Men's Mental Health Show
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago -An Australian production, The Men’s Mental Health Show is on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1 most Tuesdays between 11am and 1pm, or you can find podcasts and further information at www.mensmentalhealthshow.com. Join your host Bradley Spillane (0404077666) and guests who have an interest in mental health either personally or professionally. Each week we discuss an array of topics that help men to understand their thoughts and emotions, and to recognise that being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness, but rather a sign of courage, strength and bravery.
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Ep 22: Life past covid
July 11, 2020 06:28 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBRecognising that what's going on in the world impacts on our mental health, local psychotherapist Boudi Maassen and former General Blue Phillips talk with me about how Covid19 is changing us, as well as how we need to take ownership of our own growth, be a role model to our children and reach out to others.
Ep 20: Distant father and son relationships
July 11, 2020 06:28 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBLong distance father and son relationships. Today my son Jeremy joins me for a chat with local psychotherapist Boudi Maassen. We talk about how fathering works in broken families and from a distance.
Ep 29: Rising to the challenge
July 08, 2020 21:20 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBToday Boudi Maassen (psychotherapist) and I talk to Blue Phillips, former General in the Army, about how he has used adventure training to prepare soldiers for adversity, to build resilience, and extend the stress threshold. These challenging group situations mimic society at large where those who are doing well are required not to show off but to show care for those who need a helping hand. Blue tells a great story about a shy, young Aboriginal lady whose natural leadership skills blossome...
Ep 28: Anxiety about uncertainty
July 08, 2020 21:19 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBWe are blessed to have singer/songwriter/music teacher Matt Tonks provide live music for us once again, and together with Boudi Maassen (psychotherapist) we discuss how to deal with crisis and preventing a spike in suicide from financial stress and the challenges of our time. Along with medication for depression, we discuss strategies of mental hygiene that are so important such as getting to know our demons, practicing self love, connecting with your tribe, constructing a future and being t...
Ep 27: Zoe's story
July 08, 2020 21:18 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBAlong with psychotherapist Boudi Maassen and former General in the military Blue Phillips, this week's special guest is young Zoe Taylor. Zoe courageously shares her story with mental health issues through school and what has helped her including teaching underprivileged children in Thailand. A moving poem by Bradley too.
Ep 26: Managing pain
July 08, 2020 21:18 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBToday's guests Boudi Maassen (psychotherapist) and Kathryn Gene (hypnotherapist and naturopath) discuss self care strategies for managing pain, both physical and mental, after a challenging week for myself. Topics include: starting therapy, diet, growing wellness, deciding what to focus on, importance of connection, meditation, nourishment from reading, gardening, walking, movement, pleasure of companionship, acts of kindness and distraction. Boudi also shares a moving poem he wrote following...
Ep 25: Connection
July 08, 2020 21:17 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBToday my amazing team are altogether for the first time: Boudi Maassen (Psychotherapist), Garry Sims (Chief Inspector) and Blue Phillips (retired Army General), and how we connect in this day and age is a theme that emerges. Starting with Garry's involvement in the health connector website, which coordinates health services for locals, we go on to discuss recognising our Indigenous community because as Garry says "we have to look backwards in order to know where we're going in the future". ...
Ep 30: Belonging
July 01, 2020 03:43 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBAlong with regular guests Garry Sims (Chief Inspector and RUOK? ambassador) and Boudi Maassen (psychotherapist), today we are joined for the first time by David King, a Gundungurra elder and self-professed weeder and tea drinker. The aim of today's show was to create a sense of unity, have a good yarn and explore what makes us feel like we belong. In light of the recent Black Lives Matter movement and the lack of progress since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, we contem...