Brothers In Arms Podcast

This week Gary and Jamie sat down with Commonwealth triathlon medalist Marc Austin.  Marc tells us all about his experience in Athletics, dealing with early retirement due to illness and life after being a top triathlon athlete. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Marc for coming in and speaking to us so openly.

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This week Gary had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris Dolan.  Chris Dolan is a Scottish novelist, poet and playwright.  Chris told some amazing stories but we particularly enjoyed him reading extracts from his books.  Chris also told us all about his own struggles with mental health and how he always seems to come out the other side.  We'd like to thank Chris for his time.

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Hello and welcome back to the Brothers In Arms Podcast and Happy New Year!  We are back with Gary, Jamie and Paul talking about personal goals for 2022 and a look forward to whats coming up in the new year for Brothers In Arms.

Please sign up for our Mengage platform and take advantage of our Thrive app, giving free mental health support, CBT techniques, meditation and relaxation techniques as well as live therapy.  All the info you need can be found here:

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This week we took the opportunity to have a chat about the Peer support group for men launching in Glasgow very soon.  Have a listen for details.  To get more information about peer support, mengage out online social media platform or Thrive our free therapy app.  Please visit brothersinarmsscotland.co.uk

Hi folks,

Welcome back to another episode of the Brothers In Arms Podcast, this weeks guest is Comedian Colin Higgins as well as host Gary Goldie and contributor Paul Shields who is a Therapist and Podcaster.  Colin spoke about getting back after lockdown, experiences with therapy, why the stage attracts a certain type of person, how comedy has helped him with his own struggles and much much more,  I'd like to personally thank Colin for coming on and chatting with us and please go follow him across you social media platforms.

Remember the reason we so this podcast is to share the message about Men's Mental Health.  If anyone out there is struggling or you know someone who is please point them in the direction of our website:  brothersinarmsscotland.co.uk  where you will find many resources to help you manage your mental health, icluding our platform 'Mengage' and gain access to our free Thrive app.

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Welcome back to Brother In Arms Podcast, this weeks guest is BBC journalist Jamie McIver.  Jamie tells us a compelling story about his ups and downs.  We begin in his home town and how he dealt with being out forward a year in School, we move onto his career and how experiences of his journalistic career have impacted him including being in New York during the September 11 attacks in 2001 and being on the screen during the Glasgow Clutha tragedy and the tragic events in Glasgow City Center during the Christmas period in 2014 when a bin lorry crash took the lives of 6 people.  I want to personally thank Jamie for being brave enough to come and talk.

Anyone who relate to any of the issues raised in todays episode can contact us here:

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Hi guys,

Welcome to this weeks episode of Brothers In Arms Podcast, this week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Sanjeev Kohli who is famous for his roles in Still Game and River City among many more accolades in a glittering career as a writer and actor.  Sanjeev was very open and honest about the difficulties he's faced throughout his life, as many of us do, with his mental health.  Sanjeev also told us about just how difficult it is to pursue a career that break from the traditional career paths set out for us and how there is a stigma among the many communities around us when we don't want to be a doctor, lawyer or engineer and instead want to go into the arts.

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This week Brothers in Arms Gary Goldie and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist Paul Shields had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris Halliday to talk about the fund raising he's doing for BIA climbing the Munroe's.  The guys got into why getting out of your head and having a single point of focus for a few hours can have a real therapeutic effect, and Chris tells us all about how he personally uses this and a journal to help him cope with the pressures of his life big and small.

Thank you to Chris for coming in and we would welcome him back any time!

Remember guys and girls if you need some support with your mental health or want to get more into the concepts discussed in the podcast please visit the BIA website and sign up to the free BIA Thrive app here:

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This week we have Brothers In Arms contributors Gary Goldie and Jamie Allan along with Podcaster and CBT Therapist Paul Shields to talk all about Overwhelm and burn out.  The chat took a interesting turn to focus on how some of the ideas of the past such as men being the bread winner can lead to being overwhelmed and ultimately burning out with the pressures of life getting too much.  The guys also go on to talk about how you can cope and give some pointers and as always we talk about how the BIA Thrive app can help in this area.

If anyone wants to get access to the Thrive app for FREE please see here:

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This week feeds into previous episodes about Community and talking in peer to peer setting, we are here to talk all about Andy’s Man Club.   In the room we have an always Gary from BIA as well as Dan Proverbs, founder of BIA, Jamie from BIA and Alex McClintock who is here representing Andy’s Man Club Scotland.

We talk about how Lockdown has seen a huge upsurge in uptake in peer to peer support, how all peer to peer support and other mental health organisations need to work more closely together, how important it is to have people with lived experience in this field and Alex takes us through what its like to attend a meeting.

We also touch on how the peer to peer support could be replacing the pub or the social clubs of yesteryear to give men a safe space to be around and connect with other men.  How the men that attend these groups are the role models we need and lead us in opening up and much much more.

If you’d like to connect or attend a Andy’s Man Club meeting click here - https://andysmanclub.co.uk/

To access the BIA app for free therapy, mindfulness and more tools to help manage your mental health click here - https://www.brothersinarmsscotland.co.uk/

This weeks Podcast is Part Two of our discussion about Community.  Again we have Gary and Kieran from Bothers In Arms, Paul Shields from Rebel City Podcast who is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and Gregor Anderson photographer and traveler. 

This week we go a little deeper and pose a few questions around our ideas of community:

- What can be learned from the communities outwit our own.

- How our culture doesn't lend itself to being open and honest.

- How traveling will give us a new perspective on life, society and community.

- How we usually live and react in emotion and how to disconnect to be your true self.

- How does alcohol feed toxic behavior in our community.

- Our sense of community and identity can feed out mental well being.

- How lockdown has impacted community.

- Have we lost the Social Contract of responsibility within our communities?

- Does the male affiliation with Football give a false sense of community?  Do we deserve more?

- How do we find the balance between individual wants and community needs.

- How consumerism has taken the place of our quest for gratitude.

- Our phones and social media can connect us to a global community but can be used to help us connect with local communities.

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Welcome back to the Brothers In Arms Podcast, after a short break for summer holidays we're back with a two part podcast on Community.  Brothers In Arms Representatives Gary Goldie and Kieran Woods are joined by regular contributor to the podcast, podcast producer and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist Paul Shields and old friend, traveler and photographer Gregor Anderson to cover what is a huge subject in respect to the modern world.  The guys begin by talking about the first communities they found as teenagers, what has caused the downfall of the communites we used to know and ways which peolpe find communities online and through newer hobbies such as gaming.  There is also a shout out for a few of the outstanding communities around the local areas of Glasgow.

Please subscribe to the podcast where ever you get your podcasts and look out for the second part in the coming days.

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Today Brothers in Arms speak to ExRangers player and former SFA Chief Executive. 

We hear about the ups and downs of Gordon’s career and how he overcame the tough stuff. 

This episode is a great lesson in always taking charge of your own destiny and crating your own luck. Gordon tells us how it’s all about resilience!

In the mini episode Gary talks to Jason Bowen of The Special Forces Experience. Alongside his ex-special forces colleagues he take civilians through SAS style challenges all over the world.

Gary and Jason talk about the company, the ups and downs of keeping a business running during lockdown, social media it’s benefits and darker side. The army mindset of adapt and overcome.

On episode 3 Kieran, Paul and Gary welcome Ally Houston on to talk about food, drink and mental health and some of the things that could help drastically improve your mental health when it comes to what you eat and drink.

Ally Houston is a health coach, food entrepreneur, and former scientist. He fixed his health by changing how he eats, and now empowers his customers to do the same.

Please check out Ally’s Instagram for more information on how you can impact your mental health through your nutrition here: https://instagram.com/paleocanteen?utm_medium=copy_link

As always for information on the app or for more information about Brothers In Arms check out our website here: https://www.brothersinarmsscotland.co.uk/

Welcome to episode two of Brother In Arms Podcast.  This week we're speaking all about being a dad.  Kieran, Gary and Jamie from Brothers In Arms speak to blogger and Early years educator Tony Docherty about becoming a dad, growing as a dad and our relationship as Dads.

You can find Tony on Instagram @tony_doc, Jamie @jasbal_1958 and Gary @garygoldiepb.

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in the first episode of the Brothers in Arms podcast Dan, Kieran, Paul discuss Therapy for men and the reasons men find it difficult to engage with or talk about seeking therapy. 

This is the first of what will be our weekly podcast exploring all aspects of men’s mental health and wellbeing.

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