That's Mental Mate

Johnny Seifert from Secure The Insecure joins us this week. Secure The Insecure is a celebrity mental health podcast where Johnny interviews stars from all walks of reality, such as Love Island, Big Brother and even The Traitors. Johnny speaks to me about obtaining important exclusives, how it's good to hear celebs speak their truth about childhood traumas and how he wouldn't be comfortable to tur...

Angela Allen from Bags for Strife joins That's Mental Mate this week. The charity was set up and is run by bereaved who have lost someone they love to suicide. We talk about why the charity was set up and what they do to help people who need it most. If you're struggling with anything mentioned in this podcast, and are looking for support, help can be found here: Alcohol Support: https://www.nhs.u...

I'm joined this week by Hester Glenn. Camp Jacko is infamous in the city of Derry for being the hub where people met to help look for Hester's son, Jack, when he entered the River Foyle in February 2017. Somewhere he would stay for 8 weeks due to the cold weather and his body being physically stuck underwater. Hester is a bubbly character who has had to fight her demons from losing her son all tho...

I'm joined this week by old colleague and friend Libbi Mcilwaine who talks exclusively to That's Mental Mate about dark times in her life and how she is thankful she never went forward with her dark thoughts. She talks about her 'thank God' moments, no matter how small they may be, and how she's always available if anyone needs to talk. If you're struggling with anything mentioned in this podcast,...

This week Zoe Dilworth joins That's Mental Mate to talk about how she projects her mental health into her art pieces, including her struggles with borderline personality disorder, depression and psychosis. If you're struggling with anything mentioned in this podcast, and are looking for support, help can be found here: Alcohol Support: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-... Calm: www.thecalmzone...

The lads at Claude's Cafe Men's Drop In joined That's Mental Mate this week for a great chat. Declan Moore, who manages the space, and Thomas Campbell, a recovering addict who originally came up with the idea, joined forces to make a safe space in Derry City where men can go. They've built the meetings from the ground up and are very proud of their accomplishments. They talk exclusively about the...

Tom Forbes joins That's Mental Mate this week to talk about studying psychotherapy, and how he wants to implement his own mental health struggles, as well as his autism diagnosis, into his training to make his patients and clients more comfortable. He also talks about his experiences, both pre and post pandemic, with his health anxiety. If you're struggling with anything mentioned in this podcast,...

Welcome back to That's Mental Mate and #MentalMateMondays - we are back after a short hiatus over the Christmas and New Year period. And we're back with a bang! Local comic Luke McGibbon kicks off the first episode of 2024. As well as being a rising comic in Northern Ireland, he is also a trained therapist and works on a suicide helpline. He gives a refreshing look into the 'behind-the-scenes' fro...

Welcome to That's Mental Mate's Bonus Christmas episode! First off - thank you all so much to everyone who has listened, and to my amazing guests for making this podcast possible. This will be the last episode of 2023, and we'll be back in the new year well rested with a new round of guests. I kept changing my mind on whether or not to record this episode. I thought 'who would care' and it would s...

WARNING: There are discussions in this podcast that some listeners may find distressing. This week's guest has had some serious struggles in her life. Between her father being murdered during the conflict in Northern Ireland, to losing two of her sons. One, sadly, to suicide. Josephine Mcateer started her own charity to help those experiencing grief and mental health problems, which ran for 14 yea...

This week's guest, Amazon best-selling author Stephen Edger, is currently awaiting a medical diagnosis for autism, but talks about the stigmas surrounding it, disproving the old wives' tail that it's a mental health issue or problem, and discloses his own struggles with anxiety, especially in a thoroughly competitive field of work. (Or two nerdy authors getting their kicks out of talking about boo...

Mental health nurse, senior lecturer in mental health and co-host of The Man Hug Podcast, Dean McShane, joins us this week for our podcast collab debut. The lads over at The Man Hug are doing an incredible job speaking to brave men who are willing to tell their incredible stories to meet the theme every episode, as well as signpost listeners to much needed help. Please check them out and give them...

That's Mental Mate is now in double digits! Episode 10 - and what better way to celebrate than to get a really interesting guest involved. This week, Olli Bam Francis delves deep into their/his mental health issues brought on by growing up with little to no representation in films and TV, before establishing they are Trans Non-Binary, getting top surgery to feel more secure within themselves, as w...

WARNING: There are discussions in this podcast that some listeners may find distressing. Talking openly this week about her experiences of living with bipolar disorder, Emily Parnell also discusses her difficulties with bulimia, grief and sexual assault, as well as struggles with alcohol abuse to overcome these demons. A brave and honest episode with a guest who admits themselves that they've had...

Rachel Frazer opens up this week about suffering with postnatal depression, grief and being diagnosed with a life-changing illness, all within a few months of each other. As well as her personal life, she also discusses her studies, becoming a teacher and what is being implemented in schools for children to grow up and understand their emotions and improve their mental health journey in positive w...

This week's guest won Big Brother 18 years ago when the show was at its peak. Anthony Hutton allowed himself to get carried away with all things 'celebrity,' getting paid thousands of pounds for exclusive interviews, being a household name and seeing his face on the front page of every magazine and newspaper. However, he quickly realised that as high as the fame was, the fall was just as severe. L...

WARNING: There are discussions in this podcast that some listeners may find distressing. Growing up in a turbulent household stunted this week's guest's mental progression, resulting in Tasha Barron attempting to take her own life at an age as young as 11-years-old. She has since grown up to research what has made her the way she is today, and now has a degree in Psychology and works in a similar...

When he was just 10-years-old, Richard Moore was shot in the face and blinded by a rubber bullet during the conflict in Northern Ireland. However, he hasn't let blindness stop him from doing anything he has set out to do. Not only does he tell an extraordinary story of coping with his blindness and using his story to help others, he also met, forgave and befriended the same soldier who blinded him...

WARNING: This week we talk about discussions other listeners may find distressing. This week, James Goan talks to That's Mental Mate about his struggles with his mental health, grief and how he even made an attempt to end his own life. If you're struggling with anything mentioned in this podcast, and are looking for support, help can be found here: Alcohol Support: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alc...

WARNING: There are discussions in this podcast that some listeners may find distressing. This week Mikayla Holly talks to That's Mental Mate about sexual assault, self-harm, being sectioned in a mental health hospital and living with PTSD, anxiety and, more recently, borderline personality disorder. If you're struggling with anything mentioned in this podcast, and are looking for support, help can...

As part of a final year project at university, Ryan Byrne and his classmates set up a theatre company targeting the stigma of mental health, especially in men. He went on to use these gained skills to further enhance his career in drama, as well as to try and understand the murky waters of the subject in an entertainment output. If you're struggling with anything mentioned in this podcast, and are...

Our first guest, Jordan O'Keefe, shot to fame over ten years ago when he became a Britain's Got Talent finalist. But being well known is not all it's cracked up to be. Jordan talks exclusively to That's Mental Mate about how following his stint on our screens, that's when he noticed his mental health starting to deteriorate. The new-found fame and highs of being in the public eye, in a country as...

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