The Good Mental Health Podcast
Welcome to Good Mental Health - where we share inspiring interviews about mental health, psychology and well-being. From specialists to real-life cases - each holds key insights, evidence-based knowledge, research, free resources and hope.
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Newest Episode: 'Supporting people with chronic illness'
with Emma Wardropper
Join Emma Wardropper, a compassionate advocate for those living with chronic illness, as she shares invaluable insights and techniques to enhance the lives of individuals facing health challenges.
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Handle with care
Aric Sigman explains why craft-based skills are as important as academic ones, and need to be taught in all schools.
VIP award for HG inspired work
Congratulations to Valerie Hillen, who has won an award for her invaluable work with job seekers.
Book Review – The Buddha Pill: can meditation change you?
Ivan Tyrrell reviews "The Buddha Pill: can meditation change you?" by Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm (Watkins Publishing, £10.99).
Human givens and social work
Social work should be about helping people yet, bogged down in bureaucracy, it has lost its way. Jan Little shows how the human givens approach can put it back on track.
Time, please!
Julia Welstead considers what we should really be giving this Christmas... and all year round too
Mapping the mind
Carol Harper explores how the HG approach can help us to adjust our perspectives and better understand both ourselves and the challenges we face …
Case Study: Evidence that it works, the fast cure for phobia and trauma
Read about how a Faulklands war veteran overcame the severe flashbacks and panic attacks he suffered for 20 years after a horrifically traumatising experience during his service in the navy.
Extending emotional wellbeing in schools
Stuart Coulden describes an innovative project for enhancing emotional health in diverse school communities.
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The uses and abuses of hypnosis
Ivan Tyrrell warns that hypnosis is a powerful tool that must be used with care, understanding and integrity...
Where the rainbow ends - the collapse of civilization?
Ivan Tyrrell talks to Anne Glyn-Jones author of "Holding up a Mirror" about the dynamics of history that eventually lead to the destruction of security, prosperity and artistic achievement.
Meeting emotional needs whilst socially isolating or working from home
Our mental and physical health depend upon meeting emotional needs in healthy ways. This keeps stress levels low and allows our immune syst
7-11 breathing: How does deep breathing make you feel more relaxed?
Many online articles now advocate breathing techniques as a way to lessen anxiety and control stress levels, but we have noticed...
How to lift depression quickly and safely
Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell explain how and why the human givens approach can help therapists shift depression in a handful sessions — or fewer.
The fast cure for phobia and trauma: evidence that it works
Counsellors who use it know that the 'rewind technique' is fast, safe, painless and effective for dealing with trauma. Keith Guy and Nicola Guy devised a study to test it.
The Century of the Self
Ivan Tyrrell explores with Adam Curtis how Freudian ideas are flourishing in business and politics today and insidiously influence all of our lives.
Exploring the CULT in culture
Looking at cult behaviour. A revised version (including additional material) of an article by Ivan Tyrrell, first published in 1993, that explores Dr Arthur Deikman's enlightening work on cult behaviour.
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HG practitioner participates in global congress
HG practitioner Felicity Jaffrey, who lives and works in Egypt, received the extraordinary honour of being invited to speak at Egypt’s hugely prestigious Global Congress on Population, Health and Human Development (PHDC24) in Cairo in October.
SCoPEd - latest update
The six SCoPEd partners have published their latest update on the important work currently underway with regards to the SCoPEd framework implementation, governance and impact assessment.
Date posted: 14/02/2024