The Richard Nicholls Mental Health Podcast
To inspire, educate and motivate you to be the best you can be. Learn about tackling mental health problems like Anxiety and Depression as well as simple tips to understand the world better, in a down to earth and genuine way with the Best Selling Author and Psychotherapist Richard Nicholls.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 127
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and its counterpart Complex PTSD, are life-altering conditions.
And although the symptoms may often resemble Anxiety and Depression, they need to be worke…
Insecure Attachment
Prompted by a few emails over the years. Today is all about dealing with having an insecure attachment style and how to best cope in a relationship despite it.
You Can't Always Trust Your Gut
Today is all about biases.
In particular the in-group and out-group bias that drives our emotions way more than it should in the modern world.
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Perfectionism
It's often said that there are 3 types of perfectionism. Self-Oriented Perfectionism, Other-Oriented Perfectionism and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism. Let's take a peek into them sha…
Empathy
I have a couple of catchphrases, or if you ask my wife I repeat myself a lot and can be boring and predictable, either way you'll often hear me say one particular phrase.
"The brain can'…
What COULD You Be Grateful For?
Gratitude, even about the simpler things in life, helps to dilute down the frustrations about the annoying things. But it's not always easy to find reasons to be grateful is it?
Hoarding
Seeing as it's Spring, not that you'd know it *shakes fist at the clouds* a time for having a good old clear out.
I thought I'd revisit an old topic and talk about the psychology of stuf…
Mindful Moments
Someone asked me recently what the difference is between meditation, mindfulness and hypnosis. So I thought I'd go into it a little today and encourage you to take some mindful moments …
Dealing With Entitled People
Are we ALL entitled to an opinion?
Am I really worth L'Oreal's products?
All these questions and more on this weeks exciting instalment!
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Anniversary Reactions
An increase in distress around the anniversary of a traumatic event is often called an anniversary reaction.
It can range from feeling mildly upset for a day or two to more extreme reac…
Happiness In A Depressing World
When the oceans are filling with plastic, the cost of living is high and everyone seems to hate each other it's not easy to be the optimist and promote happiness.
So what can we do?
Comparison
"Comparison is the thief of joy" said Theodore Roosevelt over a hundred years ago.
He knew it then and we all still know it now. But do we actually remember that when the time comes?
Forgive & Forget
The dictionary defines "to forgive" as this: Verb. To stop feeling angry or resentful towards someone for an offence, flaw, or mistake.
But language evolves. And maybe, to you, forgive …
Bonus Episode. Interview With Andrea McLean
Hello listeners I have a special bonus episode for you today!
I was recently contacted by TV legend Andrea Mclean. Andrea has been working in the media for years but recently made the de…
Can We Not Care What Others Think?
Worrying about what people think is a common issue.
Almost everyone comes into therapy with some aspect of this. It's worth drilling down on who we actually mean though, when we say to o…
Sensitivity
Because of what's called neurodiversity everyone's brain responds differently to stimulation.
Whether that's environmental or chemical stimulation.
Today's episode is about thriving in a …
Mental Focus
Today is all about losing concentration, procrastinating and the reason why to be at your best you need to rest makes so much sense.
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Situational Anxiety
Situational anxiety is different to a generalised anxiety and needs working with in a slightly more "cognitive" way.
Today I talk about how to deal with some specific events that may be …
The Negativity Bias
Did you know that after experiencing a negative stimulus in order to get your emotional state back to where it was before hand you need at least 4 experiences of something positive to e…
Control
When it feels as if the world is falling apart, our instincts can kick in to try and protect us by creating an urge to control as much as we can.
The thing is many of life's challenges a…