Ricky Thamman

Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown

Health EN ↓ 100 episodes

'Mentally Sound' is a Newcastle based community radio show about mental health & mental wellbeing. In lockdown we have been recording podcasts, where host Ricky interviews guests, each with their own response to lockdown, be it shielding, isolation, community connection, food banks, politicians, artists, and advice with thanks to therapists.

Author

Ricky Thamman

Category

Health

Latest episode

Aug 5, 2025

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Episodes

'Mentally Sound', Podcast, Episode 101 05.08.2025

#MentallySound #Podcast #SpiceFM #Earthlings #ThePrimalWay #Yoga #BreathWork #FireWalking #Cafe #Homlessness #MensMentalHealth #Nature #Acorn #PoliticalExtremism #UKRiots #OppAttune #Radicalisation #TheConversation #BBCMorningLive #CoffeeTrader

‘Mentally Sound’, Podcast, Episode 99 19.10.2023

#MentallySound #Podcast #SpiceFM #WorldMentalHealthDay #AsylumMatters #WestEndRefugeeService #RightToRemain #WaysToWellness #SocialPrescribing #LinkWorking #PeerSupport #Horticulture

‘Mentally Sound’, Podcast, Episode 98 18.08.2023

#SpiceFM #MentallySound #MentalHealth #Mayor #MayorJamieDriscoll #DiversityNE #Workplace #Ethnicity #Racism #Neurodiverse #NorthEast #HappyBirthday #Nutrition #Diet #TynesideCinema #HealthMatters #DrAmirKhan #NorthernStage #OceanRoadMela #SouthShields #SouthTyneside #Food #Music #Yemeni #Bengali

‘Mentally Sound’, Podcast, Episode 97 24.06.2023

#FinancialHealth #MoneyAndMentalHealth #MartinLewis #MoneySavingExpert #Ethnicity #Racism #NHS #Gateshead #DWP #Employment #Banks #Culture #Discrimination #BatonOfHope #ToParadiseForGlenn #SuicideAwareness #Anxiety #SuicidePrevention #Newcastle #MentalHealthNorthEast #MentalHealth #SpiceFM #Podcast #MentallySound

‘Mentally Sound’, Podcast, Episode 96 20.05.2023

#ChildrensMentalHealth #CAMHS #SocialWorkers #Schools #ChildPoverty #Community #Counselling #Gateshead #SaveLeisureGateshead #GatesheadLeisureCentre #Disability #MentalHealth #PhysicalHealth #Gym #SwimmingPools #CommunityWellbeing #Anxiety #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #TynesideCinema #ChaiChaiChai #WestEnd #Elswick

'Mentally Sound', Podcast, Episode 95 28.03.2023

#FoodAndSolidarity #LubberFiend #Renters #Community #Bailiffs #MutualAid #Shelter #Homelessness #Disability #MentalHealth #Rent #RentArrears #Debt #Fundraising #Racism #Merseyside #Refugees #PTSD

'Mentally Sound', Podcast, Episode 94 13.02.2023

#BayTales #Crime #Fiction #Mystery #AnnCleeves #Writing #Books #WhitleyBay #WhitleyBayPlayhouse #MindCoach #Instagram #Fitness #FitnessCoach #Fatigue #Gym #SelfDiscovery 

'Mentally Sound', New Year Podcast, Episode 93 17.01.2023

#MentallySound #CommunityRadio #SpiceFM #NewYear #Outdoors #Walking #Nature #Wellbeing #Birdsong #Mindfulness #Dementia #Quizzing #Football #WorldCup #Pele 

'Mentally Sound', Christmas Podcast, Episode 92 04.01.2023

#MentallySound #SpiceFM #LifeInLockdown #LifeAfterLockdown #Podcast # Christmas #Winter #WinterOfDiscontent #Loneliness #GiftGiving #CostOfLiving #Therapy #Techniques #WorldCup #LionelMessi 

'Mentally Sound', Podcast, Episode 91 04.01.2023

#MentallySound #SpiceFM #LifeInLockdown #Covid19 #LifeAfterLockdown #MentalHealth # Theatre #Homelessness #Brazil #Workshops #TheatreLaboratory #N orthernStage #OnlineSafetyBill #Refugees #Hassockfield #Consett 

'Mentally Sound', Podcast, Episode 90 04.01.2023

#MentallySound #SpiceFM #LifeInLockdown #Covid19 #LifeAfterLockdown #MentalHealth #Covid #LongCovid #Music #Songwriting #StevePledger #NeverGiveUp #CountyDurham #Durham #WhatTomorrowKnows #Touring #AcousticGuitar  

'Mentally Sound: Life After Lockdown', Podcast, Episode 89 31.10.2022

#WorldMentalHealthDay #Podcast #SpiceFM #AdoptNorthEast #Adoption #Care #KinshipCare #NewcastleMela #MentalHealthConcern #BlackAndAsianMentalHealth #CommunityTransformation #StevePledger #SaltFromTheSea #MentalHealthRadio

'Mentally Sound: Life After Lockdown', Podcast, Episode 88 31.10.2022

#MentallySound #LifeAfterLockdown #Podcast #NationalMourning #QueenElizabethII #Grief #RoyalFamily #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #CostOfEnergyCrisis #MentalHealthRadio 

'Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown', Podcast, Episode 87 10.09.2022

#MentallySound #SpiceFM #LifeInLockdown #Covid19 #MutualAid #ElswickMutualAid #Newcastle #WestEnd #FoodAndSolidarity #CommunityLarder #Trauma #PTSD #TheSpeakmans #Anxiety #Phobias 

'Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown', Podcast, Episode 86 17.08.2022

#Heatwaves #Walking #Coast #Exercise #ReverseSAD #SeasonalAffectiveDisorder #Dehydration #Politics #Alcohol #Addiction #SelfMedication #SelfHarm #ChildMentalHealth #Newcastle #WestEnd

'Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown', Podcast, Episode 85 17.08.2022

#MentallySound #Compilation #MentalHealth #LifeInLockdown #Podcast #Anxiety #University #Education #Disability #Discrimination #Writing #AfterEvil #YorkshireRipper #VictimsRights #VictimsSupport #Criminology #Football #Abuse #Floodlights 

'Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown', Podcast, Episode 84 02.07.2022

#AfterEvil #VictimsSupport #YorkshireRipper #Crime #MentallySound #Counselling #Grief #Therapy #MensMentalHealth #Writing #Books #Army #FamilyBreakdown #1970s 

'Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown', Podcast, Episode 83 18.06.2022

#MentallySound #LifeInLockdown #AndyWoodward #Floodlights #PositionOfTrust #AbuseSurvivor #PanicAttacks #PTSD #Recovery #Football #BBC #EatingDisorder #CostOfLiving #Podcast #SpiceFM #GraphicDesign #PodcastCover 

‘Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown’, Podcast, Episode 82 08.05.2022

#CovidAid #Grief #Loneliness #Charity #Lockdown #LongCovid #GriefChat #Trauma #Bereavement 

'Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown', Podcast, Episode 81 19.04.2022

#RamadanMubarak #Fasting #Spirituality #Ukraine #War #ChildMentalHealth #PTSD #SocialMedia #DigitalDetox #KhyberCafe #Newcastle #WestEnd #Poverty #CostOfLivingCrisis 

‘Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown’, Podcast, Episode 80 19.04.2022

#MentallySound #Eightieth #LifeInLockdown #Podcast #WalkAndBlether #Scotland #Dundee #SuicidePrevention #Quayside #Football #MensMentalHealth #CovidRestrictions 

‘Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown’, Podcast, Episode 79 09.03.2022

#NeverGiveUp #RTProjects #StevePledger #CountyDurham #AssemblyRooms #LongCovid #SuicidePrevention #MPeople #LiveMusic #DurhamUniversity 

‘Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown’, Podcast, Episode 78 09.03.2022

#WestEnd #KhyberCafe #CovidRestrictions #Happy2022 #Time #Exercise #Optimism #Melancholy #Vaccines #BoosterProgramme #ChildMentalHealth #Politics #CostOfLiving #LevellingUp #Community #Mindfulness 

‘Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown’, Podcast, Episode 77 09.03.2022

#BlaydonShed #MensSheds #FionaTeasdale #Grief #Loss #Lockdown #Love #CountyDurham #Respite #Workshops

‘Mentally Sound: Life In Lockdown’, Podcast, Episode 76 26.01.2022

#OperatingTheatre #Healthcare #Theatre #Drama #Acting #NewcastleUniversity #Students #Workshops

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