The Proper Mental Podcast
Episodes
Lucy Nichol
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 140 with Lucy Nichol, who is a writer and mental health campaigner. Her recent book, Snowflake, takes a deep-dive into some of the ...
Matty Caine
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 139 with Matty Caine, who is the CEO and founder of First Person Project C.I.C First Person Project is a not-for-profit social ente...
PC Leon McLeod
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 138 with PC Leon McLeod! On 3rd June 2017 three terrorists drove a white van into pedestrians on London Bridge, then leapt out and...
Harriet Dyer
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 137 With Harriet Dyer, who is a stand up comedian, writer and mental health advocate. Growing up, Harriet just thought that she was...
Dan Osman
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 136 with Dan Osman, who is a health and wellbeing coach and educator. In this episode I chat to Dan about his background, how he go...
Eddy Temple-Morris
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 135 with Eddy Temple-Morris, who is a musician, DJ & Broadcaster. He is also a patron for My Black Dog, a mental health charity and...
Suzy Reading
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 134 with Suzy Reading, who is a Chartered Psychologist specialising in wellbeing, stress management and facilitation of healthy lif...
Adam Nutter
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 133 with Adam Nutter who is a guitarist, musician and songwriter. Adam formed The Music with some friends (Robert Harvey, Stuart Co...
Michelle Thomas
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 132 with Michelle Thomas who is a writer and the author of My Sh*t Therapist and Other Mental Health Stories. One day Michelle star...
Tim Clare
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome episode 131 with Tim Clare who is a writer, a poet and a coward. Tim Clare is a writer, a poet and a coward. Tim has experienced anxiety and p...
The Lottery Winners
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 130 with Thom and Katie from The Lottery Winners! The Lottery Winners are a four-piece indie-rock band hailing from the Leigh area ...
Richard Mabey
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 129 with Richard Mabey, a writer and broadcaster who has been writing about the natural world for more than 50 years and is conside...
Rachel Walker Mason
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 128 with Rachel Walker Mason, a multi-award-winning songwriter and mental health campaigner who has written songs with Grammy nomin...
Sam Delaney
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 127 with Sam Delaney, a journalist and broadcaster whose work has featured in Guardian, Big Issue, Talk Sport and many others. He i...
Debbie Rogers
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 126 with Debbie Rogers, who is the founder of Sean’s Place, a safe place for men to get social support and therapeutic support in...
Sally Orange
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 125 with Sally Orange, who is an endurance runner, mental health campaigner and speaker. She holds 11 Guinness World Records, has r...
Josh Fletcher
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 124 with Josh Fletcher, who is a psychotherapist, author, speaker and self-confessed anxiety nerd. He became a therapist after his ...
Yvette Caster
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 123 with Yvette Caster, who is an award-winning freelance journalist who regularly writes for some of the most well known media out...
Joanna Fortune
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 122 with Joanna Fortune, who is a Psychotherapist specialising in the parent-child/adolescent relationship. She is the author of ...
Tatton Spiller
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 121 with Tatton Spiller, who is the founder and director of Simple Politics, which is an online platform that aims to explain polit...
Dr Lucy Foulkes
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 120 with Dr Lucy Foulkes is an academic psychologist at the University of Oxford who researches mental health and social developmen...
Prof. Rory O’Connor
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 119 with Professor Rory O’Connor, who is an author, speaker and educator who has spent 25 years working in the field of suicide r...
Danny Gray
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 118 with Danny Gray, who is the founder of JAAQ and War Paint for men. JAAQ (Just Ask A Question) is a free mental health platform ...
Elliott Rae
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 117 with Elliott Rae, who is the founder of Music Football Fatherhood (MFF). MFF is a parenting platform for men which is all about...
Angela Samata
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 116 with Angela Samata, who is an Arts Professional and a suicide awareness advocate. Angela presented the BAFTA award nominated do...
Alastair Campbell
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 115 with Alastair Campbell, who is a journalist, author, broadcaster and mental health campaigner. He is best known for his role as...
Paul Andrew Williams
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 114 with Paul Andrew Williams, an acclaimed writer and BAFTA winning director. Paul has an incredible body of work including T.V li...
Alex Holmes
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 113 with Alex Holmes, who is a mental health consultant, author and podcast host. Alex started to experience anxiety and panic atta...
Tanya Marwaha
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 112 with Tanya Marwaha who is the founder of Championing Youth Minds. Championing Youth Minds provide free, online resources to sch...
BONUS: Christmas Special 2022
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very special, Christmas episode of the Proper Mental podcast! Tis the season that not everybody enjoys, for a lot of different reasons. ...
William McCarthy
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 111 with William McCarthy who is a musician, songwriter, and the former lead singer of the band Augustines. Bill grew up around men...
Hannah Phillips
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 110 with Hannah Phillips who is a writer, speaker, and mental health advocate. She is also an ambassador for Big Moose Charity, who...
Mel Bradley
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 109 with Mel Bradley, who is the founder of Men Against Mountains and a men’s mental health advocate. Men Against Mountains is an...
Shaun Flores
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 108 with Shaun Flores, a model, actor, and OCD advocate. He is also a 2 x TED speaker where he talked about ‘The Straight Jacket ...
Sara Prinsloo
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 107 with Sara Prinsloo, who is the founder of the It’s Okay Project. The It’s Okay Project is a Zine that contains artwork, poe...
Oliver Mol
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 105 with Oliver Mol who is a writer, author and train guard. In 2015 Oliver started to suffer with a migraine that lasted for 10 mo...
Emily Laing
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 105 with Emily Laing, who is an actor, writer, singer, recovering addict and survivor. She is also the creator of the Why Do You Th...
Katy Georgiou
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 104 with Katy Georgiou who is a counsellor and psychotherapist. Katy’s latest book is called How to Understand, and Deal with Str...
The Scary Guy
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 103 with The Scary Guy, an educator and public speaker who has dedicated his life to teaching others his powerful, so...
Hannah Hickinbotham
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 101 with Hannah Hickinbotham who is an eating disorder advocate and the host of the Full of Beans podcast. She also...
TJ Power
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 101 with TJ Power, a neuroscientist, international speaker and educator. TJ has spent many years deeply researching m...
Rosie Tressler OBE
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 100 and this week I chat to Rosie Tressler OBE who is the CEO of Student Minds. Student Minds is a student mental hea...
Ian Winwood
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 99 with Ian Winwood, an author and journalist who has spent over 30 years writing for Kerrang!, NME, the Daily Telegr...
Sarah Callaghan
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 98 with Sarah Callaghan, who is an award-winning comedian, spoken word artist and writer. Sarah has been performing s...
Stuart Ralph
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 97 with Stuart Ralph, who is a counsellor and psychotherapist for children and young people. He is also the host of t...
PsyPAN
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 96 with Ian Roullier and Leonie Schneider from PsyPAN. The Psychedelic Participant Advocacy Network (PsyPAN) is a non...
Samuel Jack
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 95 with Samuel Jack, the musician and song writer behind the viral hit song, Feels Like Summer. Samuel grew up in Sou...
Kirsty Eaton
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 94 with Kirsty Eaton, who is the founder of Reach Out for Mental Health, Reach Out are a charity that supports indivi...
The Wave Project
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 93 with The Wave Project founder, Joe Taylor. The Wave Project is a surf charity that harnesses the power of the ocea...
Samantha Renke
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 92 with Samantha Renke, an actress, presenter, disability activist, inclusion and equality consultant and keynote spe...
Chris & Stu
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 91 with Chris Glasson & Stu Whiffin! Chris & Stu are the hosts of Hardcore Listing, a weekly podcast where th...
British Podcast Awards 2022
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Proper Mental was recently nominated at The British Podcast Awards! This is the submission clip that I submitted to the judges and below is the descri...
Jay Wheeler Part 2
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 90 part 2 with Jay Wheeler, a former soldier and street artist who creates under the name Love Art Global. After 15 y...
Jay Wheeler Part 1
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 90 part 1 with Jay Wheeler, a former soldier and street artist who creates under the name Love Art Global. After 15 y...
Kitty & Alex Tait
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 89 with Kitty & Alex Tait who are the owners of The Orange Bakery and the authors of Bread Song. Kitty started to str...
Daragh Fleming
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 88 with Daragh Fleming, a writer, poet and mental health advocate from Cork, Ireland. Daragh started talking and writing about ment...
Ben West
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 87 with Ben West who is a mental health activist, campaigner, speaker and author. Ben was only 17 when he lost his younger brother ...
That Meditation Guy
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 86 with Jimmy Wightman, a meditation teacher and the founder of Delve Deep Meditation School. He began his journey in to meditation...
Maty Sene Carpenter
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 85 with Maty Sene Carpenter who recently featured in the Channel 4 show, The Simpler Life. The premise of the show was to see how 2...
Chris Young
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 84 with Chris Young, who is an author, podcaster and mental health advocate. Chris spent many years working as a social worker but ...
Marise Gaughan
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 83 with Marise Gaughan, an author and comedian extraordinaire. Marise was 23 when her Dad died by suicide. She deal...
Gary Mansfield
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 82 with Gary Mansfield who is an artist, curator and host of The Ministry of Arts podcast. In his early twenties, Gary was sentence...
Laura Belbin
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 81 with Laura Belbin from Knee Deep in Life! Laura is a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and the woman you avoid eye c...
SK Shlomo
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 80 with SK Shlomo who is an award-winning beatboxer, DJ and theatre maker. ...
Dr Rosalind Watts
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 79 with Dr Rosalind Watts, a clinical psychologist who was the clinical lead on the Depression Study, which compared ...
Jon Salmon
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 78 with Jon Salmon, a mental health campaigner who’s working to make the world a more understanding and empathic pl...
Bon Collins
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 77 with Bon Collins who is a strength and weightlifting coach, endurance athlete and body neutrality expert. Bon spen...
Men’s Sheds
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 76 with UK Men’s Sheds! UK Men’s Sheds provide support and guidance to individuals and groups across the UK in st...
Satveer Nijjar
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 75 with Satveer Nijjar, a self-harm expert and mental health advocate. She is the founder of ‘Attention Seekers? Tr...
Josh Connolly
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 74 Josh Connolly is a resilience coach, breath work facilitator and one of the U.K’s most influential mental health...
Gail Porter
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 73 with BAFTA winning documentary maker and TV personality Gail Porter! Gail shot to fame in the 90’s through child...
Matt Stocks
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 72 with Matt Stocks, who is a presenter, DJ, author and Podcaster. Matt Started out on Kerrang! Radio before launchin...
Jonny Benjamin MBE
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 71 with Jonny Benjamin, who is the CEO of Beyond, a young person’s charity that raises money and gives out grants t...
Juliette Burton
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 70 with my guest Juliette Burton, an award-winning comedian who is also an ambassador for Rethink Mental Illness. At ...
Talk Club
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 69 with Gavin Thorpe and Ben Akers from Talk Club! Talk Club is a talking and listening club for men that is also des...
Ben Coomber
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 68 with Ben Coomber who is a nutritionist, speaker and coach. He has worked in the fitness industry for 14 years as a...
Sanisha Wynter
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 67 and I’m joined by Sanisha Wynter, a mental health advocate and Tedx Speaker and Inclusion Consultant who works i...
Joseph Bates
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 66, my guest this week is Joseph Bates, the co-founder and CEO of Halen, an app that is working to change how people ...
Natasha Devon MBE
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 65 with Natasha Devon MBE! Natasha is a writer, campaigner and broadcaster who has dedicated her life to promoting po...
Andy Chambers
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 64 with Andy Chambers, the founder of Born Human, a holistic mental health consultancy that is working to improve pat...
Susie Weaver
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 63, this week’s guest is Susie Weaver, a campaigner, advocate and blogger. Susie is a passionate advocate for young...
James Withey
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 62 with my guest James Withey, an author, editor and public speaker. He has written 5 books about mental health and m...
Zoe Burnett
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 61 with my guest Zoe Burnett, an author, speaker and mental health advocate who is known as The Barefoot Rebel. In 20...
Lee Pennington
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 60 with my guest, Lee Pennington who is the Director of The Open Door Charity, a multi-award winning mental health re...
Michael Byrne
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 59 with my guest Michael Byrne who is the Founder of LETs (Lived Experience Trauma Support) and one of the UK’s lea...
Natasha Naomi Rea
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 58 with my guest Natasha Naomi Rea, an actress, author and Bipolar UK ambassador. Tasha is diagnosed with type 2 Bipo...
Rachel Philpotts
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 57 and my guest this week is Rachel Philpotts, a registered nutritionist, health science writer and mental health exp...
Nick Littlehales
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 56 and my guest this week is Nick Littlehales, an author and coach who specialises in sleep. He is considered the wor...
Johanna Basford OBE
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 53 and my guest today is Johanna Basford OBE! Johanna Basford OBE is an illustrator and a pioneer of colouring books ...
Antonio Ferreira
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 54 with my guest Antonio Ferreira, an activist, speaker and lived experience consultant. He works as a volunteer for ...
Catherine Benfield
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 53 and my guest is Catherine Benfield! Catherine Benfield is an OCD advocate, blogger and speaker. Cath was diagnosed...
BONUS: Christmas Special
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very special, Christmas episode of the Proper Mental podcast! Tis the season that not everybody enjoys, for a lot of different reasons. ...
Chris Hemmings
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 52 and my guest this week is Chris Hemmings! Chris is a public speaker & workshop facilitator focussing on healthy masculinity. H...
Chris Kirkland (Live Show Part 2)
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Proper Mental Live Show was recorded in front of an audience on 9th November 2021 to raise money for The Open Door Centre, a local young person’...
Rachel Brown (Live Show Part 1)
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Proper Mental Live Show was recorded in front of an audience on 9th November 2021 to raise money for The Open Door Centre, a local young person’...
Gabriel Nathan
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 49 and my guest this week is Gabriel Nathan! Gabe Nathan is a suicide awareness advocate and writer. He is also the Editor in Chief...
Stevie Georgina
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 48! My guest this week is Stevie Georgina! Stevie Georgina is a vlogger who chats about arts, crafts & crochet and th...
BONUS: Scroobius Pip (A 5 minute chat)
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I recently had the absolute pleasure of little a catch up with Scroobius Pip! For Black Friday, Pip turned his website into a donation site to raise m...
Dr Ellie Harper
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 47 with Dr Ellie Harper is out Today! My guest this week is Dr Ellie Harper! She is also known as The Human Flow Psychologist, and she uses a ...
Dr Brendon Stubbs
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Proper Mental episode 46! My guest this week is Dr Brendon Stubbs! Dr. Brendon Stubbs is a clinical-academic physiotherapist with an intere...