chat chit

We've got a very special edition of chat chit this time! I'm joined by the delightful Tiff from @sashyorks to explore the topic of mental health and youth homelessness in York.  In this episode, we discuss recent statistics about NEETs and the demographics of people impacted by youth homelessness in York, the mental health toll this takes on young people, as well as what a good outcome l...

This time, I'm joined by Tom, a Yorkshireman who now lives in the South. In this episode, he discusses his mental health journey both during and after his experience of losing his hair due to alopecia, as well as his long-term affiliation with Alopecia UK. He also discusses how he uses video games to regulate his mental wellbeing, alongside half marathons, climbing and martial arts. Enjoy! Gi...

Today I'm joined by Ruby from the University of York Nursing Society. She talks about what inspired her to train as a mental health nurse, her passions for travel and walks, in addition to how she uses baking, Pilates and yoga to look after her mental wellbeing! Give us a review or send us a text about what you would like to see in the podcast Please if you like or have benefitted from the ep...

George joins me at York Mind today to chat about his student society Embrace York, who organise inclusive activities for young disabled people both at the Uni of York campus and across the city. We chat about the North London derby, learning languages and waking up early to train for a triathlon. Enjoy! Give us a review or send us a text about what you would like to see in the podcast Please if yo...

In today's episode, I'm joined by Sarah from @thecuriositycompasspod, a first year Journalism student at York St John. After accidentally finding one of our leaflets on the campus, she reached out to Chat Chit to share her travel and mental health experiences. Alongside talking about her time at uni and travelling to Japan and Morocco, Sarah chats about how she finds comfort in watching...

I'm joined by Chloe from Papyrus this time. She talks about her time working at the charity, her interests in crochet and rollerskating, as well as the sitcom New Girl! Meanwhile, I get quizzed on my time taking the SPEAK training back in January. Papyrus is a young person's suicide prevention charity and run a confidential helpline known as the HopeLine which is open 24/7. They can be c...

This time, I'm joined by Amelia from Sam's Student Talking Club who talks about her passions for powerlifting, quizzes, photography and collecting antique bibles. Sam's is a peer support groups that runs every other Thursday and is open to all students at the University of York. Amelia talks about how her mental health journey inspired her to study Psychology and how spending time i...

In this episode, we're joined by Jane and Katie from Leeds Mind. During our chat, they talked about how they were the first neurodivergent people they'd each met after their respective diagnoses, alongside their peer support sessions. We also discover their passions for musical theatre, TV and coffee shops, as well as who their favourite double acts are! Give us a review or send us a tex...

In this episode, we're joined by Robert, a freelance journalist and disability rights campaigner from North Yorkshire. During our chat, Robert discusses the links between neurodivergence and mental health, his own advocacy campaigns across the region, as well as his coverage of grassroots disability sport. We also learn that Robert enjoys going for runs to regulate his mental wellbeing, as lo...

In this episode, I'm joined by Suzy from the Buddhism and Meditation Society at the University of York, who discusses how she used Buddhism and Meditation as a means of coping with a series of sports injuries while studying. Alongside featuring an in-depth exploration of Buddhist philosophy, we also chat about our favourite biscuits and herbal teas. Enjoy! Give us a review or send us a text a...

In this episode, we meet James, our new host who discusses his background and experience of bereavement, offers some helpful services which are open if you need them over Christmas and New Year, as well as teasing podcasts for the upcoming year. Give us a review or send us a text about what you would like to see in the podcast Please if you like or have benefitted from the episode then give us a s...

What is neurodiversity? how does it differ to personality and what are the things we can do to try understand and embrace our difference? These are just a couple of the questions that Chris tries to answer with Ben and Becky. Ben works on the ADHD pathway and Becky on the Autism pathway in CAMHS. This episode gives a real insight into the sort of things people who are neurodivergent may struggle w...

In this crossover episode, we chat to Charlotte from St Leonard's Hospice all about depression and grief; the differences, where does the signs and symptoms, how to manage it and most importantly highlighting that grief is NOT a mental health condition.   Its hard to find reliable information about mental health on social media so this is why surviving in the wild exists! Go visit our Youtube...

Chris is joined by Kirsty and Emily from the Well being in Mind team who exist to support young people who have mental health struggles and to help them manage in a school environment. Why is school so hard and what is the impact when you already are struggling with your mental health? Is it the pressure? Is it in the environment, or something else? We try to answer these questions whilst also hea...

In this crossover episode, we chat to Alex from CAMHS all about anxiety; why we get it, where does it come from, how to manage it and everything in between! Alex is a Senior Children's Wellbeing Practitioner who featured in Season 1 Episode 8 of chat chit, where you can go back and listen to a bit more about what he does to manage his own mental health.  Its hard to find reliable information...

We thought the place to start with Surviving in the wild would be first to discuss the issues around the stigma of mental health and why people don't reach out. Firstly you ought to know you can watch all the videos of the project on hour youtube channel Surviving In the wild - YouTube   Stigma then; Why do we feel it? How does it feel? Do people feel it differently? Liam and Ben will be join...

This episode is all about the trials and tribulations of fundraising. It is split into 3 parts where you can jump to specific selections below based off the bookmarks. Part 1 00:45 - 29:00 Nic and where to start when fundraising and all its trials and tribulations Part 2 00:29-1:03 Chris and Josh run the great north run for York Mind and talk about Jorvik city Part 3 1:03-1:32:30 Gravesy does an i...

After 60 episodes of chat chit where I have had had endless conversations with fantastic people, I (Chris) am leaving York Mind and therefore chat chit. In this episode I have pulled together some of my favorite conversations, some of the weirder conversations and some of my favorite pieces of advice that have been given over the years. Chat chit will still continue just without me as the host asw...

In this episode, Chris talks to Holly and we cover a variety of things from grief and self harm to relationship counselling and Ann Summers. This episode has a number of fantastic takeaways but what I think is most important in this episode is the importance of self love and self care. We know them phrases are thrown about abit but we really get to grips with Hollys journey of self love and how it...

Liam and I have had a strangely similar life and the crossovers started to get a bit freaky at times. Even though our stories of mental health do run parallel to one another, the way we understand it and how we learn from our struggles keeps changing and adapting. This is one of the key things we hear from Liam in this podcast where ho he understands is mental health has evolved and changed and li...

Every year the University of York and Lancaster University lock horns in the battle of the Roses. This year, they have partnered with York Mind to raise awareness of the mental health struggles and fundraise for the charity.  In this episode of chat chit, I (Chris) welcome TJ on to the pod. TJ is the sports officer at the University of York and talks to us all about her mental health struggles alo...

Where we have been and how far we have come is so important when we are trying to understand our mental health. Acknowledging the hard times is so important, because it gives us chance to see the steps we have taken to try get better and feel happier.  That's one thing that Sam does in this podcast. Would he ever have thought he was able to go to Norway when he struggling with his mental heal...

Well o well, here we are again! I know we go off topic on chat chit but it got a little bit silly in this episode, where we had to genuinely chop out about half an hours worth of traveling chat about Korea. Let us know if you want to hear this absolute shenanigans. Anyways, this podcast features the lovely Roxanne and all about her and her story. From understanding the addiction of a family member...

Trigger warning - We do mention suicide between minutes 10:30 to 23. What is the buzzer game I hear you ask! Well in this episode of chat chit we see whether you can have a serious conversation about mental health alongside chatting about who your first tv crush was. Every 20 minutes an alarm will go off and we will answer a completely random and unrelated question. We welcome Elliot who is the ar...

Firstly if you are reading this then thank you for being a follower and supporter of this podcast, the more people that listen, the more we can help. So please share follow and like etc etc  (all them things people say that we forget to).  We went a little more informal this year and decided to take chat chit on the road,  or should I say on the rails. We spent the afternoon in York railway statio...