Things I Wish I’d Known with Rachael Welford

Trigger warning: We discuss trauma, mental health issues & race in this episode.   I have been wanting to speak to Tamu on this podcast for a hot minute and this week it happened! Tamu’s work is informed by her background of sixteen years in social work, somatic coach training, her love of behavioural neuroscience and polyvagal theory, positive psychology, spirituality and joy. Tamu combines these...

Welcome to TIWIK- Things I Wish I'd Known, Season 5! More deep conversations to inspire you to create positive change in your life.  *Trigger warning alcoholism & mental health As one of the UK’s most influential mental health advocates, he regularly speaks on BBC, ITV & Channel 5 news. Josh has also spoken in the House of Commons, contributed to mental health policy and even advised the scriptwri...

"Oh, you don't look ill" We have all heard this from time to time, and most of us half know that it's not the thing to say to someone suffering from an illness of some description. So let's break it down for you here in this fireside chat, and enjoy the uplifting story of Emma's albeit work in progress, amazing recovery and ongoing contribution after a brain injury. Key Points from the Interview:...

EFT. Emotional Freedom Technique. Thought Field Therapy was accidentally discovered by Roger Callaghan and it evolved and was developed into EFT by Gary Craig. It looks crazy and off the wall, but practitioners were noticing how it could create almost instant relief and change within clients. Now, Dr Peta Stapleton takes it to the next level. Key Points From the Interview. How EFT has been researc...

** CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSION OF BIPOLAR DISORDER, SUICIDE AND RECREATIONAL DRUGS THAT MAY BE TRIGGERING** Bipolar.  Most of us have heard the word, but not all of us have experienced it. Welcome to a frank, spirited and funny discussion with the conditions articulated from personal and present experience - learn more about it, and how to understand someone who suffers from it better. Key points fr...

Trigger warning: This podcast has mentions OCD, CPTSD, parental death, childhood illness and hospitalisation, pandemic and mental health.   When you think of hypnosis, what do you think of? People clucking like a chicken on a stage with all their mates laughing at them? Me too! But not after this fascinating chat with Shauna. Oh no, this Woman will teach you how to make your mind work for you, not...

Trigger warning: This episode discusses being a child/ teenage parent, mental health and sexuality.  Some enlightened teachers say we have male AND female energy within us. Let's unpick it in a fascinating fireside chat. Key points from the interview. The fascinating balance of energies in us all. How Gina overcame massive challenges and re-created herself into an awesome empowered Being! Power dy...

Whether we like it or not the current World model is pretty binary. Whether we look at it from the perspective of gender or right and wrong, healthy and unhealthy, healed and unhealed. Everything has a polar opposite, or does it? In this episode, Rachael speaks with Sue Hunt, author of Transitory Nature. Sue is looking at the World through a new non-binary lens. Maybe things aren't as black and wh...

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK SPECIAL **Contains references to domestic abuse, alcoholism and suicide that may be triggering**   Welcome to a wild ride, Evelyn's story you could not make up. With more twists and turns than a high octane rollercoaster join us for this incredible conversation. Key points from this interview: How she came to the realisation that regardless of what she had been told, t...

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK SPECIAL SERIES   **Contains references to suicide and violence that may be triggering**   I talk to this incredible gentle man Arthur, who shares a traumatic past, which he has not let define him; he shares his experiences in his chosen profession which is an interventionist, or to give him his full title, "CIP, CADC Intervention Specialist" He has done incredible work...

**Contains frank talk of mental health & addiction issues that may be triggering to some people**   Mark White has held many titles over the years: father, husband, son, brother, CEO/founder, ideas man, but above all, he is a firm believer in not attaching himself to any particular label: “I am a human being first and what comes with that is my expectation around how I will be able to take on the...

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK SPECIAL **Contains References to Suicide and Mental Illness that may be triggering** Rachael and her producer, the DJ and radio presenter Neil Long, talk all about mental health, self-care and healing.   Key points from this interview: That although mental illness seems so isolating, you are far from alone. The "forest for the trees" syndrome, which creates the idea of...

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK SPECIAL **Contains references to clinical depression & suicide that may be triggering** Key Points from the interview. The healing obsession- is too much information a good thing...... ...but after much reading and study she realised she just wanted to understand her own brain! Understanding the chemical make up of emotions and how we can get stuck or even addicted to...

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK SPECIAL **Contains references to grief, alcoholism & suicide that may be triggering**   Grief. Depression. Is there any difference? Is this whole thing more nuanced than we like to think? Dawn Stemmer thinks so, and shares her wisdom born from an experience of suicide in the family. Key Points From This Interview: The importance of facing things in reality in the prese...

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK SPECIAL   **Contains references to death, weight, depression and mental health issues that may be triggering**   Welcome Chelsea to this inspiring episode. After the shock of the untimely death of her mum, and finding out the father of her newborn son had been cheating she fell into a deep depression and used food as comfort. Now she talks to Rachael about her path bac...

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK SPECIAL.   ** Contains references to eating disorders and suicide attempts that may be triggering**   In this episode, I chat to Lily all about mental health with a focus on suicide prevention. Nothing truly is off limits as we share the downs, the ups, and most importantly the maintenance of mental health and wellbeing. Lily is a survivor, a thriver, a certified recov...

To end this season of Things I Wish I'd Known (I know I am sad too!) I'm speaking with Janey Lee Grace. She has done so many things in her life, it's almost difficult to create an intro for her. During this episode, we discuss the fear of losing control and the pressure on Mum’s when it comes to alcohol. We chat about the need and excitement we both feel for the new alcohol-free alternatives that...

I'm really honoured to be introducing one of my teachers who got me into gong, Cherub Sanson.  A woman supremely dedicated to sharing the transformational powers of sound, and the benefits of exploring frequency to guide us all into happier, healthier states of mind. She's a sound artist and teacher based in London. The founder of Cherabella, where she makes the most incredible cost-effective crys...

***Listener discretion advised if the topic of family violence is a trigger***   This week I am speaking with Sovel Cunningham about owning your truth, moving out of your outdated stories and finding your voice. Sovel is a poet, a speaker, and an author of Marshalled In Ranks, who uses the spoken and written word in order to help people remove their masks and find their truth. We discuss bringing...

*** Listener discretion advised - trigger warning for topics of trauma, violence, and rape are covered *** Madeleine Black, is a survivor. Her story of hope and healing over 40 years is immensely inspiring. She is a public speaker and the author of Unbroken.  It's safe to say that Madaleine has experienced more trauma than most well in their lifetime. Surviving a violent gang rape when she was 13...

*** Listener discretion advised - topics of trauma, death and grief are covered *** Award-winning author and TEDx global speaker, Lis Cashin is a survivor. Her story is incredibly inspiring and I am so pleased to be able to share this conversation with you all. As a teenager Lis experienced a quite unique and severe trauma. She lived with undiagnosed PTSD for over 30 years which led to her being o...

*Listener discretion is advised is sexual topics are not your bag. * In this episode, I chat with Alexandra Roxo an American author, spiritual teacher and artist who helps Women navigate the modern feminine experience.  She has been featured on TV shows such as Slutever on Viceland, Sex/ Life on Epix, youtube shows and international publications and now she joins us for an episode of TIWIK about s...

This week I am talking to Adele Wang, a mentor, speaker, author and energy healer from Atlanta, USA.  We discuss how the constant drumbeat of self-development can create a culture of needing to 'fix' yourself and that when the bar keeps moving you can get stuck in a "not good enough" loop which can lead to, or be unhelpful when dealing with depression. We dive into the links between deep connectio...

This week I am chatting with Tommy Danquah, one half of Man up! The Men's Mental Health Podcast. We talk self-medicating, chaotic environments, hiding from ourselves and others and what we did to own our depression and begin to heal.  Tommy is a blogger, musician and Dad based in Watford who has been through life-changing depression which affected his young family so adversely he has been through...

This week I am chatting all things workplace wellbeing with Cate Murden, founder of PUSH Mind and Body. PUSH is working with companies to make them more human and ensure no one dreads going to or feels like they are just existing at work. We chat all things mental health tools and how you can't out yoga a bad boss and that you should aim for work-life brilliance, not work-life balance. Cate shares...