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Do we really want to start hugging again?
Kate Monaghan has a painful energy-zapping condition, her wife Holly is on immuno-suppressants and they have two small children. Adjusting to the wor…
5 years, 3 months ago
Mentally Interesting: ‘I don’t get a holiday from myself’
As Covid restrictions ease in the UK, our presenters share their mental health travel stories. Why is Seaneen banned from using one of the budget a…
5 years, 4 months ago
‘I was told I was a curse on my family’
Warning: This podcast discusses domestic abuse and sexual violence with occasional graphic content. Ebere* was 31 when she finally fled Nigeria for…
5 years, 5 months ago
‘I wasn’t allowed to look out of the window’
Warning: This podcast discusses domestic abuse with occasional graphic content.
Emma Dalmayne was just 17-years-old when she fled her abusive partner…
5 years, 5 months ago
Mentally Interesting: I couldn’t hold my baby
Seaneen has a bipolar diagnosis, so when she experienced sudden and severe anxiety after having baby Jack in January, the perinatal mental health tea…
5 years, 5 months ago
Do we get a 'lockdown dog' to help our disabled child?
Our lockdown couple Kate and Holly adopted a toddler with restricted growth during the pandemic. She calms down around dogs, but does she really need…
5 years, 6 months ago
‘Friendly fire’ in my brain led to me being wrongly sectioned
Model Lucy Dawson was just 21 when she was wrongly sectioned for three months. Doctors believed she was experiencing a mental health breakdown, but …
5 years, 6 months ago
‘I really wanted to give Mum and Dad a hug – it was awkward’
The day has finally arrived!
After many months of lockdown we’re all finally allowed to meet friends and family – outside and in groups of six or as t…
5 years, 6 months ago
Lockdown: The anniversary no one wanted
The UK has just marked one year since it officially went into its first Covid-19 lockdown. It’s the anniversary no one wanted.
On this episode we disc…
5 years, 6 months ago
Did I think of myself as gay and disabled 10 years ago?
Kate Monahan has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and her wife Holly is a transplant recipient. Filling out the Census form should take 10 minutes they say but…
5 years, 6 months ago