Mental Health Monday

Brothers Jack and Ethan Smith joined David Easson on Mental Health Monday to talk about their programme 'Train, Eat, Educate'. They have developed a program working within schools that has triangulated 3 areas to work hand in hand - physical health, mental health and nutrition. Plus, Wavertree MP, Luciana Berger condemned new cuts to children’s mental health services that she claims ‘threaten our...

Jake Mills and Mick Coyle get together for another edition of Mental Health Extra. It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and there’s a chance to re-listen to the groundbreaking Mental Health Minute, which was broadcast across 300 radio stations on Tuesday 15th May. Also, Jake has news about how the Coronation St suicide story affected the number of people contacting the Hub of Hope. And he tells us h...

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and we’re marking it with the launch of a new campaign. #WheresYourHeadAt? is brainchild of the Bauer Media group and MHM contributor Natasha Devon MBE. Get all the details here: www.wheresyourheadat.org which includes a link to a petition calling for mental health first aiders to be available in all workplaces and colleges. Also, check out the work Phil Bridges d...

On this week’s (belated) edition of Mental Health Monday, Mick Coyle talks to Coronation Street writer Jonathan Harvey about the tragic events unfolding in Weatherfield, and the real-life experiences that inspired them. And later, University of Liverpool Professor of Clinical Psychology Peter Kinderman joins Mick to talk about the ‘Pint of Science’ festival taking place on the 14th-16th May. Catch...

Mick and Jake catch up for another bumper edition of Mental Health Extra. This week, we discuss a suicide storyline which is due to feature on Coronation Street. Jake offers his thoughts on how the media can cover these issues in a responsible way. We also look back at the work done by The Brain Charity as featured on #MHM, and the testimony of Jess, who appeared on this week’s show. Plus, Jake’s...

Mick finds out about the work done by Liverpool based organisation “The Brain Charity” Nanette Mellor tells Mick about the diverse nature of the work they do, and service user Jess explains how she found help from them at a difficult time in her life. She tells us how works at the centre, details of which you can find here: www.thebraincharity.org.uk Also the programme, David Ashton brings us some...

Mick Coyle and Jake Mills discuss Sarah's story on Mental Health Extra and the stigma surrounding bipolar, particularly in men. Find out more information about her boxing event here: www.facebook.com/RichsLastFight Plus, with the recent deaths of Dale Winton and Avicii, Mick and Jake take a look at how the media report deaths and the suggestions surrounding mental health. If you want to find menta...

Sarah Sadler joins Mick Coyle to share her story on this week’s Mental Health Monday. Her fiancé Rich was diagnosed with bipolar after a suicide attempt when he was 36. Sadly, in September 2017, Rich later passed away, Before he died, he told Sarah he wanted “one last fight”. Rich was passionate about boxing, so Sarah’s organised a charity boxing event in his memory. Details of the event can be fo...

Mick Coyle and Jake Mills discuss a story which suggests mental health problems in the emergency services are reaching beyond crisis point. Pete Singleton from the Merseyside Police Federation sets out the facts. Also on the agenda, new figures suggest suicide rates in universities are at a higher rate than similarly aged people in the rest of society. Mick shares his own memories of his time of u...

Mick’s back with a couple of mental health events taking place in Liverpool this week. First up: details of the showing of a documentary called Crazywise at a venue on Hope Street, by the Imagine Independence Organisation. Details here: https://www.imagineindependence.org.uk/crazywise-rethinking-madness/ Followed by Claire Stevens, with details of Saturday’s “Mad Pride: Circus of the Absurd” event...

Jake Mills is back in the studio for another Mental Health chat. This week, the guys discuss Val McKie’s story from Mental Health Monday. Listen to Val again here: https://audioboom.com/posts/6787880-episode-60-shame-secrets-and-finding-success Also, Jake gives Mick an update on his involvement in the #BCMentalHealth event in Liverpool. And Mick reveals which song from a certain film makes his wel...

Val McKie joins Mick for an emotional Mental Health Monday. Val shares her story about being abused as a child, and how that impacted on her life. She now tours the world as an inspirational speaker through the “Touchpoint Change” organisation. Find her details here: www.linkedin.com/in/valmckie/ Also on the programme, Mind Ambassador Frankie Bridge from girlband “The Saturdays” joins Mick ahead o...

Mick Coyle and Jake Mills from Chasing the Stigma looked at Monday's episode 'The Lily-Jo Project'. They spoke about the importance in having easily accessible resources, such as www.thelilyjoproject.com , to help young people identify their mental health and to have a designated place to go if they need help with any aspect of mental health. Also, they discussed the importance of laughter and the...

Mick is joined by singer songwriter Lily Jo. After training as counsellor, she’s built a brilliant website full of loads of information about various mental health issues, and now tours schools talking about her project. There’s also a chance to hear some of her music, which she uses to inspire conversation with young people. Also on the show, Mick hears about the Theodora Children’s Charity Giggl...

Mick Coyle and Jake Mills took a look into the 'Moodit' episode of Mental Health Monday and talked about the benefits the app could have for helping people understand their mental health. Plus, how people deal with grief differently and how to normalise the subject of talking about grief.

Mick is joined by child and adolescent psychiatrist Hassan Yasin, the founder and creator of the Moodit App. Ahead of its launch, Hassan tells Mick what he hopes it will achieve, and how social media and technology can be a force for good, as well as bad. Find out more about Moodit via the Website moodit.com . Also on the agenda: Grief, and how it affects us. Author Julia Samuel MBE shares her tho...

Chasing the Stigma's Jake Mills joined Mick Coyle for another episode of #MentalHealthExtra to look at this week's episode 'The PND Daddy'. They took a look at how postnatal depression affects fathers as well as mothers and how there is a stigma attached to mental health in dads. Visit the Hub of Hope www.hubofhope.co.uk   Follow @MrMickCoyle and @JakeMills1

Mick is joined by @ThePNDdaddy Tony Crone to talk about his experience of postnatal depression after the birth of his first child. It’s not something you traditionally associate with fatherhood, but we discover it’s a lot more common than you think. Jon Nevill from ThisDadCan.co.uk wants more to be done to raise the issue nationally, he joins us in the studio too. PLUS Tom Chapman from the Lion Ba...

Mental health campaigner, Jake Mills, joined Mick Coyle for a new extended #MentalHealthMonday feature, Mental Health Extra. Mental Health Extra takes a deeper look into the weekly podcast and Mick and Jake discuss mental health news stories from the week. This week Mick and Jake looked at the Liverpool City Region Mental Health Summit and the work of local Blue Light Mind Champion, Paul Bannister...

Director of Time to Change, Sue Baker, joined Mick Coyle on Mental Health Monday ahead of the Liverpool City Region Mental Health Summit. Sue talked about the importance of the 'Time to Change' pledge which was signed by Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram, and how it is a commitment to change attitudes and actions around mental health in the workplace. Hear from the Metro Mayor and...

Mick is joined by academic researchers from the University of Liverpool who are launching a new study to look at the mental health of footballers. Dr Ross White and Andrew Bethell are encouraging academy and professional players at all levels of the game to sign up, so clubs, associations and stakeholders can spot early signs of potential problems, and encourage wellbeing across the sport. Full de...

Leigh Best, founder of Talking Eating Disorders, joined Mick Coyle in the studio ahead of 'Eating Disorders Awareness Week' which takes place from Monday 26th February. Leigh was alongside Tina Marsh, who's daughter suffered with an eating disorder, and Cara from St Helens who told her story of how she dealt with her own eating disorder. They looked at certain elements of different types of disord...

The Fallen Angels Dance Theatre group joined Mick Coyle in the studio to talk about they use art to help people in recovery from addiction. Veterans Johnny and Sam were alongside Claire Morris, also from Fallen Angels, and they told Mick about their previous addictions to drugs and how performing has helped them with their mental health. Plus, hear from author Michael Maitland on his book “Out of...

It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek this week and Mick Coyle was joined by Sarah Kendrick, Head of Service at Place2Be who are the driving force behind this campaign. Sarah told Mick about the reasons behind the campaign, her thoughts on how young people deal with their mental health and how the Duchess of Cambridge is a big supporter.  Mick was also joined in the studio by Erin, Charlotte and Jess fr...

Local podcaster Steph Heneghan joined Mick for this week's Mental Health Monday to talk about how she deals with her mental health through self care, running and prescribed medication. Steph told Mick how she believes exercise helps her through her day to day mental health and how it is her best form of therapy. Plus, find out about local festival 'NOW Festival' from the Merseyside Youth Associati...