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Ellen and Yvette chat with Author and Mental Health Campaigner, Lily Bailey. They chat about what it is like living with clinical obsessive compulsive disorder, which she has written about in her new book, When I see Blue.  Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs  Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out Lily online... www.twitter.com/lilybaileyuk

This is a powerful episode...  Ellen and Yvette chat to Elliot Kallen about suicide, overcoming trauma and the comparisons between mental health support in the US and the UK. Elliot's son, Jake, took his own life aged 19. Now he runs A Brighter Day, a non profit organisation which aims to stop teen suicide by educating teens and their parents about mental disorders, and providing resources they can use to reach out and communicate when depression and stress are affecting either their own or the lives of those around them. Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs  Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out Elliott's work online too... www.abrighterday.info

How can we learn to see the positives of anxiety? Tracy Dennis-Tiwary is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at The City University of New York. She has also written a book called Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though it Feels Bad)? She chats with Ellen and Yvette about all the benefits (yes, benefits!) of healthy anxiety. Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out Tracy online... www.twitter.com/tracyadennis

How (and why) does the brain work in the way it does? Albert Moukheiber is Neuroscientist and Psychologist. He chats to Ellen and Yvette about memories, self-doubt and anxiety. Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out Albert's book, Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You, too...

How can using a console help soothe your soul?  Rosie Taylor is the Community Manager at Safe In Our World, a video games charity on a mission to raise awareness of mental health for gamers. She chats to Ellen and Yvette about the work she is doing and games she is playing! Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs  Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out Rosie's work online... www.safeinourworld.org

In this special episode, Ellen and Yvette talk through how they coped with the pandemic, how they are doing now, and their plans for the future (for both themselves and the podcast)!

The  pandemic left Kelly, aged 24, feeling alone and without purpose when her dance career was turned upside down. In January 2021, things came to a head for Kelly and she tried to take her own life. By reaching out to the Samaritans for support, Kelly was able to open up to her family and friends about how she was feeling and found a support network that led her to retrain and find a passion in fitness. She chats to Yvette about her story: lockdown, loneliness and the Samaritans.  Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs  Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out the Samaritans online... www.samaritans.org

This year's theme is loneliness... Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week has been going for 21 years. It's  an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health and has grown to become one of the biggest awareness weeks across the UK and globally. To mark this week, Ellen and Yvette chat with Catherine Seymour, Head Of Research at the Mental Health Foundation. Follow the Samaritans online.. https://www.samaritans.org And also check out Mental Health Awareness Week too.. https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week

Evie Canavan survived postpartum psychosis, postnatal anxiety and generalised anxiety disorder. She is now the Coordinator of UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, a campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems during and after pregnancy. Find out about Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week this month online... perinatalmhpartnership.com

Getting out there after lockdown...  Joanna Cannon is a Doctor and Writer, best-known for her book, The Trouble With Goats and Sheep. She's now written a new book called A Tidy Ending. She chats to Ellen and Yvette about her work as a Doctor, a Writer and a Psychiatrist.. whilst dealing with agoraphobia. Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs  Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out Joanna's work online... https://twitter.com/JoannaCannon

David Parkin knows what it is like to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act. He  suffered from bipolar disorder and has been on his own mental health journey. Now, a few years on, he's put together an art installation about his experience of getting sectioned, called Delusions of Grandeur. He chats to Ellen and Yvette about his experiences... Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out David's work online too... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/delusions/david-parkins-delusions-of-grandeur-book 

How do you do it without losing your mind? Ellen and Yvette chat to Rebecca Seal, Journalist, Podcaster and Work-From-Home-Expert.  Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs  Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out Rebecca's book online... www.howtoworkalone.com