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In this episode, Malika Theuler, a listener of the podcast, brings us through her struggles with self-harm in her early adult years through to recovery. Malika now leads a thriving community on Instagram centered around self-harm recovery, as well as a YouTube channel on the same topic. In episode ten of The Mental Wealth Podcast, I chat with Malika about: how experience with self-harm & how it developed how it affected her family her road to recovery healthy coping skills to deal with addictive tendencies Your comments are my cup of coffee, so please take a second to say what's up and tell me how you found this episode here on Instagram or here on Twitter.

Kevin Briggs entered the United States Army in 1981, which led him to become a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison. In 1990, he graduated from the California Highway Patrol Academy and worked predominantly on the Golden Gate Bridge. Having an average of four to six suicidal subjects, multiple collisions, and dozens of other law enforcement calls each month, this assignment proved very harrowing. In 1999, Kevin went on to graduate from the FBI Crisis Negotiation Course - following this, one of his duties was to train new officers and Golden Gate staff on crisis interventions and negotiations. Kevin retired from the California Highway Patrol in November 2013 and we on to promote Crisis Management, Leadership Skills, and Suicide Intervention and Prevention worldwide through his consultancy Pivotal Points. He continues speaking and teaching at conferences and law enforcement events, as well as consulting and advising major corporations. Kevin’s personal story includes being a cancer survivor, overcoming heart issues, divorce, PTSD, and depression. He is also a survivor of suicide loss. His story and experiences have been featured in The New Yorker Magazine, Men’s Health Magazine, NPR’s Bob Edwards Radio Show, The Steve Harvey Show, People Magazine, and a Yahoo documentary. Kevin also spoke at the 2014 Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference, held in Vancouver, B.C. in March 2014. In episode nine of The Mental Wealth Podcast, I chat with Kevin Briggs about: his experience talking to suicidal people on the Golden Gate Bridge, starting with no training how Kevin kept solid emotional resilience while dealing with such high stakes situations how the nature of his career affected his mental health throughout the years the best way to talk to someone who we believe is suicidal his FBI training in Crisis Negotiation and how we can apply it ...and much more! Your comments are my cup of coffee, so please take a second to say what's up and tell me how you found this episode here on Instagram or here on Twitter. 🙂

William Pullen is a psychotherapist registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.  Will has a special interest in depression, internet addiction, and “Boarding School Syndrome”. William is best known for his own form of psychotherapy called Dynamic Running Therapy (or DRT) which links of movement (walking/running) with traditional talk therapy. DRT has been globally covered by media outlets like The Independent, Vogue, and Huffington Post.   William gained his MA from a post-graduate program in Counselling and Psychotherapy at The School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology at Regent’s College, including training in psychodynamics, humanistic and existential psychotherapy. In episode eight of The Mental Wealth Podcast, I chat with psychotherapist William Pullen about: Dynamic Running Therapy (DRT), his own unique form of psychotherapy William's own battle with depression the efficacy of medication for mental health disorders, and potential over-prescribing occurring today my own way of managing anxiety in life situations ...and much more! Your comments are my cup of coffee, so please take a second to say what's up and tell me how you found this episode here on Instagram or here on Twitter. 🙂

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness that centres on the inability to manage emotions effectively. The disorder occurs in the context of relationships: sometimes all relationships are affected, sometimes only one. It usually begins during adolescence or early adulthood. Ross Trowbridge from ProjectIAmNotAshamed joined me to talk about his experience with Borderline Personality Disorder. Ross had been misdiagnosed with everything under the sun over a 17 year period until he was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Since this diagnosis, it has been Ross' mission to inspire others in coming out of hiding and help stop the stigma of mental illness. He believes we can effectively do this by changing the minds of those who hold that stigma and by doing it one person at a time. He's doing this through his global mental health awareness campaign ProjectIAmNotAshamed, which you can take part in by clicking on this link right here. In episode seven of The Mental Wealth Podcast, we chat with Ross about: how borderline personality disorder drove him homelessness and the edge of suicide his coping techniques and mind frame he has instilled to best cope with his symptoms the best course of action for you to take if you're suffering in silence his global mental health campaign, ProjectIAmNotAshamed ...and much more! Your comments are my cup of coffee, so please take a second to say what's up and tell me how you found this episode here on Instagram or here on Twitter. 🙂

Dr Seth Isaiah Rubin is a clinical psychologist and a Jungian analyst. Dr Rubin helps health care providers, lawyers, scientists and academics achieve positive life changes through private counselling. He completed his doctorate at Northwestern University, an internship in clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania (where he worked with people on their deathbed), and his analytical training at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. Seth is a former professional member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. In episode six of The Mental Wealth Podcast, we chat with Dr Seth Isaiah Rubin about: the basics of Jungian psychology, and how Jungian analysis fits into modern landscape psychology how Jung's ideas can spur on our own personal development (known as "individuation" in Jungian terms) the Jungian individuation process, and how it applies to all of us dealing with the death of his mother, and his own individuation process ...and much more! Your comments are my cup of coffee, so please take a second to say what's up and tell me how you found this episode here on Instagram or here on Twitter. Much love. ❤️

Dr Eoin Galavan is a clinical and counselling psychologist, trainer, director, and speaker. He is an expert in the area of suicide and self-harm intervention and prevention. Dr Galavan completed his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Ireland’s prestigious Trinity College which is recognised worldwide for academic excellence. He is now the clinical lead for the North Dublin Adult Mental Health, Suicide Assessment and Treatment Service, providing suicide-specific assessment and intervention. In episode five of The Mental Wealth Podcast, we chat with Dr Eoin Galavan about: the need to reform how we approach mental health in our healthcare systems   how talking about suicide openly will help to reduce the stigma and shame surrounding suicidality   how we could go about approaching someone who is showing signs of suicidal behaviour   ...and much more! Your comments are my cup of coffee, so please take a second to say what's up and tell me how you found this episode here on Instagram or here on Twitter. Much love. ❤️

Jason Brennan is a psychotherapist and author specialising in depression, anxiety, grief, loss, panic, acute stress and obsessive thinking. In episode four of The Mental Wealth Podcast, we chat with Jason about his work with elite athletes including players from the New Zealand All Blacks. Click here to hit me up on Instagram - your comments are my coffee. ☕  

➢ Connect with me on Instagram and share your story - I'd love to hear from you: https://www.instagram.com/mentalwealthpodcast Stuart Ralph is the founder of The OCD Stories podcast. A weekly show where he interviews some of the best minds in OCD recovery. We chat about his own battle with OCD, media misconceptions, and how you can begin on the road to recovery if you're battling OCD.   ➢ Show Notes: https://mentalwealth.blog Follow Stuart: ➢ Website: http://theocdstories.com/podcast ➢ Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @theocdstories    

My guest on this episode is Paul Dermody. Paul runs a health and wellness business with his girlfriend, Orlaith, named Paul and Orlaith.   They do a lot more than just personal training in that not only do they improve peoples physical health, but they are invested into in bettering their well-being and self-confidence.  They do this through helping their clients master both their body and mind, improving their relationship with themselves for the long term.   Follow Paul and Orlaith's journey: Instagram: Paul and Orlaith (@paul_and_orlaith) Facebook: Paul and Orlaith Podcast: MindfullyFit with Paul and Orlaith Click here to get in touch on with me on Instagram with any feedback, guest recommendations, or just to say hello - I'd love to hear from you. You can find the show notes for this episode and all other episodes on our website, mentalwealth.blog, by clicking here. 

In this first episode of The Mental Wealth Podcast, we chat with Schuyler Diehm. Schuyler quit his 9 - 5 corporate job to pursue his passion, and founded Early Risers. With Early Risers, Schuyler is a habit & performance coach. He helps entrepreneurs create routines to reduce stress, boost your productivity, and level up your life. Find Schuyler here on Instagram for productivity tips, book recommendations and more. Click here to get in touch on with me on Instagram with any feedback, guest recommendations, or just to say hello. I'd love to hear from you. You can find the show notes for this episode and all other episodes on our website, mentalwealth.blog, by clicking here.   Much love!