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In this weeks episode we talk about mental imagery and mindfulness. In the 3rd week of the project we focus on mental imagery and talk about the power it can have to help you achieve your goals. We also focused on mindfulness in the 2nd session of the week and discussed with the group how you can be mindful anywhere you are and the different ways to be mindful. #boxing #mentalhealth

In this weeks episode we discuss the 2nd week of the boxing project where we talk about goal setting and the different ways to achieve them. We also discuss briefly about speaking to the guys about depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ( OCD) and how Jay shared his personal story.  #boxing #mentalhealth

In this episode we re cap on the first week of our men's mental health boxing project " A Fighting Chance". Liam describes his though process around the physical sessions he planned with a mix of boxing and fitness and Jay covers what he talked to the guys about around the mental side of boxing and mental health in general. 

Motivation was the first topic covered in the mental side of the first session and we explained the two types of motivation Intrinsic and Extrinsic. We then asked the guys the question " What is your why?" We discuss this in detail in this episode and how learning the fundamentals of boxing is vital to progress. 

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Welcome back to the latest series of the TALKHUB Podcast. It's been a while but we are back with an 8 episode series to talk about our new Mental Health boxing programme we have set up to help support men. We have teamed up with Liam Blaney from Optimum Boxing to provide an 8 week boxing camo to guys who would like to improve their physical and mental well-being and learn about the mental side to boxing as well as mental health in general.  

We will be doing an episode a week to just go over what we have been teaching the guys in the gym and to re cap on key points. In this weeks episode we talk about our aims for this project, how it come about and a little about ourselves. You can find us on Instagram and twitter @talkhub_ and Liam's gym @optimumboxing1 on Instagram

#boxing #mentalhealth #mensmentalhealth #exercise

This week i welcomed Lee Adams from the WALK AND TALK MMH foundation. Lee is doing some incredible work with men's mental health and his group was set up to bring football fans together, by walking to and from different football stadiums with fans of all clubs. Lee talks openly of his struggles in the past with alcohol and depression and how he spent time in a psychiatric unit.  Lee knew he had to make some changes and do something positive, so he decided to do a 40 mile walk from Craven Cottage ( Fulham F.C) to The Madejski Stadium ( Reading F.C) when the 2 teams played each other.  He had a great response from this challenge and has proceeded to complete many more walks and bike rides since. WALK AND TALK MMH has welcomed 547 walkers since it first started with 152 days of walking completed. It's truly amazing the work Lee is doing to bring men together to talk about Mental health. If you'd like to found out more about the work Lee is doing and maybe even join him for a walk one day then you can find him here : https://www.walkandtalkmmh.co.uk/ Twitter- @WalkAndTalkMMH   Facebook-WalkAndTalkMMH  Instagram- walkandtalk_mmh  Youtube- WalkAndTalk MMH #mensmentalhealth #walkandtalk #football #fulham #palace #reading #celtic #chesterfield #nottscounty #footballwalkandtalk #suicideprevention #mentalhealthmatters

I welcomed Paul Gladwell from the Paul Lavelle Foundation onto the show this week. The Paul Lavelle Foundation was set up few years ago in honour of Paul Lavelle who sadly lost his life due to domestic abuse. Their is a stigma attached around male domestic abuse and it isn't spoken about enough. Paul tell's us how there is a lot of work to be done to raise awareness around the subject and that roughly 780,000 men suffer from domestic abuse  each year and that's only from recorded cases. The Lavelle foundation is doing some great things to raise awareness and have set up a lot of different groups for men to get involved in like cycling clubs,running and swimming clubs. It was a pleasure to speak to Paul today and if you'd like to follow the work they are doing they are on twitter @paullavellefoun and instagram @paul_lavelle_foundation #domesticviolence #domesticabuse #domesticabuseawareness #itsoktotalk

This week i welcomed Shana Begum on to the show who is a domestic abuse survivor and now campaigner. Some parts of Shana's story is upsetting and might cause some distress to some listener's. I will list some helplines at the bottom of this text and also where you can find Shana on social media. Shana talks about her 2 abusive marriage's, how her father tried to take her life and how she had to flee her last marriage due to honour based violence. She shows how she was determined not to be a victim anymore but a survivor and how despite having all these bad experiences and also having dyslexia she become a NLP Practitioner to try and help others who are in the position she was in.  Shana talks about the different types of domestic abuse and how we as a society can help look out for others. Her final words at the end of the show  " Be the hero you never had" were powerful. If you'd like to follow Shana's story her twitter is  @coaching_84 and her website https://www.sthelensbestme.com/ ] These are some domestic abuse website https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/   #domesticabusesurvivor #domesticviolence #survivor 

Last week was the end of series 2 which consisted of 8 episodes of interviews with some amazing guests. This is just a round up of the series and a big thank you from me to everyone who has listened upto now as we reached over 1,000 listens on Wednesday just gone. Keep sharing the podcast if you can and follow us on instagram @talkhub_  and twitter @TALK_podcast1

For today's episode i welcomed Harriot Cooke and Sophie Parker-Jeal onto the show to talk about their experiences of living with OCD and their hopes for changing the stigma around it in the future. We covered a range of topics from how they both came about getting diagnosed to  accepting  what it is and finding techniques to deal with their intrusive and obsessive thoughts. Sophie and Harriot openly speak out about their experiences on twitter and Sophie currently writing a book which i look forward to reading! Give them a follow on twitter @TheOCDfight @HarriotCookeMA #ocd #ocdawareness #ocdrecovery

This week i welcomed Richard Gilmour to the show who suffers with OCD and does some brilliant work to raise awareness about OCD with his blogs and social media posts. His OCD started when he was 16 when he started obsessing over whether he had testicular cancer after a talk about it in school. Richard tells us how this was the start of his obsessions and how he started to develop many other different ones as he grew older. Contamination OCD is prevailant in Richard's life and a fear of catching HIV is still present in his life.  Richard has a great understanding of OCD and tries to use mindfulness to get a better understanding of his thoughts. We also discussed  the stigma of OCD and how people perceive it.  You can find Richard's blog here https://t.co/AUbRUpipyl?amp=1 and also his twitter @OCDphilosophy #ocd #ocdawareness #ocdrecovery

Ex England international footballer and former Coventry,Liverpool, Wigan and Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper joined us on the podcast today. He openly talks about how his mental health was affected when he moved clubs in 2012 and realised he needed to seek help as he was struggling. Chris tells us how helping others and talk really helps keep his mental health in a good place and gives an insight into what it’s like to be a footballer in the premier league and how footballers do a lot of good work unnoticed. Chris has got some big plans for the future with mountain climbs,walks,charity football matches and golf days to help raise funds for mental health charities. #footballer #wafc #swfc #lfc #ccfc 

Adriano Moke is a professional footballer for York City F.C. He joined me on the show today to talk about his depression that he openly and bravely spoke out about 5 years ago. He gives an insight into how mentally challenging it can be to be a footballer with nothing certain in the game and how injuries and not playing can really affect your mental health. Really enjoyed listening to his insight into a footballers life and as a football fan myself sometimes I probably don’t realise how challenging it can actually be for the players mentally. Hope you enjoyed the episode and give him a follow on Twitter @AdrianoMoke #yorkcity #ycfc #profootballer #depression #mensmentalhealth

Tasha Rocks is a massage therapist,business owner and fitness fanatic. She joined me on today’s show to talk about her experiences being brought up as a child in Ukraine,Ghana and England and how she’s learnt to accept things that have happened in the past. Tasha explains how she has coped with the current lockdown period,loss of work and how a terrible accident a few years ago led her on the path to becoming a massage therapist to help her partner and others. Give her a follow on Instagram @rokstherapy #massagetherapist #fitness #running #cycling 

Ben sparrow, a very talented artist is today’s guest and the first guest of the show. Ben joins me for an audio interview where we discuss how he’s dealing with the current lock down situation and his experiences with mental health through friends and family. Give his boxing artwork page a follow on Instagram @knockoutlines #artist #artwork #boxing 

On this episode i go through what is depression and how hard it is to deal with through some personal stories of my own. #depression #recovery

On this episode I talk about the different types of OCD and explain what obsessions and compulsions are whilst talking about some of my own experiences. #ocd #ocdawareness #ocdrecovery