To The Heart Of It Ben Edwards

Motherhood and mental health seem to have become modern buzz words that go hand in hand. But what do they actually mean, when they are used together?NICE - the National Institute for Clinical Excellence - say that approx 20% of mother’s will develop Postnatal Depression in the first year after birth. If 1 in 5 new mother’s will suffer acutely with their mental health, why is it not being discussed and talked about as the health crisis that it is?As we will hear in this episode, mental health ...

Psychological resilience is termed as the ability to cope mentally and emotionally with a crisis. It’s something many of us would probably say we have, but how do we really know? Many of us probably haven’t faced the types of crises necessary to truly test our resilience, so in the face of the most dire of circumstances, what would we do?Adam Szafranek is one of those people who has his resilience tested on a daily basis. He was once a boy from a small town in Poland. Now, Adam is Head of Ser...

Mental health and therapy has historically seemed to have a stigma attached to it that appears, on the outside at least, to have held people back from accessing it. Anecdotally, men in particular have appeared to be most resistant to it, but thankfully that tide looks to be turning … Ben Edwards is one of those men. Considered by his peers to be a stereotypical “man’s man”, Ben had no idea how the impact of his childhood and adolescence would colour his adult life, and turn his world ups...

Mental health and therapy has historically seemed to have a stigma attached to it that appears, on the outside at least, to have held people back from accessing it. Anecdotally, men in particular have appeared to be most resistant to it, but thankfully that tide looks to be turning … Ben Edwards is one of those men. Considered by his peers to be a stereotypical “man’s man”, Ben had no idea how the impact of his childhood and adolescence would colour his adult life, and turn his world ups...

- Part 2 - Being human can be a lot sometimes. We might think that our mental and physical health are not linked, but have we got that right?Ben Stacey is a competitive bodybuilder, Health and Wellbeing Coach, and Mindset Consultant. He is passionate about helping as many people as he can to grow strong - both physically, and mentally. Male or female, young or old, novice or pro - he will work with anyone who shares his passion. He’s a family man, a Gentle Giant, and he lives from his h...

- PART 2 - It seems to be innate in humans to worry about what other people think of us. What toll does that take on our mental and physical health, and how do we stop? How do we continue to look after others, whilst carving out our own lane, and being true to ourselves?Gemma Gilbert is a Business Coach, creator of Amplify and reformed People Pleaser. Wanting the flexibility to be on the school run with her son every day led her to start her coaching business in 2018, growing it to £30k month...