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Aspects
In this podcast you will meet people with lived experience that together with world leading experts from around the world, talk about how we can meet life's different challenges. We look stigma right in the eyes and talk about the topics most of us just think about. Everything from mental health conditions, to the mysteries of our mind to the sometimes all consuming consequences of the ordinary challenges of life, like grief, depression, anxiety and many more.
In each episode you can learn from engaged guests that bring with them the combination of real life experience combined with the latest insights and professional experience. The podcast is brought to you from the team behind The Life Experience Library - that today is the world’s largest mental health resource. The library consists of hundreds of categorized in-depth video interviews of people from around the world, who share their life’s toughest challenge, how they overcame it and what they have learned. The podcast is led by the THA founder Jimmy Westerheim who has interviewed more than 1.000 people and led the THA journey.
They aim of THA is to re-define mental health and this podcast will contribute to that by exploring the challenges, stigmas and opportunities in our society. Because we all have our human aspect, it is just a question of what that means to us.
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Aspects
UK & mental health with Meg & Maxie
How is UK dealing with mental health and why does youth struggle?
Learn what Meg that is working with youth and mental health feels about the UK situation. She was herself close to committing suicide and has struggled with both depression and anxiety from a young age. Growing up she felt she could never become depressed, as she was always considered to be the strong one and go-to-girl for her friends. When it hit here, she did not believe it and struggled to share it with those around her. Now she is running a successful start up providing workshops and guidance to companies and schools. See how she feels the UK is in the forefront in terms of talking about mental health from the royal family to the youth, but how they feel actions are missing, to increase knowledge and empower people to take action in their own lives. Learn what Jimmy and the team learned from the second UK interview tour and all 3 share their views on what could be done in terms of actions. They also discuss what they recommend those struggling with depression and anxiety to try, based on their own experience and insights. This is a lively and open episode that shares the passionate energy from 3 people working on mental health progress. Enjoy.