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
Eagles, Chickens & Rescue Dogs
Answer: When it thinks it's a Chicken.
Despite being an Eagle, if you think you're a Chicken can you really fly above everyone?
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How To Feel Alive
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Or as Albert Einstein once said "He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.…
Accept Yourself
Despite New Year being a time associated with making changes, today I want to talk about what seems at first like the opposite of change.
Although it might still be a change, and might …
The Meaning of Life
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Anxiety Of The Unknown
One thing that …
Suicide Prevention
Suicide is twice as common as Homicide and is the second biggest cause of death in people under 3…
Fears & Phobias
One question that I get asked quite often is "What's the difference between a fear and a phobia?"
In short, a fear of something is fairly rational, even if we might think that there's n…
External Validation
Ever heard of The looking-glass self?
The looking-glass self is a concept created by sociologist Charles Horton Cooley back in 1902. It states that rather than a person's sense of self …
Nudge Nudge
Introversion
Introversion has been on my mind a lot lately as I've had quite a few clients who are introverts but don't fully understand it and think that there's something wrong with them.
So today…
Bonus Episode: Interview With Bobby Temps
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and because of that I have an extra episode this month for you!
I met up with Bobby Temps today of The Mental Podcast to talk about what we can…
It's The Thought That Counts
I've been thinking about this topic for a long time and I've been a bit wary of talking about it because what I mean by "it's the thought that counts" is that it's our own thinking that…
Dealing With Crazy Thoughts
Regularly clients will tell me that they've had frightening bizarre thoughts, sometimes about hurting, or even killing, someone that they care about.
Odd as it may seem this is somethin…
How To Get More Done
If you Google the words "how to be more productive" you get 187 million results. Interestingly that's the same number of results as "how to learn Romanian." And although everyone learns…
Disappointment & Low Expectations
It's often said that optimism isn't all it's cracked up to be. That expecting the best only leads to disappointment, and I can understand why but I think it's important to see the diffe…
Practise Doesn't Make Perfect
It's a new year!
And for a hypnotherapist who specialises in helping people to make changes in their life people will often say to me things like "I bet you'll be busy at work in Januar…
Wooden Legs & Excuses
Have you ever met someone with a wooden leg? Not a real wooden leg, but a metaphorical one?
In the 60’s, a psychiatrist called Eric Berne, turned some common problematic psychological p…
Dealing With Depression
Depression is a huge topic. It’s a big problem in the 21st Century and to try and understand it by listening to a single podcast episode probably isn’t going to be enough.
Even 4 years …
Don’t Let Your Career Define You
Imagine you're invited to a friend’s house for a party and you find yourself chatting to a total stranger. If they were to say to you "So, what do you do?" What's the first thing that p…
The Need To Belong
Many people feel a need to be unique, to be different from everyone else but that shouldn’t be at the expense of our sense of belonging. If we’re missing belongingness in our life then …