Mental Health and You

This week our hosts are joined by colleagues from our research team who cover: what research has to do with mental health, how it can benefit our service users and more! Learn more about research: Research | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS View our research studies: Research studies | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Contact our research team by emailing: researchinfo@nsft.nhs.uk Music production: © 2026 Devon Whi...

This week, Nina and Gay are joined by Ash who leads the Recovery College and Steve who has benefitted from the Recovery College. The episode focuses on what the Recovery College is, who can join the courses and what courses are available, how to enroll, some of the misconceptions of the Recovery College and how the recovery college responds to feedback. Learn more about the Recovery College here R...

This week our hosts, and people with lived experience discuss, their experiences of the early days of motherhood, sharing experiences inside mother and baby units and in the community.    This episode covers: Perinatal OCD, perinatal depression, benefits of a group support setting, peer support, Letterbeams , and the support available when you leave the MBU.   Read about our mother...

This week Nina and Gay are joined by Vicky, from our Veteran's integrated service who shares a information about what is being done to support female veterans. Below are articles or links referenced in this episode: Women veterans to gain greater access as support group grows NSFT’s support for female veterans is model of best practice in national toolkit Award-winning and history-making NSFT staf...

In this episode, Nina and Gay chat to the team at Carlton Court Hospital, near Lowestoft, which is helping to tackle isolation and loneliness for older people, those with dementia, and their carers, including two support groups. They also find out more about NSFT’s In-reach/Outreach work on the wards and with care homes in the community and what kind of support there is for older people and those...

Trigger Warning - This podcast contains discussion around the subject of suicide This week we're joined by members of the Children Families and Young People Participation Group who share their own experiences and how music has supported them through difficult times. Read more about the Mental Health Music Takeover here: Young people tune in to boost their mental health . Listen to the Mental Healt...

This week the Mental Health and You Podcast is joined by Kelly, Julie and Trevor who talk about the Think Families and Carers Listening into Action group at NSFT. They share how they got involved, what the groups achieved and what the next steps could be. Carers information can be found here Carers | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today the group share why they got involved in participation, what their experiences have been like and how you can get involved with Particip8! and participation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're joined by Julie our Chaplain and Helen who has been shadowing Julie over the last year. Helen shares a bit about what's stood out to her, why her faith is important to her and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features a discussion about an innovative project in Norfolk and Waveney involving the local mental health system providing training and support to primary school staff to empower them to offer an early evidence-based intervention for children experiencing problems with anxiety. The project received funding from Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the National Institut...

This week we're joined by women from across NSFT who share their lived experience and professional expertise of neurodiversity in women, sharing experiences of ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and Autism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're joined by Danny from the Recovery College who shares some more information about our new Autumn and Winter timetable. If you're interested in learning more about the Recovery College, please visit Recovery College | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're joined by Beth, Clinical Psychologist and service users, Grace and Simone, who discuss their experiences of leaving school and change in young people's lives. The group expand on experiences after school and share how changes after effected them during their life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're joined by staff who were a part of our Wedgwood Therapy garden project! The team discuss the journey of creating the garden, some of the benefits they've seen, what makes the garden different to a 'normal' unit and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're joined by Sophie and the Particip8! participation group as they discuss the good and bad effects mental health conditions can have on confidence in day-to-day life, with the group sharing their own personal experiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Wayne, our Armed Forces and Veterans Practitioner, is joined by Mike and Claire as they discuss leaving the armed forces and the effect it can have on a family, the struggles when you know you're leaving the Armed Force, the hardest adjustments, the effects on mental health as well as what Armed Forces Day means to them and the importance of coming together to celebrate Armed Forces Day as a...

This week we're joined by our Women's Network who share their experience of the menopause, how it's effected their mental health, what they've found works for them and more.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're joined by Particip8!, a participation group run by the Suffolk Children, Families and Young People service within The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust who discuss what self-esteem is, the effects school can have on self-esteem, the difficulty of comparison and expectations, social media and more.    Self-esteem and Believing in Yourself | Tips and Advice | Yo...

This week we're joined by our Hospital Rooms project team and service users who talk about our collaborative work with Hospital Rooms, an arts charity focused on mental health. The episode gives a brief background on hospital rooms, shares the experiences of staff and service users within the project, the aims of the collaboration and more!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Today we're joined by Kelly and Bernie who talk about the Lotus Unit, in particular the pathways in it, how Bernie as a peer support worker supports you, support groups and additional support the team provide, partnership working with local organisations, the teams referral process, the importance of reaching out and talking to people and more.    Learn more about the service here:...

This week we're joined by Hope, our Recovery College (RC) tutor, who shares some information on their upcoming summer timetable, what the Recovery College is and what inspired it, a bit about Hope's role in the RC, some of the new courses that are now available, including the living your best life course, and more.  Listen to the previous episode, focused on how to joining the Recovery Colleg...

Today, Wayne and experts by experience come together to discuss lessons learnt from previous events the group have attended, past experiences, the growth of the veteran support services and what they've learnt since its beginning. They discuss the next steps for the group, the importance of involving everyone, connecting to veterans and their families and more. Learn more about the national Op COU...

In this episode we’re joined by a range of staff from NSFT and service users who are sharing their lived experience to help our Safewards project. The episode focuses on the Safewards Quality Improvement (QI) project, in particular: what it is, the model of care and what it means, how it fits into safewards, Safewards intervention measures, why we’re implement safewards, the collaboratives approac...

This week we're joined by Gemma and Steph who are both Peer Support Workers with Lived Experience of eating disorders.   The pair discuss: eating disorder services provided at NSFT, their own personal experiences of eating disorders, their recovery, the importance of recognising progress in recovery, how they apply their lived experience to their role and more.   Additional resources men...

 This week we've been joined by Andrea and Liv who talk about what's involved in participation, how Liv got involved in participation, how it helped build her confidence and the benefits she's experienced.    Liv shares her journey from service user to participation to a Peer Support Worker at NSFT as well as more information about participation.   Quoted links are below: &nbsp...