Host: Ryan McIlhennon

Interviewee: Adam Brennan

Trigger warning: Suicide discussed 

Summary: Today our guest is Adam Brennan, a personal trainer who talks to us about his mental health struggles, advice for young people struggling with mental health and the importance of living in the present moment. 

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Host: Ryan McIlhennon

Interviewee: Pallavi Mahajan

Trigger warning: Gender oppression discussed. 

Summary: Today our guest is Pallavi Mahajan of the United Nations and Government of India who speaks to us about gender equality and the challenges faced in advancing gender equality, as well as the changes she would like to see take place in the future. 

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Host: Ryan McIlhennon

Interviewee: Kartik Rai

Trigger warning: Anxiety and depression

Summary: Our guest this week is Kartik Rai of Penumbra Mental Health, who speaks to us about what constitutes good mental health, the biggest challenges regarding mental illness, and what changes he would like to see in the future regarding treatment of poor mental health.

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Trigger warning: This episode has triggers for anxiety and eating disorders. 

Summary: Today our guest is Lauren Houston of Action Mental Health who will discuss her own mental health journey and what led her to working in the field of mental health care itself. Lauren also discusses what she thinks needs to be done to promote mental wellbeing on a broader scale within society, and the changes she would like to see take place. 

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Trigger warning: This episode has triggers for depersonalisation and anxiety. 

Summary: Today our guest is Ryan who will share his personal experience of poor mental health throughout his childhood, adolescence and adult life and how this enabled him to reflect not only on the influence of personal trauma but also how certain cultural values/expectations can shape and influence the manifestation of poor mental health. 

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Trigger warning: Depression, Self-harm, Anxiety

Summary: Judy is a CBT therapist. Today she gives everyday tips on how to handle low days. She also helps us to understand the difference between being depressed and feeling depressed. She talks about the impact of social media, anxiety, self-harm and depression. She also shares tips that can help you when you feel low, and how helpful it is to share, write or talk about your feelings.

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Trigger warning: Drugs, Dead and Grief

Summary: Kevin is sharing his story about losing his teenage son Patrick to a one-time party drug. As a father, he shares his opinion on how peer pressure, wrong education and access to not ‘clean’ MD caused his son’s dead. He also shares how Kevin’s dead affected his siblings, friends, and parent's mental health and how everyone had to find their way to grief.

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Trigger warning: Possible discussion of abuse 

Summary: Lisa is the founder of Maxim VR. She is sharing her lived experiences about domestic abuse and mental health struggles, and how this motivated her to found a startup that is helping young people to unplug and decompress. 

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Trigger warning: This episode has references to anxiety

Summary: Today our guest is Barbara. She is sharing how an anxiety attack at the beginning of her twenties let her reevaluate who she was. She became more aware of how other people are suffering from mental health struggles and how this must affect their lives, mood and emotions. Looking back to when she was a teenager, she knows today how her unawareness towards other people's wellbeing, must have affected them. 

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