Mind Kind

In this episode of Mind Kind, Jo North explores the crucial role of emotions in our lives and their deep connection to mental wellbeing. From understanding children's emotional development to navigating our own emotional ups and downs as adults, Jo offers insights and strategies for thriving. Mind Kind is a podcast to support resilience and motivation in self care and mental health through ed...

This week I am talking to Alyss Thomas who is an experienced psychotherapist.  We will discussing the democratisation of psychotherapy and how you can get the very best out of your sessions and reflecting on our own learning. If you can't afford psychotherapy it will give you ideas that you can take into your life.  We talk together about the different aspects of your life journey, the import...

This episode offers mental health support to busy families including decluttering, time management, positive diets, hormones, gratitude and laughter. Mind Kind is a podcast to support resilience and motivation in self care and mental health through education, discussion and reflection. We will always aim to give you actions you can consider for your own wellbeing. In this third series the field is...

This episode is about how to deal with violence in children and young people. Dr. Jo North discusses Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) with special guest Avremi Rosenberg. Mind Kind is a podcast to support resilience and motivation in self care and mental health through education, discussion and reflection. We will always aim to give you actions you can consider for your own wellbeing. In this third se...

Jo North of Joanna North Adoption has spent many years supporting adopted people.  In 2022 she engaged in research with the University of East Anglia to try to gain data as to why it is so difficult for adopted adults to gain access to their birth records.  The research is on her website www.joannanorthadoption.co.uk .  Tracing adoptive first family is often the beginning of a new life story for a...

In this new season of the Mind Kind podcast we discuss Adoption Stories. In this first episode Dr Joanna North, from Joanna North Adoption, speaks to Milly about her lifelong search to piece together her identity through her life story. Milly reveals an emotional journey of searching for her birth mother over decades and the failure in the system that prevented her from gaining access to her recor...

Mind Kind is about helping parents to think about mental health. This episode of the Mind Kind podcast is about slapping - Joanna North discusses recent legislation in the UK for slapping children, what the effects can be of this kind of approach and alternative ways to handle discipline and encourage positive behaviours. Please share this Mind Kind podcast with your friends and subscribe to catch...

Please share this Mind Kind podcast with your friends and subscribe to catch future episodes, see details below. Dr Joanna North is a psychotherapist and psychologist specialising in child mental health and author of the book Mind Kind - Your Child's Mental Health. To subscribe to this Mind Kind podcast, copy and paste this link into the podcast app of your choice: https://feeds.buzzsprout.co...

Mind Kind is about helping parents to think about mental health. This episode of the Mind Kind podast is about self harm and how we can respond to it and understand. In this episode Jo talks again to Sheetal Amin, who is a British Asian woman and psychotherapist who works in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.  She is Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee for the United Kingdom Co...

Mind Kind is about helping parents to think about mental health. This episode of the Mind Kind podast is about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including those related to Covid. In this episode Jo talks again to Sheetal Amin, who is a British Asian woman and psychotherapist who works in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.  She is Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee for the...

Mind Kind is about helping parents to think about mental health. This episode of the Mind Kind podast is about how racism affects a child's mental health and how it affects families and adults too. In this episode Jo talks to Sheetal Amin, who is a British Asian woman and psychotherapist who works in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.  She is Chair of the Equality and Diversity Comm...

Mind Kind is about helping parents to think about mental health. This episode of the Mind Kind podast is about Attachment Security and how to help our children feel strong and secure. Contents: Introduction and what it means to have a secure child. Question 1: What does security look like? Question 2: Is a single parent enough to make a child feel secure? Question 3: How can I respond when my chil...

Mind Kind is about helping parents to think about mental health. This episode of the Mind Kind podast is about Emotional Literacy and the importance of Emotional Literacy in the home and in parenting. Contents: Introduction and noticing emotions. Question 1: I keep hearing the term "Emotional Literacy", what is it about? Question 2: What are the key emotions? Question 3: What is the best...

This episode of the Mind Kind podcast is about working with your children while you are at home and helping you with mental health during the covid crisis. Please share this Mind Kind podcast with your friends and subscribe to catch future episodes, see details below. Dr Joanna North is a psychotherapist and psychologist specialising in child mental health and author of the book Mind Kind - Your C...