One of the depressing things about living and working in London is travelling by tube and watching everybody in the carriage staring down at their phones. Perhaps 1 in 100…
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Reviews from the BFI London Film Festival 2025
I have been a huge film fan since my teenage years, and it was a great thrill to see the London Film Festival this year and last year. You can…
Spotted on Channel 5: The Dashboard of Dials
We’ve always wanted to connect with GP surgeries about our services – and guess what happened! Our Dashboard of Dials was spotted on Channel 5’s new season of GPs: Behind…
Hitting the High Spots in Hammersmith
About our first LIVE podcast in front of an audience: How to Stay Sane in an Insane World, with Carol Morley… Making a podcast in a shed was great fun,…
Stop Talking! Hanging up my school-speaker hat (for now…)
I’ve spoken to around 200 schools over 12 years on mental health, but last year I made the big decision to hang up my school-speaker hat. ‘Quit whilst you’re ahead’…
OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL! BOOK TICKETS NOW!
No one enjoyed making and listening to Shed Talks more than I. But we needed to shake it up and change a few things. Hence the new name, How to…
Good things come to those who wait
Just who does this man think he is?! Simon Woodroffe is best known for being a bit of a Dragon – an original Dragon on Dragon’s Den – and the…
Epsom College Wins Student Wellbeing Award!
Congratulations to Helen Keevil and Epsom College, the Winner of Independent School of the Year for Student Wellbeing 2022. It’s been a pleasure being part of their programme and delivering…
The Three Things You Need to Be Happy
In 1897, when asked what one needed to be happy, Dr MacTavish, an eminent doctor from Fife replied: ‘You need three things: Something to do, someone to love and something…
Standing Up to Bullies & Building Self-Esteem
Whether they are in the playground, the office car park or in the Kremlin, we don’t like bullies, do we? Do you remember a time when you were bullied? Maybe…