Health and Self Care

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Yoga and Mental Health, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by mental health yogi Carolyn Smith to discuss how practising yoga can benefit your mental health in detail. During the conversation, they discuss why yoga can be good for the body and the mind, how meditation and breath work are int...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Empathy and Sensitivity, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss how empathy and sensitivity can affect our mental health and wellbeing in detail. During the conversation, they discuss the difference between sympathy and empathy, coping skills that can help us to deal with the high emotional cost of...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Nutrition and Mental Health, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss how our diets can affect our mental health and wellbeing in detail. During the conversation, they discuss that we really are what we eat, how consuming different types of food can be beneficial to our health and how some food can h...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Music and Wellbeing, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by local musician Kitty Macfarlane to discuss how music can affect our wellbeing in detail. During the conversation, they discuss how music can change the way that you feel, how nature and the Somerset landscape has influenced Kitty’s s...

Welcome to the Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this important episode, Surviving a Mental Health Crisis , our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Meg Warr and Cher Hallett from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust to discuss how to survive a mental health crisis in detail. During the conversation, they discuss how to identify when you are in a crisis , how to ac...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  The Future of Mental Health , our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Haleem Clift and Jesse Roth to discuss their film for Time to Change entitled The Future of Mental Health? in detail. Please watch their film featuring author Michael Maisey (hosted on Vimeo) for free here . During the conve...

Welcome to the Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast! In this episode, Spotlight on Seasonal Affective Disorder , our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in detail. During the conversation, they discuss what SAD is , what you can do to manage the condition through the winter months  and how you can get more help with SAD. The  SEW podcast...

Welcome to the Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode, Wellbeing at Christmas , our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Hazel Barron from Mind in Somerset and BBC Somerset Poet of the Year, Liv Torc to discuss how Christmas can affect our wellbeing . During the conversation, they discuss why Christmas can be really difficult for some people , the “A...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Living with Chronic Disease, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss living with long term conditions in detail. During the conversation, they cover why people who have long term conditions can be more likely to also have a mental health condition (and vice versa), how long term conditions can lead...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Health and Self-Care, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss self-care in detail. During the conversation, they cover what self-care actually is, why it is more important now than ever before, how you can improve the way that you feel through a few simple lifestyle changes and much more as they dig...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Alcohol and Mental Health, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Carl Morrison from Public Health to discuss the topic in detail. During the conversation, they cover how alcohol use can affect mental health, changing patterns of alcohol consumption during the pandemic, how you can get help f...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Deep Dive into Dementia I, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss dementia in detail. During the conversation, they cover the different types of dementia and how they differ, the symptoms, how the disorder develops and how to spot early warning signs, how you can get help for yourself or your loved...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Children and Young People's Mental Health, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Nik Harwood from Young Somerset to discuss children and young people’s mental health in Somerset in detail. During the conversation, they cover the work that Young Somerset do, what you can do to seek help if yo...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Schizophrenia and Psychosis, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss the mental health conditions schizophrenia and psychosis in detail. During the conversation, they cover why schizophrenia is a still a bit of a mystery despite being studied so much, what psychosis is and how it manifests, what you...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  World Suicide Prevention Day 2020, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Louise Finnis from Public Health to discuss suicide prevention and what is happening on the day in detail. During the conversation, they cover how you can be one of the 100+ people we aim to encourage to complete a shor...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Moving On, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss video fatigue in detail. During the conversation, they cover why video fatigue is a real issue, the benefits and risks of remote working, what we can do to maintain a healthy work/life balance and much more as they dig deep into their professional e...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  The Strength of Compassion, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss compassion and its link with emotional wellbeing in detail. During the conversation, they cover how compassion is a strength, not a weakness, how human beings are social animals, hardwired to be compassionate, why self-compassion is...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Rethink Mental Illness, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Will Higham from Rethink Mental Illness to discuss what they do and how they can help you in detail. During the conversation, they cover how Rethink and the Open Mental Health Alliance are supporting people in a new way, how the p...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Somerset Wellbeing Learning Community, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Emily Strange from the Somerset Wellbeing Learning Community Recovery College to discuss what they do and how they can help you in detail. During the conversation, they cover how the Recovery College takes an educat...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  The Importance of Peer Support, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Julie Matthews from Chard WATCH to discuss peer support in detail. During the conversation, they cover what peer support is and why it is important, how you can get involved, how peer support can help maintain your emotion...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Your Wellbeing, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Dr. Dr. Lorna Stewart from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust to discuss looking after your wellbeing and the wellbeing of your family and friends in detail. During the conversation, they cover how you can improve your personal wellbeing, how...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Exploring Personality Disorder, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Dr. Rani Bora from the Somerset Wellbeing and Learning Community Recovery College to discuss personality disorder in detail. During the conversation, they cover what personality disorder is, how labelling conditions like P...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Deep Dive into Depression I, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw discuss depression in detail, exploring the subject from all angles. During the conversation, they cover what depression actually is and how it manifests, what treatments are available to help deal with it, how clinical depression is diffe...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Wellbeing Innovation, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by Andy Pritchard, the Chief Operating Officer from Mind in Somerset to discuss the 24/7 Mindline Service and how new ways of working in alliance can support our emotional wellbeing. During the conversation, they cover what Mind as an...

Welcome to the  Somerset Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) podcast ! In this episode,  Spirituality and Wellbeing, our hosts Dr. Andrew Tresidder and Dr. Peter Bagshaw are joined by the Reverend Kirsty Wells from Somerset Foundation Trust to discuss how spirituality (in all of its various forms) relates to our emotional wellbeing. During the conversation, they cover what spirituality actually is, how it c...