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A chat show where we aim to question, challenge and explore the rather wonderfully complex, and often slippery subject of mental health. Join us as we all laugh and cry together over honest frank discussion, true stories and music. Delivered by hosts and guests alike that are prepared to share their stories and are not afraid to show their vulnerability. Your 4 hosts are, Brandon Block: DJ, stress management, goal mapping coach. Chesney Hawkes: Singer, Songwriter, Musician Lynn Ferguson: Wri ...
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon Block This week is the final episode of series 2. We finish in style as we are joined for the 2nd time this series by Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at New York University, Dr Wendy Suzuki. Our topic this week is Anxiety and we learn how this everyday feeling we all encounter ca…
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington This week our topic is Strength. Its easy to be mentally positive and strong when everything is going well. But when the wheels fall off and life goes ti*s up we need to find our metal. Our guest is actress Leslie Ash who's shares with us her astonishing traumatic battles and still manages to smil…
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S2: Episode 008: Sale Now On. Everything Reduced !
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington This week our topic is consumerism. How do those big brands make us part with our cash and spend , spend , spend ? Writer & Advertising copywriter Paul Burke is our guest and he explains some of the tricks of the trade and how different sections of society are tempted to spend in different ways. Y…
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington This week we delve into the meaning of that well known phrase so many of us utter all the time, “I just want to be Normal”. So what exactly is “normal” ? Comedian Jeena Bloom is our guest this week and she shares with us her own version of “normal” and how she uses standup to document the sometime…
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington This weeks episode is on the subject of "Solutions". In such uncertain times what tools can we turn to to help us navigate and find our way ? Shamanic Healer & Akashic reader Pamela Beaty is our guest this week and she is absolutely fascinating ! You can find out more about Pamela here http://www.…
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington Our August Edinburgh Fringe run in conjunction with The Gilded Balloon Comes to an end. We finish off with the adorable & hilarious Standup and Presenter Zoe Lyons. Our topic is “Comfort" so we hope our chat with Zoe makes you feel all cosy & warm inside. You can find out more about Zoe's gigs her…
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington Week 3 of our 4 week August Edinburgh Fringe run in conjunction with The Gilded Balloon sees us joined by Actor, Writer, Producer Jack Docherty. Our topic is “Resilience" and Jack's long successful varied career make him the perfect guest. You can find out more about Jack's hilarious Mockumentary …
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S2: Episode 003: Who do you think you are ?
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon Block Week 2 of our 4 week August Edinburgh Fringe run in conjunction with The Gilded Balloon sees us joined by movie star Alfred Molina. Our topic is “Identity” and Fred's life experiences & long successful varied carrier make him the perfect guest. You can find out more about Fred here …
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon Block We kick off our 4 week August Edinburgh Fringe run in conjunction with The Gilded Balloon Edinburgh. Joining us this week will be the 1st of our fabulous Fringe themed guests, Kate Copstick. Kate’s career and list of talents is endless, Actor, Presenter, Writer, Critic, Director, Pr…
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With Lynn Ferguson, Chesney Hawkes, Neil Harrington, Brandon Block We launch our 2nd series joined by Dr Wendy Suzuki. Wendy is a Professor of Neural Science and psychology at New York University. Most recently her work has focused on understanding how aerobic exercise can be used to improve learning, memory and higher cognitive abilities in humans…
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We are back with our 2nd series folks ! This time we will be releasing on Thursdays with Episode 1 launching this week, Thursday 26th July. Expect laughs, sadness, honesty & controversy and hopefully a few nuggets of wisdom along the way. What could possibly go wrong.... We are also delighted to announce that for the month of August we will be runn…
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With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. In the final episode of our 1st series our guest is 30 year broadcasting veteran and Heart Radio presenter Toby Anstis. Our topic is “change” and Toby talks openly about his career , being adopted and using regular therapy sessions to help him practice good everyday mental wellb…
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Episode 009: The Art Of Not Giving A Fu** !
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With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. The incredible Toyah Wilcox joins us this week in our episode about not giving a fu**. She is so entertaining you will be glad you gave enough of a fu**'s to listen. Toya’s choice of song becomes possibly Ches’s greatest challenge to date. Please note that this episode does cont…
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Episode 008: Stop the bus, I wanna get off !
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With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. In this episode we discuss being overwhelmed and Neil gets a mini therapy session on the subject. Ches performs his choice of sad song and Brandon's choice of happy song. Lynn as always has some sensible words to keep us from going completely mental. Find our website here: www.w…
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With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. In this episode we delve into various aspects of celebration. Helping us do that, creating tears of emotion from both ends of the scale is this weeks guest, Comedian, Actor and Voice Over Artist, Lewis Macleod. Lewis opens up about losing his brother Callum after a long battle w…
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With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. In this episode we discuss success. What exactly is it and how do we measure it ? We also reflect back on the subject of gratitude from a previous episode, Lynn shares a sad song and Neil shares a happy song. As a heads up, we do briefly touch on the subject of drug abuse in thi…
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With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. In this episode we continue with our guest Heston Blumenthal. Heston continues sharing his thirst for knowledge , finds out he has been trolled and Chesney performs his favourite Happy Song ! You can listen to Heston's podcast "Journey to the centre of food" here. https://audiob…
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With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. In this episode our guest is Heston Blumenthal. Many would define Heston as a Celebrity Chef. After listening to this episode you will see why that is rather selling him short. Heston explains why he is passionate about helping others to change their relationship with food and a…
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A short 15 minute introduction to your 4 hosts and what to expect in the coming weeks. With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. Let's all laugh, learn, cry and be a bit mental together. Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.com You can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.com We are not giving expert medical…
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With Brandon Block, Chesney Hawkes, Lynn Ferguson and Neil Harrington. In this episode our guest is world record breaking Beatboxer, Live Looper & Singer Songwriter. SK Shlomo. Shlo shares his journey with us from the heady heights of non stop worldwide tours and headlining Glastonbury to rock bottom despair and nearly taking his own life. Its a st…
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In our first full length 30 minute episode you will get to hear Brandon cry, music performed by Ches and Lynn demonstrate her superpowers. Neil's job as usual is trying to hold it all together. Let's all laugh, learn, cry and be a bit mental together. Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.com You can contact us at: hello@weareallabitmental.…
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A very short peek into what we have coming up in our first series. Let's all laugh, learn, cry and be a bit mental together. A chat show where we aim to question, challenge and explore the rather wonderfully complex, and often slippery subject of mental health. Find our website here: www.weareallabitmental.com You can contact us at: hello@wearealla…
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