My Family, Mental Illness, and Me

Dec 06 2023 18 ep. 45 mins 19

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Conversations about parental mental illness, with Dr Pamela Jenkins. Pamela's mum Irene had a schizo-affective disorder. In each of these episodes, she shares memories and experiences with someone else who also grew up as the child of a parent with mental illness. My Family, Mental Illness, and Me is a podcast from Our Time, a charity that supports and advocates for the estimated 3 million UK young people living with or caring for a parent with a mental illness. It is supported by the Mental Health Foundation.

If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.justgiving.com/ourtimeuk

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Emma Kenny

Dec 06 2023 54 mins

Emma Kenny is a renowned psychotherapist and broadcaster appearing on This Morning. In this last episode, she speaks with Pamela about her relationship with her father, his mental health struggles, and coping with his loss.If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.justgiving.com/ourtimeuk.

Rachel Bruno-Hardy

Nov 29 2023 50 mins

Rachel Bruno-Hardy is a pre and postnatal physical trainer and daughter of British boxing legend Frank Bruno. In this episode, she discusses growing up during her father's boxing career and his struggle with bipolar disorder.If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.justgiving.com/ourtimeu

Tom Ward

Nov 22 2023 54 mins

Tom Ward is a stand-up comedian, voice over artist, and host of the ‘Bad Boys Done Good’ podcast. He talks to Pamela about his father’s mental health issues, and how they affected his family growing up.If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.justgiving.com/ourtimeuk. To find out mo

Jon Rees

Nov 15 2023 49 mins

Jon Rees is a street photographer and artist who runs therapeutic photography workshops. He speaks with Pamela about his father having bipolar disorder, and his mum's interlinked mental health struggles.If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.justgiving.com/ourtimeuk. To find out more ab

Lord James Bethell

Nov 08 2023 44 mins

James Nicholas Bethell, Baron Bethell, is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician in the House of Lords, who is also a former Health Minister. He talks with Pamela about his mother, who struggled with postnatal depression. If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.justgiving.

Alyx Steele

Nov 01 2023 54 mins

Alyx Steele is an outstanding dancer and choreographer, who has worked on live shows with the likes of Sugababes, Coldplay, Jesse J, and many others. In this episode, Alyx talks to Pamela about her mother’s blindness and mental health decline. If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.ju

Cyrus Pattinson

Oct 25 2023 42 mins

Cyrus Ramone Pattinson is a rising star in the world of professional boxing. In this episode, Cyrus tells Pamela about his experiences growing up in an unstable living condition, and with a mother who has a mental illness.If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.justgiving.com/ourtimeuk.

Mya-Rose Craig

Oct 18 2023 52 mins

Mya-Rose Craig, also known as 'Bird Girl', is a British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, campaigner and author. She talks with Pamela about her untraditional upbringing, and how her family's shared love of birdwatching has helped them cope with difficult times, including her mother's bipolar disorder. If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illn

Emma Kennedy

Oct 11 2023 54 mins

Author, screenwriter and comedian Emma Kennedy has written about how her mother Brenda's mental illness was undiagnosed in her lifetime, in her book Letters From Brenda: My Mother's Lifetime of Secrets. She speaks with Pamela about the isolation and uncertainty she felt growing up.If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please don

Grace Campbell

Dec 08 2021 41 mins

Comedian, author and podcaster Grace Campbell is the daughter of former Labour strategist Alastair Campbell, who suffers with depression, and is an Our Time charity patron. Grace recalls the impact her dad's mental illness has had on her childhood.If you would like to support children and young people living with parental mental illness, please donate to Our Time here: https://www.