learning about her inspirational story.

If you enjoy listening please drop us a review and rating and recommend us to a mate!

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/Hopevirgoauthor/

Twitter-https://twitter.com/HopeVirgo

Website-http://hopevirgo.com

Petition-https://www.change.org/p/eating-disorders-are-not-just-about-weight-dumpthescales

As ever thanks to Oskar Rice for putting this together!

In this weeks episode of the Mental Health Pod I was joined by Dr. Chuck Raison of Wisconsin Madison University. Chuck is an internationally recognized psychiatrist researching novel mechanisms involved in the development and treatment of major depression and other stress-related emotional and physical conditions. Outside of his academic work, Chuck acts as the mental health expert for CNN.com. Our chat encompasses a huge range of topics from the use of saunas, antidepressants, and psychedelics to improve mental health to touching on the evolutionary case for depression. Other interesting tangents include discussions on the effectiveness of mindfulness and how Tibetan monks can dry wet sheets on their back through raising their own body temperatures.Chuck's research is truly fascinating and I urge you to check it out further. Website- https://sohe.wisc.edu/staff/charles-l-raison-md/As ever thanks to Oskar Rice for production!

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In this weeks episode of the Mental Health Pod I was joined by Dr. Chuck Raison of Wisconsin Madison University. Chuck is an internationally recognized psychiatrist researching novel mechanisms involved in the development and treatment of major depression and other stress-related emotional and physical conditions. Outside of his academic work, Chuck acts as the mental health expert for CNN.com. Our chat encompasses a huge range of topics from the use of saunas, antidepressants, and psychedelics to improve mental health to touching on the evolutionary case for depression. Other interesting tangents include discussions on the effectiveness of mindfulness and how Tibetan monks can dry wet sheets on their back through raising their own body temperatures.

Chuck's research is truly fascinating and I urge you to check it out further.

Website- https://sohe.wisc.edu/staff/charles-l-raison-md/

As ever thanks to Oskar Rice for production!

This week we chatted to Leon Taylor, three-time GB Olympian who won silver in Athens 2004. Post-retirement Leon has explored and written a book on mentoring called "MENTOR - The most important role you were never trained for" and recently gave a brilliant TEDx talk on movement and mental health. We touched on all of this in our chat and also explored the fine line between winning and athlete welfare. Apologies for the sound quality we had a little difficulty with our mic. This said Leon's fascinating discussion more than makes up for it.Leon's TEDx talk can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkZl2gsLUp4Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leontaylorGB/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeonTaylorGBWebsite: http://www.leontaylor.co.uk

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This week we chatted to Leon Taylor, three-time GB Olympian who won silver in Athens 2004. Post-retirement Leon has explored and written a book on mentoring called "MENTOR - The most important role you were never trained for" and recently gave a brilliant TEDx talk on movement and mental health. We touched on all of this in our chat and also explored the fine line between winning and athlete welfare. Apologies for the sound quality we had a little difficulty with our mic. This said Leon's fascinating discussion more than makes up for it.

Leon's TEDx talk can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkZl2gsLUp4

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leontaylorGB/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeonTaylorGB

Website: http://www.leontaylor.co.uk