We Are All A Bit Mental

A very short peek into what we have coming up in our first series.Let's all laugh, learn, cry and be a bit mental together.A chat show where we aim to question, challenge and explore the rather wonderfully complex, and often slippery subject of mental health.Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.comYou can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

A short 15 minute introduction to your 4 hosts and what to expect in the coming weeks. With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.Let's all laugh, learn, cry and be a bit mental together.Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.comYou can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

In our first full length 30 minute episode you will get to hear Brandon cry, music performed by Ches and Lynn demonstrate her superpowers. Neil's job as usual is trying to hold it all together.Let's all laugh, learn, cry and be a bit mental together.Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.comYou can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.E665ug8jSQtg3DXGyLfWSamaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.In this episode our guest is world record breaking Beatboxer, Live Looper & Singer Songwriter. SK Shlomo. Shlo shares his journey with us from the heady heights of non stop worldwide tours and headlining Glastonbury to rock bottom despair and nearly taking his own life. Its a story with a twist that illustrates both the good and bad of social media.You can find out more about Shlo at his website https://skshlomo.com/You can watch Shlo's inspiring Ted Talk herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pNJ41tmR9EFind our website here: www.weareallabitmental.comYou can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.In this episode our guest is Heston Blumenthal. Many would define Heston as a Celebrity Chef. After listening to this episode you will see why that is rather selling him short. Heston explains why he is passionate about helping others to change their relationship with food and also shares his opinions on why we should have national farting day.You can listen to Heston's podcast "Journey to the centre of food" here.https://audioboom.com/channels/4977433You can see The Fat Duck Sweet Shop Desert Trolley here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8ilKzLqZ0Find our website here: https://weareallabitmental.com/You can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.In this episode we continue with our guest Heston Blumenthal. Heston continues sharing his thirst for knowledge , finds out he has been trolled and Chesney performs his favourite Happy Song !You can listen to Heston's podcast "Journey to the centre of food" here.https://audioboom.com/channels/4977433You can see The Fat Duck Sweet Shop Desert Trolley here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8ilKzLqZ0Find our website here: https://weareallabitmental.com/You can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.In this episode we discuss success. What exactly is it and how do we measure it ? We also reflect back on the subject of gratitude from a previous episode, Lynn shares a sad song and Neil shares a happy song. As a heads up, we do briefly touch on the subject of drug abuse in this episode.Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.comYou can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.In this episode we delve into various aspects of celebration. Helping us do that, creating tears of emotion from both ends of the scale is this weeks guest, Comedian, Actor and Voice Over Artist, Lewis Macleod. Lewis opens up about losing his brother Callum after a long battle with various mental health related issues. His stories will have you howling as he truly does Callum proud in true raconteur style.You can find Lewis's website herehttps://www.lewismacleod.com/Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.comYou can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.In this episode we discuss being overwhelmed and Neil gets a mini therapy session on the subject. Ches performs his choice of sad song and Brandon's choice of happy song. Lynn as always has some sensible words to keep us from going completely mental. Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.comYou can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.The incredible Toyah Wilcox joins us this week in our episode about not giving a fu**. She is so entertaining you will be glad you gave enough of a fu**'s to listen. Toya's choice of song becomes possibly Ches's greatest challenge to date. Please note that this episode does contain explicit language. You can watch Toyah's you tube videos here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9rYtOXUyIDQszsdgBzJy5AFind our website here: www.weareallabitmental.comYou can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.comWe are not giving expert medical advice. Our content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you do need to talk someone please find numbers below.Samaritans: 116 123 : https://www.samaritans.orgSANEline: 0300 304 7000 : http://www.sane.org.ukThe Mix: 0808 808 4994 : https://www.themix.org.ukCalm: 0800 58 58 58 : https://www.thecalmzone.net

With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington.In the final episode of our 1st series our guest is 30 year broadcasting veteran and Heart Radio presenter Toby Anstis. Our topic is “change” and Toby talks openly about his career , being adopted and using regular therapy sessions to help him practice good everyday mental wellbeing. We will be taking a short break for a few weeks whilst we prep for series 2. In the meantime we will be sending subscribers some extra bonus content and full length episodes. Thank you for listening, we hope you have enjoyed the 1st series and look forward to the 2nd just as much as we do !You can listen to Toby here https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/how-to-listen-to-heart-dance/

We are back with our 2nd series folks ! This time we will be releasing on Thursdays with Episode 1 launching this week, Thursday 26th July. Expect laughs, sadness, honesty & controversy and hopefully a few nuggets of wisdom along the way. What could possibly go wrong....We are also delighted to announce that for the month of August we will be running in conjunction with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Brought to you by The Gilded Balloon Edinburgh , each week we will have a guest synonymous with the legendary venue and festival.

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon BlockWe launch our 2nd series joined by Dr Wendy Suzuki. Wendy is a Professor of Neural Science and psychology at New York University. Most recently her work has focused on understanding how aerobic exercise can be used to improve learning, memory and higher cognitive abilities in humans. So in this episode she shares her knowledge on keeping a healthy mind & healthy body. If your brain fancies a bubble bath then Wendy has the solution....With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon BlockYou can find out more about Wendy at her websitehttps://www.wendysuzuki.com/

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon BlockWe kick off our 4 week August Edinburgh Fringe run in conjunction with The Gilded Balloon Edinburgh. Joining us this week will be the 1st of our fabulous Fringe themed guests, Kate Copstick. Kate's career and list of talents is endless, Actor, Presenter, Writer, Critic, Director, Producer , and this week she joins us to discuss the topic of “extreme”PLEASE NOTE - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS GRAPHIC EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT AND SWEARING. FOR ADULTS ONLY. You can find out more about Mama Biashara herehttp://www.mamabiashara.com/

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon BlockWeek 2 of our 4 week August Edinburgh Fringe run in conjunction with The Gilded Balloon sees us joined by movie star Alfred Molina. Our topic is “Identity” and Fred's life experiences & long successful varied carrier make him the perfect guest. You can find out more about Fred herehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Molina

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil HarringtonWeek 3 of our 4 week August Edinburgh Fringe run in conjunction with The Gilded Balloon sees us joined by Actor, Writer, Producer Jack Docherty. Our topic is “Resilience" and Jack's long successful varied career make him the perfect guest. You can find out more about Jack's hilarious Mockumentary comedy series Scot Squad herehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt2493352/

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil HarringtonOur August Edinburgh Fringe run in conjunction with The Gilded Balloon Comes to an end. We finish off with the adorable & hilarious Standup and Presenter Zoe Lyons. Our topic is “Comfort" so we hope our chat with Zoe makes you feel all cosy & warm inside. You can find out more about Zoe's gigs here.http://www.zoelyons.co.uk/

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil HarringtonThis weeks episode is on the subject of "Solutions". In such uncertain times what tools can we turn to to help us navigate and find our way ? Shamanic Healer & Akashic reader Pamela Beaty is our guest this week and she is absolutely fascinating ! You can find out more about Pamela herehttp://www.pamelabeaty.net/

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil HarringtonThis week we delve into the meaning of that well known phrase so many of us utter all the time, “I just want to be Normal”. So what exactly is “normal” ? Comedian Jeena Bloom is our guest this week and she shares with us her own version of “normal” and how she uses standup to document the sometimes ridiculous intersection of gender, sexuality & race. You can find out more about Jeena here,https://www.jeenabloomdoescomedy.com/

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil HarringtonThis week our topic is consumerism. How do those big brands make us part with our cash and spend , spend , spend ? Writer & Advertising copywriter Paul Burke is our guest and he explains some of the tricks of the trade and how different sections of society are tempted to spend in different ways. You can find out more about Paul here,http://www.paulburkecreative.com

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil HarringtonThis week our topic is Strength. Its easy to be mentally positive and strong when everything is going well. But when the wheels fall off and life goes ti*s up we need to find our metal. Our guest is actress Leslie Ash who's shares with us her astonishing traumatic battles and still manages to smile all the way through. Chesney always delivers musically but this week deserves a special mention for his beautiful & haunting rendition of Creep by Radiohead. You can read all of Leslie's screen credits herehttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038650/

With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon BlockThis week is the final episode of series 2. We finish in style as we are joined for the 2nd time this series by Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at New York University, Dr Wendy Suzuki. Our topic this week is Anxiety and we learn how this everyday feeling we all encounter can be harnessed and used to our advantage. Wendy's new book entitled “Good Anxiety” has the tools you need to unlock the secret of harnessing the power of the most misunderstood emotion and will literally change your life !You can find out more about Wendy here:https://www.wendysuzuki.com/ You can purchase Wendy's book herehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Anxiety-Harnessing-Misunderstood-Emotion/dp/1982170735