Hurt to Healing

On today’s summer special we are joined by Professor Fiona McNicholas, a Consultant in child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Her clinical interests are eating disorders and I wanted to take the opportunity today to ask her about the differences between anorexia, bulimia and binge eating and particularly how this disorder impacts children and adolescence. Having suffered from an eating disorder which started when I was 12 years old, I’m always keen to learn more about how treatments are becoming more effective and the impact that early intervention can make. I was pleased to hear that the level of support needed for an eating disorder is now being recognised but I think one of the biggest takeaways from the conversation is that we shouldn’t ignore that parents or close friends watching their children suffer with these disorders may need to be supported too. Find Fiona: https://people.ucd.ie/fiona.mcnicholasFollow Hurt to Healing on Instagram:@hurttohealingpodA big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. And a massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit theandpartnership.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s Summer Special, I am joined by Dr Ally Jaffee, a junior doctor and the co-founder of Nutritank. Ally is passionate about mental health and its intersection with nutrition and lifestyle which is why she is so keen to educate doctors about them. Ally co-founded a BBC award-winning Social Enterprise called Nutritank. Its mission is to promote greater nutrition and lifestyle medicine within healthcare training due to the staggering increase of chronic disease. Ally also believes strongly in authenticity and shares her own mental health struggles online with the hope of normalising the conversation so I feel like she very much belongs on this podcast!Find Ally:Website: https://www.drallyjaffee.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drallyjaffee/?hl=enNutritank: https://www.nutritank.com/Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram:@hurttohealingpodA big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. And a massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit theandpartnership.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s Healing 101, I am joined by Clinical Director & CBT Therapist, Lee Grant, to talk all about men’s sexual health and its impact on mental health. For instance, men suffering from severe depression, the rate of erectile dysfunction may reach up to 90%. But despite the significance and higher incidence of sexual dysfunction in men, most individuals who suffer do not seek help because they are embarrassed. Sexual health definitely still remains taboo and reclaiming it as a fundamental aspect of mental health should be a top priority.Find Lee Grant: https://onebright.com/our-team/clinicians/lee-grant/Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram:@hurttohealingpodA big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. And a massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit theandpartnership.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I am speaking to Shocka, a Grime artist who rose to prominence as part of the Tottenham trio, Marvell. Shocka has seen the real highs and extreme lows of show business, having seen sudden success and sudden failure, from performing to packed out arena tours alongside famous names such as Skepta to abruptly being dropped by his record company. Shocka has been brutally honest about the consequences on his mental health and struggled when everything came crashing down. He says that ‘the reason why he thinks it all went downhill for him is because he never had a balance of struggle and success and when you don’t have that balance and it starts going downhill then you won’t know how to deal with that.’ He’s had a couple more recent breakdowns, but has recently come to the realisation that most people who suffer from mental health and depression are suffering from low self image and that is something he is trying to change. I am speaking to him today about why he wanted to open up about his mental health battle, his experience of being sectioned and how he has learnt to manage his manic depression. Find Shocka: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shocka_artist/?hl=enTED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/shocka_self_love_is_the_glue_that_puts_us_back_togetherMusic: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/shocka/292902003Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram: @hurttohealingpod--A big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. A massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit The&Partnership.com.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s HEALING 101, I am speaking to Dr Mario Juruena who received his PhD in Psychiatry at King’s College London and is a Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley Trust and the lead consultant for the Maudsley Advanced Treatment Clinic for Recurrent and Resistant Depression and Bipolar. Bipolar disorder is a common, complex and costly mental health disorder, which sits at the heart of the practice of clinical psychiatry. Effective treatments have all been discovered serendipitously but with the huge advances in basic neuroscience, new treatments are now starting to be developed.Find Dr Mario Juruena:Website: https://maudsleylearning.com/dr-mario-f-juruena/Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram:@hurttohealingpodA big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. And a massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit theandpartnership.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I am speaking to Rory Bremner, the famous British impressionist turned presenter, who made his name with his impersonation of Tony Blair which was so near the knuckle that the then Prime Minister actually asked him to write his speeches. However, beneath the facade, Rory has always struggled with his emotions and admits to suffering from big highs and lows. He was diagnosed with depression which hit him at unexpected moments and for many years, his ADHD and dyspraxia were ignored which in turn ended up effecting his movement, coordination and concentration. He ended up being diagnosed with the ADHD whilst he was making a BBC documentary and described it as ‘like having a brain like a pinball machine’. He also referred to his symptoms as ‘failures’, which they’re obviously not, but it’s these moments that are the most powerful as they show a true insight into the way he struggled to come to terms with the diagnosis. In this episode Rory speaks candidly about how he has learned to turn his ADHD to his advantage and why lists are his life line. You might even get a snippet of him performing!Find Rory Bremner:Twitter: @rorybremnerUK ADHD Partnership: https://www.ukadhd.com/rory-bremner.htm Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram: @hurttohealingpod--A big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. A massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit The&Partnership.com.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's Healing 101 I am joined once again by Dr. Timothy Fong, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour at UCLA. Dr. Fong specialises in addiction and today I am asking him about Cannabis Addiction. A staggering fourteen million people have used cannabis in the UK, making it the most popular illicit drug. While not everyone who uses cannabis will become addicted, 11% of users will develop a cannabis addiction, with that figure rising to 16% if you used cannabis as a teen. Today, I ask Dr Fong to explain how cannabis addiction develops and whether CBD products are worth using for anxiety disorders.Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram:@hurttohealingpodA big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. And a massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit theandpartnership.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, I'm speaking to chef and writer Alasdair Gill, the son of the well-known journalist AA Gill, about his own battle with addiction. Ali has spoken openly about how the words of his late father helped him to overcome his own addiction to drink and drugs. He explains how he hit rock bottom before finding the strength he needed to become sober two years ago with his father, Adrian, playing a crucial role in the breakthrough from Beyond the Grave. There were similarities between AA Gill’s personal struggle and Ali's, which were reflected in his father's memoir, which he penned after giving up alcohol aged 29. It was when Ali was presented with his memoir at a rehabilitation center near Edinburgh, which then instigated his own journey to sobriety. Find Ali Gill: Instagram: @aligill421Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram: @hurttohealingpod--A big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. A massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit The&Partnership.com.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s HEALING 101, I am speaking to Rayyan Zafar - a Neuropsychopharmacologist at Imperial College Centre for Psychedelic research where he explores the neurobiology of drugs and addiction and how psychedelics may be used to treat individuals with mental health conditions. Rayyan also works as a research officer for Drug Science, conducting policy and scientific work in the area of drug policy and also appeared in a documentary looking at the impact of medical cannabis for children with epilepsy. I’m talking to him today all about addiction and how psychedelics might begin to play a more vital part in treatment.Find Rayyan:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.zafar19https://twitter.com/RayyanZafar6Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram:@hurttohealingpodA big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. And a massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit theandpartnership.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode, I am delighted to be speaking to Spencer Matthews, a successful entrepreneur, former Made in Chelsea cast member turned broadcaster and an incredible father of three children. Spencer is well known for his non-alcoholic drinks brand, Clean Co, which was created as a result of his unhealthy relationship with alcohol during his twenties which he saw as ‘an obstacle in his life that had to be removed’. Spencer talks openly about how much his life has changed since he made this decision as it put everything in perspective and allowed him to reassess his priorities. He has since gone on to conquer not only the drinks industry, but a number of extreme challenges including the Marathon De Sables and most recently he ventured to base camp of Mount Everest where he set out to find his oldest brother, Michael, who tragically disappeared while descending the mountain in 1999. I’m intrigued to speak to Spencer today about how he navigated the emotions that surfaced as a result of this recovery operation and how his attitude towards life has drastically changed in the last 10 years.Find Spencer: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencermatthews/?hl=enClean Co: https://clean.co/Follow Hurt to Healing on Instagram: @hurttohealingpod--A big thank you our wonderful charity partner Shout. Shout is the UK's first 24/7 mental health text support service so if you’re struggling or in need of someone to talk to, please remember to text Shout to 85258. A massive thank you to The&Partnership for supporting my mission and showing what we can achieve when we come together. To find out more about the work The&Partnership creates, visit The&Partnership.com.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.