Mental Health Monday

Jake Mills joined Mick Coyle for this week's Mental Health Extra, looking back on episode 103 of MHM featuring Damian Harper. Jake offered his thoughts on how severe physical trauma can lead to further mental trauma, and how Damian's interview highlighted that.

Originally broadcast February 27th 2019.

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Produced by @John_Fogarty.

On this week's Mental Health Monday, Mick is joined by Damian Harper.

After losing an entire leg to cancer as a teenager, Damian is currently raising funds to the Amputation Foundation, and is planned to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in October 2019.

In an extended and candid conversation, he opens up about his physical and mental struggles following the amputation, and how his recovery process enabled him to help others undergoing a similar ordeal. 

Donate to Damian's charity of choice, the Amputation Foundation, at: bit.ly/Kili1458

See the full video interview on YouTube at: youtube.com/watch?v=16xU17cYKsQ

Originally broadcast as an extended interview February 19th 2019.

Broadcast as part of Mental Health Monday February 25th 2019. 

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Produced by @John_Fogarty.

In this week's Mental Health Extra, Jake Mills joins Mick Coyle to discuss both Lee Pennington's work with Bloom, Birkenhead, and Angela Preston's #MeToo experience, and how that led to her breakdown and subsequent career change.

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Originally broadcast 19th January 2019.

Produced by @John_Fogarty.

On this week's installment of Mental Health Monday, Mick Coyle is joined by Angela Preston. Angela is a coach and motivational speaker whose lucrative career was upended by a series of sexual harassments that led to a nervous breakdown. 

Angela joined Mick to discuss how she was able to turn her life around and launch a whole host of new ventures. 

Full details of her work can be found at angelapreston.com

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Originally broadcast 18th February 2019.

Produced by John Fogarty.

On this week's Mental Health Monday, Mick is joined by Lee Pennington from The Open Door Centre, a third sector organisation providing mental health support to under 30s in Wirral. 

He was in-studio to discuss Bloom, a public space for meeting, eating, playing that can provide an entry point to young people who might need support but not find it easy to access in the traditional health system. 

Full details can be found at: http://theopendoorcentre.org/  

Originally broadcast 11th February 2019.

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Produced by John Fogarty.

In this episode of Mental Health Extra, Jake Mills and Mick Coyle discuss episode #100 of Mental Health Monday; #LostChildhoods.

This conversation serves as an epilogue of sorts, and discusses the immediate impact of the event itself.

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Originally broadcast February 5th 2019.

Produced by John Fogarty.

One hundred episodes. Thank you to everyone who has joined us over the course of the last one hundred chapters of this conversation about mental health.

On the 4th February 2019, presenter Mick Coyle was joined by co-host Jake Mills, and a host of guests to mark the start of Children's Mental Health Week.

Live from the steps of St. George's Hall in Liverpool, Radio City Talk curated a display of over 200 shoes, each representing a schoolchild who ends their own life each year.

In part two, Mick is joined by Sophie (a member of PAPYRUS' Hopeline team), a teenager who began self-harming as a child, Ged Flynn (CEO of PAPYRUS), Cllr. Richard Kemp, Cllr. Barry Kushner, and Luciana Berger MP. 

Produced & organised by John Fogarty.

Special thanks to Hannah Farrell, Joanne Driver, Holly Steven, Natalie Lowe, Steven Weaver, and Lisa Roxby.

Further thanks to all the guests who joined us on the day, the teams from PAPYRUS, Liverpool CAMHS, YPAS, and Barnardos

One hundred episodes. Thank you to everyone who has joined us over the course of the last one hundred chapters of this conversation about mental health.

On the 4th February 2019, presenter Mick Coyle was joined by co-host Jake Mills, and a host of guests to mark the start of Children's Mental Health Week.

Live from the steps of St. George's Hall in Liverpool, Radio City Talk curated a display of over 200 shoes, each representing a schoolchild who ends their own life each year.

In part one, Mick is joined by Carmel Giansante, Sarah Fitchett, Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson, Kath Thompson, Ged King, and Sue Horrocks.

Produced & organised by John Fogarty.

Special thanks to Hannah Farrell, Joanne Driver, Holly Steven, Natalie Lowe, Steven Weaver, and Lisa Roxby.

Further thanks to all the guests who joined us on the day, the teams from PAPYRUS, Liverpool CAMHS, YPAS, and Barnardos

On this weeks' Mental Health Extra, Jake Mills joins Mick Coyle to discuss the potential negative impacts of social media on young people's mental health.

Plus, Jake & Mick discuss Anthea Thomas' moving & candid Mental Health Monday appearance from episode 99. 

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Originally broadcast January 29th 2019.

Produced by John Fogarty.

On this week's Mental Health Monday, Mick spoke with founder of the Big Condo Academy, Anthea Thomas. 

Over the course of the episode, Anthea traces her mental health journey, speaking candidly about her experiences as a single mother, her battle with depression, and suicidal thoughts. 

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Originally broadcast January 28th 2019.

Produced by John Fogarty.