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Mental Health, Wellbeing & Trauma
Honest conversations about mental health, wellbeing and recovery — at work and beyond. Guests share lived experience of trauma, burnout and resilience, alongside practical thinking on how workplaces can support people rather than harm them. Difficult subjects, handled with care and hope.
36 episodes on this topic
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What Men Need to Thrive in Today’s Changing Society
with Tom Gold
In this episode, Joanne Lockwood speaks with bushcraft instructor and life coach Tom Gold about men’s wellbeing, identity, and the pressures that shape how men show up in the world. The conversation centres on the idea of moving beyond…
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Navigating Trauma, Bias, and Belonging in the Modern Workplace
with Adrianne Arendse, Silvia Causo
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Silvia Causo and Adrianne Arendse, co-founders of Lead and Belong, to explore how healing happens through human connection—and what that means for workplaces. They share the personal roots of their work:…
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Finding Self-Love and Resilience
with Denise Cesare
Joanne Lockwood is joined by speech-language pathologist, author, and inclusive fashion founder Denise Cesare for a wide-ranging conversation about self-love, resilience, and what it means to be seen and heard when your voice and body…
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Surviving Adversity and Choosing Happiness
with Naseem Rochette
Joanne Lockwood speaks with author and speaker Naseem Rochette about what it means to survive a life-altering traumatic event and consciously choose a different story afterward. Naseem recounts being hit and run over by a car three times…
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Authenticity and Self-Responsibility in Modern Society
with Dariya Krasnova
Joanne Lockwood is joined by holistic health advocate Dariya Krasnova to explore what it means to “raise vibrations” through authenticity, self-responsibility, and more conscious approaches to wellbeing. Dariya shares her migration…
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Equanimity, Emotional Intelligence, and Sustainable Social Change
with Jared Karol
Joanne Lockwood is joined by personal development coach Jared Karol to explore what it means to bring equanimity to difficult conversations—and why inner healing matters for sustainable social change. Together they unpack how people often…
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Unlocking Resilience and Authenticity in Workplace Cultures
with JD Walter
Joanne Lockwood is joined by learning and development expert JD Walter to explore emotional agility at work, and why emotional intelligence and resilience are central to healthier, more effective workplace cultures. JD shares how his…
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From Chaos to Calm and Finding Ease in Modern Parenting
with Sally Bisbee
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Sally Bisbee, a Minnesota-based mum life simplification coach, to explore what it takes to move from daily overwhelm to a calmer, more sustainable rhythm in modern parenting. Sally shares how juggling children…
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Emotional Self-Healing and the Journey to Authentic Belonging
with Tenya Eickenberg
Joanne Lockwood is joined by mind, body, and energy facilitator Tenya Eickenberg for a conversation about how healing and belonging intertwine, and why so many people struggle to feel safe enough to acknowledge what they’re carrying.…
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Fear Reflexes, Fidgety Bums, and the Path to Thriving Minds
with Niki McGlynn
Joanne Lockwood is joined by neurodevelopment therapist and ADHD coach Niki McGlynn for a practical, science-led conversation about primitive reflexes and why they matter far beyond infancy. Together they unpack how early movement patterns…
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Storytelling as a Catalyst for Inclusion and Positive Change
with Nick Elston
Joanne Lockwood is joined by speaker and coach Nick Elston to explore what honest storytelling can unlock—for individuals, audiences, and workplace conversations that are often hard to have. Nick shares how lived experience of obsessive…
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Transforming Workplace Stress into Personal Brilliance
with Emma Parnell
Joanne Lockwood is joined by learning and development manager Emma Parnell to explore what burnout can look like, how it can creep up even when you understand the theory, and what recovery requires in practice. Emma shares her own…
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Rethinking Wellness: Embracing Holistic Health Practices
with Christian Elliot
Joanne Lockwood speaks with Christian Elliot, a certified personal trainer, nutritionist, life coach, and founder of Healing United, about holistic approaches to health and the idea of moving “from toxins to transformation.” They explore…
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Battling Cancer and Finding Balance
with Georges Córdoba
Joanne Lockwood speaks with Georges Córdoba about his decade-long experience of living with and recovering from stage IV melanoma, including multiple surgeries and the realities of enduring treatment while trying to protect family life and…
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Navigating Mental Health and Personal Trauma
with Alex Williams
Joanne Lockwood speaks with mental health practitioner Alex Williams about what it really takes to recover after life’s setbacks, and why “getting back up” is less about quick fixes and more about foundations. Alex shares his own story of…
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Resilience Through Diversity: Navigating Cancer and Sobriety
with Sam Rathling
Joanne Lockwood speaks with LinkedIn and social selling expert Sam Rathling about what resilience looks like when life becomes dominated by hospital appointments, uncertainty, and recovery. Sam shares her breast cancer diagnosis and…
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Navigating Inclusivity in the Digital Age
with Luke Morrisen
Joanne Lockwood is joined by technology and digital recruitment specialist Luke Morrisen to explore what inclusivity can look like in today’s digital working world, grounded in Luke’s personal journey and his experience placing people into…
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Insights on Addiction, Body Image, and Environmental Responsibility
with Liv Maudsley
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Liv Maudsley, co-host of The School Run podcast, for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up in a hyper-connected world and what it takes to stay grounded in it. Together they explore how different…
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Understanding Ourselves, Enhancing Our World
with Manoj Krishna
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Dr Manoj Krishna, a former spine surgeon who left medicine to focus on reducing human suffering through the Human Wisdom Project and his HappierMe app. Together they explore how greater self-understanding can…
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From Personal Health to Business Wealth
with Heather McLellan
Heather McLellan joins Joanne Lockwood to explore what happens when health and business collide, and why many entrepreneurs overlook planning for the one risk that can stop everything: their own capacity to work. Drawing on Heather’s…
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Breaking Down Barriers: From Stigma to Empowerment in the Workplace
with Alexandra Parritt
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Alexandra Parritt to explore how stigma around mental health and neurodiversity shows up at work, and what it takes to shift from merely coping to finding strength. Alexandra shares how masking and stereotypes…
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Embracing Mindfulness: Strategies for Conscious Consumption
with Celynn Morin
Joanne Lockwood is joined by workplace wellbeing advocate and dietitian Celynn Morin for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to live with vitality, even under pressure. Starting with the gut–brain connection, Celynn explains…
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Transforming Mindsets: A Journey from Battlefield to Wellness
with Jason Archdale
Joanne Lockwood speaks with wellness coach and speaker Jason Archdale about his journey from joining the Army at 16 to struggling with poor mental health after leaving service. Jason describes the gradual slide into anxiety and depression…
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Dismantling Stoicism: Promoting Open Dialogue and Emotional Expression in Male Mental Health
with Greg Wasserman
Joanne Lockwood talks with Greg Wasserman about the difference between listening to someone and trying to solve them. Greg shares how a lifelong “fix it” culture and a perfectionist, fixed mindset fed a deep sense of not being good enough,…
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Embracing Adversity: Unveiling Authentic Leadership
with Samreen McGregor
Joanne Lockwood is joined by executive coach and strategic advisor Samreen McGregor for a wide-ranging conversation about adversity and authentic leadership, set against a backdrop of global uncertainty and everyday personal pressures.…
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Rebel Hearts and Healing Paths: Navigating Trauma, Privilege, and Inclusion Challenges
with Debbie Danon
Joanne Lockwood is joined by leadership coach and facilitator Debbie Danon for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to lead with care in a world that often feels unsafe and polarised. Debbie reflects on growing up as a Turkish…
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Staying positive in a world full of negativity
with Caroline Cavanagh
Joanne Lockwood is joined by anxiety specialist and speaker Caroline Cavanagh for a practical conversation about staying positive when the world feels relentlessly negative. Caroline explains how attention and focus shape our emotions,…
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Self-Forgiveness Is Tough
with Lis Cashin
Lis Cashin joins Joanne Lockwood to explore why self-forgiveness can feel impossible when shame and guilt have taken hold for years. Lis shares the defining event of her childhood: at 13, during a school sports day javelin event, a tragic…
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Do What You Love, Love What You Do
with Mike Pagan
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Mike Pagan to explore his mantra “do what you love, love what you do” through the lens of what he calls mental wealth. Mike explains how energy, motivation and enjoyment are closely tied to the people around…
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Freeing women from being prisoners of their pain
with Diksha Chakravarti
Diksha Chakravarti, a long-practising therapist, explains how she uses “pain” as a wide lens that includes physical discomfort alongside emotional, mental, societal and spiritual suffering. She describes an integrated approach that brings…
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Giving Yourself a Gold Star
with Pam Burrows
Joanne Lockwood is joined by wellbeing and stress-reduction specialist Pam Burrows to explore what it really means to “give yourself a gold star” — recognising your strengths, noticing small wins, and stopping the habit of beating yourself…
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Me, My Hormones and I
with Lauren Chiren
Lauren Chiren joins Joanne Lockwood to talk candidly about how early menopause showed up in her working life long before she had language for it. After a difficult meeting with her boss, Lauren reflects on months of exhaustion, anxiety,…
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Reducing your fear and anxiety
with Mark Wingfield
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Mark Wingfield to explore why fear and anxiety are so universal, and how they can limit people’s ability to show up fully and reach their potential. Mark shares practical approaches he uses in his work,…
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Stress! We don’t need to suffer and be victims to our emotions
with Ruth Fogg
Ruth Fogg joins Joanne Lockwood to unpack what stress is, how it differs from everyday pressure, and why it can build up unnoticed until it starts affecting health, behaviour, and relationships. They explore how stress can be triggered by…
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Why Love, Respect, Connection and Acceptance Matter
with Ling Salter
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Ling Salter, a former mental health nurse and founder of the social enterprise Compassionate Cuppa, to explore why love, respect, connection and acceptance matter for wellbeing. They discuss how being truly…
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Insights from the science of happiness & positive emotions
with Nic Marks
Joanne Lockwood speaks with statistician and trained therapist Nic Marks about what the science of happiness can tell us, and how positive emotions and wellbeing can be understood and measured. They discuss how happiness can mean…