Mental Health Monday

It's GCSE results week, so Mick is talking about the mental health of young people on this week's podcast.

Kooth.com is a website for young people to talk about their feelings, get advice, and share their mental health journey.

As part of the work they do on the platform, The Kooth team of trained clinicians are able to spot trends in negative mental health, and advise their users how to navigate difficult times.

Dr Hannah Wilson is the Kooth Head of Clinical Governance, and their Psychology Lead. 

She's a great guest, as you're about to find out. You can follow her on twitter via @ngaori and follow Mick @MrMickCoyle

Kooth is available via Kooth.com

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Find mental health services near you via the website www.hubofhope.co.uk

Football broadcaster Sarah Halpin joins Mick Coyle for this week's show.

Sarah is a blogger, youtuber and has made several appearances on national TV talking about her beloved Everton Football Club.

Sarah recently marked four years since her last drink. On the podcast she talks about her life with alcohol, the reasons she gave up drinking and how her recovery is an ongoing process.

She also discusses her thoughts on how lockdown impacts on her wellbeing.

Find Sarah on Twitter @SarahHalpin9

Find Mick on Twitter @MrMickCoyle

Find mental health services near you via www.hubofhope.co.uk 

Adventurer Alex Staniforth drops by for a catch up in this week's Mental Health Monday.

Alex first appeared on the show in 2017 (Check out episode 10 of the podcast) and now he's back to talk about the latest stage in his journey.

He's about to attempt to break the record for completing the Three Peaks Challenge on foot (walking and running and no transport in between!)

He tells Mick about how he's managing bulimia while taking on epic challenges, and the issues he's faced through lockdown.

DONATE: https://www.givey.com/3peaksrun

And find out more about Alex on his website https://alexstaniforth.com/

Twitter @alex_staniforth and @MrMickCoyle

Find mental health services near you via www.hubofhope.co.uk

Gareth Jones is Mick's guest on Mental Health Monday this week.

Gareth spent the first few weeks of lockdown taking photos of families on their doorsteps.

His lockdown photography images went viral earlier this year. Gareth tells us what impact it had on his own sense of wellbeing, and the wellbeing of those families he photographed.

Have a look at some of Gareth's work here: www.garethjonesphotographer.com, or check out Gareth Jones Photographer on Facebook. 

Follow him on Twitter too @photogareth.

Visit hubofhope.co.uk if you need to access services close to you.

Henry Holme joins Mick Coyle for this week's edition of Mental Health Monday.

Mick is away this week, but wanted to give you chance to catch up on a story from a week or so ago.

Four lads set off from James' Place in Liverpool in early July with the intention of running 240 miles over 8 days, all to raise money for the men's suicide prevention centre and their new project in London.

Lead runner Henry lost his dad to suicide in 2012, and shares his story on this week's programme.

Henry, Andrew, Conor and Chris (we're pleased to say) completed the run a few days after Mick had this chat)

Details for the fundraising can be found here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=theworldrun&pageUrl=3

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Visit www.hubofhope.co.uk to get connected to local mental health services where you are.

This week Mick Coyle is joined by Dr Sam Solnick and Bernadette McBride from the University of Liverpool.

During lockdown, they embarked on the challenge of creating an anthology of work from people from all walks of life reflecting on their thoughts, feelings, aspirations and fears about life under Covid19 and beyond.

Find out more about the project here: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/literature-and-science/wellbeing/anthology/ 

And follow @litscihub and @b_mmcbride on Twitter.

All proceeds from the anthology will go to NHS charities. We'll post an update on @MrMickCoyle's twitter feed when it's available.

Stuart McKenzie and Ed Freshwater are this week's guest on the award winning Mental Health Monday.

They have worked across a spectrum of mental health organisations, in a number of roles.

They discuss their experience and world view with Mick Coyle in a wide ranging conversation that takes in politics, social prescription, and even historic quotes.

As well as their day jobs, they now produce the RMN Behaving Badly Podcast (@RMNbbpodcast on Twitter)

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Actor and presenter Dan Westwood joins Mick for this week's edition.

Dan is an actor, who you might recognise from playing Ralph in Coronation Street. He's also been in Doctors, and has appeared on tour with CBeebies.

Dan talks about his experience of panic attacks and anxiety on this week's show, plus how the death of a close friend inspired him to launch the #Here4U campaign.

Find mental health services near you via www.hubofhope.co.uk

Facebook link to Dan's campaign: https://www.facebook.com/Here4u-592299077912192/?ref=br_rs

Twitter and Insta link: @westwooddan

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Recently retired Olympian Anyika Onuora is Mick's guest on this week's show.

After a glittering athletics career, Anny is now producing a podcast looking at the mindset challenges facing her sporting colleagues.

Subscribe and listen on www.thehiddengreatness.com.

Anyika has her own incredible story to tell, fighting back from Malaria to claim an Olympic medal in Rio 2016. 

And she takes on the issue of #BlackLivesMatter, telling Mick how events in the USA have resonated with her and her own lived experience.

Follow @MrMickCoyle @annyonuora and @MalariaNoMore on Twitter.

Find mental health services near you via www.hubofhope.co.uk

In a double episode, Mick Coyle meets This Morning Psychologist Emma Kenny, who has some top tips on how to survive lockdown with the kids.

Plus we go live to the home of McFly and Strictly star Harry Judd. His wife Izzy, author of "Mindfulness for Mums", also joins the show to talk about haircuts, home schooling and living through coronavirus and beyond.

Here's a link to the Soltan Activity Pack mentioned on the show: https://www.boots.com/soltan/imaginative-play-pack

Find Mental Health services near you by visiting www.hubofhope.co.uk.

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