Hurt to Healing

On today’s HEALING 101, I am joined by Dr Brent Turnipseed, a board certified psychiatrist and co-founder of Roots Behavioural Health. He and his wife Andrea founded Roots with the initial goal of making psychiatric care more accessible. Roots behavioural health services include ketamine assisted psychotherapy, a ground breaking approach for the treatment of depression, anxiety and other serious c...

I am so thrilled to be joined today by a man on a mission to raise awareness of the reality of OCD, Shaun Flores. When people talk about OCD, they often talk about it as a quirk or something almost productive, but anyone who lives with OCD knows this couldn’t be further from the truth. Shaun Flores has suffered from OCD since he was 27. He initially struggled with obsessive thoughts about his sexu...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am joined by Lisa Williams, the Principal Clinical Psychotherapist and manager of the Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Lisa is passionate about providing good treatment for anxiety disorders and has further specialist training in compassion focused therapy. We will be speaking today about what compassion focused the...

Today I'm speaking to the ultimate girl boss, Lisa Bilyeu. Lisa is the co-founder of the billion dollar company, Quest Nutrition, and the co-founder of Impact Theory, a weekly show that explores the minds of the world's highest achievers. You might ask, how on earth does she do it all? The answer to that is that she's brimming with self-confidence. Lisa is a self-confidence expert who shares a lot...

On today's HEALING 101, I'm joined by Dr. David Sturgeon, a consultant psychiatrist at UCL. David has worked for students for many years and it was fascinating for me to talk to him about the mental health of students and to ask him all about why depression and anxiety is most commonly found amongst them and what he thinks universities can do to help prevent this. I would love for you all to sign...

Today I am honoured to be joined by Poppy Jaman, a respected icon in the international mental health space. She is a global voice of authority on workplace mental health, working with leaders from across the world to create national policies that drive sustainable change forward. She is the Global CEO of  MindForward Alliance  and, over the past 12 years, has created the world’s leading...

On today's HEALING 101, we are joined by Deirdre, or as I like to call her, Dede Nazareth, a friend of mine and a functional osteopath. Functional and osteopathic medicine both seek to find the root cause of illness by asking 'why' and considering things that may seem unrelated, such as treating skin conditions by treating the gut or treating headaches by analysing joints in the upper back. This p...

I am joined today by Marisa Peer, a world leading therapist, a world renowned speaker, a hypnotherapist and the bestselling author of five books. Marisa has changed thousands of lives and has spent the last 30 years working with Hollywood celebrities, CEOs, royalty and sports stars. After being inundated with therapist requests, she eventually agreed to create her award winning rapid transformatio...

On today’s HEALING 101, I am talking to Emily Syphas - a Specialist Addictive Behaviour Coach, a life coach and the founder of Sober & Social, a community which offers events and support for those wanting to lead an alcohol free lifestyle. Emily knows first hand how daunting it can be to navigate your life without alcohol, reclaim your hangover free self and deal with sober social situati...

I am honoured to be joined by Anne Robinson, established television presenter and journalist known for her assertive views and her frosty presenting style on one of my all time favourite game shows, The Weakest Link. In the 1960s, Anne was the first young female trainee at the Daily Mail newspaper. She worked at The Sunday Times and The Daily Mirror and then went on to host programmes such as Watc...

In today's episode, I'm joined in the studio by a clinical psychologist with more than ten years of experience. Dr. Sam Akbar specialises in treating refugees with PTSD who have been tortured, survive war or sexual violence. And in 2022 released a book called Stress Alien How to Beat Stress and Build Resilience. There is no denying that life is stressful. We are living in a post-pandemic world whe...

I am joined today by Rosie Pye, an award winning producer, program editor and a multimedia producer with 15 years experience. She has produced thousands of BBC programmes and hundreds of podcasts. Rosie joined The Economist in 2020 to produce their flagship podcast, Economic Asks before creating Blanchard House, where she leads a development team, creating original content and quality podcasts for...

On today's HEALING 101, I'm speaking to Dr. Ariele Noble, the head of research psychology at Mental Health Innovations and a chartered counselling psychologist. With 20 years of experience in the field of mental health and wellness, her clinical and research backgrounds help those who suffer from mild and severe mental and or physical difficulties. Today, we are going to be speaking about the rela...

Today's guest is Hope Virgo, a multi award winning mental health campaigner, an author and an international leading advocate for people with eating disorders. For four years, Hope managed to keep her own battle with anorexia a secret from her friends and family. But on the 17th of November 2007, her world changed forever, and she was admitted to a mental health hospital. Hope then face the biggest...

On today’s Healing 101, I am speaking to Dr Lee Valls, a counselling psychologist and the Clinical Director of The London Practice. Today I will be asking him about the subject of EMDR, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing which hit the headlines in 2021 after Prince Harry shared it was one of the forms of therapy he worked with to move through the impact of trauma he experienced as a chi...

Today, I'm speaking to Rachel Kelly, a mental health campaigner and writer who in her early thirties was diagnosed with severe depression and suffered from two major depressive episodes. These two episodes have become the defining events of her life. Since then, she's written about the condition and her recovery and books have been read by tens of thousands of people. Her memoir about her experien...

On today's HEALING 101, I am speaking to Dr. Tom Graham, a counselling psychologist and CBT therapist at Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Intervention Center. Many of you might have heard of the term CBT, but not a lot of people actually know what it is. I thought it was important for Dr. Graham to come on to the podcast to explain CBT in simple terms and how it can help manage many mental h...

I am so thrilled to be kicking off Season 2 with the one and only Ruby Wax. Ruby has been a dream guest of mine since I had my first thought about starting this podcast. Ruby famously left her career in comedy 25 years ago to seek a way to fix her reoccurring bouts of depression. Ruby has been very open about her struggles with bipolar disorder and depression, going on to study a Master’s degree i...

On today's Healing 101 I'll be talking all things Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, with Kristen Carder, an ADHD expert, a top podcast host, and an internationally recognised life coach for adults with ADHD. Kristen has been studying ADHD and its effects on students and adults for over a decade and has had the privilege of running directly from leading psychiatrists and psychologists...

On today's episode, I'm thrilled to be joined by Leanne Maskell, the bestselling author of three books, The Model Manifesto, ADHD an A to Z, and her most recent book, The Reality Manifesto. She is also a model, an ADHD coach and legal activist who currently works with companies to increase ADHD awareness and improve mental well-being in the workplace. I am so thrilled to have Leanne join us this w...

On today's Healing 101 I am speaking to Dr Amita Jassi, a consultant, clinical psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorder Service for Children and Young People. Body dysmorphic disorder affects about one in 50 people. We discuss why it's such a debilitating condition, why there is a lack of insight into it and I ask her about what treatment and therapies are availabl...

If you're a big fan of reality TV, some of you might be familiar with my next guest. Charlie King was once famed for his role on The Only Way Is Essex and known best for his very dramatic relationship with the one and only Gemma Collins. The series followed his attempts to become more of a man as he started changing what he wore and how he spoke in a bid to fit in. He then had a brief departure fr...

On today's Healing 101 I am joined 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 gambling disorders and why they're becoming increasingly prevalent in today's society. I asked him about how these disorders develop, what the signs are that someone's gambli...

Today, I'm thrilled to be joined by the very talented jeweller, Theo Fennell. Or as he's otherwise known as the 'King of Bling' in the early days of Theo's career. He was a notable socialite who had a slightly unhealthy relationship with alcohol. Theo has since scaled down his partying and gave up alcohol many years ago. Theo has since opened up about his partying ways in his memoir called 'I Fear...

On today's healing one day one, I am talking to Dr. Michael Strober, a distinguished professor of psychiatry and the director of the Eating Disorders Program at the Neuropsychiatric Institute since 1982. His research centres on risk factors and eating disorders and the long term course outcome and treatment of them. As someone who has suffered from an eating disorder myself, this is an episode I w...