
Mental - The Podcast to Destigmatise Mental Health
Best Health Podcast 4 years running at The People’s Choice Podcast Awards 🏆
Mental was created by Bobby Temps to break down mental health stigma and discrimination. Joined by special guests, the podcast is a safe space to hear honest and insightful mental health interviews in the hope listeners will feel more empowered to continue the conversation with others.
Every other Thursday we delve into a factor in mental health and how to better manage it. You’ll also better understand different conditions from first-hand experience, with inspiring guests and surprising statistics. Start listening from any episode or topic that interests you.
So whether you have experienced mental illness or not, there’ll be something to relate to in each episode and a reminder that, you are enough!
Latest episodes

Apr 26, 2023 • 39min
295: Community 💐 Plus PTSD, family and the benefits of crying with Kenneth Nixon
This week community organiser, religious leader and author Kenneth Nixon is here to share his experience being ‘Born Into Crisis’. In this powerful and moving exposed we explore how finding community can change everything for our mental health.
Thank you for all the incredible support over these past 5 years. This time has gone so quick and it’s a testament to our incredible listeners, guests, rotating cast of co-hosts and ever present producer Pete Murtagh that we’re still going…
There’s loads more planned ahead of our 300th episode so keep an eye on the feed in the coming weeks 😎
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Apr 19, 2023 • 52min
294: Stigma 💐 Plus changing attitudes, empathy & art with Barbara Brennan
This week the coordinator of the entire See Change campaign Barbara Brennan is here to take on the show’s central theme of stigma in an episode that really hits it out of the park !
Thank you for all the incredible support over these past 5 years. This time has gone so quick and it’s a testament to our incredible listeners, guests, rotating cast of co-hosts and ever present producer Pete Murtagh that we’re still going…
There’s loads more planned ahead of our 300th episode so keep an eye on the feed in the coming weeks 😎
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Apr 12, 2023 • 39min
293: Body Image 💐 Plus eating disorders, clothing and weight lifting with Sheila Naughton
This week Radio Host and See Change Ambassador Sheila Naughton is sharing her experiences around body image and how weight lifting became an unexpected tool in reframing her idea of what a health body looks like.
Thank you for all the incredible support over these past 5 years. This time has gone so quick and it’s a testament to our incredible listeners, guests, rotating cast of co-hosts and ever present producer Pete Murtagh that we’re still going…
There’s loads more planned ahead of our 300th episode so keep an eye on the feed in the coming weeks 😎
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Apr 6, 2023 • 45min
292: Identity 💐 Plus social media, therapy & finding balance with Elf Lyons
This week Elf Lyons is here to talk all things identity as it relates to mental health. We also being by digging into media representation and how this can shape perceptions from a young age.
You can find all the links from the last time I interviewed Elf HERE
Thank you for all the incredible support over these past 5 years. This time has gone so quick and it’s a testament to our incredible listeners, guests, rotating cast of co-hosts and ever present producer Pete Murtagh that we’re still going…
There’s loads more planned ahead of our 300th episode so keep an eye on the feed in the coming weeks 😎
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Mar 29, 2023 • 40min
291: Slime 💐 Plus grief, play & re-finding joy with Karen Robinovitz & Sara Schiller
This week we have a fun and unexpected theme that I just had to take on when this pitch email came through. We are joined by the cofounders of Sloomoo to talk slime as a factor in mental health.
Thank you for all the incredible support over these past 5 years. This time has gone so quick and it’s a testament to our incredible listeners, guests, rotating cast of co-hosts and ever present producer Pete Murtagh that we’re still going…
There’s loads more planned ahead of our 300th episode so keep an eye on the feed in the coming weeks 😎
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Mar 23, 2023 • 34min
290: Conversation 💐 Plus Culture, Recovery & Counselling with Carmen Bryce
This week we are collaborating with Mental Health Ireland by exploring conversation as a factor in mental health with communications manager Carmen Bryce.
Thank you for all the incredible support over these past 5 years. This time has gone so quick and it’s a testament to our incredible listeners, guests, rotating cast of co-hosts and ever present producer Pete Murtagh that we’re still going…
There’s loads more planned ahead of our 300th episode so keep an eye on the feed in the coming weeks 😎
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Mar 16, 2023 • 43min
289: 5 Year of Mental 🥳 Plus Energetic Clutter, Boundaries & Letting Go with Tanya Cole-Lesnick
Thank you for all the incredible support over these past 5 years. This time has gone so quick and it’s a testament to our incredible listeners, guests, rotating cast of co-hosts and ever present producer Pete Murtagh that we’re still going…
There’s loads more planned ahead of our 300th episode so keep an eye on the feed in the coming weeks 😎
This week Tanya Cole-Lesnick returns to share a new terms she coined and the positive impact working on this can have for everyone’s mental health.
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Mar 9, 2023 • 44min
288: Relationships 💐 Plus Education, Anxiety & The Sims with Jenna Adams
This week we are joined my author Jenna Adams for a packed conversation on all things relationships as a factor in mental health.
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Mar 2, 2023 • 54min
287: Eating Disorders 💐 Plus OCD, Family & Recovery with Eoin Kernan
This week See Change Ambassador Eoin Kernan shares his expience of recovery around several mental illnesses and the role that his family had in finding the right support. We also talk representation, therapy and reconnecting with the sea.
Watch the Unspoken documentary on RTE Player HERE (Ireland only or use a VPN)
Find my interview with Daniel O’Boyle HERE
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE

Feb 23, 2023 • 1h 1min
286: HIV 💐 Plus Secrets, Depression and Drag with Veda Lady
This week Irish Drag icon Veda is here sharing their experience of breaking down stigma as a HIV activist. We also delve into depression, sexuality, gender and so much more in this packed conversation.
The film ‘How To Tell A Secret’ HERE
The Poz Vibe Podcast is HERE
Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it.
You can now join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts to get new ad free extended episodes and support the cause…
Petition to 'Get Mental Health Education on the School Curriculum' - Join us at bit.ly/MentalPetition
Join the movement on: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE