LionHeart Talks

“Social anxiety is a fear of social situations; the bottom line is a fear of being judged negatively by others. That anxiety can be so overwhelming it can essentially stop people from living their lives.”

Around 1 in 8 people are thought to struggle with social anxiety, making it one of the most common anxiety disorders. Much more than being a few nerves in new situations or feeling shy among new people, it can have a very debilita...

“The APC is a long journey, and there’s a lot riding on the one-hour assessment that you get after two years. That’s why it makes up such a large proportion of the calls we get around fear, failure and disappointment.”

LionHeart host Melissa Gough-Rundle is joined by our support officer Ben Halpin to talk about some of the issues in his day to day work on the LionHeart helpline and longer term work supporting surveyors at all stage...

“We all experience grief and loss at some point in our lives. But we all experience it differently and it’s important to stress there are no rules about how you should feel or when you should feel it.”

LionHeart host Jo Grant is joined by our counsellor Mark Hodson as they discuss grief and coping with loss; something that sadly affects every one of us but can still be immensely difficult to talk about and can have long-lasting con...

“Everything changes all the time so you can cope with it - but sometimes it can be like a rolling stone gathering moss.”

Some of us love it and some of us hate it, but change is part of life. LionHeart host Jo Grant is joined by Tracy Evans, one of our support officers, to talk about the myriad of changes any of us can face throughout life – and change can impact on our health, wellbeing and confidence.

We talk about:

• Some of t...

If things are tricky at work then that has a habit of spilling over into your own time, having a negative effect on your wellbeing and giving you the dreaded ‘Sunday night feeling’. The most difficult situations can impact your own confidence and even lead to stress and burnout.

LionHeart host Melissa Gough-Rundle is joined by support officer and qualified coach Clare Davis to talk about the various difficult situations, especially...

LionHeart Talks… It’s time to talk!

“I wish I had talked to you six months ago.”

Talking is huge. Talking can change lives, or even save them – but it doesn’t have to be about the big conversations, the little connections are so important too.

So many of the people we help say they wish they had talked to us sooner, because talking about a problem really can help relieve the burden.

In this special episode for Time to Talk Day, Lio...

LionHeart Talks… Alcohol and dependency

January is often a month where people reassess how they drink, after the festivities of Christmas and New Year or perhaps because they’re doing Dry January for health reasons or even for charity.

LionHeart host Melissa Gough-Rundle is joined by our ambassador Paddy Phillips to talk about alcohol and how it fits into people’s lives, from the habitual and social to the more problematic and unhe...

LionHeart Talks… APC Referral

“If you’re not kind to yourself, this is where the APC goes wrong for a lot of folk.”

Sometimes it’s not about your surveying knowledge or technical expertise but how you approach the APC mentally that can hold the key to success – or not.

LionHeart host Melissa Gough-Rundle is joined by our ambassador John Tierney who knows only too well how the career milestone can take on a life of its own, having t...

How many of us have had that dreaded Sunday evening feeling, where your evening is totally over-shadowed by the thought of going to work the next day? People experience stress in different ways but there’s no doubt that prolonged or extreme stress at work can have a huge impact on your physical and mental health.

LionHeart host Jo Grant is joined by ambassador Derek Carter who - one Friday the 13th - experienced such worrying sympt...

“At some point I’m going to be found out – I’m such a fraud!”

An astonishing number of people (up to 70% of us!) have secret feelings of ‘imposter syndrome’ at work at some point: feeling like a ‘fraud’, that they don’t fit in, don’t deserve to be where they are, and that one day someone will discover they’ve been winging it all along. Sound familiar?

LionHeart host Jo Grant is joined by our ambassador Emma Snipp, a chartered surve...

5 LionHeart Talks… How talking beats the stigma

[Trigger warning: this episode contains references to suicide and suicide prevention]

The fear of admitting you’re feeling vulnerable can magnify problems no end. Worst case scenario, bottling things up can even make you ill.

In this episode to mark Time to Talk Day, LionHeart host Melissa Gough-Rundle is joined by our long-time ambassador Steve Lees to talk about how opening up and h...

LionHeart Talks… Gearing up for your APC

Undertaking your APC and, in particular, getting ready for final assessment can be one of the most stressful, daunting periods of a surveyor’s career, with the need to juggle work, study, revision and home life. So how can you help yourself gear up for that all-important journey?

In this episode, our host Melissa Gough-Rundle is joined by ambassador Roy Albert, who became chartered in 2020 d...