Today, I'm speaking to Rachel Kelly, a mental health campaigner and writer who in her early thirties was diagnosed with severe depression and suffered from two major depressive episodes. These two episodes have become the defining events of her life. Since then, she's written about the condition and her recovery and books have been read by tens of thousands of people. Her memoir about her experience of life threatening depression. Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me, My Journey Through Depression...
Jan 24, 2023•32 min
On today's HEALING 101, I am speaking to Dr. Tom Graham, a counselling psychologist and CBT therapist at Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Intervention Center. Many of you might have heard of the term CBT, but not a lot of people actually know what it is. I thought it was important for Dr. Graham to come on to the podcast to explain CBT in simple terms and how it can help manage many mental health disorders by changing the way you think and behave. The examples he uses a brilliant and I thi...
Jan 19, 2023•30 min
I am so thrilled to be kicking off Season 2 with the one and only Ruby Wax. Ruby has been a dream guest of mine since I had my first thought about starting this podcast. Ruby famously left her career in comedy 25 years ago to seek a way to fix her reoccurring bouts of depression. Ruby has been very open about her struggles with bipolar disorder and depression, going on to study a Master’s degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy at Oxford University and has since become a devout mental heal...
Jan 17, 2023•32 min
On today's Healing 101 I'll be talking all things Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, with Kristen Carder, an ADHD expert, a top podcast host, and an internationally recognised life coach for adults with ADHD. Kristen has been studying ADHD and its effects on students and adults for over a decade and has had the privilege of running directly from leading psychiatrists and psychologists in the industry. I'm so pleased to get the opportunity to talk to her today and to learn so much mo...
Dec 22, 2022•31 min
On today's episode, I'm thrilled to be joined by Leanne Maskell, the bestselling author of three books, The Model Manifesto, ADHD an A to Z, and her most recent book, The Reality Manifesto. She is also a model, an ADHD coach and legal activist who currently works with companies to increase ADHD awareness and improve mental well-being in the workplace. I am so thrilled to have Leanne join us this week to speak about her own experience and to raise awareness about this very important and under-dis...
Dec 20, 2022•32 min
On today's Healing 101 I am speaking to Dr Amita Jassi, a consultant, clinical psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorder Service for Children and Young People. Body dysmorphic disorder affects about one in 50 people. We discuss why it's such a debilitating condition, why there is a lack of insight into it and I ask her about what treatment and therapies are available. If you or someone you know may be struggling to cope with it, if you haven't already, I would als...
Dec 15, 2022•24 min
If you're a big fan of reality TV, some of you might be familiar with my next guest. Charlie King was once famed for his role on The Only Way Is Essex and known best for his very dramatic relationship with the one and only Gemma Collins. The series followed his attempts to become more of a man as he started changing what he wore and how he spoke in a bid to fit in. He then had a brief departure from the show during which time he came out as being gay. Since leaving the show in 2015, he has strug...
Dec 13, 2022•45 min
On today's Healing 101 I am joined by Dr. Timothy Fong, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour at UCLA. Dr. Fong specialises in addiction and today I am asking him about gambling disorders and why they're becoming increasingly prevalent in today's society. I asked him about how these disorders develop, what the signs are that someone's gambling is becoming a problem, and what impact gambling can have on our mental health. While it might be ...
Dec 08, 2022•29 min
Today, I'm thrilled to be joined by the very talented jeweller, Theo Fennell. Or as he's otherwise known as the 'King of Bling' in the early days of Theo's career. He was a notable socialite who had a slightly unhealthy relationship with alcohol. Theo has since scaled down his partying and gave up alcohol many years ago. Theo has since opened up about his partying ways in his memoir called 'I Fear For This Boy'. It's focused entirely on his greatest accidents. One notable story being an alcohol ...
Dec 06, 2022•28 min
On today's healing one day one, I am talking to Dr. Michael Strober, a distinguished professor of psychiatry and the director of the Eating Disorders Program at the Neuropsychiatric Institute since 1982. His research centres on risk factors and eating disorders and the long term course outcome and treatment of them. As someone who has suffered from an eating disorder myself, this is an episode I was very keen to do. We discuss what to do if you think someone is on the verge of an eating disorder...
Dec 01, 2022•18 min
Christa D'Souza is a mother and a British features journalist who contributes to many publications, including British Vogue, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and many more. Christa is known for her articles, which often cover body issues such as ageing, anorexia and cosmetic surgery. Her writing is often praised for her humour and honesty and sometimes her controversial subject matter. I wanted to speak to Christa today to discuss something she hasn't spoken about in too much detail before - her o...
Nov 29, 2022•39 min
On today's Healing 101, I'm joined by Professor Rory O'Connor, the professor of health psychology at Glasgow University and director of the Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, the leading suicide and self-harm research group in Scotland. He is also the author of When It Is Darkest Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It . Suicide can affect any one of us, and one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. Yet, despite the scale of the devastation for family members and frien...
Nov 24, 2022•16 min
I am thrilled to be joined by not one but two wonderful men for today's episode. Jonny Benjamin and Neil Laybourn first met in early 2008 when Neil approached Jonny who was sitting on the edge of Waterloo Bridge and asked if he was alright. The conversation that followed changed their lives forever. Fast forward 14 years and a huge social media campaign later and the two are not only great friends but work together to improve the public's understanding of mental health and to champion suicide pr...
Nov 22, 2022•33 min
I'm thrilled to be joined today by former model, turned nutritional therapist and author, Rosemary Ferguson. Food is a tricky subject for many of us, myself included, and I was keen to find out what sparked her interest in nutrition, having come from a modelling background qualifying as a nutritionist and naturopath in 2009. Whereas now she works from a central London clinic whilst writing for publications such as Vogue and Tatler. Rosemary is passionate about the power of good nutrition and is ...
Nov 17, 2022•25 min
I am thrilled to be joined today by one of my career idols, Alexandra Shulman. Alexandra is a former British Vogue editor, the longest standing editor in Vogue's history and someone I've looked up to for many years. You may have thought that she had it all, but even the strongest of people are fighting their own battles. Today, I wanted to ask her about her life before Vogue, how she felt when she was criticised for not looking like the stereotypical Vogue editor and how she coped juggling both ...
Nov 15, 2022•32 min
On today's Healing 101, I'm going to be speaking to Dr. Lia Maragou, a counselling psychologist and existential psychotherapist who works as a clinical supervisor at Shout. Dr Lia has been a volunteer with Shout since the service launched and became a clinical supervisor in 2019. Dr Lia's clinical experience includes working with a wide range of difficulties anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationships, as well as personal growth and development. Today, we are going to be focusing on trauma a...
Nov 10, 2022•13 min
I am honoured to be joined for today's episode by the award winning journalist and author Radhika Sanghani. Radhika regularly writes on women's issues and lifestyle topics for titles such as The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, the BBC, Grazia and Elle Magazine. Radhika also gave an extremely successful TEDx talk called How to Love Yourself and is now a body positive campaigner. Her third novel, which was published at the start of 2022, is called 30 Things I Love About Myself and is loos...
Nov 08, 2022•37 min
I am honoured to be joined today by Professor David Veale, a consultant psychiatrist in London who specialises in obsessive compulsive disorder. As you might already know, I have frustratingly suffered from this mental health condition for many years now, but it always amazes me how little people actually know about it. The aim of this episode is to ask Professor Veale the questions you might have never had the opportunity to ask and to educate those of you who might want to know more about the ...
Nov 03, 2022•21 min
Today, I'm joined by the wonderful Emmy Brunner. Emmy is a master of many. She's a psychotherapist, personal empowerment and transformation coach, hypnotherapist, CEO of the Recover Clinic in London and a bestselling author. As a teenager, Emmy suffered from anorexia and had a tendency to self-harm which led her into a series of abusive relationships. It was only when she had a baby that she realised something had to change. Emmy then left her partner and worked hard at improving her life for he...
Nov 01, 2022•47 min
I wanted to start the podcast with a very special episode and an incredibly special person who has known me for many years. Anneka Rice is a TV presenter, radio host, author and artist who has known me since I was a little girl. She's witnessed a lot of my journey, and I thought there was no better way to begin the podcast than to have her to ask me a few questions so that you can all get to know me a little better and understand why I'm really doing this podcast. Anneka has witnessed my ongoing...
Oct 25, 2022•26 min
Welcome to the Hurt to Healing podcast with me, Pandora Morris. I’ve been fighting an uphill battle with my mental health for years and it’s only now that I’ve started to see some glimmers of light. As part of my own recovery, I’ve made it my mission to support as many of you as possible on your own healing journey. I’ll be speaking to wonderful people from all walks of life who will open up about their own invisible struggles in the hope that it will provide a bit of solace an...
Oct 12, 2022•2 min
