The Mental Health Revolution Podcast

By Kate Ashley-Norman

With work taking up so much of our time and energy, mental wellbeing is becoming a key area for development and investment in the drive for maximising profitability. This podcast helps to clarify i

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September 18, 2019Emotional Wellbeing While Working At Home – with Louise Goss
Kate is joined by Homeworker Magazine creator Louise Goss, to discuss the issues that may arise from working from home; issues that are becoming ever more common and prevalent as more of find ourselves able to conduct business from our homes.
Often we do not consider the detrimental effects upon our wellbeing that can arise from being a homeworker, such as isolation or a sense of distance. Kate and Louise discuss these issues, and offer helpful guidance as to how you can prevent them from impacting your emotional wellbeing.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Loneliness is very common among those who work from home. This method of working is very attractive to those who consider themselves introverted.
A lack of official structure can also be a challenger, especially when transitioning from a work environment, which is built upon structure. By implementing your own structures, times and goals, you can drive yourself to do better and help to differentiate your work time from your free time.
It generally seems to be that men prefer to work from home more than women. Perhaps this is due to the seemingly ingrained belief that men are the breadwinners, and must be the ones who work, and in the main, jobs have always been external.
Our working environments at home can impact on the way we feel, especially due to the “inspirational” home workspaces shown on social media.
It’s important to reintegrate with people often, as it can refresh our mindset. You can do this by working outside, or arranging to see someone else. Try booking yourself into a co-working space, even if only for a few hours.
Switching off from work can be just as hard as switching on. Remember to finish working completely each day and spend time on yourself, and with your family.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It’s funny isn’t it, how we can manage to do so much without actually talking to anyone’
’Taking that time out for yourself can take a backseat’
‘Just going to a different place can spark something. It can inspire you in a different way’
‘I’ve always liked the idea of “healthy neglect"'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Mental Health Revolution Podcast
Contact details for Louise Goss:
You can subscribe to the Homeworker Magazine here:
https://www.thehomeworker.com/

You can join the Facebook community here:
https://www.facebook.com/thehomeworkermag/

ABOUT THE HOST
Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.
Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.
Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.

CONTACT METHOD

You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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34min
September 10, 2019Money Mindset With Gary Morton
In this episode of The Mental Health Revolution Kate joins Gary who is one of Kate’s old friends and unofficial mentor to discuss how Gary stays positive regardless of his past and how it may have affected him.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 
People tend to hold onto things from their past to use as an excuse to not move forward.
Staying positive and being a successful businessman has been very incremental and certainly hasn’t been an instant thing.
Gary explains that marrying a good woman is crucial and it’s helped him learn crucial lessons alongside being the stable influence behind any of the success that they’ve had.
For Gary his motivation has never been about the money, it’s always been about winning, being successful and having a good strong harmonious team.
You’re never going to always win every deal so there’s no benefit or mileage by boiling the person that’s lost the deal out. But ensure you learn from it for the next time.
People want, like and appreciate consistency. Social media often gives people that constancy through likes. However, a lot of younger people often now don’t see what is going on in the real world, which has fed the strong need to have success but not put in the work.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Who motivates the motivator?’

‘By being incremental you’re more able to keep your feet on the ground and it’s more sustainable.’

‘Some people take opportunity and others are unable to see it’

‘The by-product of success is generally happiness or financial gain’

‘Great teams recognise that not everyone can be great everyday’

VALUABLE RESOURCES 
You can find out about Gary’s charity GM Fundraising through the website https://www.gmfundraising.co.uk/

ABOUT THE HOST 
Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.
Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.
Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.

CONTACT METHOD
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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17min
September 03, 2019Overcoming Burnout and Overwhelm – with Sally Brady
After spending thirty years in the corporate world, Sally Brady had forgotten how to live. Work had become her life, and the stress and overwhelm was taking its toll on every aspect of her life.

After a particularly terrifying night, where things became far too much, Sally knew that something had to change.

Sally found the answer in a coach, who caused her to recognise that the fixes being offered were nothing more than temporary, and that the corporate environment was bad for her health.

Listen as Sally describes her fascinating journey, one that led from a place of darkness to a place of hope.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Sally’s former corporate place of work were not well enough equipped to deal with mental health issues when they arose. This problem is very common and can be avoided is more preventative practices are put in place.
Sally discovered that many companies advocate the use of anti-depressants in what seems like an attempt to mask the troubling pressure that employees are being put under.
The business that Sally has founded aims to provide coaching and real support for people who may be going through the same levels of overwhelm and burnout that she faced.
By recognising her own support network, Sally feels recovered from her ordeal, and by providing others with the same liberation, she hopes to replicate that feeling of security and support throughout the industry.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I got home that night and literally fell apart’

‘Drugs are like a sticking plaster’

‘People are just machines’

‘I’ve been on this journey, I’ve got something to show for it’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Mental Health Revolution Podcast
Sally Brady’s website - www.sallybrady.co.uk

ABOUT THE HOST
Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.
Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.
Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.
CONTACT METHOD
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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22min
August 27, 2019An Interview With Property Nomad, Investor and Podcaster, Rob Smallbone
Kate talks to Rob Smallbone, successful property investor, author, and host of the Property Nomads podcast, about his life and travels, and his experiences with mental health issues.

Rob candidly discusses how these issues have affected him, and how they continue to affect many entrepreneurs, as well as the tools he used to overcome these challenges.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
When you go through something like depression, visiting the doctor often results in a diagnosis, but unless we are given counselling, we often then work through the depression on our own. Sometimes merely being diagnosed is enough to get the ball rolling.
Travel altered Rob’s mindset completely and really opened his eyes to the many possibilities of life. It also changed his perceptions about happiness and quality of life.
Rob keeps his demons at bay by daily reminding himself of everything he has to be grateful for. He does this by means of a “Gratitude Jar”, into which he deposits at least three things for which he grateful each day.
Research shows that when a person has something to care for and live for, it can dramatically increase their life expectancy. Senior citizens given plants to care for are shown to live for 30% longer than those who are lonely or feel they have no purpose.
Rob’s way of dealing with an issue is to constantly learn, ask questions, to analyse the issue in detail and construct an answer as to the how and why.
Discipline in terms of connecting to the world via social media and the internet has helped Rob to focus on the more important things. Even the smallest of interactions can lead to a rabbit hole of connections that can lead to entire banks of time being lost.

BEST MOMENTS
‘If I’d been a bit more open and honest about things, then they could’ve played out differently’
’That gratitude attitude is really important’
‘Anything that happens in life is objective. But how we deal with it is subjective’
‘Perfection is not attainable, but if we aim for perfection we end up with excellence'

VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Mental Health Revolution Podcast

ABOUT THE GUEST
Rob Smallbone is a #1 Amazon Bestselling Author, Speaker, Co-host of The Property Nomads Podcast, and Property Investor.
For further information check out his website - https://www.thepropertynomads.com/

ABOUT THE HOST
Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.
Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.
Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.

CONTACT METHOD
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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40min
August 20, 2019Dealing with Suicide Loss, A Conversation with John Hewitt
Suicide is devastating. There are no answers to the many questions, and the fall out for those left behind will last a lifetime.
In this episode of The Mental Health Revolution Podcast, Kate talks to businessman John Hewitt to share his own experiences dealing with the loss of his daughter Kelly. He felt it was crucial to bring awareness about the effects of dealing with mental health issues, to both keep Kelly’s memory alive, and to help others going through similar situations. As a result, We Mind & Kelly Matters, was established to with several events lined up in the coming months specifically to raise funds for Mind and SOBS (contact details below).
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Kelly Hewitt’s dream since she was a child was to be a police officer. She studied, passed the exam, and started working at Bedford Prison in April 2017.
In October 2017, Kelly was very distressed she was when she witnessed a prisoner’s suicide. It wasn’t just one instance; prison guards witness harm and violence often among the prisoners. She eventually started shunning away her friends and family unintentionally, and started isolating herself.
In December 2018, Kelly was supposed to meet up with her family but she didn’t show up. She wasn’t answering the calls of her sister which was very unlike her.
Aside from the stress she’s receiving from the workplace, Kelly also has past traumas and has recently experienced a financial problem. John recalls how sweet and gleeful Kelly was when she was a child. It was a lot to handle for her.
Most of the time it’s the service providers who are always on the frontline that are in need of maintaining their mental well-being.
John wants to spread the word about mental health issues through the charity We Mind and Kelly Matters. Right now, they’re trying to collect funds to reach a larger number of audiences.
BEST MOMENTS
“There were people who are aware she was struggling; there were people who knew she was self-harming.”
“If we see the signs and we don’t act on it, then that’s not right.”
“When you lose somebody, you don’t get over it. It’s not the question of that time heals; what happens is it becomes a part of you.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES
Official Website - http://www.wemindandkellymatters.co.uk/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ourkellymatters
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/We-Mind-Kelly-Matters-370492657038100/
https://www.glazeritewindows.co.uk/
ABOUT THE GUEST
John Hewitt is the Chairman of Glazerite UK Group Ltd., leading manufacturer of uPVC windows, doors and conservatories to trade customers throughout the UK.
In December 2018, John lost his lovely daughter Kelly through the struggles of mental health. In memory of Kelly and with the objective to spread the word about mental health, he, together with the help of loved ones and friends, set up the charity We Mind & Kelly Matters.
Twitter - https://twitter.com/johnhewitt70
ABOUT THE HOST
Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.
Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.
Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.
CONTACT METHOD
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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36min
August 13, 2019Dealing with Family Secrets, An Interview with Liz Scott, Author of ‘This Never Happened’
“I will be who I am, and I’m basically in charge of that now.”
It’s hard to believe that some of us have lived full of horrors and traumas with our biological family. You’re lucky and privileged if you didn’t have to go through these. But for some who did, how do they look pass them so they can also live their lives fully?
In this episode of The Mental Health Revolution Podcast, Kate talks to Liz Scott, a clinical psychologist and the author of This Never Happened, about her experiences dealing with her family secrets, how it helped her finder her identity by trying to unravel the mysteries, how she found much more compassion while on her quest, and many more. Discover how it affected her well-being and relationships when you tune in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
There were too many untold secrets in Liz’s family that then affected the state of their relationship. The mystery also has become detrimental to the health and well-being of each; personal identity and personal development were difficult to achieve.
For example, Liz didn’t know she was Jewish in her early 30s. Her roots and culture are a great indication of how she grew up, why she looks this way and what not.
Liz had to live with her narcissistic mother all her life. It was difficult to grow a strong bond between them. Her mother was also having a hard time dealing with her inner demons.
What did Liz learn after writing the book? She found increased compassion for her parents, a stronger sense of where she fits in the world, and the ability to live with unanswered questions.
It’s best to not feel any anger and upset to family members who have been toxic. Approach it with understanding and compassion. See pass through the negativities and learn the lessons that present themselves.
BEST MOMENTS
“When we found out, we certainly feel that some pieces fell into place.”
“… there wasn’t a lot of room for me to come into my own as a separate human being in his eyes.”
“I didn’t set out to write it as a catharsis, but it did have the same effect.”
“It was helpful to feel less agitated with all the unanswered questions and just realise that some questions will never have to be answered.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
This Never Happened by Liz Scott
ABOUT THE GUEST
Liz Scott is the author of This Never Happened, a memoir which tells her stories as she tries to unravel the mysteries in her family. Liz has been a clinical psychologist for over 40 years and has helped various clients deal with life challenges and mysteries. She is currently living in Portland, Oregon.
ABOUT THE HOST
Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.
Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.
Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.
CONTACT METHOD
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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16min
August 06, 2019The Mental Health of Our Doctors With Dr Shan Hussain
‘Professionals must be given the opportunity to look after themselves holistically in order to fulfil their roles looking after and being responsible for others’
In this episode Kate is in conversation with Dr. Shan Hussain author of ‘The Big Prescription’ a book which shares the same ethos of the Thrive program, taking a common-sense approach to looking after your mental health.
They discuss the alarming statistics surrounding the rates of suicide amongst those in the medical profession and how understanding our own mental health and how we manage stress is key to good mental health.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Why do you feel within the medical profession the rate of suicide is so high?
Medical professionals may have concerns around highlighting issues around mental health, worrying that their own competency may be called into question
We do need to place an emphasis on practitioner wellbeing because if we can’t look after ourselves it’s very challenging to effectively look after others.
There can be a stacking effect created across a medical practitioner’s day through the complex and often upsetting situations that they deal with.
It's important to have self-care and self-passion spending time at the end of the day unwinding and decompressing from the things dealt with and the emotions you have had to cope with.
Are things changing?
Conversations are beginning to take place. It's at an early stage and we need to do what we can to progress these conversations and at the same time acknowledge that the problem lies with the increasing amount of work doctors are required to do.
Demand is rising, expectations are rising, complaints are rising and in the midst of this are practitioners who have not had any real increase in remuneration in real terms for 15 years coupled with a loss of 20% of the front-line workforce
It's not about unlearning what we already know it's about getting some balance and understanding as to where the stress is arising from and what we can do about it
There are only 3 types of stress;
Physical stress on the body
Emotional and mental stress
Social stress coming from the environment
We can’t fix an emotional problem with a physical solution and we must streamline our approaches according to what the source of the problem is.

BEST MOMENTS
‘People are now more comfortable talking about mental health and we are seeing more empathy towards others’
‘Learning to change how we perceive the environment and doing our best to manage it in a healthier way’
‘Whatever makes you feel relaxed do that activity on a regular basis’

VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Mental Health Revolution Podcast
Enduring Health podcast
The Big Prescription book by Dr. Shan Hussain

ABOUT THE GUEST
Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. He is also the host of the Enduring Health podcast. For more information go to www.thehealthstudio.net.

ABOUT THE HOST
Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.
Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.
Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.
Kate Ashley-Norman
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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19min
July 23, 2019Talking Openly about Mental Health & Its Role on Coaching – Interview with Business Coach Teresa Brooks
Kate is talking with Teresa Brooks who has recently launched the Coach magazine and is a business coach and NLP practitioner.
They discuss Teresa’s own experiences with mental health and the changing conversations and perceptions of mental health.
This interview provides a window into an individual’s personal experiences and opens the discussion around prevention through coaching, education, personal understanding and empowerment.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Business is personal and there is a difference between mental health issues and the blocks people face in business.
It’s about the person; I’m coaching the person behind the business, not the business, you can't coach a business.
Early in my adult life my endeavours to move forward brought a huge amount of pressure and stress which resulted in me crashing in all areas of my life.
I was doing things, but I wasn’t connected anymore, everything was broken
It was scary and very tiring; you cannot have any understanding of it unless you have experienced it.
When you are in a state of depression you feel out of control about everything around you.
People need a reason, a validation, an explanation and if you are suffering from a mental health issue it's not easy to describe how and what you are feeling.
The forums are people all going through the same experiences and this can offer support but lead to you being kept in the same place when what you need to do is work on yourself
Ultimately we all want to be heard, understood and helped when you find a place where you feel listened to it can seem like a safe haven.
Lots of people will need extra support in their lives for a short period
People can be helped and there are hugely varying degrees of mental health
With the work I do, I'm not just listening to their words I'm listening to them, everything about them, I'm watching their physiology
In children, mental health should be dealt with in ways that empower them and teaches what they can do to feel better and more powerful about themselves
For children, it's about developing self-awareness and understanding who they are.
It's important we think about our children the next generation must be able to live full and happy lives
You are never too old to get to grips with how your mind works.
There is always something to learn

BEST MOMENTS
‘ is massively supportive, but we still worry about what others think’
‘The more knowledge and learning we have from an early age the better’
‘I continued to suffer from anxiety attacks because I was so scared it was going to come back’
‘I have always been able to express myself but when I got to a place where I couldn’t speak about it I wrote everything down’

VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Mental Health Revolution Podcast
You can contact Teresa via her website:
https://www.teresabrookscoaching.com/
You can subscribe to Coach Magazine view the website:
https://www.teresabrookscoaching.com/coach-magazine/

ABOUT THE HOST
Kate Ashley-Norman
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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55min
May 28, 2019How Adventure Can Heal Our Mental Health with Richard Matthews
Kate talks to adventurer, explorer and speaker, Richard Matthews about the positive effect of outdoor pursuits upon our mental heath.

Richard has personally experienced and seen how all our mental states fluctuates as well as our understanding of other people around the world. From heading in to countries that the media say are dangerous and full of terrible people to find that this is not the case. Being outdoors can massively help the mental state of everyone.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
After a severe breakup in 2014, Richard found himself suffering from crippling depression that impacted his life greatly. After a two and a half month trip to Mongolia, Richard found himself changed, as though his depression had been left on the trip instead of returning with him.
Through this experience, Richard believes that others can benefit from adventures in the outdoors, which can serve to remove the focus from the internal anxieties that may be impacting our lives.
Richard’s theory is that by feasting upon the sensory overloads of different cultures from around the world, our own minds are given to letting go of the depressions that weigh us down.
Cutting himself off from the world on a solo trip to Slovenia gave Richard time to think and to focus upon himself. It also gave him the opportunity to realise that he could handle being alone.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I’m trying to promote the idea that everyone should get outdoors. The outdoors is an incredible place for mental wellbeing’

‘Travelling through different cultures is an overload of the mind’

‘It’s tough to be alone’

‘Mental health isn’t something to be tolerated, but something to push through’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Mental Health Revolution Podcast

ABOUT THE GUEST

Richard grew up living in seaside town of Teignmouth, Devon. Growing up on the coast, he embraced water based adventures from young age! These included sea swimming, kayaking and canoeing. Changing from water he then took to the land and air getting involved with Ten Tors taking him all over Dartmoor and beyond. Simultaneously Richard joined the Air Training Corps were he had many adventures, flying, shooting, mountaineering and learning a whole host of skills, then went on to gain 30+ hours flying and a few hours solo flights.

The Arctic Survival Challenge in Sweden was the first international challenge for Richard. The Challenge entailed sleeping outside in temperatures as low as -35°C, in snow holes and shelter from the forest.

The Mongol Rally in 2015. This journey from Teignmouth, UK to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia was my first big adventure into the unknown. We drove through Iran, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, and nearly all of Russia, all in a 1996 Nissan Micra. This trip is eye-opening to all that experience it, to have a look into the diverse cultures outside of Western Europe.

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ABOUT THE HOST
Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.
Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.
Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.
CONTACT METHOD
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
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May 07, 2019Can You Get Up and Go?
In this episode, Kate is speaking to Eileen Forrestal founder of the Get Up & Go Diaries.
They discuss the importance of understanding who you are and what you want in a world with ever increasing unfiltered information being directed towards us throughout each day.
If you want to learn more about the journey Eileen has made and the philosophy behind the inspirational diaries and journals then tune in now.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
The Get Up and Go Diaries represent a philosophy  for life encouraging reflection, encouragement, peace, generosity, cooperation, acceptance, forgiveness and love.
They use words as powerful tools and encourage us to consider the words we use both when communicating with others and those we speak internally to ourselves.
Questioning is so important for mental health. People need to be questioning on a deep level why they feel the way they do.
Understanding what is happening is vital, it enables you to take step by step, day by day actions.
We are social creatures, but in today’s society things are becoming very personalised where others have to come into our sphere. We need to be getting out there and in contact with others.
We need to be able to filter what we want as the information stream is now huge.
You have to get to rock bottom and ask yourself the question, is this where I want to be?
We as human beings all have innate abilities. It’s about how you can best use those abilities to get where you want to be.
If we are stuck the next step to get unstuck it is the critical step.
Who do I need to talk to, what do I need to do?
There are all sorts of normal and it's important that everyone gets the chance to be who they want to be.
We are all perfect as imperfect human beings.
You have to learn yourself; what sort of person you want to be?

BEST MOMENTS
‘I’m engaging and responding to what’s happening around me’
‘I had loads of ideas but they were stuck in my head’
‘What else is there? What could I do? It’s the importance of curiosity’
‘Medication can be valuable but the explosion of its use currently cannot be the answer’

VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Mental Health Revolution Podcast
www.getupandgodiary.com

ABOUT THE HOST
You can support The Mental Health Revolution, and contribute to the conversation in the following closed Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/
You can search Kate Ashley-Norman on any of these platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
You can also support the movement through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12852819
Kate can be contacted anytime via her email: [email protected]
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media
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35min

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