Aspects

How can global mental health and the humanitarian sector move beyond its history of discrimination? In this episode, we take a look inside the global mental health and humanitarian sector. You will meet founder and psychiatrist Dixon Chibanda, who has led Friendship Bench from a local initiative to a global phenomenon. You will hear how powerful encounters with “strangers” contributed to his life&...

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In this rare podcast episode recorded during the interview tour in Sierra leone, you will hear how Nick managed to go from Freetown to UK, end up on the street, and re-build his life again. He has a truly inspiring story of how he managed to stay motivated and work hard to build his own life from scratch. Learn how he managed to find strenght to overcome the dark periods of loneliness and how he e...

Whats behind a life in crime? How do you move beyonnd it and how do you learn to express your feelings? Learn how Amani and Still Shadey managed to get out of a life in crime, but also how it nearly got them both killed, and how they lost others to the crime life. They both had rough circumstances and struggled to express their feelings and ended up finding brotherhood in the “wrong” environments....

How is UK dealing with mental health and why does youth struggle? Learn what Meg that is working with youth and mental health feels about the UK situation. She was herself close to committing suicide and has struggled with both depression and anxiety from a young age. Growing up she felt she could never become depressed, as she was always considered to be the strong one and go-to-girl for her frie...

How is digitization affecting mental health and therapy? Learn what our psychologist Moises Silva has experienced working with the digital tools of mental health, like chat, skype sessions, and also how he sees the THA interviews fit in the mix. Moises has worked with mental health in Kenya, Norway, Portugal and Brazil, and his curiosity has given him the opportunity to try new tools. Hear his tho...

How can you leave up to the expectations of the words that defined you to the world? Learn how Chris managed to overcome what came after the story he is most known for and hear how he found himself in the rubble of his own despair. Jimmy and Chris share their experiences with depression and peer pressure. How did it feel to be world known for something that did not end the way you dreamt and the c...

How do we communicate across generations to turn the mental health crisis? The gap between generations seems to increase further and further. Like Tanyette says during this unique podcast episode, “we are now dealing with the first generation that grew up with devices from day one”. Their parents is the generation that saw the birth of devices and their grandparents are the generation that lived i...

How can the combination of pressure and passion lead to depression? and how can we moved beyond it as entrepreneurs? Daniel, ever since childhood, has been the positive and extroverted guy. Since finding out about entrepreneurship and making your own company, he has not looked back. He calls himself an “ordinary hustler”, someone trying to build his own companies, that have been a ‘medium success’...

What happens when you share your story with the world, and let people in behind the mask? The artist Chris Medina got famous for his "story" through "American Idol" and the song that followed "what are words", about his fiance's terribly injured from a car accident. This changed his life, but at one point the "story" became the only reality the world wa...

What is the mental state of the world after social media took over? The episode will give a brief insight into the mental health development in the US, UK and globally, from the clinician behind the famous Instagram account “Psychlife” Juan, Maxie – Head of Marketing and Jimmy – The Founder of THA, in this engaging and insightful episode.  They discuss further how social media affects us all and w...

How to bring out the human aspect of a traumatic story? Experience what makes the human aspect interviews unique through one of the most extraordinary stories. Emmanuel Jal was one of the child soldiers that was smuggled out of Sudan by the British humanitarian worker. In his interview he shares how he managed to overcome the trauma he suffered. Maxie – Head of Marketing and Jimmy – the founder sh...

What is the world’s first digital life experience library and how did it start? Get an inside look into the mental health movement that is seen by many as the most promising low threshold services out there to solve the rising mental health crisis. Hear from one of the most viewed video interviews, Razan Zamzam, interview and THA head of marketing Maxie Earle, and the founder Jimmy Westerheim. Lea...