Hurt to Healing

Peter Tyrer is the Professor of Community Psychiatry in the Centre for Mental Health in the Division of Experimental Medicine. Much of his recent work has been focused around personality disorders. Personality disturbance is very common, not just in psychiatric practice, and this importance has been largely unrecognized as the knowledge around this particular disorder is very poor. Many people fee...

On today’s summer special we are joined by Professor Fiona McNicholas, a Consultant in child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Her clinical interests are eating disorders and I wanted to take the opportunity today to ask her about the differences between anorexia, bulimia and binge eating and particularly how this disorder impacts children and adolescence. Having suffered from an eating disorder whi...

On today’s Summer Special, I am joined by Dr Ally Jaffee, a junior doctor and the co-founder of Nutritank. Ally is passionate about mental health and its intersection with nutrition and lifestyle which is why she is so keen to educate doctors about them. Ally co-founded a BBC award-winning Social Enterprise called Nutritank. Its mission is to promote greater nutrition and lifestyle medicine within...

On today’s Healing 101, I am joined by Clinical Director & CBT Therapist, Lee Grant, to talk all about men’s sexual health and its impact on mental health. For instance, men suffering from severe depression, the rate of erectile dysfunction may reach up to 90%. But despite the significance and higher incidence of sexual dysfunction in men, most individuals who suffer do not seek help beca...

Today I am speaking to Shocka, a Grime artist who rose to prominence as part of the Tottenham trio, Marvell. Shocka has seen the real highs and extreme lows of show business, having seen sudden success and sudden failure, from performing to packed out arena tours alongside famous names such as Skepta to abruptly being dropped by his record company. Shocka has been brutally honest about the consequ...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am speaking to Dr Mario Juruena who received his PhD in Psychiatry at King’s College London and is a Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley Trust and the lead consultant for the Maudsley Advanced Treatment Clinic for Recurrent and Resistant Depression and Bipolar. Bipolar disorder is a common, complex and costly mental health disorder, which sits at the hear...

Today I am speaking to Rory Bremner, the famous British impressionist turned presenter, who made his name with his impersonation of Tony Blair which was so near the knuckle that the then Prime Minister actually asked him to write his speeches. However, beneath the facade, Rory has always struggled with his emotions and admits to suffering from big highs and lows. He was diagnosed with depression w...

On today's Healing 101 I am joined once again by Dr. Timothy Fong, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour at UCLA. Dr. Fong specialises in addiction and today I am asking him about Cannabis Addiction. A staggering fourteen million people have used cannabis in the UK, making it the most popular illicit drug. While not everyone who uses cannabi...

Today, I'm speaking to chef and writer Alasdair Gill, the son of the well-known journalist AA Gill, about his own battle with addiction. Ali has spoken openly about how the words of his late father helped him to overcome his own addiction to drink and drugs. He explains how he hit rock bottom before finding the strength he needed to become sober two years ago with his father, Adrian, playing a cru...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am speaking to Rayyan Zafar - a Neuropsychopharmacologist at Imperial College Centre for Psychedelic research where he explores the neurobiology of drugs and addiction and how psychedelics may be used to treat individuals with mental health conditions. Rayyan also works as a research officer for Drug Science, conducting policy and scientific work in the area of drug polic...

On today’s episode, I am delighted to be speaking to Spencer Matthews, a successful entrepreneur, former Made in Chelsea cast member turned broadcaster and an incredible father of three children. Spencer is well known for his non-alcoholic drinks brand, Clean Co, which was created as a result of his unhealthy relationship with alcohol during his twenties which he saw as ‘an obstacle in his life th...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am speaking to Dr Fionnuala Barton who is a GP, Women’s Health Doctor and registered member of the British Menopause Society. She is passionate about optimising physical and emotional wellness for women at all stages of life and has particular interest in early recognition and management of perimenopausal and menopausal syptoms. Menopause itself is a topic which is slowly...

I am so thrilled and actually very starstruck to be joined by the one and only Joanna Lumley on today’s episode. I grew up watching her on Absolutely Fabulous, have admired her work with the Gurkhas, and have been fascinated by her unconventional upbringing and theatrical career. It was an honour to speak to Joanna about her incredibly colourful life: her career ups and downs, the pressure she fac...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am joined by Laura Hans AKA The Perinatal Psychologist. Laura is on a mission to empower mothers and remind them how important it is to nurture and care for themselves as well as their children by focusing on their mental health and wellbeing. She supports mums and mums-to-be on their journey to and through motherhood. Having a baby is a huge transition and can be overwhe...

Depression during and after pregnancy afflicts many people, and health care practitioners say that the pandemic has only worsened this mental health issue. These kinds of depression can include deep sadness, heightened anxiety and incessant exhaustion that makes it hard for sufferers to care for their families, let alone themselves. Today, I will be talking to Tish Weinstock, a former beauty edito...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am joined by Ariadne Calvero-Platero the founding partner at Family Central Consultants which helps families through difficult transitions. They provide support and advice to families at a critical juncture when facing medical, mental health or major life transitions. They also collaborate with families to develop a plan of action and provide ongoing support and their mis...

On today’s episode, I am joined by Lisa Bryer, a film and documentary producer who is best known for producing the epic box office success, The Last King of Scotland , which won an Oscar and many BAFTA awards. Considering her phenomenal success you might wonder why Lisa is here today but as you will soon discover, she battled with an addiction to drugs including heroin for eight years. After a fri...

On today’s Healing 101, I am joined by licensed marriage and family therapist, Kimberley Quinlan. Kimberley specialises in anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders. She is known for her vibrant and mindful approach to mental health issues and created the self-compassion workbook for OCD which is a step by step program to help you understand the emotional experience of...

I am over the moon to be joined by Susannah Constantine to kick off our special women's mental health series. Susannah is a novelist, journalist and podcaster with over 25 years experience in the media. You also might know her as the host of What Not To Wear alongside Trinny Woodall. While the show might have been about helping women love themselves from the outside in, this conversation just prov...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am joined by Dr Fiona Pienaar, the Senior Clinical Advisor for Mental Health Innovations, aka Shout (our podcast partner) and previously worked at Place2Be as the Director of Clinical services. Today’s episode focuses on suicide and suicide de-escalation in particular. It’s a very sensitive topic to navigate but I feel it’s important that we are all aware of what the warn...

For those of you who are fans of The Real Housewives of Cheshire, you’ll be excited to learn that today’s guest is Tanya Bardsley. Tanya is also a life coach, model and author and at the age of 39 was finally diagnosed with ADHD after years of battling anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Tanya was praised for her open discussion of her diagnosis on both the reality show and her ITV documentary Me &...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am joined by Dr Rachel Evans, a chartered psychologist who specialises in eating disorder recovery. Her career choice was actually inspired by her own struggle with an eating disorder. Rachel knows exactly how it feels for everything you do to be ruled by thoughts of food and weight. However, one thing she is very keen to point out is that it’s not a one-size fits all app...

I’m very excited to be joined today by Holly Baxter, a dietician, science educator, author, speaker and professional athlete in the sport of bodybuilding. Growing up in Tasmania, Holly had a heavy involvement in sports in her early life. However, when she began competing more seriously the emphasis on her performance and appearance set her up for an extremely difficult struggle with binge eating a...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am joined by psychotherapist Sarah Dosanjh. After struggling with binge eating disorder and bulimia for more than a decade she has gone on to specialise in helping others recover from binge eating. In 2020, she self published her book I Can’t Stop Eating , which reached the Amazon bestseller’s list. Sarah has now made it her mission to raise awareness of binge eating and...

Today I’m thrilled to be joined by a huge role model of mine, Thomasina Miers. Thomasina is a cook, who many might know for winning Masterchef, a writer, restauranteur and the co-founder of the successful Mexican street food restaurant, Wahaca. Thomasina has openly spoken about her own struggles with her mental health, particularly during her 20s. Her family has a history of both depression a...