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,…
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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…
What the Greeks Taught Us About Mental Health
When it comes to medicine, psychiatry and mental health, the Greeks taught us many things. One doesn’t need to look too far to see a vast number of terms and…
We All Need to Belong – Mental Health & Community
We all need to Belong! Mental Health Awareness Many things contribute to us having good mental health. Belonging to a family, marriage, a healthy relationship gives us good self-esteem, being…
When Things Go Wrong
Dominic Rush had had a heated exchange with his boss, which he was worried about. Dominic was about to turn thirty. The trial period of his new job at Clementina,…