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The Richard Nicholls Mental Health Podcast
To inspire, educate and motivate you to be the best you can be. Learn about tackling mental health problems like Anxiety and Depression as well as simple tips to understand the world better, in a down to earth and genuine way with the Best Selling Author and Psychotherapist Richard Nicholls.
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- The Richard Nicholls Mental Health Podcast
Short Stuff: Laughter & Perspectives
Send us Fan MailIs laughter the best medicine?Maybe not, but it's better than nothing!Support the showJoin the Patreon community…
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Short Stuff: Empty Nest Syndrome
Send us Fan MailEmpty nest syndrome is one of those things people feel a bit embarrassed to admit to. Your child leaving home is meant to be a success story…
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Short Stuff: Infidelity
Send us Fan MailInfidelity is one of those topics that gets talked about constantly but almost never honestly. The public conversation tends to collapse into…
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Short Stuff: Trauma and Personality
Send us Fan MailFollowing on from last week I'm going into why some neurodiversity isn't genetic. How childhood trauma can shape a brain in ways that look a…
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Clutter & Overwhelm
Send us Fan MailWhy is it so much easier to sort out a friend's messy cupboard than my own?This month I'm getting into overwhelm and executive dysfunction…
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Short Stuff: Neurodiversity
Send us Fan MailDifferent brains aren't broken brains. They're just running on an operating system the world wasn't built to support. So this week I'm talking…
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Short Stuff: Bullying
Send us Fan MailThis week we're talking about bullying, and not just the playground kind. We dig into how being bullied as a child can leave a lasting mark on…
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Short Stuff: Anger
Send us Fan MailAnger gets such a rough deal, doesn't it. People either think they've got too much of it and feel ashamed, or they reckon they never get angry…
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Short Stuff: Acceptance and Commitment
Send us Fan MailThis week I’m talking about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT. A therapy model that sounds a bit like “just accept things” on the…
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Of Mice and Men
Send us Fan MailJumping into the time machine today, back to 1968 when a researcher built a paradise for mice. A place with unlimited food, total safety…
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Panic Attacks
Send us Fan MailPeople often use the word panic to mean the same as anxiety. But in my world, the 2 are separated so as to ensure people get the right sort of…
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Attention Seeking
Send us Fan MailAttention seeking gets used as an insult, doesn't it. But wanting to be noticed is one of the most fundamental human drives we have. Today I'm…
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Self-Forgiveness
Send us Fan MailSelf forgiveness isn’t about pretending the past didn’t happen, or letting ourselves off the hook. It’s about learning the difference between…
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Resilience Isn't What You Think
Send us Fan MailWho's responsible if we fall flat on our face and nothing goes right?More importantly, who's responsible if we don't pick ourselves up…
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Attitude
Send us Fan MailA bad attitude is like a flat car tyre.You're not going anywhere unless you change it.Support the showJoin the Patreon community…
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Toxic Masculinity
Send us Fan MailThe rules of toxic masculinity suggest that to be a real man you should never lose, have no needs, suffer in silence, show no emotions except…
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Failure
Send us Fan MailBecause we're not born knowing how to do anything that comes naturally to us as adults, we're literally born to fail along the way.Whether…
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Limerence: Addicted To Love?
Send us Fan MailCall it a crush, call it new relationship energy, call it infatuation. But if it becomes an addiction, then you can easily become your own drug…
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Willpower
Send us Fan MailNot only is my house full left over Christmas chocolate but the supermarkets are already pushing Easter eggs onto me and there's only so much…
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Parenting - Helicopters vs Bulldozers
Send us Fan MailUnderstanding a little bit about the effects of different parenting styles can really help us understand ourselves better. As well as help us…
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Phenomenology
Send us Fan MailPhenomenology is a posh word that psychologists use to mean the idea of someone's subjective and individual experience.We could all have…
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Dependence and Codependence
Send us Fan MailIf your sense of self is based around helping others and it's the only place where you get your self worth from. It might be worth checking…
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Accepting Criticism
Send us Fan MailAccording to multiple studies, fear of judgement is the number one biggest fear, above dying.The author Elbert Hubbard once wrote, "Do nothing…
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Short Stuff: Guided Relaxation
Send us Fan MailToday is International Relaxation Day. So I thought I'd do something different this week for my bonus episode and guide you through a 5 minute…
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Boundaries
Send us Fan MailMost people think of boundaries as being like a physical thing as if there's a chalk outline on the ground everywhere you go and if someone…
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Motivation
Send us Fan MailWhat's the difference between someone who has all the motivation and enthusiasm you could wish for and someone who, even though they don't have…
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Short Stuff: Superstition
Send us Fan MailIt's Friday 13th, so today I've got a bonus episode for you about the psychology of superstition.Support the showJoin the Patreon community…
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Brain Training & Anxiety
Send us Fan MailYour brain has a remarkable ability to filter and remember important experiences while discarding the less significant ones. It does so by…
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Obsessive Compulsive Personality
Send us Fan MailToday is all about Obsessive Compulsive Personality.OCD is talked about a lot because it's such a life destroying disorder, and so is quite…
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The 100mph Life
Send us Fan MailBeing behind on your goals doesn't mean rushing to get everything finished, it doesn't mean disrespecting yourself and not looking after…
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Highly Sensitive People
Send us Fan MailEver heard of Sensory Processing Sensitivity?It's a neurological trait that means that one in 6 people have super duper processing abilities of…
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Love Yourself
Send us Fan MailIt may be Valentine's Day this month, a day to remind someone that you love them, but I think we very often need to bring it closer to…
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Cognitive Distortions
Send us Fan MailCognitive Distortions are the thinking traps where our mind convinces us of something that isn't actually true.Once habitual and almost a part…
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Rejection Sensitivity
Send us Fan MailFor many, anxiety is all about being vulnerable to the possibility of rejection. It's normal for our brain to seek out what we fear and notice…
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Kindness
Send us Fan MailKindness is often linked with better mental health. It helps us to feel connected to others, creates a sense of belonging and reduces…
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The Power Of Awe
Send us Fan Mail"Awe" tends to be defined as the emotion we experience when encountering something with such perceived vastness that our brain might find it…
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Disappointment
Send us Fan MailIn his letter from Birmingham Jail in 1963, after being arrested on the rather trumped up charge of marching without a permit, Martin luther…
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Getting To Know Yourself
Send us Fan MailOften people will talk about the need to disappear away for a bit to "find themselves" when actually they already knew where they were they…
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Hope
Send us Fan MailResearch has shown that hope can significantly improve mental health outcomes. It boosts resilience, helps you to cope better with stress and…
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Values vs Goals
Send us Fan MailAre you living your life based on your values or your goals?What's the difference anyway?Let's find out.Link to values list…
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Gaslighting
Send us Fan MailGaslighting is a phrase we use to mean being manipulated and to have your reality questioned.Cults have been doing it for decades, maybe even…
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Taking Things Personally
Send us Fan MailOne thing we can all guarantee is that we'll all receive some sort of criticism at some point.The trick is to not let it get under our skin…
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Self Discipline
Send us Fan MailWhen "future you" doesn't even exist, it can be really hard to stick to your plan in the "now" to ensure that future you gets their needs…
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It's Good To Talk
Send us Fan MailBack in 1995 when britpop ruled the charts and the UN designated it The United Nations Year for Tolerance, British Telecom started a friends…
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Self Sabotage
Send us Fan MailIf you've ever set a goal for yourself and then found yourself deliberately sticking a spanner in the works knowing full well it'll cause you…
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Ageing
Send us Fan MailI might not the young man I once was, but there is a certain childishness to me that I'm hoping can keep me young.Looking at the studies into…
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Difficult Decisions
Send us Fan MailHaving free will is generally thought of as a good thing but it also comes with responsibility.That's why decisions cause anxiety, whether it's…
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People Pleasing
Send us Fan MailMost people live their life based around making other people happy to some degree. It's just how far we take it that determines whether or not…
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PTSD
Send us Fan MailPost Traumatic Stress Disorder, and its counterpart Complex PTSD, are life-altering conditions.And although the symptoms may often resemble…
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Insecure Attachment
Send us Fan MailPrompted by a few emails over the years. Today is all about dealing with having an insecure attachment style and how to best cope in a…
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You Can't Always Trust Your Gut
Send us Fan MailToday is all about biases.In particular the in-group and out-group bias that drives our emotions way more than it should in the modern…
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Perfectionism
Send us Fan MailIt's often said that there are 3 types of perfectionism. Self-Oriented Perfectionism, Other-Oriented Perfectionism and Socially Prescribed…
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Empathy
Send us Fan MailI have a couple of catchphrases, or if you ask my wife I repeat myself a lot and can be boring and predictable, either way you'll often hear me…
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What COULD You Be Grateful For?
Send us Fan MailGratitude, even about the simpler things in life, helps to dilute down the frustrations about the annoying things. But it's not always easy to…
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Hoarding
Send us Fan MailSeeing as it's Spring, not that you'd know it *shakes fist at the clouds* a time for having a good old clear out.I thought I'd revisit an old…
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Mindful Moments
Send us Fan MailSomeone asked me recently what the difference is between meditation, mindfulness and hypnosis. So I thought I'd go into it a little today and…
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Dealing With Entitled People
Send us Fan MailAre we ALL entitled to an opinion?Am I really worth L'Oreal's products?All these questions and more on this weeks exciting instalment!Support…
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Anniversary Reactions
Send us Fan MailAn increase in distress around the anniversary of a traumatic event is often called an anniversary reaction. It can range from feeling mildly…
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Happiness In A Depressing World
Send us Fan MailWhen the oceans are filling with plastic, the cost of living is high and everyone seems to hate each other it's not easy to be the optimist and…
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Comparison
Send us Fan Mail"Comparison is the thief of joy" said Theodore Roosevelt over a hundred years ago.He knew it then and we all still know it now. But do we…