The Richard Nicholls Mental Health Podcast

Send us Fan Mail When the oceans are filling with plastic, the cost of living is high and everyone seems to hate each other it's not easy to be the optimist and promote happiness. So what can we do? https://www.positive.news https://www.dailygood.org/ https://www.good.is/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ https://happynews.com/ https://www.huffpost.com/impact/topic/good-news Support the show J...

Send us Fan Mail "Comparison is the thief of joy" said Theodore Roosevelt over a hundred years ago. He knew it then and we all still know it now. But do we actually remember that when the time comes? Support the show Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls Social Media Links Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/richardnicholls.net Threads https://www.threads.net/@r...

Send us Fan Mail The dictionary defines "to forgive" as this: Verb. To stop feeling angry or resentful towards someone for an offence, flaw, or mistake.  But language evolves. And maybe, to you, forgive and forget doesn't mean letting go of something so as to feel better. It means forgive the abuser and forget the victim. And it shouldn't.  Support the show Join the Patreon com...

Send us Fan Mail Hello listeners I have a special bonus episode for you today! I was recently contacted by TV legend Andrea Mclean. Andrea has been working in the media for years but recently made the decision to take her life in a different direction and  created an online community called This Girl Is On Fire all about personal growth. This week is the launch of an App that accompanies it and so...

Send us Fan Mail Worrying about what people think is a common issue. Almost everyone comes into therapy with some aspect of this. It's worth drilling down on who we actually mean though, when we say to ourselves that we worry what "other people" think. Who are these anonymous other people? Submit a question to the Therapy Natters Show https://richardnicholls.net/question/ Listen to...

Send us Fan Mail Because of what's called neurodiversity everyone's brain responds differently to stimulation. Whether that's environmental or chemical stimulation. Today's episode is about thriving in a stimulating world when our brain is sensitive to it. Submit a question to the Therapy Natters Show https://richardnicholls.net/question/ Listen to Therapy Natters - https://the...

Send us Fan Mail Today is all about losing concentration, procrastinating and the reason why to be at your best you need to rest makes so much sense. Submit a question to the Therapy Natters Show https://richardnicholls.net/question/ Listen to Therapy Natters - https://therapynatters.buzzsprout.com Subscribe to Richard's newsletter for free extra episodes and hypnosis downloads. https://www.r...

Send us Fan Mail Situational anxiety is different to a generalised anxiety and needs working with in a slightly more "cognitive" way. Today I talk about how to deal with some specific events that may be coming up in your life. Therapy Natters - https://therapynatters.buzzsprout.com Submit a question https://richardnicholls.net/question/ Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episodes...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that after experiencing a negative stimulus in order to get your emotional state back to where it was before hand you need at least 4 experiences of something positive to erase the effects of that one experience of something negative? Therapy Natters - https://therapynatters.buzzsprout.com Submit a question https://richardnicholls.net/question/ Subscribe to the newsle...

Send us Fan Mail When it feels as if the world is falling apart, our instincts can kick in to try and protect us by creating an urge to control as much as we can. The thing is many of life's challenges are outside of our control anyway. Today we explore how to handle things when life feels out of control. Submit a question https://richardnicholls.net/question/ Subscribe to the newsletter for...

Send us Fan Mail Emotions can overwhelm is to such a degree sometimes that we feel completely out of control. Complete rage or total panic. How we handle those sorts of situations is going to be different for everyone, but maybe there are a few ways that you can learn about today. Submit a question https://richardnicholls.net/question/ Social Media Links Twitter https://twitter.com/richardnicholls...

Send us Fan Mail Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher is quoted as once saying "Everything changes and nothing remains still. You cannot step twice into the same stream" I think he probably got the idea from Heraclitus who said “The only constant in life is change” So even 2 and a half thousand years ago we knew what we were up against. That change is normal and needs to be accepted. But...

Send us Fan Mail Love it or hate it, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas isn't it? Unfortunately for a lot of folk, the people we might be expected to spend time with are not always the people whose company we enjoy. Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episodes and hypnosis downloads. https://www.richardnicholls.net Social Media Links Twitter https://twitter.com/richardnic...

Send us Fan Mail Although we often use it to also mean envious, jealousy is the feeling of losing something to someone else. Particularly when it comes to partners or close friends. Today's episode is all about exploring what's really going on when we feel jealous. Lily O'Farrell on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CRhFKL_IagM/ Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episode...

Send us Fan Mail What does a hypno-psychotherapy conference, The Rocky Horror Show and football shirts all have in common? These are all areas where we can feel a sense of belonging. Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episodes and hypnosis downloads. https://www.richardnicholls.net Social Media Links Twitter https://twitter.com/richardnicholls Instagram https://www.instagram.com/richardnic...

Send us Fan Mail If you're not at your best or you think you have room for improvement, then this episode is about helping you to figure out what's stopping you. Maybe it's down to expectations, your beliefs, your self esteem, maybe fear. Whatever it is look into it, figure it out, work out what makes you tick so that you can see what's holding you back.  Social Media Links Twi...

Send us Fan Mail A lot of people think of affirmations as the key to their success. Either because they're tapping in to some collective unconscious or simply inspiring their own unconscious. Today we'll explore that a little. Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episodes and hypnosis downloads. https://www.richardnicholls.net Social Media Links Twitter https://twitter.com/richardn...

Send us Fan Mail Do emotions actually exist? Or are they just a psychological construct based on past experiences? Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episodes and hypnosis downloads. https://www.richardnicholls.net Social Media Links Twitter https://twitter.com/richardnicholls Instagram https://www.instagram.com/richardnichollsreal Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RichardNichollsAuthor Su...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a lonely 18 months for a lot of us. But even before Covid there were plenty of people saying that they were lonely and didn't have many opportunities to connect with people. Recent research suggests that as many as a third of us have literally nobody that we would class as a close friend. It would be nice to do something about that! Social Media Links Twitter h...

Send us Fan Mail It's July! We're exactly half way through the year and how are your New Years resolutions going? I ask because enough time has gone by for any resolutions you might have made in January to have fallen by the wayside. Become a patron of the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episodes and hypnosis downloads. https://...

Send us Fan Mail When living in a society that's full of body shaming the pressure to lose weight can encourage some very bad habits and ideas. Let's explore them. Become a patron of the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episodes and hypnosis downloads. https://www.richardnicholls.net Social Media Links Twitter https://twitter.com...

Send us Fan Mail In 1974 Herbert Freudenberger came up with a term that he defined as “the extinction of motivation or incentive, especially where one's devotion to a cause or relationship fails to produce the desired results.” He called it "Burnout" and is a different sort of stress to what we might normally think of. Become a patron of the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/richardn...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine a therapy that had no known side effects, was readily available, and could improve your cognitive functioning at zero cost. Such a therapy has been known to philosophers, writers, and lay people alike: interacting with nature. Nick Ray Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nick_lifeafloat/ Twitter https://twitter.com/LifeAfloat Astrid Tontson Instagram  https://www.instagram...

Send us Fan Mail I've talked a lot in the past about the need to control thoughts using distractions and deliberate, forced thinking in order to create a more positive mindset. But I think it's crucial to recognise the importance of accepting our thoughts too.  Humans tend to gravitate towards the things we fear and if we fear our own thoughts then a part of us deep inside might even fee...

Send us Fan Mail People often frown upon daydreaming as being unproductive yet at the same time many others suggest that it improves creativity. Why the dichotomy? Let's have dive into daydreaming and see what we can find! Become a patron of the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls Subscribe to the newsletter for free extra episodes and hypnosis downloads. https://www.richardnicho...