Starting in the Middle
By LINA MOOKERJEE
Starting in the Middle Apr 25, 2021
Lina on BBC Radio Good Morning Scotland 8 Oct 21 - what is social burnout?
Lina talks to Martin about the new social phenomena called 'social burnout' following the reentry into the world after Covid.
Marking Mental Health Awareness Day 2021 with Lina Mookerjee
Today is an opportunity to reflect on the theme for this year - mental health in an unequal world. I invite you to explore the meaning of suffering as being part of the human existence alongside gratitude and resilience.
How's your mental health? Me, menopause and mental wellness
In her final episode for mental health awareness week 2021, Lina shares her take on menopause and why she thinks it can be one of the greatest opportunities in a woman's life - to find her self, voice, power and identity.
How's your mental health? Uncertainty, change and mental wellness
Lina invites you to explore the challenges that change and uncertainty create and impacts mental wellness. She shares ideas of how to steady oneself during times of inner and outer turbulence.
How's your mental health? Meeting Mr Gorbachev
Lina expands on the previous podcast about energy and the Life Force as she relates this to personal power - a key quality for mental wellness.
She shares how having idols can help us tap into our own personal power - and why Mr Gorbachev was one of hers in adolescence and how she finally got to meet him 30 years later.
How's your mental health? Working with your energy and Life Force
Lina introduces you to the concepts of energy and Life Force, and how both are connected with mental wellness.
She shares her own experience and a practice to help you connect in with yours.
How's your mental health? Importance of authenticty for mental wellness
Lina shares both ideas and experiences of why finding your True Self is vital for mental wellness. She offers the ideas of Carl Rogers and how this helped her to begin the journey from being who she through she needed to be for others...... to being who she is in her authentic self, and admits it's a lifelong journey!
How's your mental health? Importance of being noticed
Lina shares why being seen, heard and understood is key to mental wellness.
She introduces 'Stroke Theory' by Eric Berne and why we as humans needs nuggets of attention and affection in every day life.
How's your mental health? Stress, Change and the Breath
Lina shares how being told she was stressed felt like a failure - but then became her opportunity for change
She offers a simple breathing practice that helps with moments of stress to regain inner equilibrium, calm and focus.
How's Your Mental Health? Introduction to podcast series
Lina shares why looking after mental wellness is vital and important and how her journey begin with her own mental breakdown.
How's Your Mental Health? Lina's 60s tips to manage anxiety
To kick-start 2021's Mental Health Awareness week, Lina shares her immediate 'go-to' when she's feeling anxious - from water, air to Dean Martin!
What's the relevance of courage?
Lina shares the importance of courage and how developing your existing quality will help in your transformative process.
Menopause and Being in Flux
Lina invites you to connect in with 'menopause flux', those times when you can feel confused, de-stabilised and at a loss.
She shares how her own experiences have provided ways to understand herself more and how she uses flux.
Menopause as a transformative process
Lina invites you to consider menopause as an opportunity for personal transformation. It can also be a time for profound healing, enabling hidden away parts of self to come to light to be seen through compassionate eyes of understanding instead of judgement.
Using Winnicott's concept of True Self/False Self, Lina shares how she's used this to help herself make sense of her own change.
Gift of Menopause 3: Perceptions, Patriarchy and Personal Power
Lina Mookerjee invites you to explore your menopause perceptions.
She shares how current menopause beliefs can often be limiting and denigrating of women. She offers how much of this stems from patriarchal dominance with an agenda that sought to have 'power over nature'
She shares how this ongoing battle for power has affected how women have been treated and regarded. This includes how limiting women's power and influence also stems from the denial of feminine consciousness; how its qualities have been shamed, ridiculed and relegated into insignificance to have any effect.
Gift of Menopause 2: How direct experience can challenge outdated menopause myths
Lina invites you into her safe space world to explore how menopause can be a time of great learning for personal growth.
She shares an overview of insights gained from her two menopause experiences and how this has enriched her sense of self worth, esteem and well-being.
Gift of Menopause 1: Introduction
Lina Mookerjee invites you into her safe space to explore how menopause can be a gift of opportunity in a woman's life