Emotional Wellbeing

Where is My Mind? Episode 30: Mindcraft

In today’s podcast, Niall speaks to Ian O’Neil, game developer with Romero Games, about gaming and mental health; and Mike Langlois, author of Reset: Video Games & Psychotherapy, where they look at video games, their impact on our lives, and what they could mean for the future of psychotherapy.

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The Problem Gambling Podcast Season 2, Episode 10 – Interview with Paul Buck, CEO of EPIC Risk Management

Interview with Paul Buck, CEO and Founder of EPIC Risk Management.  Paul discusses his own recovery from gambling addiction, as well as his gambling harm-prevention work with EPIC.  We also discuss the legalisation of sports betting in parts of the United States, and EPIC’s work there.   Co-hosted by addiction counsellors Barry Grant and Tony

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Owning It: The Science of Self Compassion for Reducing Anxiety with TED Talker Dr Kristen Neff

For this episode I am joined by one of my heroes: Dr Kristin Neff. She is so ridiculously qualified there just isn’t enough room in the podcast notes to fill you in on why she’s the business but we do discuss her background at the beginning of this episode. Her main topic is self-compassion and

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Owning It: Why your pituitary gland holds the key to unlocking your anxiety

Hello dear listener and welcome to this expert led episode of owning it the anxiety podcast with your host, author Caroline Foran. This time we are delving into our endocrine system. What role do our hormones play when it comes to anxiety? What’s the job of our pituitary gland – what even is that –

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Owning It: Anxiety surrounding coming out with Riyadh Khalaf

At this point in the season, I want to explore anxiety in the gay community: particularly the anxiety surrounding coming out to family and friends, feeling ‘othered’ at school growing up gay. For this episode I am joined by Celebrity Masterchef winner 2020, LGBTQ+ activist, bestselling author and broadcaster Riyadh Khalaf who shares his experience

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Owning It: What you probably didn’t know about exercise for anxiety with Dr Kelly McGonigal

For this episode I am so excited to be joined by a guest that i have so long wanted to feature on this series. Her name is Dr Kelly McGonigal. Her Ted Talk has inspired so much of what I do and has informed so much of my mentality and approach towards managing anxiety. In this

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Owning It: Deliciously Ella shares her anxiety story

I was so excited to get some time with Ella Mills of Deliciously Ella fame to chat about anxiety. We spoke over ZOOM as with most of season, it was recorded during lockdown when social distancing was key so unfortunately it’ll never be as good quality as it would have been in studio. Ella is

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Owning It: Emotional Distress Vs Mental Illness with Dr Harry Barry

For this expert led episode my guest is Dr Harry Barry. He has written ten books to help us manage our mental health and his latest is called Emotional Healing and it’s widely available now. We have a really enlightening conversation about the difference between mental illness and emotional distress, the latter of which is what most of

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Owning It: Brian Pennie’s incredible story of overcoming anxiety

To kick off this new series, of which there will be 15 episodes that mix world class experts on anxiety in with everyday people’s anxiety stories, I am joined by the incredible Brian Pennie. I don’t need to give him much of an intro because his story of overcoming adversity speaks for itself. Brian is

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