The Richard Nicholls Mental Health Podcast
Episodes
It's OK To Be Selfish
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI'm sure you've heard the phrase "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" but I wonder if there needs to ...
Bonus Episode: Michelle Thomas
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMichelle Thomas is an author and podcaster. She's written for The Guardian, The Independent, Stylist, Standard Issue the list goes ...
Taking Action Today
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhatever your goals are it's fair to say that reaching them won't happen by accident or through luck.Luck might have a small p...
Bonus Episode: Matt Elswood
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMatt Elswood is a Chief Pharmacist specialising in mental health pharmaceuticals at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust.As well as being an...
Gratitude
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMany self help and personal development books (my own included) will talk about the importance of gratitude as a way of boosting happine...
The Lost Letter - A Christmas Story By Richard Nicholls
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSeeing as it's Christmas Day I thought I'd share this with you.This is a story I wrote in 2015 but you maybe missed it the fir...
Grandad's Gift - A Christmas Story By Richard Nicholls
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI wrote this story back in 2014 but as my listeners have doubled since then it's likely that you missed this the first time round. ...
Bonus Episode: Robin Ince
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's another bonus guest episode and this time it's the turn of stand up comedian and author Robin Ince.We talk about intrusiv...
Bonus Episode: Dr Dean Burnett
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday's bonus episode is with neuroscientist, stand up comedian and author Dean Burnett.We chat about toxic positivity, emotional p...
Supporting Others With Depression
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEveryone needs something different when they're going through mental health difficulties. But there are definitely a few Do's ...
Bonus Episode: Matt Rudd
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMatt Rudd is a senior writer at the Sunday Times, he's a published author of both fiction and non fiction. His latest book Man Dow...
Goal Blocks
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere can be many reasons why we get blocked from achieving our goals. Today I'm going to explore a few of them.Become a patron of ...
Bonus Episode: Professor Sophie Scott
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textContinuing the trend of a bonus episode in the middle of the month. This month I chatted with Professor Sophie Scott CBE.Sophie is a neu...
Conflict Avoidance
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAvoiding conflict can influence the big things in life as well as the small things. It's why people split up over text rather than ...
Bonus Episode: Dr Radha Modgil
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRecently I had the pleasure of chatting with the broadcaster and author Radha Modgil.As well as being a familiar face and voice on vario...
Energy Levels
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWith some enthusiasm we can go from dragging our feet and saying how tired we are to suddenly being alert and awake. But whether it&apos...
Impulse Control
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhether it's because of tempting treats in your cupboard, the opportunity to play at online roulette or trying to push away thought...
Pride & Prejudice
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday's episode is a bit of a deep dive into racism, in response to the recent Black Lives Matter movement that has been gaining gr...
Words & Language
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPart 4 of a 4 part series taken from May's live stream that will run through June. All about our inner dialogue. Become a patro...
Talking To Yourself
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPart 3 of a 4 part series taken from May's live stream that will run through June. All about our inner dialogue. Become a patron...
Mental Narratives
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPart 2 of a 4 part series taken from May's live stream that will run through June. All about our inner dialogue.Become a patron o...
The Meaning Behind The Thinking
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPart 1 of a 4 part series taken from May's live stream that will run through June. All about our inner dialogue.Become a patron o...
Conspiracy Theories
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhy can seemingly intelligent people believe myths that have no evidence to support them? Put on your tin foil hat and let's find o...
The Foundations of Confidence
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textConfidence can be a tricky subject to talk about because its so big and ambiguous. What is confidence to one person is arrogance to some...
Dealing With The Coronavirus
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI've had a lot of messages from listeners asking for mental health advice during all this Coronavirus craziness. It's on ever...
Eagles, Chickens & Rescue Dogs
01 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textQuestion: When is an Eagle not an Eagle? Answer: When it thinks it's a Chicken.Despite being an Eagle, if you think you're a ...
How To Feel Alive
01 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textNothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Or as Albert Einstein once said "He who can no longer pause to wonder and stan...
Accept Yourself
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDespite New Year being a time associated with making changes, today I want to talk about what seems at first like the opposite of change...
The Meaning of Life
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday is all about having meaning and purpose to your life, something that crops up a lot in emails from listeners and definitely comes ...
Anxiety Of The Unknown
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOver the last couple of years I've had a few messages from listeners about their fear of an uncertain future, and it's cropped...
Suicide Prevention
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOctober 10th is World Mental Health Day, and this years focus is on suicide prevention. Suicide is twice as common as Homicide and is t...
Fears & Phobias
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOne question that I get asked quite often is "What's the difference between a fear and a phobia?" In short, a fear of so...
External Validation
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEver heard of The looking-glass self? The looking-glass self is a concept created by sociologist Charles Horton Cooley back in 1902. It...
Nudge Nudge
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textNudging and avoiding a nudge is quite important. If you've never heard that phrase outside of a Monty Python sketch you will do now...
Introversion
01 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIntroversion has been on my mind a lot lately as I've had quite a few clients who are introverts but don't fully understand it...
Bonus Episode: Interview With Bobby Temps
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week is Mental Health Awareness Week and because of that I have an extra episode this month for you! I met up with Bobby Temps tod...
It's The Thought That Counts
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI've been thinking about this topic for a long time and I've been a bit wary of talking about it because what I mean by "...
Dealing With Crazy Thoughts
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRegularly clients will tell me that they've had frightening bizarre thoughts, sometimes about hurting, or even killing, someone tha...
How To Get More Done
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIf you Google the words "how to be more productive" you get 187 million results. Interestingly that's the same number of ...
Disappointment & Low Expectations
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's often said that optimism isn't all it's cracked up to be. That expecting the best only leads to disappointment, and ...
Practise Doesn't Make Perfect
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's a new year! And for a hypnotherapist who specialises in helping people to make changes in their life people will often say to...
Wooden Legs & Excuses
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHave you ever met someone with a wooden leg? Not a real wooden leg, but a metaphorical one? In the 60’s, a psychiatrist called Eric B...
Dealing With Depression
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDepression is a huge topic. It’s a big problem in the 21st Century and to try and understand it by listening to a single podcast episo...
Don’t Let Your Career Define You
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textImagine you're invited to a friend’s house for a party and you find yourself chatting to a total stranger. If they were to say to...
The Need To Belong
01 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMany people feel a need to be unique, to be different from everyone else but that shouldn’t be at the expense of our sense of belongin...
Anything Is Better Than Nothing
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIs there something you want to achieve that you know is going to take a while? Maybe something that has many steps, such as getting fitt...
Resilience
01 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDespite their setbacks and failures some people seem to have the ability to brush things off and bounce back almost stronger than before...
Guilt And Shame
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIf we’ve hurt someone then I think it’s probably healthy to feel bad about it, to wish that we’d behaved differently and to want t...
Self-Worth and Anxiety
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDid you know that if you're physically tired then you will estimate hills as steeper than they actually are? And that a place in th...
What We Fight, We Invite
01 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere’s an annoying quirk to our psychology that means we can easily be drawn towards the exact thing that we’re trying to avoid, as...