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Join Peter Leonard, Chief Executive of the Centre for Emotional Health, and his notable guests as they share their coping mechanisms for emotionally challenging experiences including anxiety, stage fright, loneliness, addiction and fatigue.     Their challenges could be ongoing, or in the distant past, but each guest talks reflectively and with emotion about its impact. As the podcast grows, the emotional toolkit gets bigger with suggestions and tools that might work for you.    Emotional health is related to but different from mental health. Good emotional health can help you manage periods of poor mental health as well as the ups and down of everyday life. So, if you’re interested in living a more emotionally healthy life or want to know more about coping in difficult times, Emotionally Speaking will help you understand your emotions, how you relate to your emotional self, and other people.    Presented by Peter Leonard, Chief Executive of the Centre for Emotional Health  Produced by Freya Hellier and Alexandra Quinn for Loftus Media  With support from Sally Alden at the Centre for Emotional Health    Get in touch: hello@emotionalhealth.org.uk Visit our website: www.emotionalhealth.org.uk Social media handle: @CentreforEH Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    • Apr 14, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Ep.18 April Reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 1:18


    Spring is finally on its way! Peter and Sally reflect on the joy that this can bring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    March reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 1:27


    Peter and Sally share how a moment of empathy can really help! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep16. February Reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 2:08


    Peter and Sally chat through The Royal Foundation for Early Childhood's new Shaping Us Framework. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep15. January reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 2:09


    Peter and Sally share a moment on their thoughts on the start of a new year and January. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep14. December reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 2:28


    Peter and Sally share a moment on their thoughts on Christmas and December. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep13. November reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 2:14


    Peter and Sally share a moment on their thoughts on November. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep12. Kate Silverton - deepening connections with our kids through understanding neuroscience

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 30:10


    Parenting is one of life's roller coaster journeys; from the highs of precious moments and loving family rituals, to the lows of tested patience and frazzled nerves, it can bring out the best and worst in us.In this episode, broadcaster, writer and children's therapist, Kate Silverton shares how bringing an understanding of neuroscience can help tame our emotional reactions to bring more empathy and better communication to family relationships.(Photo credit: 'Olivia Spencer Photography') Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 11. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard - “Only Seek To Do What You Can”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 26:04


    Professor Sir Andrew Pollard is a world-renowned expert in paediatrics and immunology. From early 2020 he played a leading role in the effort to find a vaccine for the coronavirus. Along with his colleagues at Oxford University, he led the roll out of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Andrew tells Peter Leonard about dealing with the stresses of leading such an important project and how he coped doing this under the glare of the world's media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 10. Andrew Kauffmann - breaking family cycles to grow identity, strength and love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 29:21


    Writer and coach Andrew Kauffmann was raised in a loving family, but as a young, gay man in the early 90s, he struggled with self-acceptance and his mental health. He sought the approval of his dad, but felt like he could never quite measure up. When his mum died aged only 50, his family constellation was forever changed. Then later, as an adult, Andrew made a life changing sacrifice to extend his father's life.Andrew's path through adulthood is defined by the challenges, joys, devastation and transformational power of parental relationships, and he shares his inspiring and thoughtful story with Peter Leonard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep9. Imam Monawar Hussain - talk, laugh and value your friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 32:32


    Imam Monawar Hussain was the first Muslim chaplain for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust working across four major hospitals. He was also the first Muslim Faith Tutor at Eton College. During the coronavirus pandemic Monawar found the trickle of bad news took its toll, and he had to stop work and seek counselling. Monawar's family, friends and community were integral to his recovery. He tells Peter Leonard how rediscovering TV comedies brought laughter back into his life and why he's so grateful his friends made him leave the house to spend time with them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep8. Lisa Potts - surviving a horrific machete attack and learning to “make your mind your friend”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 34:36


    In July 1996, a man wielding a machete ran into a playground in Wolverhampton. 21-year old nursery teacher Lisa Potts was seriously injured when she put herself between the children in her care and her attacker. Her life changed in an instant. Lisa tells Peter Leonard about that day and the whirlwind of the first few years of recovery when her emotional resilience was tested. She explains why learning to “make your mind your friend” saved her and why it is the best advice she can give to the parents she works with in her role as a community health visitor. *This episode contains graphic descriptions of the violent attack that Lisa experienced. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep7. Ruby Wax - telling the world about your mental health breakdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 26:26


    Comedian, presenter, writer and campaigner Ruby Wax has been very public about her mental health. Her most recent book “I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was” (2023) details a severe breakdown which, after 12 years of good health, she didn't see coming. In the book Ruby sets off on a series of journeys to try and find “inner peace” including a 30-day silent retreat, swimming with whales, visiting a refugee camp and staying at a Christian monastery. It's during one of these trips that she suddenly realises she needs help and she describes what it was like being admitted to a mental health institution for treatment. In a frank discussion with Peter Leonard, Ruby discusses the depths of her depression and recovery. She explains why using this very personal experience in her writing and performance is an important part of her mental health awareness campaigning. Ruby set up the charity Frazzled Cafe 7 years ago. It's an online support group where anyone can talk in a safe, non-judgemental space about their emotional and mental health and how they're really feeling. She believes that to be heard is half the cure. You can find out more information at frazzledcafe.org *This episode contains strong language and explores what it's like to live with a mental health disease. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep6. Series 2 is coming!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 3:13


    Series 2 of Emotionally Speaking is on its way. This is the podcast about the ways we can live a more emotionally healthy life. We're so pleased that the conversations in series 1 have resonated with you. Subscribe to the podcast to hear more stories between Peter Leonard and his guests about life's emotional challenges and the coping mechanisms that they would add to an emotional toolkit. The first episode with Ruby Wax will arrive in your feed shortly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep5. Ben Gernon - emotional stumbling blocks and learning to deal with anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 22:04


    Conductor and broadcaster Ben Gernon remembers a significant moment aged 21 when he had a panic attack in the middle of a performance. He tells Peter Leonard about learning to deal with anxiety and how opening up about it stops it getting ‘out of whack'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep4. Alasdair Gill - a journey of addiction, recovery and sobriety

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 25:05


    Chef and writer Alasdair Gill speaks frankly to Peter Leonard about his experiences of addiction and sobriety. He explains what it's like to put recovery at the centre of his life and how appreciating the daily, little pockets of goodness and gratitude are so important to his continued success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep3. Virginia Ironside – why I wrote A Huge Bag of Worries

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 29:14


    In this episode the journalist, writer and agony aunt Virginia Ironside talks about questioning negative thoughts. She tells Peter Leonard about the lessons she's learnt from working as a young music journalist in an intimidating industry, to ‘detaching with love' from alcoholic family and friends. Virginia is the author of The Huge Bag of Worries, a book which teaches children about ways to cope with worry and anxiety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep2. Satish Kumar - find peace in nature and use this to strengthen your emotional health

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 25:52


    In this episode Satish speaks of his love of nature, his two and a half year walk around the world for peace, and his childhood experience of being a Jain monk and what he has learnt as an activist and campaigner for peace during his eighty plus years of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep1. Kate Garraway - my emotional health toolkit

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 30:38


    Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast Emotionally Speaking. Listen to GMB host and Smooth radio presenter Kate Garraway, as she speaks movingly about the difficulties of her husband's severe long covid and her own ways of finding something magical every day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Trailer for Emotionally Speaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 2:54


    Welcome to our first ever podcast series! This is a snippet of what's to come. The first episode launches on the 22nd November and features well-known GMB & Smooth Radio presenter Kate Garraway, with more exciting guests to follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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