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On this month’s show:

Vic and Dee from the ‘A Space to Speak Your Mind’ radio wellbeing group present this month’s show where Louise Minchin will be explaining why it’s so difficult to have a conversation around funeral planning.

We tackle the issue of Customer Vulnerability with Riffat Tufail, from The Phoenix Group.

Nic Wray from Tinnitus UK explains how the condition can affect our mental health.

https://tinnitus.org.uk/

Sue Christoforou, from Parkinson’s UK tells us how more support is needed for those that are affected by insufficient cost of living payments.

Plus we will be finding out about PTSD with Robert Marsh from veterans’ mental health charity Combat Stress

www.combatstress.org.uk

and learning about Op Courage with Army Veteran Nigel, and Doctor Jonathan Leach OBE, NHS England Associate Medical Director for the Armed Forces.

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/armed-forces-community/mental-health/veterans-reservists/

https://www.combat2coffee.co.uk/

“A Space to Speak Your Mind” is produced in collaboration with Cornwall Mind:

https://cornwallmind.org/what-we-do/influence-and-participation/

With the support of Cornwall Rural Community Charity:

www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/

More support at: www.samaritans.org/ or call 116 123

There is also a 24/7 NHS local urgent mental health response phone line.

Its free to access by anyone, any age on 0800 038 5300


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On this month’s show :

We’ll be talking about how ADHD affects our lives, and how a late diagnosis give us more understanding about our past with Alice.

Victoria has a conversation with Aidan from HYP (Hayle Youth Project).

Chris and Victoria are learning about the ‘Sing for Health group’ with Gail from Cornwall Mind.

Vic will be chatting to us about ‘Rejection’ and what it means to how we view our experiences.

Plus, Dee will be explaining what happens at the Veryan Community Café that she runs.

“A Space to Speak Your Mind” is produced in collaboration with Cornwall Mind:

https://cornwallmind.org/what-we-do/influence-and-participation/

With the support of Cornwall Rural Community Charity:

www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/

More support at: www.samaritans.org/ or call 116 123

There is also a new 24/7 NHS local urgent mental health response phone line.

Its free to access by anyone, any age on 0800 038 5300

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On our special February show of ‘A Space to Speak Your Mind’ for ‘Time to Talk Day’ :

Alex Bushill from Mind tells us about ‘Time to Talk Day’ and why it’s such an important date in the Mental Health Calendar.

We’ll hear from author of ‘Befriending My Brain: A Psychosis Story’ James Lindsay about his lived experience of Psychosis and Schizoaffective disorder.

Befriending My Brain: A Psychosis Story https://amzn.eu/d/0wMYB6v

See the video at https://www.youtube.com/@cornwallmind

Plus, GP and TV Doctor, Dr Zoe Williams will be here to discuss the importance of therapy for those who struggle with their mental health and encourage people to access support from NHS Talking Therapies services.

“A Space to Speak Your Mind” is produced in collaboration with Cornwall Mind:

https://cornwallmind.org/what-we-do/influence-and-participation/

With the support of Cornwall Rural Community Charity:

www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/

More support at: www.samaritans.org/ or call 116 123

There is also a new 24/7 NHS local urgent mental health response phone line.

Its free to access by anyone, any age on 0800 038 5300

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On the show this month we’ll find out how walking can be good for your Mental Health with TV presenter and Mental Health Advocate Sean Fletcher.

https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/corporate-partnerships/current-partners/jd-outdoor-hats-on-for-mind

With People experiencing homelessness at an all-time high Matthew Bawden, from leading homelessness charity, St Mungo’s, will explain how close the issue of homelessness is for many and how we can all help those most vulnerable in our communities.

www.mungos.org

JD Donovan, Industry Liaison, at the London College of Contemporary Music will tell us how young people are using music as a platform to overcome their struggles of living with neurodivergence.

https://www.instagram.com/lccmlondon/

Plus, Jo has the latest on what’s happening at Cornwall Mind.

“A Space to Speak Your Mind” is produced in collaboration with Cornwall Mind:

https://cornwallmind.org/what-we-do/influence-and-participation/

With the support of Cornwall Rural Community Charity:

www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/

More support at: www.samaritans.org/ or call 116 123
There is also a new 24/7 NHS local urgent mental health response phone line.

Its free to access by anyone, any age on 0800 038 5300

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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aspacetospeakyourmind/message

On this month’s show with as many as 2 in 3 adults in Great Britain who have experienced any gambling problem and have kept this hidden, and almost 2 in 5 of those who hadn’t opened up stating feelings of stigma such as shame, guilt and fear of judgement representing key barriers to reaching out for support we find out how to break this stigma with NHS GP Dr Ellie Cannon.

www.gambleaware.co.uk

https://www.gamcare.org.uk/get-support/talk-to-us-now/

Experiencing a bad night’s sleep has a profound impact on how we feel physically and mentally, so we’ll find out how we can get a better night’s rest with Clinical Psychologist and Mental Health Expert at Headspace, Dr Sophie Mort.

https://www.headspace.com/

We also find out what really makes us strong with 2021 and 2022 World Strongest man, Tom Stoltman.

See the video with Tom at www.youtube.com/cc/cornwallmind

Find support at: https://uk.movember.com/support-us/loreal-men-expert

Plus, Jo has the latest on what’s happening at Cornwall Mind in December.


“A Space to Speak Your Mind” is produced in collaboration with Cornwall Mind:

https://cornwallmind.org/what-we-do/influence-and-participation/

With the support of Cornwall Rural Community Charity:

www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/

More support at: www.samaritans.org/ or call 116 123
There is also a new 24/7 NHS local urgent mental health response phone line.

Its free to access by anyone, any age on 0800 038 5300

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On this month’s show, Olympic gold medallist Sam Quek will be telling us why we shouldn’t feel ‘Mum Guilt’ but embrace ‘Parent Pride’.

We’ll learn how the Mr. Men and Little Miss books are helping teach young children about mental health with Child Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Kilbey.

Plus as more than a third of school children are experiencing poor mental school we hear from Catriona Olsen from Kings Inter High.



“A Space to Speak Your Mind” is produced in collaboration with Cornwall Mind:

https://cornwallmind.org/what-we-do/influence-and-participation/

With the support of Cornwall Rural Community Charity:

www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/

More support at: www.samaritans.org/ or call 116 123 There is also a new 24/7 NHS local urgent mental health response phone line. Its free to access by anyone, any age on 0800 038 5300

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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aspacetospeakyourmind/message