

Hurt to Healing
Pandora Morris
Welcome to the Hurt to Healing podcast with me, Pandora Morris. I’ve been fighting an uphill battle with my mental health for years and it’s only now that I’ve started to see some glimmers of light. It’s almost unbelievable to think I am starting this podcast considering my incessant compulsions would normally try to talk me out of it. But here I am, continuing to fight my invisible bullies one day at a time. As part of my own recovery, I’ve made it my mission to support as many of you as possible on your own healing journey. I’ll be speaking to wonderful people from all walks of life who will open up about their own invisible struggles in the hope that it will provide a bit of solace and comfort for some of you. I’ll also be speaking to leading experts and doctors about different disorders and therapies that might help each of you expand your knowledge on the world of mental health. Visit my website www.hurttohealing.co.uk to learn more about me and the work that I do.Produced by Rutherford Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 7, 2023 • 28min
Rosie Pye on how her career led to her suffering from PTSD
I am joined today by Rosie Pye, an award winning producer, program editor and a multimedia producer with 15 years experience. She has produced thousands of BBC programmes and hundreds of podcasts. Rosie joined The Economist in 2020 to produce their flagship podcast, Economic Asks before creating Blanchard House, where she leads a development team, creating original content and quality podcasts for clients such as Google Ventures.However, reporting on distressing crime stories led Rosie to a devastating breakdown at the age of 29 and forced her to rethink her life. Rosie returned from maternity leave and her husband began to notice the impact her work was having on her mental health. Today, we speak about why PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder is so complicated to treat, how she managed to take control of her health and how much braver this experience has made her.Find more on Blanchard House:Website: https://blanchard-house.com/Instagram: @BlanchardHouseStoriesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blanchard-house/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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 2, 2023 • 15min
HEALING 101: Eating disorders and loneliness with Dr Ariele Noble
On today's HEALING 101, I'm speaking to Dr. Ariele Noble, the head of research psychology at Mental Health Innovations and a chartered counselling psychologist. With 20 years of experience in the field of mental health and wellness, her clinical and research backgrounds help those who suffer from mild and severe mental and or physical difficulties. Today, we are going to be speaking about the relationship between eating disorders and loneliness and what anyone suffering should do to avoid isolating and retreating further into the illness. 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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 31, 2023 • 33min
Hope Virgo on finding the courage to beat her anorexia
Today's guest is Hope Virgo, a multi award winning mental health campaigner, an author and an international leading advocate for people with eating disorders. For four years, Hope managed to keep her own battle with anorexia a secret from her friends and family. But on the 17th of November 2007, her world changed forever, and she was admitted to a mental health hospital. Hope then face the biggest challenge of her life and had to dig deep to find the courage to beat her anorexia.Fast forward and hope is thriving with the tools she's developed to maintain her recovery, and she now supports many others in doing the same. She has become a vocal advocate against such factors as BMI and determining treatment and is the founder of the Dump the Scales campaign. She has now transformed her experience into a practical guide for eating disorder sufferers and is now the author of several books which look to the future through actionable advice. I greatly admire the way she reflects on her own personal battles and highlights the importance of coping mechanisms for strong mental health. I can only hope this episode is helpful for those of you who might just need to hear this conversation today and will reinforce the fact that recovery is possible.Find Hope Virgo:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopevirgo_/?hl=enBooks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hope-Virgo/e/B01NBIRW4V%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareFollow 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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 26, 2023 • 14min
HEALING 101: How EMDR therapy can help with mental health disorders
On today’s Healing 101, I am speaking to Dr Lee Valls, a counselling psychologist and the Clinical Director of The London Practice. Today I will be asking him about the subject of EMDR, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing which hit the headlines in 2021 after Prince Harry shared it was one of the forms of therapy he worked with to move through the impact of trauma he experienced as a child. Lee is an EMDR practitioner and the perfect person to explain how this particular therapy works, the benefits of this practice and how it can support people living with trauma, phobias, anxiety and depression too.Find Dr Lee Valls: Website: https://www.thelondonpractice.com/practitioners/dr-lee-vallsFollow 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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 24, 2023 • 32min
Rachel Kelly on being struck down with life threatening depression
Today, I'm speaking to Rachel Kelly, a mental health campaigner and writer who in her early thirties was diagnosed with severe depression and suffered from two major depressive episodes. These two episodes have become the defining events of her life. Since then, she's written about the condition and her recovery and books have been read by tens of thousands of people. Her memoir about her experience of life threatening depression. Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me, My Journey Through Depression was a Sunday Times best seller in 2014 and has resonated ever since.Rachel is also a huge advocate for food, being a part of our mental health toolkit and co-authored a book called The Happy Kitchen Good Mood Food, which is full of recipes that helped her to feel more energised, less anxious and more balanced. Since recovering from depression, Rachel speaks publicly about her experience to help educate others and to break down the stigma around mental health. She also shares evidence based strategies on how to stay calm, which is incredibly important in today's upside down world. I hope this conversation will help you all to see how small lifestyle changes can have a huge impact.Find Rachel: Website: https://www.rachel-kelly.net/about-rachelInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelfkelly/Books: https://www.rachel-kelly.net/booksFollow 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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 19, 2023 • 30min
HEALING 101: CBT made simple with Dr Tom Graham
On today's HEALING 101, I am speaking to Dr. Tom Graham, a counselling psychologist and CBT therapist at Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Intervention Center. Many of you might have heard of the term CBT, but not a lot of people actually know what it is. I thought it was important for Dr. Graham to come on to the podcast to explain CBT in simple terms and how it can help manage many mental health disorders by changing the way you think and behave. The examples he uses a brilliant and I think will resonate with a lot of you.Find Dr Tom Graham: https://slam.nhs.uk/experts/?consultant=418&letter=GTwitter: https://twitter.com/drtomgrahamFollow 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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 17, 2023 • 32min
Ruby Wax on how mindfulness helped her through bouts of depression
I am so thrilled to be kicking off Season 2 with the one and only Ruby Wax. Ruby has been a dream guest of mine since I had my first thought about starting this podcast. Ruby famously left her career in comedy 25 years ago to seek a way to fix her reoccurring bouts of depression. Ruby has been very open about her struggles with bipolar disorder and depression, going on to study a Master’s degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy at Oxford University and has since become a devout mental health campaigner.Ruby is now a bestselling author of mental health and runs Frazzled Cafe: an online space for people to connect when they’re not feeling ok. In this episode, Ruby talks about fascinating issues around mental health, the science behind why we might feel ‘frazzled’ and the impact that mindfulness has had on her depression. Find more information on Ruby Wax:Website: https://www.rubywax.net/Books: https://www.rubywax.net/booksFrazzled Cafe: https://www.frazzledcafe.org/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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 22, 2022 • 31min
HEALING 101: What are the signs of ADHD and how can you treat it? with Kristen Carder
On today's Healing 101 I'll be talking all things Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, with Kristen Carder, an ADHD expert, a top podcast host, and an internationally recognised life coach for adults with ADHD. Kristen has been studying ADHD and its effects on students and adults for over a decade and has had the privilege of running directly from leading psychiatrists and psychologists in the industry. I'm so pleased to get the opportunity to talk to her today and to learn so much more about this disorder. Find more information on Kristin: Website: https://ihaveadhd.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i.have.adhd.podcast/Podcast: https://ihaveadhd.com/podcast/Support for people with ADHD: https://adhduk.co.uk/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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 20, 2022 • 32min
Leanne Maskell on breaking the stigma surrounding ADHD
On today's episode, I'm thrilled to be joined by Leanne Maskell, the bestselling author of three books, The Model Manifesto, ADHD an A to Z, and her most recent book, The Reality Manifesto. She is also a model, an ADHD coach and legal activist who currently works with companies to increase ADHD awareness and improve mental well-being in the workplace. I am so thrilled to have Leanne join us this week to speak about her own experience and to raise awareness about this very important and under-discussed topic.Find more information on Leanne Maskell: Website: https://leannemaskell.com/Instagram: @leannemaskellBooks: https://leannemaskell.com/resourcesFollow 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. This episode is sponsored by Boden, a British brand that has championed uplifting, eclectic British style since it was founded 31 years ago. Head to Boden.com to check out their new autumn collection or to their Instagram @boden_clothing.Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 15, 2022 • 24min
HEALING 101: How BDD develops and how we can treat it with Dr Amita Jassi
On today's Healing 101 I am speaking to Dr Amita Jassi, a consultant, clinical psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorder Service for Children and Young People. Body dysmorphic disorder affects about one in 50 people. We discuss why it's such a debilitating condition, why there is a lack of insight into it and I ask her about what treatment and therapies are available. If you or someone you know may be struggling to cope with it, if you haven't already, I would also highly recommend you listen to my conversation with Charlie King as he speaks so eloquently about the condition.Amita is a trustee of the BDD Foundation. Please find more information on the BDD Foundation here: https://bddfoundation.org/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. Thank you to our corporate supporter, Brown Advisory, a global investment management firm which is passionate about raising awareness of mental health challenges in order to help people thrive in an ever-changing world.Stay Connected with Hurt to Healing:Instagram: instagram.com/hurttohealingpodTikTok: tiktok.com/@hurttohealingpodLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hurt-to-healingSubstack: substack.com/@hurttohealingWebsite: hurttohealing.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


