This person is a casualty here. It's up to us to pull together around them. The why it's such a problem here is because we've disconnected ourselves. There's guy called david goodhart in the u k. Who wrote this book about, i think it's a kind of revenge of somewhere. He calls it ther ere. These two groups, broadly, there's a group that went off to university that uprooted and abas. They can interchange, sortof wherever they go to live. And another group, which he called the somewheres, who relied far more on family and community. Tended to end up in lower paid, local jobs, but they stayed connected
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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