Time To Talk with Alex Holmes

Time To Talk with Alex Holmes

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Time To Talk with Alex Holmes episodes

  • David Poses || The Weight of Air

    Trigger Warning: Conversations on Drug Use, Suicide, and Depression.

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    David Poses is a writer. His book The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies About Addiction and the Truth About Recovery, is a book I will continue to go back to in my own self-development as I progress on my own journey.

    He is also a speaker and activist. After twenty years of hiding his struggle with depression and opioids, he started opening up and challenging the disregard of science and evidence in drug treatment, prevention, and policy. 

    We discuss:

    • Shame and drug addiction
    • Breaking down the stigma of addiction
    • How to rethink policies relating to drugs
    • Books that might help


      • Not one to miss!

      This episode is brought to you in partnership with Trigger Hub. For 15% off ebooks, to support authors and mental health charity Shaw Mind with your purchase, use discount code: AlexHolmes15.

      Go deeper:

      • Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters
      • Submit your questions to Anxiety Letters
      • Join the Time To Talk Book Club sign up to get the newsletter.
      • Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers.
      • Follow me on Instagram and VERO.


        • Henley Literary Fest - October 3rd

        Token Man Event - October 7th

        Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe.


        Credits:

        Website: alexholmes.co

        Engineered and Co-Produced: Ryan Nile/Pure Creation Media

        Executive Produced: Alex Holmes/Recover Well

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        1 hr 2 min
      • Josiah Hartley || The Boy Between

        Trigger Warning: Suicide and Depression.

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        Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay.

        I have a conversation with Josiah Hartley about his book 'The Boy Between' where he speaks about his experience with depression that he wrote with his mum.

        We discuss:

        • Writing with your parent
        • Breaking down the stigma of depression
        • The signs of depression
        • Feelings of shame


          • Before this, I start a heartfelt conversation about how we can be better for one another and the importance of conversations about mental health.

          Not one to miss!

          This episode is brought to you in partnership with Trigger Hub. For 15% off ebooks, to support authors and mental health charity Shaw Mind with your purchase, use discount code: AlexHolmes15.

          Go deeper:

          • Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters
          • Submit your questions to Anxiety Letters
          • Join the Time To Talk Book Club sign up to get the newsletter.
          • Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers.
          • Follow me on Instagram and VERO.


            • Henley Literary Fest - October 3rd

            Token Man Event - October 7th



            Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe.


            Credits:

            Website: alexholmes.co

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            1 hr 2 min
          • David Harewood || Psychosis, Belonging and Black Masculinity

            David Harewood joins me this week, as we discuss the background to his new book, Maybe I Don't Belong Here.

            We discuss:

            • 'Becoming' Black
            • Earliest memories
            • Racialised mental health issues
            • His father's psychosis and his mental breakdown
            • Grief and the Windrush Generation
            • Stereotypes in acting
            • And cultivating a sense of belonging.


              • Not one to miss!

              Go deeper:

              • Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters
              • Submit your questions to Anxiety Letters
              • Join the Time To Talk Book Club sign up to get the newsletter.
              • Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers.
              • Follow me on Instagram and VERO.


                • Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe.


                Credits:

                Website: alexholmes.co

                Production, Music and Edit: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show)

                Executive Produced: Alex Holmes

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                1 hr 4 min
              • A Heart To Heart Session
                This week I am speaking to you about:
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                Submitting your questions to Anxiety Letters
                The Time To Talk Book Club sign up to get the newsletter, and vote on the books.
                Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers.
                Did you enjoy the podcast? Go ahead and give it a share. Rate, Review, and Subscribe.
                Always,
                Alex
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                31 min
              • The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris
                The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris, and I am joined by my friend Dan who is a forensic psychologist to help me discuss some of the wider themes of the book.
                There are several revelations for me in this book, and it was a great opportunity for me to break them down, and understand the difference between self-esteem and self-compassion, as well as defining values, beliefs, and goals.
                The Happiness Trap is broken into three parts:
                How You Set The Happiness Trap 
                Transforming Your Inner World 
                Creating A Life Worth Living
                For more information on the book club:
                Time To Talk Book Club
                Join The Forum
                Use the hashtag: #timetotalkbooks
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                1 hr 15 min
              • Jason Mott || Hell Of A Book

                Writing and mental health - how do you use therapy?


                Jason Mott speaks to me this week about the importance of therapy while writing. We talk about his new book - Hell of a Book. The book is uncategorizable and fizzing with playful invention and intelligence, and Mott's story centers on an author and a young black boy who may or may not be the child whose recent murder by a police officer has sparked protests across the country.

                What a show.

                Check out his new book Hell of a Book, here, it came out on August 10th.


                Community:

                Join the Time To Talk Book Club: tune in next week for a discussion on August's selection - The Happiness Trap.

                My Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection

                Write your letters to me via Heart To Heart Letters


                Credits:

                Hosted by Alex Holmes

                Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile

                Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media 

                Executive Produced by Alex Holmes 


                Get in touch:

                Facebook

                Instagram

                VERO

                Email: [email protected]

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                52 min
              • Dr. Sophie Mort || A Manual For Being Human

                Do you know how to be human?

                This is the question I am sitting on with today's guest clinical psychologist, Dr. Sophie Mort. We have a chat about emotions and how we manage them.


                Check out her book A Manual For Being Human here.


                Community:

                Join the Time To Talk Book Club: August's Book is The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris.

                My Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection

                Write your letters to me via Heart To Heart Letters


                Credits:

                Hosted by Alex Holmes

                Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile

                Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media 

                Executive Produced by Alex Holmes 


                Get in touch:

                Facebook

                Instagram

                VERO

                Email: [email protected]

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                1 hr 10 min
              • Nick Hutchinson
                This week, I am speaking to Nick Hutchinson, the co-founder of Book Thinkers.
                After reading hundreds of personal development books, he is looking to spread the positive power of reading with as many people as possible. We chat about everything from how many books he's read, to lessons on how the books helped with his mental health, and more.
                Booklist:
                Rich Dad Poor Dad
                The 4-Hour Workweek
                Vagabonding
                Mastery of Self
                The Four Agreements
                Credits:
                Hosted by Alex Holmes
                Executive Produced by Alex Holmes 
                Music: Pure Creation Media
                Get in touch:
                Join the Facebook Community
                Instagram
                VERO
                Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection
                Blog-letter: timetotalk.substack.com
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                53 min
              • Bonus Episode: Building Courageous Men
                Back in May, I joined my friend Mark Leruste on The Unconventionalists podcast.
                This is a bonus conversation that Mark has graciously let me use for this episode, so please kick back and hear my story.
                The original description:
                Suicide is the leading cause of death in men under 45 in the UK.
                Despite being digitally 'connect' in more ways than we have ever been before, many of us are feeling more emotionally disconnected - not only from those around us but also from our own sense of self. 
                That's why I'm so grateful to share this powerful conversation with Alex Holmes, an award-winning podcaster, mental health coach, writer, and author of his brand new book "Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection".
                Alex is on a mission to tackle the mental health and loneliness epidemic we are currently living through. 
                Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection is out now, published by Welbeck Publishing. It’s available to buy from all good bookshops and online retailers.
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                1 hr 4 min
              • Natasha Lunn || Conversations On Love

                Natasha Lunn is the features director at RED magazine and the creator of a popular and acclaimed bi-monthly email newsletter, Conversations on Love.


                After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it?


                In Conversations on Love, she began to find the answers. Her book: Conversations On Love is out now.


                Playlist:

                For You - Laura Marling


                Time To Talk Book Club:

                Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout

                All About Love - bell hooks


                Credits:

                Hosted by Alex Holmes

                Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile

                Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media 

                Executive Produced by Alex Holmes 


                Get in touch:

                Join Facebook Group

                Instagram

                VERO


                Email: [email protected]


                Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection

                Blog: timetotalk.substack.com

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                1 hr 18 min

              About Time To Talk with Alex Holmes

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              Welcome to Time To Talk with Alex Holmes.