Healthy Minds Radio

We brought our radio show to the Healthy Minds Forum to record a special panel interview! The Forum is a space for collaboration to make change for better mental health in Calderdale, by exploring issues and identifying actions. We formed a panel of Forum Members to answer questions from our wider community on issues that matter to them in mental health. Find out more about the Forum here: https:/...

In this episode we take a trip to the Healthy Minds Allotment at Pye Nest in Sowerby Bridge! Come with us and dive into the sensory world of the allotment, as we learn how it provides a space of transformation, connection and recovery for those that spend time here. Find out more at: https://www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/activities.html

This month we take a deep dive into the story of chocolate, hearing the lived experience voices behind one of our favourite foods of the festive season. Our guests Adelle and Nana-Essi from EnT Foundation (Ese ne Tekyerema - the 'teeth and tongue') teach us about the power of storytelling, challenging the hierarchies of western-centred knowledge systems, and the ways we can re-frame mindfu...

This episode was broadcast on 25/9/2023 on Phoenix FM 96.7. Content warning: Discussion of suicide. Join Safespace worker Stuart Davies, as he welcomes Punch and Stephen to Healthy Minds Radio for a conversation about the Samaritans. Punch and Stephen are Samaritans working in Calderdale and Kirklees. In this episode, they debunk some common misconceptions about the Samaritans. They explain a litt...

Originally broadcast on 28/8/2023 on Phoenix FM 96.7. Healthy Minds Radio takes a trip to Todmorden Sports Centre to talk to Nikki Stocks, a long time member of the Healthy Minds community and fundraising extraordinaire! Nikki has been a victim of flooding in the Upper Calder Valley, causing her to struggle with stress and anxiety. While looking for strategies to support her mental health, Nikki f...

Originally broadcast on 31 July 2023 on Phoenix FM:  https://www.phoenixfm.co.uk/ In this episode of the Healthy Minds radio show Georgia and Daniel take a trip to Willows Nook Equine Assisted Learning C.I.C to speak to the centre Director Fran Armstrong as well as volunteers Lola, Juliana and Ruby to find out more about their work. Listen in to hear about the ways in which working with horses can...

Originally broadcast on 8 May 2023. Join Gemma and Paul for a conversation about meditation and experience two different meditations in practice! Paul will guide you through a body scan and a breathing meditation to help you #unwindyourmind this Mental Health Awareness Week 2023. Skip to 15.40 for body scan meditation (approx 20mins) Skip to 41:45 for breathing meditation (approx 10mins) Find more...

Originally broadcast on 13 February 2023. Healthy Minds Radio talks to the incredibly inspiring Katie Clarke from the Accessible Calderdale Project about the intersections between disability and mental health. Katie uses the power of lived experience to improve the lives and opportunities for disabled people in Calderdale. The Accessible Calderdale project works to remove both the physical and non...

Originally broadcast on 16 January 2023. Healthy Minds Radio is joined by guest Sam McCormick from dance and health company Curious Motion to chat about self-care in the new year! Find out more about Curious Motion, including their very own fabulous podcast at:  https://www.curiousmotion.org.uk/

Originally broadcast on 5 December 2022. Kiah from Healthy Minds speaks to one of our very own Safespace workers, Stuart Davies, about the important topic of suicide prevention. Safespace is Healthy Minds' service for people in distress in Calderdale to access one-to-one support, providing a listening ear when someone is in need. We understand that the topic of suicide can be difficult for som...

Originally broadcast on Phoenix FM 24 October 2022. Georgia from Healthy Minds chats to two guests about the relationship between inequalities and mental health. On this show, our guests openly share their lived experiences to shed light on the way that people and communities can respond to mental health inequalities. Daniel Hood is a Community Health & Wellbeing Worker at Healthy Minds, with...