Maximize Mental Health - Your Weekly Podcast

Host: Ryan McIlhennon Interviewee: Lara Rebecca Trigger warning: Eating disorders  Summary: Today our guest is Lara Rebecca who talks to us about her own journey and experience with eating disorders and the importance of developing an optimistic mindset in navigating the world of mental health.  Connect with us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠@maxim.app⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠/in/maxim-vr-app⁠⁠ Website: www.maxim-vr.com...

Host: Ryan McIlhennon Interviewee: Vivian McKinnon Trigger warning: Anxiety/depression  Summary: Today our guest is trauma therapist and Hydro-Ease founder Vivian McKinnon, who talks to us about her journey to founding Hydro-Ease, the first floatation therapy centre in Northern Ireland, as well as the importance of the present moment and maintaining awareness of the mind-body connection.  Connect...

Host: Ryan McIlhennon Interviewee: Reece MacKinney Trigger warning: Anxiety/depression and discussion of violence   Summary: Today our guest is Reece MacKinney, who talks to us about the subtle pressures that underpin the formation of a traditional masculine identity and what behaviours and patterns parents, teachers and all of us can look out for as children and young people negotiate their ident...

Host: Ryan McIlhennon Interviewee: Shaun Flores Trigger warning: OCD  Summary: Today our guest is Shaun Flores, who talks to us about his experiences living with OCD, cultural issues around mental health and the importance of community in creating a healthier and happier future for us all.  Connect with us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠@maxim.app⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠/in/maxim-vr-app⁠⁠ Website: www.maxim-vr.com Don&#...

Host: Ryan McIlhennon Interviewee: Jules Lechler-Lombardi    Trigger warning: Anxiety/depression Summary: Today our guest is Jules Lechler-Lombardi, who talks to us about their mental health struggles, advice for young people struggling with their gender identity and increasing acceptance and knowledge of different gender identities in society.  Connect with us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠@maxim.app⁠⁠ Linked...

Host: Ryan McIlhennon Interviewee: Adam Brennan Trigger warning: Suicide discussed  Summary: Today our guest is Adam Brennan, a personal trainer who talks to us about his mental health struggles, advice for young people struggling with mental health and the importance of living in the present moment.  Connect with us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠@maxim.app⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠/in/maxim-vr-app⁠⁠ Website: www.maxim-v...

Host: Ryan McIlhennon Interviewee: Pallavi Mahajan Trigger warning: Gender oppression discussed.  Summary: Today our guest is Pallavi Mahajan of the United Nations and Government of India who speaks to us about gender equality and the challenges faced in advancing gender equality, as well as the changes she would like to see take place in the future.  Connect with us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠@maxim.app⁠⁠...

Host: Ryan McIlhennon Interviewee: Kartik Rai Trigger warning : Anxiety and depression Summary:  Our guest this week is Kartik Rai of Penumbra Mental Health, who speaks to us about what constitutes good mental health, the biggest challenges regarding mental illness, and what changes he would like to see in the future regarding treatment of poor mental health. Connect with us on: Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠@ma...

Trigger warning : This episode has triggers for anxiety and eating disorders.  Summary: Today our guest is Lauren Houston of Action Mental Health who will discuss her own mental health journey and what led her to working in the field of mental health care itself. Lauren also discusses what she thinks needs to be done to promote mental wellbeing on a broader scale within society, and the changes sh...

Trigger warning : This episode has triggers for depersonalisation and anxiety.  Summary: Today our guest is Ryan who will share his personal experience of poor mental health throughout his childhood, adolescence and adult life and how this enabled him to reflect not only on the influence of personal trauma but also how certain cultural values/expectations can shape and influence the manifestation...

Trigger warning : Depression, Self-harm, Anxiety Summary : Judy is a CBT therapist. Today she gives everyday tips on how to handle low days. She also helps us to understand the difference between being depressed and feeling depressed. She talks about the impact of social media, anxiety, self-harm and depression. She also shares tips that can help you when you feel low, and how helpful it is to sha...

Trigger warning: Drugs, Dead and Grief Summary: Kevin is sharing his story about losing his teenage son Patrick to a one-time party drug. As a father, he shares his opinion on how peer pressure, wrong education and access to not ‘clean’ MD caused his son’s dead. He also shares how Kevin’s dead affected his siblings, friends, and parent's mental health and how everyone had to find their way to...

Trigger warning: Possible discussion of abuse  Summary: Lisa is the founder of Maxim VR. She is sharing her lived experiences about domestic abuse and mental health struggles, and how this motivated her to found a startup that is helping young people to unplug and decompress.  Connect with us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠@maxim.app⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠/in/maxim-vr-app⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠ www.maxim-vr.com⁠⁠ Don't forg...

Trigger warning: This episode has references to anxiety Summary: Today our guest is Barbara. She is sharing how an anxiety attack at the beginning of her twenties let her reevaluate who she was. She became more aware of how other people are suffering from mental health struggles and how this must affect their lives, mood and emotions. Looking back to when she was a teenager, she knows today how he...