Talk About It Mate

For this episode I chatted with the amazing Emily Edwins, who is a great friend to the Talk About It Mate community. She has recently set up Empower which is promoting holistic Health & Wellness. Her work with Self-Help services and as an Occupational Therapists have provided her with a wealth of knowledge and expertise on mental health which she combines with her lived experiences and personal journey, making her an inspirational advocate for mental health.

Emily has also kindly provided Talk About It Mate with a Guided Body Scan which she has recorded for us. This could help us in the evenings to be mindful and hopefully achieve a better nights sleep.

You can interact with Emily in our Facebook group 'The Talk Space' and you can follow her on instagram @empowerhwcic.

In this Episode I spoke to Rachael Barker, creator of Mindful Tao about Mindful Living and the positive effects mindfulness and meditation can have on our lives.

You can find out more about Mindful Tao on their Facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/Mindful-Tao-107286037558018/

A Guided Body Scan recorded by Emily Edwins (Empower Health & Wellbeing)

In this podcast we grant you access to one of our men's peer support session discussions. I'll explain how our sessions are structured and the participants involved will share with you what they have gained from being involved with these sessions and Talk About It Mate in general.

We really hope you enjoy this and hope to see you at one of our Talk About It Mate events soon.

Find out more about how Talk About It Mate is planning to grow and expand in this short 15 minute podcast.

I'll be producing more quality content for our network over the next few weeks and months. Watch this space as these are exciting times for us!

To make this interactive, please record your thoughts, ideas, feedback. That way, we can make this community a place which benefits us all!

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To kick off Season 2 - I went to Natwest in Spinningfields to chat with Dark Coffee founder and successful podcaster Alice Lyons. 

I always love chatting to Alice and enjoy her straight-talking approach and authenticity. I feel her journey is inspiring and has led her to a point where she is having a positive impact on lots of people!

Dark Coffee is all about championing unfiltered conversations around mental health, so this chat does touch on some potentially scary topics such as Suicidal Ideation which I believe Alice always navigates and explains well. I hope to learn from and collaborate more with Alice in the future. You can find out more about her on the Dark Coffee website and at one of her upcoming Mind Over Grind events!

Hope you enjoy this one,

Mike

Alice's Instagram: @alice.lyons.wellbeing

Dark Coffee website: https://www.darkcoffee.co.uk/

Dark Coffee on Instagram: @dark.coffee.wellbeing

Dark Coffee on Twitter: @DarkCoffeePC

Dark Coffee On Facebook: @DarkCoffeeWellbeing