This is just a quick word to let you know where I've been, what I've been up to and that the Walk a Mile in My Shoes Podcast is still alive and well. 

As promised, you can find Holly Gorne, the artist responsible for the new podcast image on her website here, on instagram here, and on Twitter here.

I'll be posting some new episodes in the very near future. 

You can find the rest of the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcasts here, join us in the rather lovely Facebook group, here, or follow me on Twitter @walkamileuk for more Walk a Mile stuff.

Until the next time,

I've been Chris Young and you've been rather fabulous,

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The murdered labour MP, Jo Cox said, ‘We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us.’ Looking at some of the division on social media it feels like we’ve still got some way to go.

Welcome to the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode, I speak with Mark Cameron, a guy I had a bit of a disagreement with on Twitter about HS2. Without going too far into that, it turned out we were both wrong! We chatted…we sent each other our books, and the rest was…well, have a listen…

Remember, if you enjoy the podcast, subscribe, comment, rate and review, that way we can get more people involved in the conversation

You can find Mark on Twitter @markcameron666 and you'll find his book, 'Diary of an average runner: Never, ever give up' here.

You can find me on Twitter @walkamileuk and, Facebook's more your thing, you'll find our lovely group here 

Until the next time,

I’ve been Chris Young and you’ve been rather fabulous,

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Walk a Mile in My Shoes in 10 years old today!! It seems only yesterday when I walked north out of Edinburgh with a severe and enduring mental health problem, no money and a belief that the good people of Scotland would look after me as I started my walk around the edge of the UK – but that’s another story…

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young and in this episode, I have the good fortune to talk with the mental health activist’s activist, Dolly Sen who describes herself as an award winning, professional mad person, writer, speaker, artist and film maker with a brain of ill repute. Her imaginative approach to mental health activism is something to behold.

Here's a selection of her works; Birdsong from Inobservable Worlds; Disability in the post-pandemic world;What does it mean to live with a disability you cannot see?  and Racism, the arts world & me

You can find her on Twitter @DollyDollySen

On that subject, you can find me @Walkamileuk or, if Facebook's more your thing, you can find our rather lovely Facebook Group here

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Until the next time

I’ve been Chris Young, and you’ve been rather fabulous

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Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and over the next weeks, months, years, I’ll be inviting you to join me as I walk a mile in the shoes of all kinds of people who I’ve had the good fortune to bump into both virtually and physically. 

In true walk a mile style, I met Mick on Twitter when he contacted me to tell me he had a story to tell around his experience of bipolar 2. 

He reminded me what a privilege it is for me to be able to hear and share people’s intimate reflections about their lives. 

As ever, please subscribe, rate and review the podcast to help us widen the conversation. 

If you have a story to share, you can get in touch with me on Twitter @walkamileuk or through facebook, phone 07535035909 or email [email protected]

Welcome back to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast.

I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode we’ll be walking a mile in the shoes of the author and mental health activist, Lucy Nichol.

Among other things, we talk about her attempt to reach beyond the usual ‘Mental Health’ audiences, through her memoir ‘A series of unfortunate stereotypes’ which delivers the serious message of mental health stigma in a humorous way; and through her novel, ‘the Twenty Seven club’ where she once again, slips the mental health conversation under the radar in a ‘Darkly comic tale of friendship, hope and fandom’.

As ever, I’d be delighted if you’d subscribe, rate and/ or write a review for the show. As well as giving me a warm fuzzy feeling inside, it’ll mean the podcast will reach more folk.

You can follow her on twitter here @LucyENichol

You can follow me on Twitter here @walkamileuk or, if Facebook's more your thing, you can join our rather delightful group here 

Until the next time, I’ve been Chris Young and you’ve been rather lovely, 

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There you are, my lovely listener! Thanks so much for coming back! Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast

In this episode, we walk a mile in the shoes of  Nick, the Communications and Public Affairs Manager of See Me Scotland – Scotland’s anti mental health stigma campaign – about the importance of having such a campaign to combat mental health stigma in our society

Among other things, we talk about, while Scotland is funding See Me for a further 5 years, Westminster’s short-sighted decision to stop funding Time to Change – See Me’s sister organisation in England, and how their doors are closing for the last time on March the 31st

If you enjoy the show, please remember to subscribe, leave a rating and/ or write a review

If you, or anyone you know, would like my listener to walk a mile in your shoes, you can contact me here [email protected] or follow me on twitter @walkamileuk or you can join up to our lovely Facebook group here

Until the next Time

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Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode I speak with John Smith…the son of Harry Leslie Smith author of ‘Harry’s last stand’ and ‘Don’t let my past be your future’ a warning that if we allow the continued growth of poverty alongside the reduction of the welfare state in our lovely country, then the suffering he experienced during the great depression won’t be far away.

These are shoes we definitely don’t want to walk in

John is continuing his father’s work - raising awareness of corporate and political greed and corruption wherever he finds it. He’s currently writing ‘I stood with Harry’ a continued call to action for us all.

You can support him and his work here

Given some of the language we use throughout, I’ve given this an explicit rating.

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Until the next time

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Chris

Welcome to walk a mile in my shoes podcast

In this episode , you’ll be walking a mile in the shoes of Hollie Berrigan, a personality disorder activist, a lived experience lead, psychology graduate, author of ‘The Main Offender Blog’ – I can heartily recommend her top tips on supporting people without being a dick – co- host of ‘The Wrong kind of mad' podcast and  sweary leftist. On that point, we…I get fairly sweary throughout, which, given some of the topics we talk about, is hardly surprising.

As such, I’ve given this episode an explicit rating…viewer discretion is advised…yes, I know you’re not a viewer…don’t get shirty with me…at least not so early on in the podcast. 

If you enjoy the show, please comment, subscribe and tell your friends...if you don't, well, feel free to do the same. 

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Chris

We’re back, from outer space…d’you know, walk a mile in my shoes is 10 years old!

Greetings to you, my lovely listener. Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – over the next few weeks, months, years we’re going to try to emulate the loveliness of the coastal walk through a whole bunch of conversations with all kinds of folk,  where we’ll demonstrate that talking about mental ill health is a lot less painful than you think

For those of you who don’t me, I’m your host, Chris Young

In this episode, I speak with Dan Warrender, a mental health nursing lecturer at Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University and mentalization therapist.

Amongst other things, we talk about what motivated him to choose his career in mental health nursing, the challenging issues surrounding care and control in psychiatric hospitals, some of his thoughts on the personality disorder label and the simple elegance of mentalization therapy.

You can find some his work here 'Mental health nursing: somewhere in between good and evil' and here 'Perspectives of crisis intervention for people diagnosed with “borderline personality disorder”: An integrative review' You'll find him on Twitter here @dan_warrender 

Please let me know what you think of the show...subscribe, leave a review, share it about the place. You can find me on Twitter @walkamileuk or you can email me at [email protected] If Facebook's more your thing, you'll find our lovely Facebook group here

Until the next time

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Chris

The walk a mile in my shoes podcast is back!

Can you believe it’s been 10 years since I started that walk around the UK, with no money, relying on the kindness of strangers while talking about mental health - ill and otherwise?

Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be walking in the shoes of all kinds of folk, so you can get a real flavour of what it’s like to be them.