No Really, I’m Fine

Thanks for checking out the trailer for our new show 'Mind Over Money! We teamed up with NatWest to bring you a podcast that aims to tackle the issue of Financial Wellbeing. Brought to you by the creators of 'No Really, I'm Fine' and hosted by Gemma Sherlock!

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This week, Gemma talks to Denise Welch about Mental health, postnatal depression, alcoholism and her new book 'The unwelcome visitor'. Denise opens up about her life, spending 20 years struggling to get a diagnoses, life with a family in the entertainment industry, and of course life in lockdown.

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This week Matt (Producer) stands in and talks to Bessie Turner. Bessie is a musician and has been incredibly open about her mental health. They talk about music, growing up, loss, and medication, and how they are all linked together in some way.

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Kate Lynch, a former host of the No Really, I’m Fine podcast catches up with Gemma on what she’s been up to since she took a break from the show. The new mum explains to us how she felt during pregnancy, the impact it had on her mental health and how she is coping now with her newborn son Billy as they adjust to lockdown life.

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In today's episode, Gemma talks to Rachel Pearson about Emetophobia, the fear of vomiting. Rachel tells us about how extreme this illness from childhood trauma, not being able to sleeping in her own bed to her ongoing journey through treatment.

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If you live anywhere near Merseyside you'll know the name Lindzi Germain, the hilarious actress and comedian has been entertaining crowds across the country for decades and is a Mersey Icon.

During lockdown, she's been entertaining hundreds of thousands of people on social media with her online lockdown series across various groups on Facebook.

She tells us how laughing has been key to staying positive during the lockdown and also talks about how she's been staying body positive during this unique time.

Note - Michael and Lindzi are friends and some of the topics discussed include Lindzi using her body image for her comedy in a positive way.

We realise that some of our audience may be at different stages of their journey when it comes to body positivity so if you are struggling with some of the themes discussed, there is help out there.

We’ve teamed up with Beat the UK’s eating disorder charity which has an online support group called The Sanctuary, which is open every day and is a safe space to share concerns or struggles relating to lockdown and the pandemic.

For support, you’re best to head to their website where they’ve set up a dedicated coronavirus help page. You can find out more at  https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/coronavirus 

Remember you can contact us on [email protected] for your feedback and queries.

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This special episode entitled ‘Hope from the Frontline’ which features clips from seven keyworkers coving A&E, Home Care, Criminal Justice, Charity & Supermarket settings.

For the second time we are teaming up with the guys over at Mental Podcast so thank you once again for this.

The guests share how their world has changed during the pandemic, mental health impacts and how they are finding hope to keep going.

It’s set to be an incredibly impactful and uplifting episode that I’m confident our shared listeners would benefit from.

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This week we're joined by Bobby Bobby Temps host of the award-winning podcast Mental.

We come together to discuss mental health podcasting, his dealings with anorexia and eating disorders, and Mental Health Awareness Week's Kindness theme.

Join 195,000 others in Bobby's petition for Mental Health Education: bit.ly/MentalPetition

You can also contact us on [email protected] to chat to us about podcasting in the future.

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In this special Mental health awareness week episode, we've compiled a montage of our past guests to explain what kindness means to them and what messages of hope they would want to give to others.

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This is the first in our series of special episodes this week to mark mental health awareness week. Host Gemma chats with Alica Ewington from the mental health charity, PAPYRUS.
Find out about their #keeptheconversationrolling campaign and the brilliant work they do to help the prevention of suicide among young people.

Kindness and hope are feelings that should be felt, we hope you can take away these emotions from our series of episodes this week. Be kind to yourselves.

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