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This week we spoke to Dr Danny Penman. For Harry, this was quite a poignant interview as in his first session with his pschologist he was given a book called Finding peace in a Frantic World by Danny, which he credits as helping change his life and alter ingrained negative habits. Since then he has also read Mindfulness for Health and the Art of Breathing which are equally fascinating and helpful- with Mindfulness for health receiving recognition as the best book in popular medicine by the British Medical Associtation. Our chat with Danny encompasses a range of topics including how a life-changing paragliding accident lead him to mindfulness. We would really urge you to read Danny's book and explore his work.Website: http://franticworld.comTwitter: http://franticworld.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this weeks episode of the Mental Health Pod we spoke to Helen Undy from the Money and Mental Health Policy Institution. As Helen explains there is an often overlooked impact of those with mental health issues struggling with their finances and vica versa with research suggesting people with Mental Health issues being 3x as likely to have money problems. The Money and Mental Health Policy Institution was set up to break this link between financial difficulty and mental health problems. They achieve this through research, developing practical policy solutions and working in partnership with both those providing services and those using them to find what really works. Most recently they were successful in securing a Government extension of the Breathing Space scheme to people in the hospital for their mental health or under the care of a crisis team in their local community. Helen was a really great guest and I’d urge you to look up her and the institutions work on their website.Website: https://www.moneyandm

Jaimal Yogis is a longtime surfer, meditation teacher and author of 'Saltwater Buddha' and a new book 'All Our Waves Are Water'. We spoke about a whole range of stuff including running away to Maui at 16, joining a monastery and almost ordaining as a Zen monk, and the power of water and sports for mental health.To find more about Jaimal:Visit his website - http://www.jaimalyogis.com/Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/jaimal.yogisTwitter- https://twitter.com/jaimalyogisInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/jaimalyogis/As ever thank you to Oskar Rice for putting together this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"There is a reason why the World Health Organisation still ranks OCD as the fifth most debilitating illness in the world"Amazing to share this podcast episode which features Johnny Mercer MP. Johnny is an MP for Plymouth Moor View and a former Captain in the British Army. He has also suffered from OCD and witnessed the struggles of army veterans. Therefore, on retirement from the army Johnny campaigned to become an MP and was elected in 2015. In his maiden speech in the House of Commons he described his "main missions" in Parliament were to improve provisions for both mental health and veteran.For more information on OCD click here https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/#.WxbtpmaZP-ZAs ever thank you to our producer Oskar Rice for putting this episode together. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Blackburn is co-founder of the male grooming company Regal Gentleman. Here he discusses how they are creating a community of men and using this community to encourage discussion around mental health. We also spoke about his own issues and how he combats them. More about Josh:https://regalgentleman.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx_Couu5K05uXzUOTw3hLIghttps://twitter.com/RegalGentlemanhttps://www.instagram.com/regalgentleman/?hl=undefinedhttps://www.facebook.com/regalgentleman/Thanks to Oskar Rice for the production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.