Steve Talks Life

In these special 'A to Zen of life' episodes I'll be sharing with you what the A to Zen of life means to me, and my experience of living by these simple reminders. This episode focuses on: Avoid negative sources, people, places and habits

In this episode I discuss the final stages of my detox process leading up to rehab. After 13 years of drug and alcohol addiction, I went cold turkey to detox myself off alcohol and drugs in order to be accepted into a rehabilitation programme. This was a painful process but I knew I had to do it to save my life.

In this episode I talk candidly about what led to me developing an alcohol addition, what it was like being in the throws of addiction, what alcohol abuse was like for me and how I came to escape my addiction.

In this episode I discuss ways and tactics that I have personally used throughout my life to develop and improve my self confidence

Part Three in a three part series - in this episode I talk about the effects of suicide on partners personal live experience of having partners commit suicide. The feeling of guilt anger is somehow magnified and what to do if you find yourself suspecting that your partner is feeling suicidal.

Part Two of a three part series- in this episode I talk about the effects of suicide on friends. The friends are left behind after suicide, how you can support a friend and spot potential signs that a friend is feeling suicidal

Part one of a three part series-in this episode I talk about the effect of suicide on siblings, effect of my brothers suicide on my and the effect on my sister with my attempted suicide

In this episode, I talk about the difficulties in living with autism, waiting for an assessments and the frustrations caused by the process

In this episode, I discuss my experiences with not being liked be it by family, potential friends and work colleagues. I talk about my opinion on how I don't think it matters. Also a few tips and tricks on being okay with not being liked.

In this episode I talk about how anger has affected me throughout my life

In this episode, I talk about some brief examples of my experiences of intrusive thoughts, how they used to make me feel, how they make me feel and the coping strategies that work for me. I also discuss how it makes me feel when people casually use the term 'intrusive thoughts' and what they actually are on a deeper level.

I have a brief, broad chat about mental health throughout my life. Covering topics such as childhood, foster care, confusion about being different.

In this episode, I open up about my experience living with Dissociative Amnesia, a type of dissociative disorder that’s deeply connected to trauma and mental health. For years, I’ve struggled with memory loss—sometimes entire chapters of my life feel like they’ve vanished—and I wanted to share what that’s really like. I talk about how this condition affects my day-to-day life, my relationships, an...

Hello and welcome to my podcast! This episode is a little introduction about me and the sort of things I'll be talking about in my podcast. I hope you'll join me for the next episode.