Know Yourself - Episode 70 - An inteview with Megan Peek

Happy Thursday! I have a brand spanking new Podcast episode for you today which comes from all the way across the other side of the world in Perth Australia. I had the pleasure of Talking to a lady called Megan Keen who told me her story with mental health and how it has impacted her daughters life too. . In this episode we talk about Megan’s background being hospitalised as a teenager suffering with mental illness, working in the Air Force, began working as a carer for a close family friend who was coming to the end of her battle with bowel cancer, and as an assistant nurse, physiotherapist and more. Megan has then had 2 children, raising a family whilst battling with her mental health. . It was a real privilege to speak to Megan because I got to hear many perspectives, from Megan’s own perspective of her mental health journey, to hearing the perspective of a parent that has a child struggling with their mental health, and also to hearing an understand of what it is like for Megan’s daughter when she is feeling suicidal or like she wants to self-harm. . What I loved most though was Megan’s practical and common sense approach to parenting and caring for her daughter that at times has intense mental health needs. Megan walks us through how she communicates with her daughter about self-harm, incremental progress as opposers to talking big leaps, and respecting someone as an individual. . There is a trigger warning because this episode mentions suicide and self harm. The audio is a bit choppy on places because of the lag on the call etc. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it ☺️