Matt Holman Talks Mental Health
by Matthew Holman
This podcast will be an open discussion with friends, colleagues and just amazing humans. Everyone has a story about mental health - this half hour chat will help us to see how we can open our own discussions around this very important area. Grab a cuppa or head out for some fresh air, and take a listen.
Episodes
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A Conversation of Hope with Marie Greenhalgh and Matt Holman
This special episode has been recorded to connect the Baton of Hope with the Holhuman 1,000,000 steps challenge taking place in September - October 2026. You can find out more: https://www.linkedin.com/company/holhuman/
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194. Ellie MacDonald talks Suicide Prevention, Depression and Career Changes
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Ellie about her personal experience of suicide loss, depression and creating a company to help bring awareness and support to mental health and suicide prevention.You can follow Ellie here: https://www.hellohope.uk/
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193. Penny Knight talks supporting others and the challenging the stigma of mental health
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Penny about her personal experience of supporting mental health challenges, understanding the changing landscape of mental health, and becoming a MHFA Instructor.
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192. John Stacey talks Men's Mental Health and Loneliness
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with John about his personal experience of mental health challenges, a diagnosis of ADHD, helping men talk about mental health and loneliness.You can follow John here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnstacey85/
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191. Sophie Bedford talks about trauma, depression and hope for the future
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Sophie about her personal experience of trauma, depression and making life changes to now help others through listening and providing hope. You can follow Sophie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-bedford-rvn-certvnecc-842b576a/
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190. Julia Bray talks about her Stoma journey and support
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Julia about her personal experience physical health challenges, and how she is sharing her experience to help raise awareness of her Stoma. You can find Julia on TikTok: @stomamum Or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-b-3170b9131/
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189. Mark Dolby talks personal loss and fundraising through extreme events
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Mark about his personal experience, story of mental health, and how he has taken the loss of both of his parents to cancer as his inspiration to help support others.Mark talks about supporting 2 amazing charities: St Michael's Hospice -...
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188. Lara Kynvin talks Suicide Prevention
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Lara about her personal experience, story of mental health, suicide attempt and using her journey to help others. Lara was the host for the 2025 Baton of Hope event in Portsmouth, helping to bring together the community to talk and…
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187. Don't be a Can't - Kristian Dale talks Trauma and sharing his story to help others
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Kris about his personal experience, story of mental health, and how his mum is his inspiration.Kris has launched a clothing brand and movement: Don't be a Can't. What is Don’t be a Can’t? Don’t be a can’t is an initiative to change the...
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186. Junah - Hannah Buckland and Julie Castleman talk Suicide Training
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk about suicide training with Hannah Buckland and Julie Castleman of Junah- Growing Caring Communities. Junah offers clients a whole organisation approach to suicide prevention. You can find out more here:https://junah.co.uk/ The training...
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185. Liz (Chinook Crew Chick) McConaghy talks PTSD and Motivational Speaking
In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Liz about her personal experience with mental health. Liz was the longest serving female crewman on the Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet spanning a 17 year career flying on the aircraft. But after her medical discharge in 2019 she struggled with the...
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184. Rachel Harte and Stacey Lowman talk Money First Aid
In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Rachel and Stacey about their personal experiences with money and mental health. Rachel and Stacey have created Money First Aid, a training course developed to help organisations provide better support to conversations of the taboo topic of money.…
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183. Caroline Roodhouse talks about loss and suicide
*Content Warning* - Suicide discussion In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Caroline about her journey through personal mental health challenges and the sad loss of her husband Steve to suicide. Caroline has written a book 'Daddy Blackbird' on her journey and 'The true story of a…
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181. Sally Sidani-Wilkinson talks menopause and nutrition
In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Sally about her journey through menopause, creating her own company RE:Balance by Sally to help others. This is a fascinating listen to understand more about the holistic approach to supporting those who are peri-menopausal and going through...
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182. Sally Orange MBE talks Mental Health and Adventuring through life
In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Sally about her journey through personal mental health challenges, and how she turned her unique surname into a connection to talking about mental health (all whilst conquering some incredible adventures along the way). Sally is an inspirational...
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180. Georgina Colman talks life changes - MS, Disabilities and making a difference
In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Georgina about being diagnosed and living with MS (Multiple Sclerosis), and how through her journey she is creating something to help everyone with Disabilities. Purpl’s mission is to fight for you, the disabled community, by bringing you the best...
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179. Dani Rose talks life changes - Career, Relationships and moving back home at 29 years old
In this episode I had the pleasure to chat with Dani about the many changes that she has experienced through her life. In her journey she has changed career 3 times, moved overseas, returned home to live with her mum, and now found a place where she feels settled. As part of Dani's ongoing…
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178. Lauren Kay O'Sullivan talks anxiety, burnout and human design
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Lauren to talk about her journey with mental health. Lauren trained with my a few years ago in Mental Health and in this episode talks about her experience with anxiety, her career in law and almost reaching burnout. Thankfully...
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177. Javeno Mclean talks his true purpose to help and support those who are not included in society
In this energising and inspiring conversation I had the pleasure to sit down and record this episode with the Amazing Human Javeno. We discussed how his passion for helping others started when he was 16 years old, and has continued through his business J7, to help those who have disabilities…
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176. Mark Cuschieri talks about a life changing event and his passion for people
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Mark to talk about his journey with mental health. Mark and I have known each other for many years through our mutual connection and love for the travel industry. Mark talks in this episode about a life event and how this…
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175. Debi John talks Parenting, Pausing, Play and Connecting
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Debi to talk about her journey with mental health. Debi talks about her career in education and how through her experiences of helping others she has committed herself to improve mental health, wellbeing and relationships…
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174. Andrew Smith talks Anxiety and Wellbeing
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Andrew to talk about his journey with mental health. Andrew has lived with anxiety since his early teen years and we talk about how over the years, and through a number of low points, he is now working hard on keeping himself...
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173. Mesi Balog talks moving to the UK, and Workplace Mental Health
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Mesi to talk about her journey with mental health. Mesi talks in this episode about the moving to the UK 10 years ago and finding her pathway through the corporate world. Talking about the struggles to settle, and some...
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172. Natalie Welch talks Abuse, Bereavement and Powerlifting
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Nat to talk about her journey with mental health. Nat has been through a number of experiences that have help to define her passion for keeping her mental health positive, from being in an abusive relationship, bereavement and...
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171. Mike Turlin talks Bipolar, Suicide and the Construction Industry
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Mike to talk about his journey with mental health. Mike is very open about his experience with depression, bipolar and his suicide challenges. He has taken his personal experiences and is now a champion for improving mental...
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170. Sadie Cole talks anxiety, depression and suicide
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Sadie to talk about her journey with mental health. Sadie talks about developing severe anxiety at 18 and the following challenges through life with anxiety and depression. This episode also talks about her attempted suicide.…
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169. Charlotte Storey talks Bullying, Physical Trauma and Leader Empowerment
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with Charlotte to hear her incredible and inspiring journey through life. Charlotte has an incredible and inspiring story from her early life growing up in Coventry, a career in acting and music, physical trauma and recreating a life to help and...
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168. Emily Nuttall talks Eating Disorders, Autism and helping raise awareness
Emily is a lived experience expert doing an incredible job at raising awareness of eating disorders, autism and supporting people with neurodiversity and mental health challenges. She is certainly an inspirational person. If you would like to know more about Emily and her passion you can find out...
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167. Laura Hearn talks Eating Disorders, Neurodiversity and the power of storytelling
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Laura to talk about her journey with mental health. Laura and I have known each other for a number of years and in this episode she talks about her eating disorder, helping to change BBC Culture around mental health with the...
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166. Mark O'Brien talks motor neurone disease, mental health and a world record attempt!
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Mark to talk about his journey with mental health. Mark talks openly about his recent diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND / ALS) and how this has impacted his mental health, and sharing the news with his family. Mark is an...
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165. Alex Kington talks Anxiety, Phobias and Therapy
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with Alex to hear her journey with mental health. Alex shares her personal experience with low mood, anxiety and finding a pathway through therapy including tapping and EMDR - (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). Alex is a freelance...
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164. Katy Lee talks Physical Disability, PTSD, Obesity, and CBT
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with Katy to hear her incredible and inspiring journey with physical disability and mental health challenges. Katy is very open about her early life and the impact of a number of challenges that have made her the strong, resilient and positive person...
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163. Dave Rogers Talks Life Changes and New Futures
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Dave to talk about his journey with mental health. In 2019 Dave decided to change the direction of his life, he was tired of being tired. His journey is about self-discovery, life changes and how he has now created his own…
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151. Marie Greenhalgh talks Inclusion for all Young People
Marie is the head of Inclusion College Hampshire- https://inclusionhampshire.org.uk/ helping young people with mental health and neurodiversity challenges, who have previously been excluded to find help and support.
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152. Andy Reddy talks Dyslexia
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Episode - Andy talks openly about his life with Dyslexia, the life challenges, and finding a pathway to helping support others on their journey through coaching.
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154. Lucy Wilson talks Parenting and Autism
Lucy is the mum of 3.5 year old Bertie. Bertie has Autism and in this episode we learn more about the impact to parenting and helping a young child with their developmental needs.
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155. Laura Wallis talks ADHD
In this episode Laura and I discuss her diagnosis of ADHD as an Adult in 2018, and how this has changed her life to help others through her work in Debating Mental Health - https://www.debating-mh.co.uk/
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156. Dylan Jones talks Autism
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Episode - Dylan provides us with his perspective on growing up with Autism, being diagnosed at 7/8 years old, and his passion for vintage vehicles, in particular his 2 vintage tractors.
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157. Angus Baskerville talks Aspergers and ADHD
In this inspirational conversation Angus tells a very powerful story of his journey through life with Aspergers and ADHD. He is a great advocate for supporting the rise of Autism Awareness, and building a business providing support to events through a passion for magic.
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158. Lucy Williams Talks ADHD
Lucy is a returning guest to the podcast (Episode 72 - Postnatal Depression), and in this episode we talk about her diagnosis of ADHD in December 2022. Lucy is the co-owner of The Little HR Department - https://www.thelittlehrdepartment.com/
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160. Michael Hubbard talks Dysphonetic Dyslexia
In this episode Michael tells us about his diagnosis of dyslexia at University. He now provides coaching to help people to understand their habits, and using his unique perspective created Make your Habits
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161. Nairobi Dorta talks ADHD
In this episode Nairobi shares her journey with ADHD, from her diagnosis in Venezuela when she was 16, to now working for The Loddon Foundation helping to support young people with severe autism.
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162. Will Blundell talks Autism
I am so happy to have Will return to record another episode of the podcast with me. We first sat down and recorded together in 2021 (episode 88), and for this recording we focused on how Autism has been a part of Wills' life.
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159. Lucy Hine talks ADHD
In this episode Lucy talks about her recent diagnosis of ADHD at 37 years old. Lucy has always known that she was different, but the diagnosis has really helped her to better understand herself from a positive perspective. Before her diagnosis Lucy wrote and published a book with the aptly named...
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150. Jess Meredith talks ADHD
In this episode Jess talks openly about her recent diagnosis of ADHD, and how she has used the positive elements to help create a business focused on accelerating neuro-inclusion in Organisations and Schools - https://www.differingminds.co.uk/
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149. Lillian Crawford talks Autism
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Episode - Lillian talks openly about her life with Autism, and whilst only receiving an official diagnosis in her early 20's she is now doing amazing things to help others understand and adjust to support those with ND challenges.
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148 - Depression, Relationships and Pageantry with Deborah Thomas
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Deborah, to talk about her journey with mental health. Deborah discusses her journey following a number of life events leading up to her mental health challenges in 2017. We discussed Depression, Suicidal thoughts, finding love...
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147 - 2 Year Anniversary - the past 12 months... and the future...
The podcast is 2 years Old - 147 episodes have been recorded and launched! This episode is a celebration and thanks, and also an update on plans for the future. our company Simpila, and the past 12 months on a personal level. Thank you to all those who have followed this journey, so far...
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146 - Depression and Suicidal Thoughts with Priya Chahal
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Priya, to talk about her journey with mental health. Priya is open in her conversation about her bouts of depression over the past 4 years, to the point that she felt suicidal. Through her recovery she is now using her...
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145 - Anxiety and living with an Eating Disorder with Em Holding
In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down with the Amazing Human Em Melissa, to talk about her journey with mental health. We discuss living with an eating disorder and the continuing journey of recovery. Em shares her insights into her own challenges and how she has the support of close...
About this show
This podcast will be an open discussion with friends, colleagues and just amazing humans. Everyone has a story about mental health - this half hour chat will help us to see how we can open our own discussions around this very important area. Grab a cuppa or head out for some fresh air, and take a listen.
Hosted by
Matthew Holman