Love it or hate it, it is one of the most discussed programmes in Britain.

Breaking viewing records each series, Love Island is a reality show heavily focused on relationships. So with a show shrouded in controversy covering everything from body image to diversity, how could we not hold a roundtable discussing its impact on both our and the contestants mental health?

It was a really great and valuable discussion in finding out that Love Island has a lot of positives it can provide for our mental health as well as the negatives.

Thanks to everybody involved - give them a follow!

Jennifer - @jenniferahayashi

Maryam - @maryamsofia_

Rukiat - @_rukiat

Vittorio - @donotgiveagram

Loch - @lochlond

Music:

Great Days by Joakim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/5lhZRunuJTs

After the podcast around masculinity on our roundtable on masculinity, we invited two incredibly knowledgeable and exciting guests onto the podcast to explore the issue in more detail.

Vic opens up the conversation around masculinity and mental health with:

Sharif H Joynson - an embodiment coach specialising in working with men and regularly facing masculinity as an issue in his clients.

Mel Cox - a psychotherapist and TRE Practitioner who works with many male clients on the issue of masculinity.

This detailed and exciting discussion is particularly advised for those who want to learn more about the topic or people that are struggling with it in their own mental health.

Music Credit:

Great Days by Joakim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/5lhZRunuJTs

The Sanctus team discuss the themes explored in the podcast with Jonny Benjamin.

Music Credit:

Scandinavianz - City Walking

Scandinavianz – Scandinavianz-city-walker-vlog-song-preview-free-download-here-on-soundcloud

When Jonny was younger, he came very close to suicide. The only thing that stopped him was a stranger he encountered when he went to end his life on a bridge.

The stranger transformed his life and Jonny went onto start a social media campaign 'Find Mike' that eventually turned into the Channel 4 documentary 'The Stranger on the Bridge'.

Now with an MBE from his work to raise awareness for mental health, we spoke to Jonny about his challenges with masculinity, sexuality and mental health before he found himself on that bridge.

Music Credit:

Scandinavianz - City Walking

https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz/scandinavianz-city-walker-vlog-song-preview-free-download-here-on-soundcloud

For the first time on Sanctus we got a group of people together to share their stories and talk about mental health in a group.

Jack, Nathan and Carl joined us at Sanctus for a roundtable discussion on all things masculinity.

We could have talked for hours and in this show we touched on so many different parts of masculinity and manhood. We talked about our experiences at school, relationships with our Dad's and how we're all being a man now.

This discussion is rich with insight, funny stories and lots of vulnerability; all from a group of guys, which can be rare to see.

This is a first for Sanctus, but we're sure we'll do many more roundtables, because coming together as a group is incredibly valuable and is a great way to create a safe space.

Thanks to James, Jack Barker (@jackbarker02), Nathan Dundovic (@ndundovic)& Carl Martin (@carlmartin_) for taking the time to contribute to this podcast.

If you want to check out the video of this event, head to our YouTube page -> https://youtu.be/SVoaHFSaw5s

Music Credit:

Title: Rêveur

Artist: PEYRUIS

Genre: Dance & Electronic

Mood: Calm

Download: https://goo.gl/H3ydiz

We're continuing to explore our theme of masculinity this month with a follow up episode to our podcast with Mark Leruste.

In this episode, Vic, Ben and James dissect masculinity a little more talking about the rites of passage for men, talking about boys, talking about the role of women in masculinity and much more.

We're going behind the scenes here and pulling out more of the themes of masculinity as well as exploring what we can do to encourage more men to feel comfortable opening up and talking to someone about their mental health.

Music Credit:

Artist: KV

Song: Light

Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/axmRKuDs6

Mark is many things, he's a coach, the host of his own podcast , an author, a TedX speaker and a man. On this podcast we talked to Mark about masculinity, what it means to be a man and the rites of passage for men in 2018.

We also touch on Mark's story too and how he explored his own manhood. As a coach, Mark now works with lots of men too, so we talked about how we can create environments to help men to open up, shoulder to shoulder.

Oh, we talked about penises and sex too.

Enjoy, thanks for sharing with us Mark!

Music Credit:

Artist: KV

Song: Light

Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/axmRKuDs6

Louise Rumball has 40k instagram followers, is the founder of a social media agency Chapter 3, but she hasn't posted on social media for 3 months...

Her friends thought that she was going on Love Island! Really she's been exploring her mental health, just not publicly online, until now.

Louise shares with us the story behind the quiet and where she got to with her mental health before she decided to take a full social media detox.

For the first time online, she tells us about panic attacks, exhaustion and a complete transformation in her lifestyle.

Thanks for sharing with us Louise and for giving us the privilege of being some of the first to hear your story before we share it with others.

Head Coach Ben and Head of Ops Vic discuss how social media affects our mental health and what we can do to be more proactive and mindful with our online addictions.

Music Credit:

Soul (Vlog Music) by Dj Quads @aka-dj-quads

Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/m0UBmJLv208

On this episode of the Sanctus Podcast we're sitting down with Stina Sanders, model, writer & influencer who changed her perspective and use of social media to tell the honest truth about her life (the really honest truth!)

This episode explores how being mindful of our lives on social media can help us have a happy balance and attitude to our lives online.

Be sure to subscribe and follow as next week our Head Coach Ben and Head of Ops Vic discuss how social media affects our mental health and what we can do to be more proactive and mindful with our online addictions.

Music Credit:

Soul (Vlog Music) by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/m0UBmJLv208