Mental Health Chats with Clare Davis

How can sexual assault survivors build their strength to cope through life? It’s a long journey when you have been groomed for 5 years by someone you and your family trusted. Hear Derek Bell’s story about how George Ormond won his family over, as a trusted football coach to groom Derek and many other young boys. https://youtu.be/rhy7x4SWFng Derek runs a company that does safeguarding, and mental h...

Rape sexual assault and sexual abuse, a taboo topic ………. but is more common than you realise. We need to educate our children that sex, without consent is not acceptable, before it’s too late. Thank you, Nina Malone , for joining me today. How can sexual assault victims rebuild their self-worth? What should we be teaching our children about being polite versus listening to their gut?  This se...

Why do people shy away from the topic of menopause with their loved ones and work colleagues? Thank you, Peter Dundon (AKA Benny), for joining me today. Benny and I are going to open up the conversation of menopause. Here are the 3 links to the statistics about menopause Benny and I discussed: https://www.forthwithlife.co.uk/blog/menopause-in-the-workplace/ https://www.womens-health-concern.org/20...

Do you understand how nutrition affects menopause and hormones?   Thank you, Emma Dawson, for joining me today. This series is on Menopause. Emma is a nutritional therapist and nutritionist. World Menopause Day is on 18th October every year. Emma’s Key Top Tips are: 1) Balance your sugar levels in the bloodstream – snack on nuts, seeds, berries, foods full of nutrition. 2) Eat foods that cont...

Does menopause cause depression?   Thank you, Kathryn Colas - 'Making Sense of Menopause' , for joining me today. This series is on Menopause. Kathryn runs a company called Simply Hormones. World Menopause Day is on 18th October every year. Kathryn’s 3 Key Top Tips are: 1)  Understand the age group 35 to 55 years old, from perimenopausal to post-menopausal. Look at your menstrual situati...

What are the menopause signs? Do you know anyone who is going through menopause? Do you understand how it affects them emotionally?   Thank you, Lauren Chiren, for joining me today. This series is on Menopause. Lauren is a health coach and workplace wellbeing trainer for corporates, concentrating on the topic of menopause. World Menopause Day is on 18th October every year. Lauren’s 3 Key Top...

What do you know about grieving? Is grieving just about death?  Grieving has many more aspects to it than death as we found out from our series for Mental Health Chats on grieving. Thank you, Peter Dundon (AKA Benny) for bringing all the facts together. In the series, Monica Kleijn Evason and Tina Mitchell Skinner gave different aspects of death. Ann Allen opened up the conversation of grievi...

Do you understand grieving? Is grieving just about death?  Thank you, Ann Allen, for joining me today. This series is on Grieving. Ann helps people get out of sadness and back into their life. She deals in recovery and moving forward and helps people redefine their life, blossom, get their lives back, and have a purpose, having a new life with identity. Going from despair to opening up a new...

How can we support someone who is dying? How do you support the person who is closest to them? Thank you, Tina Mitchell Skinner , for joining me today. This series is on Grieving. Tina is the founder of Brain Tumour Support, a charity based in Bristol that supports anyone who is affected by a brain tumour and helps people across the whole of the UK. Tina’s husband, Paul died 18 years ago of a brai...

Do you talk about death?  Thank you Monica Evason for joining me in this first episode of this series on Grieving. Monica is based in Barcelona and is a mindset coach. Throughout Covid-19 Monica has coached people through coping with death, and as a result, has been nicknamed ‘The Death Coach’. Monica talks to medical staff, families, and those people with Covid-19 about the stages of death,...

Mental Health Chats: Men and Mental Health – Facts we Should Know – Peter Dundon (AKA Benny) Are you aware that 75% of suicides in #Australia and #UK are men?  Let's support our men and keep talking about their emotions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b034m933ue0 Peter Dundon (AKA Benny) is here to bring together the huge topic of Men’s Mental Health and give us some facts. Benny summed up t...

Mental Health Chats: Men and Mental Health – “Changing the Identity of Masculinity” Jason Spendelow, The Flexible Man Project What is flexible masculinity? How do men cope with challenges in their life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjBPGXRlIQk&t=15s Thank you Jason Spendelow, https://www.flexibleman.com/ for joining me today. This series is on Men’s Mental Health. All that is discussed rela...

Thank you, Warren Davies , http://www.theunbreakablefarmer.com.au/ , for joining me today. This series is on Men's Mental Health. All that is discussed relates to everyone, not just men. Warren is from a farming area in Northern Victoria, Australia, and gives us valuable advice on how to cope in isolation. The lessons Warren learned are: 1)    Communication is key. Communicate your...

Do you have men in your life whom you care about? How comfortable are they at talking about their emotions? It’s OK to not be OK. The light will always follow the dark.  Thank you Rob Osman from Dudes n Dogs for joining me today. This series on Men’s Mental Health relates to everyone, not just men. Rob mentions we need to value talking and recognises that men are sometimes not good at talking...

This Mental Health Chat is dedicated to John Bourke, who was a dear friend of Benny’s and took his own life. Were you aware that on average there are 135 people who are impacted by the death of a loved one by suicide? There are 15 suicides a day in the UK and 8 suicides a day in Australia. Thank you Peter Dundon for joining me to give us some facts and figures about suicide. We are aiming to break...

What would you do if a loved one tried to take their life? How would you support them on the road to recovery? Subscribe to my YouTube channel - Mental Health Chats. Let's open up chats and build awareness for anyone suffering from a mental illness. Please like, comment, share, and ask questions. Thank you, Declan McGann, a mental health nurse who has worked on crisis teams, for giving us first-ha...

Mental Health Chats: Sue Mulrenan – Suicide – Using the Right Language to Help? What would you do if you saw someone trying to jump off a bridge to take their own life? What would you say? Thank you, Sue Mulrenan, an Ambulance Emergency Care Assistant, for giving us first-hand advice about what to say and do. One piece of advice Sue gave is to realise that every person’s advice is very unique to t...

Mental Health Chats: Tony Phipps – Suicide - Do you ‘Really’ Understand it? Were you aware pre-Covid-19, the statistics for suicide is 15 a day in the UK and 9 a day in Australia? That is more than fatalities on the road. We need to talk about the taboo topic of suicide and not 'brush it under the carpet'. Listen in to this series to understand more. What advice would you give someone who was thin...

Were you aware that one in four 16 to 24-year olds experienced mental health concerns in the last 12 months? What is the impact of Covid-19? Will the teenager’s mental health deteriorate even more? What can we do to help?     Thank you, Benny, for researching facts and statistics about mental health and young people. Jason Lincoln, Hannah Stainer, Ben Lovatt, and Peter Dundon have o...

How can we support our young people with the changes that have been going on during Covid-19? What concerns will they have around schooling, homeschooling, exam results, their future? How does it impact their life?   Thank you to my guest, Ben Lovatt, a trainer for safeguarding in schools in the UK. Ben talks about how parents and carers of young people can become more aware of their concerns...

As parents, how do we spot the signs of mental health concerns of our teenagers and young people? Or, are they just being teenagers?  Thank you to my guest, Hannah Stainer, a mental wellbeing coach for youth in the UK. Hannah talks about how parents and carers of young people can spot the signs of mental health concerns, as well as techniques of when and how to have conversations.  &nbsp...

Parents, what challenges do you understand your teenagers and young people have that affects their Mental Health?   Thank you to my guest, Jason Lincoln, Head of St Albert's Residential College at University of New England in NSW Australia with over 300 resident students. Jason is going to talk about 3 mental health challenges that young people struggle with and what we can do, as parent...

Thank you Margaret Powe, for asking about middle management, and asking if PTSD strikes when middle managers retire. Margaret said, “This may be because all they’ve known is many years of hard work, exercising to get them through, and not wanting to easily let go of the work side of their lives. They may even realise their work-life was traumatic!”   Benny and I found it difficult to fin...

Have you ever wondered what the difference between anxiety and depression is? Thank you Verity Suttor from Australia for asking the question.  You may like to refer to the following links: https://www.bupa.co.uk/newsroom/ourviews/2017/10/anxiety-depression Robbie Williams – Very Powerful advice for a 15-Year-old girl.   https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3126421674091234&external_log_...

Today I talk with Peter Dundon (aka Benny) on having emotional fitness to prevent mental health concerns. Benny was a mate of mine from university in Armidale, Australia and he was nominated by a friend to do the 25 push-ups for 25 days challenge to raise awareness for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), anxiety, and depression that drive people to complete suicide.    You may like to...