Right Up My Podcast
Right Up My Podcast is the podcast for those looking to explore different methods of self-care, self-love and ways to make you feel good.
Hosted by voice artist and presenter Gwen Watson and journalist and producer Kate White, Right Up My Podcast came from a mutual drive to find new ways to improve our own mental health.
Each episode we chat to a different expert about their feel-good forte, and then try it out for ourselves to see if it works... or if it doesn't.
It's frank, funny and honest, with the odd bit of over-sharing. So join us on Right Up My Podcast, because you deserve to feel good too!
Released fortnightly. Contains bad language and inappropriate laughter.
Music – Andrew Grimes. Artwork – Erica Frances George.
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Right Up My Podcast
Ep.36 - Men Talk: Why talking is so important for male mental health | Ben Akers
We talk men's mental health with Ben Akers, co-founder of the male mental fitness charity, Talk Club.
Talk Club is a talking and listening club for men, offering talking groups, sports groups and therapy, and has been championed recently by the likes of Liam Gallagher and Tyson Fury.
We discuss the terrifying statistics around suicide in young men, and why talking (without trying to fix the problem) is so important. Ben also challenges us to ask the men in our lives, how are you out of 10?
Trigger warning: This episode contains references to suicide.
To find out more about Talk Club head to talkclub.org/
To watch Ben's film 'Steve', about saving men from suicide, go to: https://www.stevedocumentary.com/
(Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEp5ck-DYzI)
TEDx talk by Ben: 'How do you stop men taking their own lives': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9FEQYp1imc
If anyone is interested in Ben's new film about mental health in young people, go to: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ourkidsourlives
Thank you to our team:
Music - Andrew Grimes
Artwork - Erica Frances George
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