Where There’s A Will

In this introductory episode, Paula and Ciara, co-hosts of Where There’s A Will introduce the podcast, talk about the premise behind Where There’s A Will, and what they want to achieve by dissecting our mental health system. They lay out our approach to looking at the mental health system in Ireland, and what they want to achieve.

Credits:
Artwork: Natalie Keville
Music: Larry Goldings: Radio Music Vol. 1, Migrant Song<...

We so often hear the message that if you are suffering or having a hard time with your mental health, to just ask for help. The story we don’t often hear is what happens when you do.

In the first full-length episode of Where There’s A Will, co-hosts Paula and Ciara talk to Broadcast Journalist Dr Ciara Kelly about her experience as a GP in providing that first port of call for people who are worried about their mental health, and...

In this episode, we pull back the curtain and see the inner workings of our mental health system, its origins and legacies. We’ll learn what happened when Ireland moved to close our old asylum system and create something new. And we’ll look at what we are left with now: the problems, the waiting lists and the logjams, and ask, is this fixable? And if so, how?

In this episode, we speak to Martin Rogan, CEO of Mental Health Ireland...

In this episode, we look at Irish mental health policy. We dive into its details and untangle its logic. We’ll examine our mental health system’s architectural drawings – the political drivers behind it, where it has fallen down, and what is needed now, in 2018, to create a new roadmap for Ireland’s mental health.

In this episode, we speak to Martin Rogan, CEO of Mental Health Ireland, John Saunders, CEO of Shine and Chair of the...

This episode turns the lens on ourselves: because while the mental health system needs to be fixed, we have to look at our role in that as a society. 

We need to ask ourselves: do we have an epidemic of mental health problems in Ireland? How do we contribute to poor mental health through stigma, and through creating policies and planning for a society that doesn’t put people at the centre? And we need to ask, how do we collective...

Children are the most precious and vulnerable members of our society. They are a blank slate – they come into the world with no hang ups, preconceptions, fears or worries. We teach them all that.

But more and more, our children are finding it hard to cope. Childhood, this precious, carefree time is becoming a tougher ground to navigate. For some it is time full of worries, stresses and fear.

In this episode, we speak to Niall M...

Every system is built on an invisible foundation, supported by invisible scaffolding, which is our cultural understanding of mental health. If our system isn’t fit for purpose, what culture, what beliefs are shoring up this system?

In this final episode in the six-part series of Where There’s a Will, we will try and shine a light on some of the philosophical underpinnings of our system as it stands. Because there’s a battleground...

This live panel discussion is the final, live bonus episode of this podcast series. This event is an interactive dialogue on the mental health system in Ireland facilitated by A Lust for Life - tackling stigma, shame, and structural problems in the Irish Mental Health system.

The panel discussion tackles the themes arising from the podcast series, and more, and is Chaired by podcast co-host Paula McLoughlin.

The event also feat...

A brand new series from A Lust for Life, aimed at supporting parents through their parenting journey raising mentally and emotionally thriving children. Available now wherever you get your podcasts, search for A Lust for Life Parenting Podcast.