Walk a Mile in My Shoes

Gandhi said ‘THE TRUE MEASURE OF ANY SOCIETY CAN BE FOUND IN HOW IT TREATS ITS MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS’ When Dee got in touch with me on Twitter, as with many of the walk a mile in my shoes episodes, I really had no idea what to expect. The key things you need to know is they live in Dubai, they’ve recently been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and they live with their family. I ofte...

The disability union, I was so impressed, I bought the company...er, actually, no I didn’t...but after this conversation with their founder, George Baker, I joined up. Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host Chris Young and in this episode, among other things, we talk about the benefits of collective action. You can find them on Twitter @DUnionUK or take a look at their websi...

Welcome, dear listener, to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – a podcast where, unsurprisingly, my guests give you the opportunity to walk a mile in their shoes. I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode, I speak with the actor, presenter, director and facilitator, Chris Connel. ‘Magnificently disturbing!’ The Guardian ‘I’ve rarely seen a more intimidating performance’ The Evening Standard...

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode, I’ll be speaking with Marina Cantacuzino, an award-winning journalist who in 2003, in response to the imminent invasion of Iraq, embarked on a personal project collecting stories from people who had lived through violence, tragedy or injustice and sought forgiveness rather than revenge. In 2004, she fo...

This is just a quick word to let you know where I've been, what I've been up to and that the Walk a Mile in My Shoes Podcast is still alive and well.  As promised, you can find Holly Gorne, the artist responsible for the new podcast image on her website here , on instagram here , and on Twitter here . I'll be posting some new episodes in the very near future.  You can find the rest of th...

The murdered labour MP, Jo Cox said, ‘We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us.’ Looking at some of the division on social media it feels like we’ve still got some way to go. Welcome to the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode, I speak with Mark Cameron, a guy I had a bit of a disagreement with on Twitter about HS2. W...

Walk a Mile in My Shoes in 10 years old today!! It seems only yesterday when I walked north out of Edinburgh with a severe and enduring mental health problem, no money and a belief that the good people of Scotland would look after me as I started my walk around the edge of the UK – but that’s another story… Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young and in this epis...

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and over the next weeks, months, years, I’ll be inviting you to join me as I walk a mile in the shoes of all kinds of people who I’ve had the good fortune to bump into both virtually and physically.  In true walk a mile style, I met Mick on Twitter when he contacted me to tell me he had a story to tell around his expe...

Welcome back to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast. I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode we’ll be walking a mile in the shoes of the author and mental health activist, Lucy Nichol. Among other things, we talk about her attempt to reach beyond the usual ‘Mental Health’ audiences, through her memoir ‘A series of unfortunate stereotypes’ which delivers the serious message of mental health...

There you are, my lovely listener! Thanks so much for coming back! Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast In this episode, we walk a mile in the shoes of  Nick, the Communications and Public Affairs Manager of See Me Scotland – Scotland’s anti mental health stigma campaign – about the importance of having such a campaign to combat mental health stigma in our society Among other things...

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode I speak with John Smith…the son of Harry Leslie Smith author of ‘Harry’s last stand’ and ‘Don’t let my past be your future’ a warning that if we allow the continued growth of poverty alongside the reduction of the welfare state in our lovely country, then the suffering he experienced during the great de...

Welcome to walk a mile in my shoes podcast In this episode , you’ll be walking a mile in the shoes of Hollie Berrigan, a personality disorder activist, a lived experience lead, psychology graduate, author of ‘The Main Offender Blog’ – I can heartily recommend her top tips on supporting people without being a dick – co- host of ‘The Wrong kind of mad' podcast and  sweary leftist. On that point...

We’re back, from outer space…d’you know, walk a mile in my shoes is 10 years old! Greetings to you, my lovely listener. Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – over the next few weeks, months, years we’re going to try to emulate the loveliness of the coastal walk through a whole bunch of conversations with all kinds of folk,  where we’ll demonstrate that talking about mental ill heal...

The walk a mile in my shoes podcast is back! Can you believe it’s been 10 years since I started that walk around the UK, with no money, relying on the kindness of strangers while talking about mental health - ill and otherwise? Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be walking in the shoes of all kinds of folk, so you can get a real flavour of what it’s like to be them. In the first podcast, com...

Welcome to the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast - I’m your host, Chris young, and I’ll be chatting with all kinds of folk, highlighting the experiences of people with mental health problems, many of whom feel on the edge of society, as I walk around the edge of the U.K. over the next couple of years.  Following in the steps of a hero of mine, Satish Kumar, a Jain Monk who went on a peace march...

Welcome to the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast - I’m your host, Chris young, and I’ll be chatting with all kinds of folk, highlighting the experiences of people with mental health problems, many of whom feel on the edge of society, as I walk around the edge of the U.K. over the next couple of years.  Following in the steps of a hero of mine, Satish Kumar, a Jain Monk who went on a peace march...

In this episode, I speak with the clinical psychologist, Alana Davis, who talks about her work as a clinical psychologist and what the Division of Clinical Psychology, The DCP, in Scotland are up to. If you’re listening to this using the Anchor.fm app, then I’d be delighted if you’d leave an audio message I can play in the next episode. I’d really love to hear your thoughts on what Alana has to sa...

Welcome to the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast - I’m your host, Chris young, and I’ll be chatting with all kinds of folk, highlighting the experiences of people with mental health problems, many of whom feel on the edge of society, as I walk around the edge of the U.K. over the next couple of years.  Following in the steps of a hero of mine, Satish Kumar, a Jain Monk who went on a peace march...

Huge thanks to Madeleine for sharing her story. You can find her book, 'Unbroken: One Woman’s Journey to Rebuild a Life shattered by violence – A true story of Survival and hope’ here and you'll find her website here You'll find the link to the Forgiveness Project website here and their book, 'The Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age' here Remember, if you're using the Anchor.fm app, th...

I really enjoyed speaking with Keir - here are some of the links to his work so you can love him as much as I do! Blogs mentioned in the podcast...there's loads more, but these are my favourites... 'It’s #TimeToTalk about #HarryPotterBookNight – The reality of 11 years in a cupboard'  'Product Placement: Out of Sight and Out of Mind' Website... Beam Consultancy Upcoming Events.... Keir will b...

Holly tells us about her life, her mental ill health, the variety of diagnoses she's received on the way and her thoughts on, amongst other things, the label of Borderline Personality Disorder/ Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder.  Because of some of the challenging topics covered in this podcast, I've given it an explicit rating. You can find her on Instagram here @gorneography and @go...

In this episode, I speak with Katie. She got in touch on Twitter after I threw out the question ‘What happens when someone develops a mental health problem?’ I’m not entirely sure what I expected from such a vague question, but twitter didn’t let me down…here’s one of my favourites… Dr Chris Manning says ‘I’d start off by defining what you consider to be a ‘mental health problem’? I consider it to...

In this episode, I speak with my good friend, Christopher, a man I met on Twitter a hundred years ago while we were both making a noise about mental health through the medium of THE LONG WALK.  We cover A LOT of mental health related topics in this podcast – including what motivated him to undertake his endeavour, the support he had from the people he met, the childhood events that led to him...

In this episode, I speak with the delightful Dan Udale about his his life with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, the support he's received, and his plans for the future. You can hear more from him on Know Yourself podcast. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/know-yourself-podcast/id1352792846?mt=2 Remember, you can contact me on 07535035909, or email hello@letswalkamile.org or Twitter @walkamileuk

In this episode, we talk about, amongst other things, Simeon's life running a wheelchair basketball team, a tiny bit on Brexit (sorry in advance), mentoring, and the increase in disability hate crime in the UK.