Chatting Bear

Jan 14 2024 73 ep. 45 mins 7
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A place to feel good about yourself, the world and your place in it. Chatting about everything that relates to self worth and positivity within your life.

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Introducing my friend Wendy

Jan 14 2024 50 mins  
Hi everyone Sorry I haven't been around much. 2023 sucked ass and I couldn't bring myself to record anything after July. Then my lovely friend Wendy came over from USA for a couple of months and we had a wonderful catch up. She then convinced me to start it up again and so this is the first of what I hope will be many episodes with her discussing the differences in many as

LGBTQIA+

Jun 21 2023 55 mins  
What can we do to show support to our LGBTQIA= friends, both during Pride and beyond? How did Pride start? Do you know your pansexual from your demisexual? In this episode, we discuss what we know and educate ourselves with some history and identification.

The benefits of volunteering

Jun 13 2023 51 mins  
In this episode, Rachel, Jenni and Lyndsey discuss volunteering and the documented benefits to a persons mental health from volunteering. They discuss their own experiences of volunteering and how it has benefitted them.

laughter

Jun 07 2023 42 mins  
What makes you laugh? In this episode, Rachel, Jenni, Lyndsey, Louisa and Vanessa discuss what makes them laugh and the health benefits of laughter

Mental health awareness week 2023 - Anxiety

May 16 2023 23 mins  
Get to know the effects of anxiety on the body and on the mind via the MIND website. In this episode, Rachel discusses these effects and describes her own experiences of anxiety and the impact it has played on her career as a midwife as well as her personal life and relationships. She chats about discrimination and judgment from others and the stigma still carried by some. For more

Get your daily D.O.S.E

May 09 2023 54 mins  
Dopamine, Oxytocin, Seratonin, Endorphins are the hormones that play a huge part in feeling happy, content etc. As May is Mental Health Awareness month, we thought we would look at where the hormones are produced, what part they play and how we can get some!

Withdrawal

May 02 2023 60 mins  
Rachel, Lyndsey, Louisa, Jenni and Ness discuss some types of withdrawal, the symptoms it can bring and the impact on mental health. We discuss prescribed medication withdrawal, sugar withdrawal, relationship withdrawal and our experiences with them and how they have affected us and potentially how they could affect people. Tell us your experiences

Stress part one

Apr 25 2023 48 mins  
As April is Stress Awareness Month, we wanted to talk about it and as it is the last week in April, what better time. It is such a vast and complicated subject that we really only scratched the surface, talking about some of the presenting symptoms and whether we have experienced them. In a future episode we want to discuss ways to combat stress, but for this week, just being aware

Apologies

Apr 19 2023 3 mins  
There won’t be an audio episode this week I’m sorry to say. This explains why

Animals, pets and mental health

Apr 11 2023 67 mins  
The gang is all back together again! And you can tell as we descend into chaos once more. We discuss our history of having pets and what they have meant to us, we also discuss favourite animals and we chat about how animals can impact our mental health. Let us know your experiences of having pets