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"I don't think the podcast will get the credit it deserves, for what we've done."For the final time we are Straight Talking Mental Health. The OG hosts return for the final episode - Allan & Peter. We catch up on how Peter is getting on his Mo
"If somebody gaslights you over and over and over again, it does a number on your brain!"This week we're straight talking having a Narcissistic Husband with Erin Riley. Erin grew up in Mad Men era Manhattan with a model "narcissistic" mother a
"I've clients that are being diagnosed and medicated at the age of 4!"This week we're straight talking Parenting ADHD Children with Avigail Gimpel - an educator and very proud Jewish mom to SIX children with ADHD (and a husband). Avigail tells
"I didn't want to die but if that was going to be the best alternative, I was ok with it"This week we're straight talking Losing A Partner with Will Craig. Will tells us about the mental health struggles he had and the suicidal thoughts he exp
"I was so anxious and very, very suicidal... I'd always struggled with depression and that just amplified it completely "This week we're straight talking Bullying with "Mollie". Mollie tells us about her experience of being bullied in school,
"I didn't fight cancer, I embraced cancer!"This week we're straight talking Cancer with Angelica Alen. Angelica was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer after an admission to the emergency room. She tells us about the emergency surgery to remov
"I had a baby 7 years ago and I hated it, I felt no connection."This week we're straight talking Postpartum Depression with Suzanne Yatim Aslam. Suzanne is a former Ms. Arab USA with no history of mental health difficulties, after the birth of
"In my 30s I had my own nervous breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia."This week we're straight talking Schizophrenia with Bee Baumann. Bee grew up in a strict Christian Baptist home only to find out at 12 she had been fostered and th
"Darkness consumed me, I believed there was no way out."Fresh for 2023, we're straight talking Male Depression with Neil Kelders. Neil shares his experience of depression that has been there since childhood after his father left at age 10, the
"People say 'you should have done better at school' but I tried my hardest."This week we're straight talking Dyslexia with Rachel. Rachel is a long time listener to the podcast who works in social care for people with mental health difficultie
"I thought I was fucked, I thought I was broken, I thought I was different."This week we're straight talking Dissociation with Erik DaRosa. Erik, a former Wall Street trader, tells us about his experience of intrusive thoughts about harming ot
"It was clear I wasn't going to make it through college without a formal diagnosis."This week we're straight talking ADHD with Eric Allan. Eric tells about his OCD as a child, how a fever as a child may have contributed, how ADHD was a difficu
"I learned a lot about myself and my sexuality through sex work"This week we're straight talking Being An Escort/ Sex Worker with "Hannah". Hannah tells us about why she chose to be an escort, being "outed" to her mother, her experience from w
"Your desire to hurt your ex is greater than your love for your kids."This week, at the request of a listener, we're straight talking Parental Alienation & Loving Your Kids. We discuss the 5 factors involved in parental alienation, not just st
"One partner has the higher libido, or the other partner doesn't want to have sex as much, there can be frustration, feelings of resentment."This week we're straight talking Sex with sex therapist Lyndsey Murray CST. Allan & Lyndsey share thei
"No matter how much someone tells you you're not fat... if you don't believe it yourself, no amount of anyone else saying it to you is going to convince you."It's our check in episode! We're straight talking night terrors, as Aisling tells us
"I thought that my son would be unsafe in my care now that my diagnosis changed from depression to bipolar."This week we're straight talking Bipolar Disorder with author Kitt O'Malley. Kitt, a former psychotherapist, tells us about growing up
"It's hard to not be able to say 'I'll be around in a few minutes' if you have a bad day."It's our check in episode! We're straight talking the difficulties that come with being in a long distance relationship and we're reading out your icks -
"People think they have the right to take somebody's life, just because they're gay."This week we're straight talking LGBTQ+ & Parenting. Mary Gibney tells us about her experience of growing up in small town Ireland in the 80's & 90's, not eve
"You can have a male friend that's straight, majority of the time it's going to come out that they want something else'."We're asking the age old question can men and women be friends. Aisling discusses the friendships she has lost when feelin
"I felt lost and I think (the suicide attempt) was a cry for help more than anything else."This week we're straight talking stammering & coming out with Robert O'Brien. Rob tells us about developing a stutter at age 8 due to bullying, the anxi
"I felt horrible in my own skin and thought 'I look like a fuckin' leper'."We're checking in from a hotel in Wales with no internet! We had some technical difficulties so apologies on the audio side of things. This week we visited Aisling's fa
"You just get through it, you never get over it."With World Suicide Day approaching we are straight talking Losing Family to Suicide. Collin is a former cowboy and bull rider, his losses started with his daughter to cancer, Collin opens up abo
"How are you?!"SURPRISE! Absolute last minute bonus episode for you to listen to! A former co-host returns and explains why she's back... spoiler alert... it's Aisling! Find out what has her and Allan back on the podcast together and what's go
"Well, I know I've done dumb shit and said things I didn't mean."A new format begins! No co-host and our first ever returning guest jumps on to give us a check in and his smiles and riles. Singer/ songwriter Fraser Morgan returns and tells us
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