Thrive Thru celebrates World Mental Health Day by focusing on young people's mental health and how to access the help they need.

Matt Bryan and Kevin Bryan discuss the factors most prominent in younger generations' wellbeing including social media and online influences.

Kevin opens up about his own mental health journey, who he turned to and the advice he gives to others struggling.

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Thrive Thru meets Scottish country band Mick N Phil as they open up about their own battles with mental health and how their songs have helped them express hard times.

Catherine Hunter and Matt Bryan continue the Music/Mind series with an insightful conversation with Mick N Phil who explain how writing songs helped them deal with their mother's suicide and growing up with mental health issues.

In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:

- Telling your story through music
- Writing songs to cope with trauma
- Dealing with a family member's suicide
- It's vital to tell your story and be open about your issues and mental health
- Bringing people closer through your music
- Using music for mental health recovery
- Setting your mood when writing a song
- How can people feel how you felt in your music?
- Being vulnerable and writing through tragedy
- Appreciating the journey and enjoy what you're doing
- Helping young people much earlier
- Promoting the benefits of music to mental health in school
- How to better deal with children's mental health

We'd like to thank Mick N Phil especially for their time in this hour-long feature and for being so open about their mental health and personal stories.
It means so much to the platform and the impact we know it makes to our listeners.

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Catherine Hunter and Matt Bryan discuss how music can play a crucial role in looking about your mental wellbeing.

In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:

- Introduction to this mini-series
- The benefits music brings to your life
- The different roles listening, playing and writing has in your mental health
- What is music nostalgia?
- How music can be your therapy
- Being expressive and doing it for YOU

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Matt Bryan meets founder of Higher Self Nik to discuss the problems facing the underprivileged youth of today.

In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:

- How different backgrounds put teens more at risk
- Higher Self's demographic - the 'troubled' youth of Glasgow
- Understanding someone's story and how to help
- Mental health in troubled backgrounds
- Higher Self projects
- Classes of youth and how they're viewed
- Making kids believe they're enough - and can thrive!

How I overcame PTSD after watching my friend’s horror death (Nik's story on Thrive Thru):
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Find out more about Higher Self at: www.higherself.scot / Instagram: @yerhigherself

Rebecca Garrett joins Catherine Hunter and Matt Bryan to discuss the relationship between body image and mental health.

In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:

- How body image affects mental health
- What is 'healthy body image'?
- Healthy and unhealthy ways to deal with body image issues
- The open discussion of eating disorders
- The media's role in affecting body habits and aspirations
- It's YOUR journey - do what's healthy for YOU!

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Catherine Hunter and Matt Bryan discuss the latest lockdown and impact it's already having on mental health.

In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:

- The latest strain on wellness as Covid crisis worsens
- The deflating impact of lockdown on mental health
- Why this lockdown is harder to bear
- Schools closing
- 'The worst January blues ever'
- Covid stress and anxiety
- We can still stay focussed on our 2021 goals
- Ways to look after yourself and each other during lockdown

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Catherine Hunter and Matt Bryan discuss SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and extra strains of beating the 'winter blues' during a pandemic.

In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:

- What is SAD and how to cope with it?
- Understanding Vitamin D deficiency and how it affects mood in winter
- Scotland's suicide statistics
- Has Covid created a new anxiety in young people?
- The impact schools staying open has on pupils and safety

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Matt Bryan meets Jay Shetty Certification School graduate Coach Talia who discusses mental health in young people.

In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:

- Coaching young people
- Recognising problems in the youth
- Growing up with challenges and self discovery
- Tackling negative conditioning and social pressures
- Difference of school plans during Covid
- Is blended learning providing better balance for children's mental health?
- New childhood anxiety from Covid
- Social Emotional Learning
- Vulnerabilities make you a strong person
- Using your inner compass

Talia's article on redefining success and true purpose: https://www.thrivethru.co.uk/blog/thr...

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Catherine Hunter discusses the benefits of exercise on our mental health with health and wellness coach Louise Volpe.

In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:
- What benefits exercise brings to our mind.
- The benefits of the 'exercise community'.
- How to celebrate all wins.
- Why it's important as a mum to be active and healthy.

Catherine Hunter and Matt Bryan discuss why we need Mindfulness Days in the workplace.
In this episode, the team discuss:
- What are Mindfulness Days?
- Ways to practice mindfulness
- Approaching your work with a mental health issue
- What changes could be made to the mental health at work process?
- What would a day for your mental health look like?
- Self care; Self love; Self kindness
- Some free resources to get started