Recovery Devon Podcast

<p>This Podcast was recorded during out Mental Health Awareness event at Exeter Library in May. The theme for this years MHAW was Anxiety, so we recorded some conversations with organisations and those that have a lived...

<p>Welcome back to the Recovery Devon Podcast. <br/><br/>We are kicking off Season 3 on Time to Talk day, to encourage people to get talking and sharing. To support Time to Talk this year we are relaunching the...

<p>In this podcast we talk about what we mean when we say community.<br/><br/>Two of our Community Development Workers, Sami and Jody, talk to Matt and Kerry from The Community Waffle House about what is a community...

<p>Sam O'Hara Childs is an actor, writer, and photographer who's always chasing the next adventure. Sam contacted us following our Cosplay podcast; he's best known for playing Union Jack in a web series inspired by the...

<p>Bereavement. It touches everyone's life at some point - and yet, too often we find ourselves navigating this strange land with few people prepared to talk plainly with us about it. Besides the shock and sadness, it...

<p>When Tom approached us a few months ago, he had a slightly unusual take on recovery in mind. Tom is a "cosplayer" - someone who roleplays in costume as a hobby - and it's a lot more popular than we realised. As word...

<p>Hayley McLean is a Devon mum of 3 children and author of the multi-award-winning blog, Sparkles & Stretchmarks. Hayley blogs about life as a home-schooling mum, gender stereotypes within society, as well as sharing...

<p>It's a podcast to lift your spirits this time; we gathered some Devon musicians for a lively chat about finding solace in sound.<br/><br/>We've a wide range of experiences in the Zoom room, from not knowing where to...

<p>In this episode we are talking about perinatal mental health, for both mums and dads, and it goes live in support of Maternal Mental Health week. We explore the challenges of parenthood, what it's like to go through...

<p>Recorded on Self Harm Awareness Day 2021, our courageous conversation reflects on the "prevention at all costs" model. We focus instead on why self-harm arises, how it manifests, and ask how lived experience can...

<p>How can moving your body make a difference to mental health recovery? <br/><br/>Often we treat mental health “from the neck up.” Creatively engaging with how our bodies feel, function, and move can help us better...

<p><b>North Devon Instagram sensation Harriet Knock joins us for a wide-ranging conversation to brighten a dark, lockdown night!</b><br/><br/>Harriet set up @making_ahouse_ahome as a way to share how cleaning helped her...

<p>Season 2 begins! We kick off season 2 with a talk from Dr Tom Cant about Peer Supported Open Dialogue. This episode was recorded from a live audience Zoom event as part of our Phoenix Nights. <br/><br/>Dr Tom Cant...

<p>What part does humour play in keeping your mental health on track? Can a lighthearted joke lift you in difficult times, or does dark humour give you some relief? Is "losing your sense of humour" a useful early...

<p>We're joined this time by Max Cohen and Rea Pearson to talk about sexual orientation and gender identity. Are there some particular mental health challenges for different LGBTQ+ communities, and how can organisations...