Our Mental Health Rocks Podcast

This week James and Jules ask the question “where do ideas come from?” As humans we get ideas every single day. Some we follow and some we don't. But where do they even start from in the first place? And how do we navigate the ideas database without taking on too much?

After catching up on the latest season of Stranger Things, James and Jules reflect on how we never know where an idea we have is going to take us. Is anything pre-written? Do we really know the outcome of that idea without following it? If we never follow it will we ever know? Join us today for episode 39

We all experience drama in our lives. When we do, it can be helpful to have someone show up in our world to help us without them dismissing what we are experiencing. In todays episode Jules and James explore what we all really need when drama happens and how helpful it is when our needs are met.

This weeks Jules' shares here recent aeroplane experience and how it's not the plane creating her experience.

When we have a story to tell, we can sometimes really enjoy it when others join in with us and help us bring our story to life even more. Other times this isn't always helpful and can lead to us making our fears even more real than we would like. In todays episdoe Jules and James explore this and how it can be more helpful to put our story of suffering to one side and look at something else in order to ease our discomfort

What if there's more than story in every experience we have? After an interesting trip to a restaurant, James and Jules explore exactly what is going on when we interact with other people and how any experience we have of them and them of us is ALWAYS coming from the inside and directly from that person.

What if we just loved our life? How would that look & feel? This week James and Jules explore the world of labels and how we end up making them really stick to us to a point we think they actually define who we are. Is it time to take your own labels off and live a life you love?

This week, James and Jules explore loneliness. How it feels to be lonely, how to help others when they're lonely, how we don't need to have answers to their loneliness, we can just need one very powerful question.

Meet Sue, a West Yorkshire based OMHR Ambassador out in the world helping teens with their mental health. Having grown up with parents struggling with their own mental health she has literally years of experience and wisdom to bring into others' lives. Today we catch up with Sue to find out more about her Amazing work, her childhood and her own childlike ability that connects her so easily to the young people she works with

Meet Well-being Coach Ivana. She has been helping people throughout her life with their well-being and is now breaking into the the world of young people with her brand new Changemakers project - an after school workshop for young people to bring change into their own lives and the lives of others. In todays episode we hear Ivana's amazing stories of children who have been impacted by the work she does with them. If you'd like to find out more about Ivana and her changemakers project you can reach out to her here: https://webofwellbeing.org ivanaculham@gmail.com Instagram: @ivanaculham

In this week's episode, James catches up with OMHR Facilitator Suzy as she shares her amazing story of overcoming anxiety and how she is blending the omhr curriculum with her yoga workshops for kids to help them with their mental health. Check out her Bio below and enjoy the podcast! Hi Im Suzy and I'm a Holistic Therapist, Breath Coach, Meditation Teacher, Children's Yoga Teacher and an Our Mental Health Rocks Facilitator. I LOVE what I do , it's fun, it's satisfying, it's helping people and in turn helping me. I'm passionate about giving children the tools that they need to take them through life as confident individuals who live life to the fullest and for those adults who need a little reminder of how amazing they are too. You can find out more about Suzy here: www.suzymorley.co.uk Facebook @yogibees.joinus TikTok Yogibees1 Instagram @yogibees1

As we prepare for our webinar on parenting your anxious teen, James & Jules explore what it is to really listen to our children and how we forget to do that sometimes..

The Myth of Self Development In today's Episode we explore what self development really is and how we can actually get in our own way of letting it happen naturally.

Do you ever have those clumsy moments? We do! And what we've seen around being clumsy has actually just shown us how helpful those cllumsy moments can be!

Ok, all we ask is that you listen to this episode with an open mind as we know that for some of you it goes against anything you've ever believed about relationships and if you can stay open to what we are discussing then it may give you a refreshing look on what's actually going on. Love James and Jules

How often do we find ourselves having to listen to someone while thinking “just get to the point” or “yeah I've got it now, you don't have to explain anymore to me”. How many times do we do this ourselves? In this week's episode Jules and James explore just how freeing it is when we provide and answer without feeling like we have to add more to justify that answer. The space we are coming from when we reply to someone gives them everything they need without all the extra words

The festive season has arrived for another year of magic, presents, santa and ….. errr…. Stress? Join James and Jules as they explore whether Christmas really is that stressful or whether it's an idea that we've fallen into

Is anything even real? Is there anything that remains permanent in our world? Ever had something you believed to be true change into something else? Then wondered what you've got left now it's been taken away? This week Jules and James explore what IS Permanent and what is forever changing in our experiences

Our children are living, breathing examples of mental health in action. They wake full of energy and a desire to play and have fun in life. So why is it we can sometimes innocently label them with problems that we believe must be fixed? In todays episode, Jules and James explore how we can focus on what children already have to help them thrive in life rather than telling them they have problems then sending them off to be fixed.

It's very easy to find ourselves living in fear when that's how the entire world seems to be at the moment. But, is there a point where we become sick of being afraid and start to get curious about what other options we might have and whether it's our own perception of what's going on that's actually causing the fear in the first place? Today, James and Jules explore living in fear versus being sick of living in fear

As Jules sets out on a quest to help others create boundaries we explore what boundaries actually are and, while many other coaches and speakers are encouraging you to take yours down, we talk about how helpful it can be to actually set some up

Building habits is a big thing in today's World. The minute we feel we have an internal problem we have many many habit building techniques thrown at us to solve the problem. It's the first thing we ask after someone has shown us something new - “how can I build a habit around this?” Or “what steps can I take when this happens?” In today's episode Jules and James explore recent experiences of requests for steps to take and how it's a lot simpler Than you might think.

We follow a lot of rules and guidelines out in the world. Some that make sense, some that don't and some that we break. But what about our internal rules that we've created in our life? Are we following some of those that no longer make sense or serve us? Is it time to break some of those rules? In this week's episode Jules and James explore how rules are always made up and how it feels when we start changing them.

Every experience we have is a moment in time that changes right before our eyes! In today's episode Jules & James talk about those moments and how when we stop trying to change them they actually change in their own. Expect laughs, exploring how moments can be enjoyed and…. Errr… some Whitney Houston?

Losing a child is devastating and will require lots of therapy for a long time. Or will it? Are we still able to listen to our gut instinct to guide us through such and experience and what will be helpful for us? In today's episode Julie shares her story of how she followed her own intuition instead of someone else's

In 2016 James was labelled with anxiety. It wasn't the tools, techniques or meds that helped him through it. It was his own built in gut instinct system that guided him out. When things didn't make sense his gut kicked in to show him another way and the more he followed it, the more his anxiety fell away

When we know, we know. No matter what the numbers say. No matter what the experts say. No matter what happens for everyone else. When you know you know and all that stops us from following the knowing is listening in the wrong direction. This week Julie shares her story of how, despite medical professionals telling her she was wrong and that they knew better, she followed her own gut instinct and saw everything work out.

In this mini series James & Jules share their own personal stories of what they've been up against and how following their own instincts guided them through those experiences. Today is James' first story of how he moved through his experience of Testicular Cancer by following what made sense to him.

Join us as we explore how supported we really no matter how hard we fall both physically and mentally. Discover how we bounce back, readjust and learn from the falls we experience

Seriously! We spend so many moments upon moments jumping from one fix to another to another without ever really slowing down to explore what we are being shown. In today's episode James & Jules share those "can't keep still" moments and how paying a little more attention to what's going on within could be much more helpful than keeping one eye on your current fix while looking for the next one

After a Facebook post that caused a reaction, James & Jules explore what it really looks like when we are caught up in our own self created suffering and how, although it looks huge at the time, it actually pales in comparison to what we have going for us in every moment.

Today James & Jules explore what it takes to be ready for anything life throws at us and where the most helpful place to be is for when those moments happen. Expect motorway crossings, talks of overwhelm and overcoming the Rabbit in headlights when it appears

All we ever need is someone just to listen to us so that we can come back to life. In today's episode James & Jules explore that moment when our own curiosity sparks to ask more about what somebody just said to us. And by doing so we get to see them come alive again!

This week we received an amazing review from one of our group members who had accomplished something they had been trying to overcome for a long time. It was the reason they joined our group and reading it inspired us to talk about what can actually happen when we tune out the internal noise and take action see what's really going on behind our fears. You can read the review here. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CzojibhkqN0D3yVo1uFgksR1Y6s6qk2-8kgBTqeRnxE/edit

In this episode we explore Resilience. A word that's really doing the rounds at the moment with phrases like “you need to build resilience” or “increase your resilience to get through what's coming up” but what if you didn't need to do either? What if resilience comes as standard whenever it is needed?

In this episode we explore how when we fall victim to something it's because we've missed our own instincts telling us something is not quite right

As Mental health awareness week comes to a close James & Jules explore their take on what our Mental Health really is and how it hasn't gone anywhere

Jules & James talk about the wisdom within an old Jack Russell and how seeing past the behaviour of the dog helps us connect with the joy he still has inside. This then leads into how us as humans actually work in the same way. 

Nothing we experience is ever personal. The more we see this in action, the more we see this statement to be true. Join us today as we explore how we see the personal and how seeing through the illusion has helped us navigate life more easily.

After last week's exploration around the power of surrender, this week Jules & James explore the power of suggestion and how what we are told can create our reality in that moment but doesn't mean it's true...

In this episode we explore how helpful surrendering actually is and by surrendering we actually ease our own suffering