Extremely Human

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Sometimes as humans, we have experiences that aren’t shared or understood by others. Often these experiences can feel extreme, scary, unreal or even euphoric. Experiences like psychosis, depression, grief and addiction. Join Lucy and Rachel as they chat with incredible humans who vulnerably share their different perspectives on these ideas.

JUL 11

Lost and found

Our guest shares their experience of psychosis and depression, overcoming adversity, finding purpose through reading 200 books in 2 years, and discovering a life worth fighting for.

38 min
APR 11

The message of suicide

This is a conversation with Jesse about suicide. Jesse shares his own experiences of suicidality and offers different ways we can have more compassionate conversations about it. We explore some of the misunderstandings around suicide, the importance of language and allowing people time and space to process and heal.

35 min
FEB 21

A difficult gift

Mary O'Hagan shares snippets from her memoir “Madness Made Me” and speaks about how value and meaning can be derived from experiences of madness. We ponder what it could look like if communities looked after each other and created space for people in distress.

45 min
JAN 15

A search for meaning

Elsa talks us through her new role as the spiritual care lead and some of her hopes for the role. Elsa breaks down and simplifies what the word ‘spirituality’ means, what it can look like in a modern world and why it can be important in the context of mental health and healing.

34 min
11/20/2023

Is this really radical?

Paul helps to bust some myths about common misconceptions in the medical world. Paul speaks about the value of humanizing people’s experience rather than medicalising it and how including people’s loved ones in their care can make a real difference.

32 min
11/20/2023

Is this really radical?

Paul helps to bust some myths about common misconceptions in the medical world. Paul speaks about the value of humanizing people’s experience rather than medicalising it and how including people’s loved ones in their care can make a real difference.

32 min
10/17/2023

You can sit with us

We chat with Chris about how the experience of bipolar can feel but also how we can learn and grow from it. Chris talks about the importance of inclusion and connection, having a ‘vibe tribe’ and dropping judgement when caring for people who are having a rough time.

34 min
09/28/2023

Stability in the storm

This is a chat with our guest who describes how it feels to experience psychosis. We talk about what they found helpful and not so helpful while being in that state and what life after psychosis has looked like in their life. We touch on the different ways phenomena like psychosis can transform people and how we can better care for people going through psychosis.

30 min
08/14/2023

Extremely Human: Trailer

Here is a little taster of highlights from some of the conversations Lucy and Rachel have had so far with incredible humans who vulnerably share their different perspectives on these ideas.

10 min
08/12/2023

We're only human

We speak with Jamie, a social worker in the mental health world about being "a person first and a professional when it's required".

31 min
08/12/2023

Introducing: Extremely Human

In this episode, we chat about what Extremely Human is all about.

11 min

11 Episodes

Sometimes as humans, we have experiences that aren’t shared or understood by others. Often these experiences can feel extreme, scary, unreal or even euphoric. Experiences like psychosis, depression, grief and addiction. Join Lucy and Rachel as they chat with incredible humans who vulnerably share their different perspectives on these ideas.

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discoverycollege
Years Active

2023 - 2024
Episodes

11
Rating

Clean
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Extremely Human

Extremely Human

Episodes

Lost and found

The message of suicide

A difficult gift

A search for meaning

Is this really radical?

Is this really radical?

You can sit with us

Stability in the storm

Extremely Human: Trailer

We're only human

Introducing: Extremely Human

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