
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

Sep 29, 2022 • 45min
265: Gender 💐 Plus Education, Halloween & Sexuality with Alexander Tries
This week Alexander Tries is here to chat all things gender as a factor in mental health. Including stereotypes, binary thinking and what it means to realise you’re not alone in feeling uncomfortable with gender expectations.
Check out our original Gender miniseries: Ep 158, Ep 159
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 this 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

Sep 22, 2022 • 38min
264: Psychosis 💐 Plus Family Expectations, Media Portrayals & Forensic Psychiatry with Dr Sohom Das
This week we are joined by NHS Doctor and Forensic Psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das to demystify psychosis.
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 this 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

Sep 14, 2022 • 45min
263: Social anxiety 💐 Plus Eating Disorders, Gym Anxiety & LGBT Mental Health with Jaime Filer
This week we are joined by personal trainer and mental health advocate Jaime Filer in an uplifting episode. We get into misconceptions around eating disorders, overcoming social anxiety and how these conditions hold people back from improving their overall 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 this 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

Sep 8, 2022 • 47min
262: Unexplained Illnesses 💐People come to my office when other doctors can’t find the cause with Dr Susan B Trachman
This week we are talking all about a fascinating area of medicine that identifies the many ways our physical health is influenced by our mental state.
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 this 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

Sep 1, 2022 • 48min
261: Fertility 💐 There’s a massive sense of relief that this is being talked about more with Dr Kibby McMahon & Jacqueline Trumbull
This week fellow podcasters Dr Kibby McMahon & Jacqueline Trumbull are here to share their experiences around fertility as a factor in mental health.
Find their wonderful podcast 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 support the show and get new episodes ad free…
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

Aug 30, 2022 • 8min
260: Introducing… Glittering A Turd with Kris Hallenga
Glittering A Turd is a place for Kris and her guest on each episode to talk openly and candidly, taking positives from moments of adversity and acknowledging that life can be a turd, but you can roll that turd in glitter.
Each guest takes us through one, or several moments of adversity in their lives. Illness, mental health issues, addiction, relationships - a whole host of topics. They’ll talk about the biggest challenges they have overcome in childhood and adulthood, and how they affect change.
The podcast explores how life events can completely derail us from the path we believe we’re on, but how such experiences can positively define who we are and put us on a new journey.
Glittering a Turd is out now, with brand new episodes every Tuesday, so search Glittering a Turd wherever you’re listening to this show and click follow so you never miss an episode.

Aug 25, 2022 • 44min
259: A Normal Life 💐 The implication is that your happiness is secondary to doing what is expected with Efia Sulter (Rerelease)
We’ll be back with a new episode next week but for now please enjoy this favourite from the archive, first published in February 2022:
This week we are joined by Efia Sulter to unpick the pressures that can exist around how ourselves and others expect our lives to go.
Learn more about Efia’s work 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 support the show and get new episodes ad free…
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

Aug 18, 2022 • 44min
258: Connection 💐 In finding our own identity we often empower others to do the same with Stefanos Xenakis (Rerelease)
We’ll be back with a new episode next week but for now please enjoy this favourite from the archive, first published in October 2021:
This week were joined by inspirational author Stefanos Xenakis to explore the theme of connection as a factor in mental health. Including how the experiences our guest had in therapy helped shape his optimistic outlook and appreciation for others
You can find The Simplest Gift by Stefanos Xenakis HERE
Find the infographic and research Bobby mentions 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 Subsription on Apple Podcasts to support the show and get new episodes ad free…
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

Aug 11, 2022 • 41min
257: Depression & Speaking Up 💐 Hope and tools that’s what I love with Terry McGuire
This week we are joined by incredible campaigner, podcaster and repeat guest Terry McGuire to delve into the experience of speaking publicly about mental illness. This conversation is full of connection, humour and incisive take-aways about depression.
The link to the video about depression's lies:
https://vimeo.com/716603846/f13be05186
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 this 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

Jul 27, 2022 • 48min
255: PTSD 💐 There were also such surprising moments of connection with Mary Firestone
This week we are joined by the incredible Mary Firestone to talk all things PTSD including her experiences of ‘Post Traumatic Growth’. Plus the strange clarity that can often follow trauma and what to do with it.
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 this 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