The Proper Mental Podcast

Welcome to Proper Mental episode 20! This week is a special nature themed conversation and my guest is Caroline Arnold! Caroline Arnold is the CEO at Bore Place, a not-for-profit organic farm and venue committed to sustainability, outdoor education and supporting young people. She’s passionate about the environment, the countryside and the great outdoors and actively works with young people to edu...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 19! This week I chat to Jake Mills! Jake Mills is an award-winning stand-up comedian, mental health campaigner and the founder and CEO of Chasing the Stigma. In 2013, after his own battles with depression and a failed suicide attempt, Jake founded Chasing the Stigma, a national mental health charity that is committed to normalising mental health. Jake has driven th...

Welcome to this bonus episode of Proper Mental, this time I am joined by my Aunty, Christine Davies! My Aunty Chris is an Occupational Health Nurse in a factory that employs over 500 men.  Part of her role is to protect and promote the health of the staff.  She is the first port of call for health-related problems or advice and this includes mental health and wellbeing. We all know that male menta...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 18! My guest today is Dr Punam! Dr Punam Krishan is an NHS GP in Glasgow, a medical educator and Director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.  She is also a TV broadcaster on the BBC, a writer and podcast host.  Her specialist interests also include public health, women’s health and mental health and wellbeing and her passion is to prevent chronic disease...

Welcome to Proper Mental episode 17! My guest this time around is Mick Coyle! Mick Coyle is an award-winning Broadcast Journalist, Radio Presenter and Event Host. He is the senior correspondent at Bauer Media and the founder of Mental Health Mondays. Mental Health Monday is a weekly radio show and podcast and each week Mick explores a different aspect of mental health and well-being with special g...

Welcome to Proper Mental episode 16! My guest today is Tasha Danvers! Tasha Danvers is a coach, painter, singer and public speaker.  She is also a 2-time Olympian who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Her story is incredible!  At the height of her career in sport, and whilst training for her second Olympics, Tasha fell pregnant and received an insane amount of backlash and s...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 15! My guest this week is Alex Manzi! Alex Manzi is the host of In the Moment podcast and author of The Search for Clarity.  He is also a coach and works with all sorts of different people to help them to define their goals, be happier, be more present in their lives and feel more fulfilled. His podcast, In the Moment, is a platform for Alex to dive deep to hear st...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 14! This week my guest is Shareefa J! Shareefa J is a presenter, model and mental health campaigner.  She is at the forefront of promoting body positivity and race diversity in the fashion and advertising space. A couple of years ago, Shareefa used the hashtag #UOKHUN to connect with her followers and encourage them to speak up about how they were feeling and the o...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 13! This week’s guest is Nick Hogben! Nick is an artist, podcaster and mental health advocate. He is the host of The Mouth of Manliness podcast where he speaks to all sorts of guests about mental health and the general ups and downs of being a human being.  Because of the amount of people that Nick has spoken to, and the topics he’s covered, he has great insight in...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 12 with Dr Emilia Thompson, a PhD Qualified Nutrition Consultant, University Lecturer and Bikini Competitor. She is a Registered Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition (RNutr Sports / Exercise), Lecturer and Educator in Sports Nutrition and qualified Life Coach. She has a BSc degree in Sports Biomedicine, an MSc in Sport and Exercise Nutrition and a PhD in...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 11 with England International Cricketer Kate Cross! Kate is an England regular who also plays for Lancashire domestically. At the age of 16 she was the first female to be accepted into Lancashire's cricket academy and in April 2014, she was one of the 18 women to be awarded the first professional contracts by the England Cricket Board. A few weeks ago, Kate put an...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 10 with Paul Mort! Paul Mort is a husband, father, podcaster, international speaker and the UK Master coach of the year for 2020 and 2019.  He is the author of two bestselling books, Unstoppable and Paul Mort Will Save Your Life. In December 2014, after building a successful business and moving to Marbella, Paul ended up Suicidal.  Crippled by bipolar disorder, dep...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 9 with Andrew Greenway, who is the Project Development Champion at Andy’s Man Club. Andy's Man Club is a talking group for men to come together and talk about issues or problems they may be facing or have faced. It was founded in 2016 by Luke Ambler and his mother-in-Law Elaine after Elaine’s son Andy tragically took his own life. The club started with one location...

Welcome to this BONUS episode of Proper Mental! This week Tom sits down with his wife Kim to chat about mental health and how it affects the whole family. Tom chats to Kim about what it was like listening to Episode 7 and we get her side of the story.  They talk about what it’s like to live with someone who is depressed, why it’s important to talk and how she navigated the ups and downs of her hus...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 8, this week we chat to the UK’s first NHS specialist in Integrative Health Practice, Dr Joe Delaney! Dr Joe is a Consultant in Integrative Medicine. He holds a PhD in Medicine and specialises in the neuroscience of stress and addictive behaviour and its management.  He is a Nationally and Internationally renowned expert in empowerment, motivation, behaviour change...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 7 and this week it's my story. My name is Tom Davies and I’m a husband, father and at the time of recording a co-host of The Proper Mental Podcast.   In 2016, after the birth of my first child, I started to struggle with my mental health.  It was the start of a long journey towards recovery and put a huge strain on my life and family.  I spent 2 years pretending th...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 6 with 3 x CrossFit champion Amanda Allen! Amanda Allen has qualified for The CrossFit Games 6 times.  On 3 of those occasions, she won.  Her third win (in the 50-55 age group) came just 7 months after having 4 kg of tumours removed from her abdomen. In 2006 she ran 1000km across Australia for mental health awareness.  She is a cycling and canoeing champion at worl...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 5, this week is former co-host, Chris Redmond! Chris is a running strength and endurance coach and mental health advocate.  In 2015 Chris experienced a nervous breakdown. After a long time suffering with anxiety, stress and depression, which was proceeded by a long period of recovery. Overall, he considers this the most harrowing time of his life. Throughout his re...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 4! This week Tom & Chris chat to award winning film maker Hannah Currie! Hannah Currie is an BAFTA-winning filmmaker from Glasgow, Scotland.  She is a very passionate campaigner for mental health awareness and recently attended parliament to ask the prime minister to provide a mental health spokesperson at future press briefings during the pandemic. Rather than...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 3! This week Chris & Tom chat to former professional football player Alex Hay! Alex Hay is a former professional football player.  He signed for his local club Tranmere Rovers at the age of 10 and came through their school of exigence and making his full debut at the age of 19.  He went on to play for Rushden & Diamonds and Morecombe and also worked as a sc...

Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 2 with ultra endurance athlete Brutal Claire Smith! Claire competes in triathlon as well as Ironman distances including Decca and Double Decca! That’s 20 consecutive Ironman triathlons! Last year she ran the length of the UK from John O Groats to Lands’ End completely unsupported and wrote about the 900-mile run in her book ‘No Easy Days’. She also runs an enduranc...

Welcome to Proper Mental episode 1! Proper Mental started as two mates having a chat about mental health.  It was never going to be anything more that a short series of conversations that was probably never going to be heard. We sat down on Zoom and started chatting and this is the result. At this point I knew nothing about mics, editing or how to make a podcast and I knew even less about the comp...