Mentally Healthy Leaders

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Today’s guest is one of the leading voices in Mental Health support in the workplace.

Tim Munden, the Global Chief Learning officer at Unilever, has created programmes which aim to inspire people worldwide to look after their health and wellbeing.

But it was when he first started developing these programmes, that he realised he had his own demons to tackle.

From being injured out of an Army Career before it even started,...

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Our guest today is Simon Blake OBE.  CEO of Mental Health First Aid England.

Mental Health First Aid England has one aim - to improve the mental health of the nation. The organisation wants to see 1 in 10 of the population trained in mental health first aid, and for all of us to start considering mental health as being on a par with our physical health.

As a gay man who came out during the HIV epidemic, Simon understand...

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We may think of them as police profilers who get deep within the psyche of serial killers and sex abusers, but Kerry Daynes says her profession as a Forensic Psychologist is much more than that. 

She’s worked with some of the most serious offenders in our society, but she’s also worked with some of the most vulnerable. 

At times she’s also been on the receiving end of abusive behaviour which has affected her own mental ...

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Today’s guest was a Senior Global Director at both Microsoft and Google, but after suffering a severe breakdown he left the corporate world to find personal fulfillment at a Start-Up.

Mark Hodgson says his life collapsed around him four years ago, but he now recognises the warning signs were there for years.

At his new company - Cervest, he is combining lifelong passions with professional experience and driving the Ment...

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Today’s guest is Paul  Spanner.

Paul is a former Senior Officer in the Royal Marines, who was medically discharged after a cycling accident in which he suffered a fractured skull, broken back and neck among other injuries. He died twice at the side of the road. For most of us a crash of that scale may keep us off a bike forever, but Paul went on to join the GB Paralympic Cycling programme, and compete at a Wo...

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Today’s guest is Chris Averill. Chris is a successful entrepreneur, who built his tech business from scratch over a 16 year period...before selling it for a multi million pound price tag. 

He survived two downturns, employed teams in London and New York, worked with Fortune 500 Companies and won a host of awards. 

After the sale of his company, at a time when he should’ve felt on top of the world and relishing his succe...

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Today’s guest went 52 years before he got a diagnosis for Bipolar. He says he’d always known he was a bit different, but it wasn’t until the death of his Dad, when his life imploded, that he finally found the help and the diagnosis he’d always needed.

But for Nigel Edginton-Amor, or Sky Creative Agency his illness isn’t all bad. Although he suffers extreme highs and severe lows, his condition also aids his creativity. 

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Today’s guest went from being homeless as a child in Manchester’s Moss Side & suffering racial attacks for being one of the only white boy's at his school… to one of Prince Harry’s most trusted friends, and an ambassador for the mental health charity Heads Together.

Dean was in the UK Special Forces (Special Boat Service), when a parachuting accident almost ripped off his leg & killed him. He was...

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From living in a YMCA in London to becoming Global MD for a Strategic PR and Communications company - Nicky Young worked hard to make a name and a successful business.

But in 2017 she found herself almost paralysed with depression prior to the sale of the firm.

The loss of her Father, post natal depression, and the stresses of managing several roles in the business saw her collapse and eventually signed off work for 2 m...

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From the playgrounds of Belfast at the height of the conflict in Northern Ireland, to defusing terrorist bombs around the world, Mark Neill has kept a clear head and a strong focus.

But the former Bomb Disposal Officer who is today’s guest, found himself unable to get out of bed for three weeks when his mental health hit rock bottom when he started working in the corporate environment.

Mark is now the Managing Director ...

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I’m Tom Fox - and in 2015 I was diagnosed with Complex PTSD. I’d been working in high stress environments in Financial Services and the IT sectors in the City of London. 

The warning signs had been there for years - but I didn’t recognise them as such - because I didn’t understand Mental health. I coped by throwing myself into my work and never really switched off. Eventually I suffered a breakdown and that led to my d...