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What Do I Do?: Mental Health and Me
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics
Publisher's Summary
This deeply personal and supportive series offers listeners an honest and relatable insight into how some the UK’s best-known celebrities have coped with mental health difficulties, ranging from OCD to insomnia, addiction to grief, and depression to anxiety.
Having experienced her own mental health difficulties, with depression and self-harm, Dame Kelly Holmes sets out to discover how other people cope. She joins each guest in a place that makes them feel good: taking a spin class with presenter Davina McCall, baking with comedian Catherine Bohart, and playing the bagpipes with journalist Alastair Campbell in his bathroom.
Each episode concludes with an expert insight from mental health professionals, Dr David Crepaz-Keay from the Mental Health Foundation and psychotherapist Owen O'Kane, including information about seeking professional help.
Dame Kelly’s other guests include journalist Jon Ronson, author Philip Pullman, comedians Eddie Izzard, Felicity Ward and Rory Bremner, transgender rights activist Munroe Bergdorf and musician Amanda Palmer.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues mentioned in this podcast, please call the Canada Suicide Prevention Service (CSPS) toll-free anytime at 1-833-456-4566.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-08-05
Very Relatable and Enjoyable!
Firstly, I love listening to British speaking people. Secondly, I found the stories were very relatable with the individuals the author interviewed for each segment. I enjoyed the content as well as the predictable structure of the episodes. They began with the interview, and the interviewee would take the interviewer to their favourite place, so you got to hear about something they enjoyed and perhaps what helped get them through their mental health issues/journey. After the interview was complete she would thank the guest, then go on to speak with a mental health professional. Very enjoyable listen! Also, at the end of each episode it offered a website to go to as a resource.
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- J. Lang
- 2020-05-15
lots of information
lots of details and content. thanks for the value too best was the summary at the end of each chapter
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- Shirley
- 2020-01-29
love love love
I loved this book...so relatable so refreshing to listen to others and their struggles their bravery their inspiring outlook.....I learned so much laughed a little cried a little Thank you
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-01-17
Educational and Fun
I was impressed by how very informal AND informative this series of interviews really was. Thoroughly enjoyed this. 2 thumbs up!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-06-13
Informational and Easy to Listen Podcast
Kelly Holmes is very inspirational and teaches you about mental health and awareness. She starts each episode in a place where the interviewee is happy, and she makes each conversation positive when talking about some not so happy topics.
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- Ashley Lambert
- 2019-05-29
Thought provoking
very interesting stuff presented in an intelligent but also accessible way. I will keep listening.
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- bobby
- 2020-10-13
Easy listening.
i connected with the issues and stories. Helped me to feel calm with my own mental health.
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- Marin
- 2020-09-11
excellent reading. I like self-help books.
I like self-help books. This is really to be read. many different topics different angles.
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- B Cancer Unicorn Billie
- 2020-09-02
Excellent
what a great series of real people with real problems sharing how they thrive, brilliant
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- Ontfarmchick
- 2019-05-15
Heartfelt
I really enjoyed these stories, I liked the honest interviews, I appreciated the swearing, the emotions... The honesty so much. It was a great listen, and makes a person think about their own life so much more.