The first in our new series of video podcasts. We are excited to bring back James Roast, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to talk Child Mental Health for Child Mental Health week. We have 15 minutes to explore this really important area. Topics I hope that we can think about are social media and the debate around phone usage, as well as how we can best support our young people with their mental health despite worsening statistics and difficulties accessing professional support. Hoping you can join us!

Who are we and what do we do? An opportunity to hear about how Lucy and myself founded Gillvray Health. Why we do what we do. Who we are seeing in our clinics and how we can help you. It’s been a while since we have had the conversation and a lot has happened!

This week is Children's Mental Health Week.

1 in 6 5 to 16-year olds have a diagnosable mental health disorder, with 6 in 10 young people saying they are experiencing mental health difficulties such as anxiety, low mood, eating disorders, and self-harming behaviours. Yet only a third are able to access any effective treatment.  

I'm really grateful to James for coming back on to Time to Talk for us to talk about the big issues effecting young people today.   We talk about eating disorders and self harm and hopefully as ever share some hope and some tips for young people or their carers.  Watching a young person struggle with their mental health is really hard.  We want to fix it for them but we don't know how.

James Roast qualified as a psychotherapist in 2008.  Initially trained in Psycho-dynamic psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy, he began operating an outpatient clinic in South Woodford, East London, specialising in Trauma; specifically with the Fire Service. Later more specialised training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and a Post Graduate Certificate, Post Graduate Diploma and Masters degree from the University of Cambridge has qualified him to combine strengths from all Psychotherapeutic theoretical models. James began his work with adults before further training enabled a specialism in the Child & Adolescent field.  He has also studied under Prof. Chris Fairburn a specialist in Eating Disorders.

We cover hard topics in this conversation, please feel free to reach out if you need support. 

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Nicola has been a health and fitness coach for over ten years. She has a particular interest in working with women specialising in pre and post natal care since 2008. Since 2018 she has been specialising in working with peri and post menopausal women. and she runs a weekly fitness group for women over 40 alongside her Buggy Bootcamp sessions, Cross fit and strength based classes for women.   She has a wealth of knowlege to share on the best way to move in this phase of life, how to avoid injuries and how to get started if like many women we have taken time out for family and career and are struggling to know how to get going again.   Movement is so good for us both mentally and physically. 

I hope this conversation gives us the inspiration to find the love of being active and to see the potential and opportunity in the perimenopause to be stronger than ever.

Please like, review and share this episode if you enjoy it. 

The more people who follow the podcast, the more we can expand and develop it. 

This is my weekly interval run session.

My virtual run club!

These sessions are for any level of runner as you can make the high intensity interval session as fast as you need it to be to make the session work for you.

I suggest using these sessions once a week to help improve cardiac fitness and speed.

The sessions are also designed to help you feel strong in your mind, body and breath.

Do not run an interval session if you are injured and stop and seek help if you develop chest pain or shortness of breath that is more than you would expect.

This session is written as a 5 minute warm up jog followed by 4 times (3 minutes hard effort with 1.5 minutes of rest interval) and cool down jog.

The whole work out is 25 minutes long and we will be thinking about a positive core value along with using our breath to help particularly in our rest interval and we will be thinking about our form and specificlly engaging our core as we run on our harder efforts.

Enjoy!

This is my weekly interval run session.

My virtual run club!

These sessions are for any level of runner as you can make the high intensity interval session as fast as you need it to be to make the session work for you.

I suggest using these sessions once a week to help improve cardiac fitness and speed.

The sessions are also designed to help you feel strong in your mind, body and breath.

Do not run an interval session if you are injured and stop and seek help if you develop chest pain or shortness of breath that is more than you would expect.

This session is written as a 5 minute warm up jog followed by an interval pyramid  2 minutes hard / 2 minutes rest interval ,  3 minutes hard / 2 minutes rest, 4 minutes hard / 2 minutes rest / 3 minutes hard / 2 minutes rest/ 2 minutes hard and cool down jog.

The whole work out is 30 minutes long and we will again be focusing on positive thinking along with using our breath to help particularly in our rest interval and we will be thinking about our form as we run for longer at the peak of the pyramid.

Enjoy!

This is my weekly interval run session.

My virtual run club!

These sessions are for any level of runner as you can make the high intensity interval session as fast as you need it to be to make the session work for you.

I suggest using these sessions once a week to help improve cardiac fitness and speed.

The sessions are also designed to help you feel strong in your mind, body and breath.

Do not run an interval session if you are injured and stop and seek help if you develop chest pain or shortness of breath that is more than you would expect.

This session is written as a 5 minute warm up jog followed by 5 ( 3 minutes hard / 2 minutes rest interval ),  3 minutes cool down jog.

The whole work out is 30 minutes long and the theme for our mind is Positive Visualisation. 

Enjoy!

I am so pleased to welcome my good friend Louise on to Time to Talk. 

In this episode we cover how we diagnose perimenopause and the key medical information you need to know. 

Louise qualified from Bristol University in 2003. She completed 4 years as an Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialist trainee before changing career path to become a GP.  She has maintained her interest and passion for women’s health and became accredited as ‘GP with Special Interest’ in gynaecology in 2013. She went on to set up a successful community gynaecology clinic in west London where she worked for several years.  She is now based in Bath as a GP but also works as a specialty doctor in gynaecology. Her main area of interest is menopause, and she works closely with Dr Sarah Gray and Dr Jane Davis as a board member for the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum.  

I invited Louise on to have a medical chat about menopause but I know she also is passionate about hormone related mood disorders so I am hoping we can also touch on this.   

Medical treatments are only one way we can help manage the menopause. Listen out for our other episodes on how we can use our body and our mindset alongside good medical care. 

Please message if you have any questions. 

Enjoy the episode please subscribe and like. 

This is the second of my weekly run sessions. 

The CST virtual run club. 

These sessions are for any level of runner as you can make the high intensity interval session as fast as you need it to be to make the session work for you.

I suggest using these sessions once a week to help improve cardiac fitness and speed.

The sessions are also designed to help you feel strong in your mind, body and breath.

Do not run an interval session if you are injured and stop and seek help if you develop chest pain or shortness of breath that is more than you would expect.

This session is written as a 5 minute warm up jog followed by 6 ( 2.5 minutes hard / 2 minutes rest interval ),  3 minutes cool down jog.

The whole work out is just over 30 minutes long and the theme for our mind this week is "Gratitude".

Enjoy!

This is the first of my weekly interval run sessions. 

My virtual run club! 

These sessions are for any level of runner as you can make the high intensity interval session as fast as you need it to be to make the session work for you. 

I suggest using these sessions once a week to help improve cardiac fitness and speed. 

The sessions are also designed to help you feel strong in your mind, body and breath. 

Do not run an interval session if you are injured and stop and seek help if you develop chest pain or shortness of breath that is more than you would expect. 

This session is written as a 5 minute warm up jog followed by 6 ( 2 minutes hard / 2 minutes rest interval ),  3 minutes cool down jog.

The whole work out is 30 minutes long and the theme for our mind is "Being connected and alive".

Enjoy!