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After we recorded this episode, it wasn’t easy to return back to a normal day for anyone involved. It’s safe to say this episode packs a lot of weight.
Several years ago, Ross Taylor, founder of Hidden, went on the “ultimate ski trip” where him and his friends saved for years to go on a heliskiing trip. However, on day one things took a turn for the worst as an avalanche hit and not all of his friends survived.
It hasn’t been an easy ride since for Ross in processing and working through that time, which he explores in the conversation.
Please be aware that this conversation can bring up a lot for people and if you need support, please check out our directory for further information on getting support.
https://sanctus.io/the-sanctus-directory-of-mental-health-services-professionals-eda7d4316a58
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Let’s be honest here, people understand the risks of doing drugs and gain pleasure and connection from doing it. We’re not aiming to have a conversation to shame or show any judgement towards doing drugs.
Instead, we want to just talk about our experiences and insights into how drugs played into our mental health.
After sharing his experience online, George Bell (from Sanctus HQ) wanted to go into more depth than a 3 minute video so it seemed like a good opportunity to have a discussion with a coach with a slightly different experience with drugs, Sophie Miller. Only recently having taken drugs in recent years, Sophie hasn’t developed any negative relationship with a drug but has a refreshing attitude towards when and where she would do a drug.
Sanctus Directory:
https://sanctus.io/the-sanctus-directory-of-mental-health-services-professionals-eda7d4316a58Talk to Frank:
https://www.talktofrank.com/Samaritans:
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Whether we’re conscious of it or not, it’s at the back of all our minds.
You may not quite be at the front of an Extinction Rebellion march but there’s no doubt it can make us feel a bit more hopeless about the future of the planet.
After having a child, Charly Cox, a fully trained coach started becoming ever more conscious about the environment, so much so that she began eagerly looking for a change in goals to best help tackle the crisis. However it soon became apparent that she could have an impact in a similar role but focusing specifically on human behaviour.
Whereas Sanctus Coach Amanda Devine started noticing climate change impacting her mental health after being diagnosed with cancer. But today, they both sit to, not only about their own mental health, but how we can engage in making this a uniting and not divisive topic.
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When Mark Bisson found out his grandson had lost his confidence at school, his daughter asked if, because of his profession, he could find a book that helped her work through her sons confidence issues. However, he soon found that book did not exist.
Now, we get our fair few requests on the podcast to promote a person’s book and that doesn’t sit quite right with us to do. The podcast is really about the end listener and hopefully people relating to experiences or learning a new dynamic to mental health.
But in Mark’s case, it provoked a question that we’d not considered before: what does the future hold for the latest generations mental health?
It will be the first generation where every member will have grown up with social media and technology, amongst whatever else in the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’, and Mark’s research seemed to suggest that this could potentially contribute to some scary futures in regards to the mental health of Generation Alpha.
So how can a children’s book about a cat tackle that?
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James sits down with actor, artist, theatre maker and embodiment trainer, Rachel Blackman, as well as Sanctus Coach, Allegra Salvoni, about both of their experiences leading them to where they are now in being so passionate about ‘feeling anxiety in your body’.
From experiences like panic attacks becoming much more of a common experience, are we seeing anxiety too much as something ‘in the brain’?
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health.
A topic that everybody can relate to in some way, we’ve all procrastinated.Sometimes, that doesn’t sit well with us and can end up leading to anxious and depressed states. But why?
With big goals in mind in each of their own creative fields, filmmaker and creative director Scott Piggott along with Sanctus Coach and singer Valentina Passoni talk about how the seemingly simple act of procrastinating can have such a big impact on our mental health.
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health.
After doing a poll on Instagram for podcast episode topics, it was clear that nights out are affecting people’s mental health.
But why?
Vic sits down with Sanctus founder, James, and coach and therapist, Ben Graham, to talk about their experiences with how nights out have impacted their mental health.
The three share their thoughts on how we look for connection, what we gain from nights out and what happens when our relationships with nights out changes.
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health.
Social anxiety is something that all of us have probably felt at some point but for Kevin, it is much more of a lifelong challenge that only in recent years has he been in a position to work through and accept his anxiety as something that is a part of him.
For James, social anxiety is something that has affected him in an alternate way but one that everybody on this episode can empathise with.
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health.
Not all of us can relate to terms like ‘depression’ but we can all relate to the feeling of being lonely. But what is stopping us connecting in a city full of people?
Scott is joined by two people behind their own projects attempting to shine a light on finding connection in London.
Tessa Blencowe, behind ‘London is Lonely’ (linked below), is compiling stories and portraits of individuals with different experiences in London for a showcase on Sunday 23rd June.
Phil Askew, has his own portrait project ‘Luminous Lives’, created to help ‘illuminate’ individuals in London that are looking to stand out and find out more about their lives.
London is Lonely: https://londonislonely.com/
Luminous Lives: https://www.luminouslives.com/
If you’re feeling lonely, Sanctus are always holding events designed for connection:
https://sanctus.io/workout-your-mental-health-557fdf0af599
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health.
Suicide is a topic at Sanctus that we haven’t talked about explicitly yet and we know we need to.Whilst we’re a brand that perhaps puts more of a focus on the positive side to mental health, it is an element that simply cannot be ignored and with several high-profile suicides in recent months - it felt like the time to do so.
James sits down with Sanctus coach, Helen McMillan, and somebody who after one of her close friends took their own life, Amanda Scott started the website ‘Mike’s Mates’ (link found below).
One of the primary reasons that led to his unfortunate death was the difficulty in finding the right help and how confusing the current industry is, so ‘Mike’s Mates’ is a resource that aims to help bridge that gap.
The three explore their personal experiences with suicide - whether through a friend or suicidal thoughts as well as offer their expertise in what to do in a situation where you or someone you know is feeling suicidal.
If you require assistance finding the right support for you, the two following links to Amanda’s ‘Mike’s Mates’ and the Sanctus Directory are below.
https://www.mikesmates.com/
https://sanctus.io/the-sanctus-directory-of-mental-health-services-professionals-eda7d4316a58
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We’ve been talking about getting an open conversation going on mental health for years now. But we’ve never stopped and seen the parallels between the conversation around mental health and the conversation around sex.
So often people feel ostracized because the language used around sex is likely to make us all feel different at some point.
James sits down with two amazing guests who candidly share their personal experiences and expert knowledge on how sex impacts our mental health.
The awesome Colin Ricards, sex and relationship engineer, who has been working in the field of psychosexual health for almost fifteen years now as well as our very own Audrey, Sanctus coach, sharing her personal experiences with vaginismus.
If you would like to check out Audrey’s blog or find out more about Colin’s workshops and work - please find the links below!
Audrey’s Blog
https://www.audreycairo.com/new-blog/2018/10/7/lets-talk-about-sex-vaginismus
Colin’s Website
https://www.intimacymatters.co.uk/
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
After a traumatic and memorable experience from just the age of five in Poland, Agnieszka Walczuk developed a strong sense of comfort with food. From then on, an issue with her body image arose that developed throughout the years.
Whilst she came close to adopting a bulimic approach to dealing with her body image issues, her relationship with a relative dealing with anorexia allowed her to see where that route could get her.
After forty two years of battling, Agnieszka is more comfortable with her body that she has ever been.
She sits down with Sanctus head coach, Sophie Miller, and James to see issues that they find are arising around the topic of body image.
If you feel like you may have an issue with body image or know somebody who is, please check out our directory for suggestions of how to get help:
(Click the hyperlink in the blog for the full guide)
https://sanctus.io/the-sanctus-directory-of-mental-health-services-professionals-eda7d4316a58
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
Whilst finding himself drinking four times per week, Brad found himself returning to AA for the second time to help finally deal with his addiction. In 1995, he finally had his last drink.
In the decades to follow, Brad has developed a real awareness of how addicted we can be nowadays - whether that is to drugs, social media and even other people.
Recently, one of the Sanctus founders, George Bettany, has taken a smaller step into taking a break from alcohol - a choice becoming more popular with people nowadays.
James sits down and grills both of them on what the similarities are with how we deal with addictions nowadays - whether that is simply a matter of reducing an unhealthy habit or getting support for a compulsion that is damaging your mental health.
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
After a handfull of brave and awesome listeners responded to our request and agreed to come and have a coaching session that would be published online, we were flattered by their dedication to help show what a coaching session could look like - in the hope of breaking the enigma around it.But as we reach to the time we were intending to publish the mini-series, we’ve decided not to publish the episodes.
Why?
Whilst it was nothing at all to do with the wonderful individuals that volunteered to come on, there were a handful of things that came up that played more of an affect that originally anticipated.
James and George sit down and have a chat about why we wanted to do it, what ended up happening and how a lot of things brought up reflect on the mental health industry as a whole right now.
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
Has mental health ever come up in a job interview for you? Have you ever asked what a companies policies on mental health are? How about when thinking about what works in your own career, what will the impact be on your mental health?We’re always preaching at Sanctus how relevant mental health in every aspect of your life and your career, whether in a workplace or outside of it, is an undeniably huge factor for all of us.
The problem is not many of us take into account.
We will each value different aspects of what a career can offer - whether that’s security, creative freedom, independence, micro-management etc.
Ben Graham, Sanctus Head Coach, fairly quickly came to the realisation that secure and fixed workplaces was not the right fit for him and soon found him pursuing a freelance life in the world of coaching and psychotherapy.
Vic Lloyd, Sanctus Head of Operations, was in several different workplaces that offered different pieces of knowledge at each, before taking the cheeky punt to throw herself into the trenches at a little known, newly founded startup - Sanctus.
Join George as he quizzes the pair on how they found out what was the right career for them and what they needed to do it to find the job that was good for their mental health.
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
Pregnancy can bring incredibly different experiences for every mother, but it certainly brings a huge amount of challenges with it.
One of the original Sanctus coaches, Victoria Smith-Murphy, recently had her child Hudson. Coffee & TV Operations Manager, Leonie Moreton, is currently pregnant with her second child after her first, Freddie, but both mothers have different experiences of how it has impacted their mental health.
From discussing the physical challenges pregnancy can bring to where the lowest points has come for each of them, with Victoria’s transition back into running her business actually being the hardest point for her so far and Leonie’s equally being the juggling act between parenthood and working life, the conversation between the three deeply explores the current attitudes the workplace has towards maternity and paternity leave - and how those attitudes need to change.
MUSIC CREDITS:"Loopster, Perspectives, Dreamer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
Changing the perceptions of mental health quite often doesn’t mean holding up a huge billboard saying ‘Work on your mental health!’ (even though we would 100% do that anyway), but it means encouraging people to work on themselves and creating safe spaces to chat about their mental health openly.
One of the most successful nights Sanctus has run is ‘That’s Mental!’ - the comedy night. Why?
Because it did exactly that.It encouraged such open conversation without people even realising that was what was happening.
So this week, George (who tried stand-up for the first time at the first event) sits down with the person that made it happen, Willy Kosovich, about the impact comedy has had on both of them and trying to open up people’s minds to potentially give comedy a go.
https://com4com.website/
https://www.instagram.com/_com4com/?hl=en
MUSIC CREDITS:
"Loopster, District Four, ZigZag, Dreamer, Digya" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
Mental health and creativity is an enigmatic but apparent link that can spring up in many different ways.
Whether drawing is your outlet from the stress of everyday life, or you’re a professional singer having to be creative to earn a living - its impact on our mental health is both undeniable and variable.
Singers Kalon Rae (seen on The Voice 2018) and Valentina Passiona, both involved with Urban Voices Collective, join James talking about how important creativity in each of their own mental health.
With James often expressing himself creatively through his writing, the three of them explore the feelings of exposing yourself publicly, external validation and most importantly - filtering out the bad stuff and getting to the rewards creativity can give to our mental health.
https://www.kalonrae.com/
http://www.urbanvoicescollective.com/#home
MUSIC CREDITS:
"Loopster, Anamalie, Perspectives, Dubakupado" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
Channel 4’s ‘The Circle’ is a show dubbed a cross between ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Gogglebox’, where contestants go into their own individual flat in a block but never physically meet each other. Instead, they communicate only via a bespoke social media platform called ‘The Circle’.
However, there are no restrictions into how truthful you can be.
This week, we speak to the shows winner ‘Alex Hobern’ who won both the public and contestants vote when he portrayed the character ‘Kate’ after the three weeks he spent isolated in a flat.
The show brought up important messages about how we use social media and how people portray themselves online - something that Alex himself wanted to raise awareness of when going onto the show.
James is joined by Sophie Miller, Sanctus Head Coach, as they delve into the twofold discussion of exploring Alex’s mental health during and after the show as well as the topics of social media the show raised.
MUSIC CREDITS:
"Loopster, The Builder, Perspectives, Dreamer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.
Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation.
Burnout is becoming a much wider discussed issue nowadays.Put in its simplest terms (by this week’s guest - Clare), it is a process that happens overtime leading to an extreme physical, mental and emotional exhaustion. The issue is, how one person experiences that exhaustion and the reasons for ending up in that position can vary from person to person.
Clare, now Sanctus coach, was hospitalised multiple times before she even admitted to herself that she was burning herself out; George’s previous experience with Matchchat led to his burnout - but both had different drivers that got them there.
In this episode, Scott (Sanctus Creative Director) fills in as host to delve into the two stories and assist in finding out about the enigmatic issue many of us are facing in today’s heavy working society.
MUSIC CREDITS:
"Loopster, Cold Sober, Light Thought var 2, Dreamer, Jarvic 8" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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