Halina chats about her podcast 'A Sonic Hug ', a podcast that hears from people from different walks of life who deal with, experience, and battle mental health issues.

##WHAT WE TALK ABOUT ##

✨ Why she started doing the podcast

✨ How in Scotland, people do not talk enough about Mental Health

✨ The phrase "Man Up"

✨ The little things that make us feel better

✨ The importance of humour

✨ Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

✨ Mental Health resources (see links below)

## GUEST ##

Halina works in music and here are just some of her projects:

✨ Podcaster & Music Writer @ podcart - a Glasgow-based music blog and podcast

✨ Mental Health Advocate @ ASonicHug

✨ Volunteer @ Scot SWIM

Check out her website for more information.

## MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ##:

Some resources that Halina kindly curated for me to share with you:

✨ Samaritans - [https://www.samaritans.org](https://www.samaritans.org/)

✨ Mental Health Foundation - [https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/](https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/)

✨ MIND - [https://www.mind.org.uk/](https://www.mind.org.uk/)

✨ Anxiety UK - [https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/](https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/)

✨ Safer Scot - [https://safer.scot/](https://safer.scot/)

✨ SAMH - [https://www.samh.org.uk/](https://www.samh.org.uk/)

✨ Breathing Space - [https://breathingspace.scot/](https://breathingspace.scot/)

✨ SHOUT - [https://giveusashout.org/](https://giveusashout.org/)

✨ Mental Health Course - [https://newskillsacademy.co.uk/course/mental-health-first-aid-certificate/](https://newskillsacademy.co.uk/course/mental-health-first-aid-certificate/)