"We are alive during the grand finale of a firework show, and it's just ooze and oz," he says. "I don't think people recognize that's the situation we're in ... We've got to sit back and say what actually matters here? They're all that extra vibrants that we used to have to drive things?" He adds: "Now we've got ta look ot well, what are the things that give meaning to us"? There are much deeper things in life than you get to look at on facebook or social media. But everyone would probably claim that goochee hand bag is something essential e-mailed by someone who has died.
On this episode, we meet with author, social scientist, policy researcher, and mental health advocate Tim Watkins.
Watkins gives us a bird’s eye view of how energy, the economy, the environment, and mental health fit together. How important will mental health be to help us navigate uncertain times?
About Tim Watkins:
Tim Watkins is the author Consciousness of Sheep, social scientist, policy researcher, and mental health advocate.
Watkins has authored a range of books, including numerous books and booklets on the subject mental health, wellbeing and self-help. In 2015 he published “Austerity - Will Kill the Economy”, a critique of the economic policies adopted in the UK since 2010; and “Britain’s Coming Energy Crisis - Peak Oil and the End of the World as we Know it”, a guide to the UK’s particular vulnerabilities in a world without cheap oil.
Tim Watkins is a founder-director of Waye Forward Ltd. A qualified Life Coach, he also provides coaching, mentoring and support to other writers.
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