Nexgen Minds

In this episode, Maddie and Farheen talk to Suzanne Samaka about her incredibly important campaign #HonestyAboutEditing. The trio discuss body image, social media, influencers & more.

Trigger Warning: sensitive mental health issues, self-harm & suicide are mentioned in this episode.

[TRIGGER WARNING] attempted suicide is discussed briefly in this episode.

This week's guest is the amazing Danny Bowman.

Danny first came to prominence when he went viral for being Britain’s first ‘selfie addict’ as he would spend up to 10 hours a day trying to take the perfect selfie.

His behaviour caused him to drop out of school and become housebound. In Danny’s own words, “I lost my friends, my education, my health and almost my life.”

From being diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and BDD (Body Dysmorphic Disorder) to finding himself at his ‘lowest point’ to turning it all around to help others - Danny talks about his journey.

Today he is: a PhD Researcher @LivUniPol

Head of Campaigns (Former Director of Mental Health) at @ParlStreet

Vice Chair (Trustee) at @MaleVoicED

Fellow at The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (@thersaorg)

Danny and Maddie Clark discuss OCD, BDD, mental health support, community hubs, male mental health, stigma, early intervention, a recent visit to 10 Downing Street, the mental health consultation & more!

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In this week's episode, host Madeleine Sautelle speaks to the brilliant Nila Varman - host of The Nila Extract Podcast.

She offers her perspective on racism, her own experiences and what universities can do to counter racism.

Trigger warning: distressing racial experiences are discussed.

In this week's episode, host Maddie Clark speaks to students - Phoebe Burdett, Evie Amos & Emily Mahoney.

The trio give their perspective on FOMO and loneliness - something we all experience particularly at university.

In this week's episode we have a new host!

We welcome Madeleine Sautelle to the Nexgen Minds Podcast host seat.

Our guest today is another Sautelle!

Madeleine interviews her sister Juliette on competitiveness.

Juliette Sautelle is a law student at King's College London - she gives us an insight into what it can be like in the competitive world of a law student in London.

My guest this week is Tom Robinson.

Tom Robinson is a former international event rider and Junior National and European Champion. He managed to compete for many years alongside his condition, and although still involved in equestrianism, now writes and blogs around the subject of mental health.

His site is designed as a platform for people interested in mental health to seek support and gain insight, written by someone with lived experience of depression and bipolar disorder.

Tom also reads extensively, especially around the subject of mental wellness, has an NCTJ qualification, a distinction in copy editing and proofreading and also enjoys studying French in his spare time!

This weeks guest is Sarah Dosanjh and she discusses binge eating.

Sarah is a qualified and accredited psychotherapist. After struggling with binge eating disorder and episodes of bulimia for more than a decade she has gone on to specialise in helping others recover from binge eating. In 2020 she self-published her book, I Can’t Stop Eating, which reached the Amazon bestsellers’ list.

Sarah trained in transactional analysis psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute, UK. She completed her eating disorders practitioners training at the National Centre for Eating Disorders and is an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

In this weeks episode, I will be talking to students at Edinburgh and Notts University to discuss whether student mental health services have been fit for purpose during the pandemic as well as the experiences they and their friends have had.

In this weeks episode I will be joined by James Hymers, an anxiety therapist in Windsor and west London who specialises in a new therapy technique, havening. I will be talking to James about what is, strategies to manage it and how his therapy works.

For more information about James' therapy please visit his

Website:  https://jameshymers.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesthetherapist/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Aty3GvacrGoikTjKhHGKA

If any of the topics or issues discussed today trigger you or become too uncomfortable please take a break from the podcast and be sure to speak to someone.

Here are some resources and helplines available if you need to reach out for support or talk to someone: 

Anxiety UK (formerly National Phobics Society):

No Panic:

In this weeks episode, I will be talking to Savannah Johnson, a sixteen-year-old currently taking her A levels at Bradfield college. She has a passion for mental health; she's set up her own semicolon project and writing a letter to Prime minister Boris Johnson. We will discuss mental health in schools, what the government needs to change and the power of sharing stories.