Podcasts by Walk a Mile in My Shoes

Walk a Mile in My Shoes at BIGSPD 2023 with Oscar Patton-Lyons from 2023-10-02T12:13:49

Welcome back to the podcast - in this spin-off series, I'll be speaking to a whole bunch of folk who attended the BIGSPD event in Glasgow earlier this year.

This was contentious for ...

Walk a Mile Short - Joey Marino Performs the scene out of the Elephant Man that exemplifies his life with tardive dyskinesia. from 2022-08-17T13:30:32

To give you a flavour of the full episode, here's actor, Joey Marino, performing the scene from the Elephant Man he feels exemplifies his life with tardive dyskinesia.

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Actor, Joey Marino talks about how he was disabled with tardive dyskinesia after being prescribed Seroquel for anxiety from 2022-08-16T21:34:31

Actor Joey Marino, from the incredibly popular American TV show ER, talks about how he developed tardive dyskinesia after being prescribed the antipsychotic medication Seroquel, otherwise known ...

Disclosure - Ex social worker, Sophie talks about the impact of having her bipolar 'outed' to her manager from 2022-08-04T17:11:39

HI Gang! Did you miss me? What d’you mean who am I? Who are you? See…how’d you like them er…lemons…?

Welcome back to you, my second favourite listener…I’m trying to inject a bit of compet...

Neil Burton talks about his experience of Oesophageal Cancer from 2022-06-18T08:37:27

Welcome back to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast! In this episode, Neil talks openly, honestly and frankly about his experience of oesophageal cancer and the effects the disease has had on hi...

Personality Disorder and Institutional Prejudice. Part 5 from 2022-04-12T14:01:58

Welcome back to this fifth and final episode in the miniseries where we talk about the institutional prejudice experienced by many people carrying around a label of personality disorder.

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Personality Disorder and Institutional Prejudice. Part 4 from 2022-04-11T10:18:05

Welcome back to this fourth episode in the miniseries where we talk about the institutional prejudice experienced by many people carrying around a label of personality disorder. 

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Personality Disorder and Institutional Prejudice. Part 3 from 2022-04-10T09:20:11

Welcome back to this third episode in the 5 part miniseries where we talk about the institutional prejudice experienced by many people carrying around a label of personality disorder.

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Personality Disorder and Institutional Prejudice. Part 2 from 2022-04-09T09:24:31

Welcome back to this second episode in the 5 part miniseries where we talk about the institutional prejudice experienced by many people carrying around a label of Personality Disorder. 

Personality Disorder and institutional prejudice. Part 1 from 2022-04-08T18:37:16

Welcome to this, the first in a 5 part miniseries of podcast episodes produced as a response to a recent personality disorder course description circulated by the Royal College of Psychiatrists....

Andy Luff talks about the Brain Damage he experienced following Electroconvulsive Therapy - ECT from 2022-03-17T21:36:42

In this episode, I have the absolute privilege of talking with Andy Luff and his partner Jill. Andy talks openly and candidly about the brain damage he experienced following ECT whilst describin...

What the KUF? My experience of mental health prejudice and discrimination when I applied for a job with the NHS for someone with a lived experience from 2022-03-06T17:29:43

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – in this, solo, episode I talk openly and frankly about my mental ill health, the childhood experiences that led to that mental ill health and som...

Wha the KUF? My experience of mental health prejudice and discrimination when I applied for a job with the NHS for someone with a lived experience from 2022-03-06T17:29:43

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – in this, solo, episode I talk openly and frankly about my mental ill health, the childhood experiences that led to that mental ill health and som...

Consultant Psychiatrist Hisham Ziauddeen from 2022-02-14T11:17:40

Welcome back to you, my favourite listener! I’m so glad you’ve made the time to drop in to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast while our lovely country’s in the grips of the wordle pandemic. I’m...

James O'Brien cured my Diabetes from 2022-01-23T19:41:56

Welcome back, my dear and loyal listener. I’m Chris Young under the guise of the mental diabetic, and today I’ll be telling you about how James O’Brien cured my type 2 diabetes.

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In this episode, I speak with Sonja Cowling, a junior doctor working in psychiatry with lived experience of mental ill health. from 2022-01-16T14:44:21

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – a podcast where I want you, my loyal listener, to enter into the world of my guests, try on their footwear for size, and immerse yourself into th...

Eating Disorders: In this episode, we walk a mile with Phoebe Webb, mental health campaigner, peer support worker, blogger and podcast host from 2021-12-20T18:21:04

Welcome back to you, my lovely, and, if truth be known, my favourite listener. I’m your host, Chris Young, purveyor of all things walk a mile, and in this episode of the podcast, I speak with th...

Fucking Mental. Chris Young's top 10 tips for great Mental Health this Christmas! from 2021-12-09T12:07:36

Welcome to my alternative, infinitely more realistic, top 10 tips for great mental health this Christmas! This is my response to all those platitudinous and chipper top 10 tips that seem to floo...

Universal Credit - How Simeon had his benefits stopped because he was admitted to hospital for major surgery from 2021-11-27T17:51:10

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast. My name’s Chris Young, and it’s my aim, hope, goal to enable you to get a real feel for what it’s like to walk a mile in the shoes of my guests. Listen

F**king Mental: Being Mad gives you Diabetes from 2021-08-10T10:53:44

Welcome to 'Fucking Mental' a spin off series of the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast where I fly solo to talk about some of the shortcomings in the mental health system in the UK today.

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F**king Mental #StopSIM and other coercion in Mental Health Services from 2021-07-20T18:29:02

It was hard to decide what to call this episode of 'Fucking Mental'. The High Intensity Network's, Serenity Integrated Mentoring scheme was a punitive, coercive, pseudo-behavioural scheme, endor...

Coventry Youth Activists talk about their campaign to stop the abuse of disabled people on Social Media from 2021-07-01T17:46:27

D’you know, I’m really hacked off it’s ‘Disability Pride Month’. No, not because I’m a fascist oppressor of the proletariat – but because you’ll all be thinking I’m interviewing the Coventry You...

F**king Mental: Electro Convulsive Therapy ECT in the UK from 2021-06-25T17:27:26

This is essentially the second episode of Fucking Mental, a kind of spinoff from Walk A Mile in My Shoes, where I explore some of the remarkable shortcomings in Mental Health Services in the UK ...

Talking About BPD with Rosie Cappuccino from 2021-06-19T09:34:03

Welcome back to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m your host, Chris Young, and over the next bazillion years or so I’ll be giving you the opportunity to...

Farah Damji talks about the lack of mental healthcare in women's prisons and how she hopes her test case against CNWL NHS Foundation Trust will change the system for 1000's of Women from 2021-06-09T17:14:43

Yesterday, I was contacted by Clare Simms, the managing editor of View Magazine, a quarterly publication that tells us it’s “for women with conviction, de...

Personality Disorder. Why I believe the new classification system, the ICD 11, will have a devastating effect on the lives of people with this label from 2021-06-07T12:37:10

This is my response to Dr Mike Crawford, talking about the upcoming ICD (international classification of diseases) 11, and the changes to how people with the label of Personality Disorder will b...

Dee describes what it's like to be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder in Dubai, one of the world's most wealthy cities from 2021-06-01T11:03:47

Gandhi said

‘THE TRUE MEASURE OF ANY SOCIETY CAN BE FOUND IN HOW IT TREATS ITS MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS’

When Dee got in touch with me on Twitter, as with many of the walk a mile in...

George Baker founder of The Disability Union from 2021-05-23T14:56:33

The disability union, I was so impressed, I bought the company...er, actually, no I didn’t...but after this conversation with their founder, George Baker, I joined up. Welcome to the walk a mile...

Chris Connel, Actor, Presenter, Director and Facilitator from 2021-05-15T11:09

Welcome, dear listener, to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – a podcast where, unsurprisingly, my guests give you the opportunity to walk a mile in their shoes. I’m your host, Chris Young, an...

Marina Cantacuzino, talks about her motivations for founding The Forgiveness Project from 2021-05-10T12:34:26

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode, I’ll be speaking with Marina Cantacuzino, an award-winning journalist who in 2003, in response to...

Where the Hell have you been? from 2021-05-09T15:39:53

This is just a quick word to let you know where I've been, what I've been up to and that the Walk a Mile in My Shoes Podcast is still alive and well. 

As promised, you can find Holly...

We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us from 2021-04-10T13:00:37

The murdered labour MP, Jo Cox said, ‘We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us.’ Looking at some of the division on social media it feels like we’ve still go...

Dolly Sen, the mental health activist's activist. The perfect person to have on the show as I celebrate Walkamile's 10th birthday! from 2021-04-06T16:48:45

Walk a Mile in My Shoes in 10 years old today!! It seems only yesterday when I walked north out of Edinburgh with a severe and enduring mental health problem, no money and a belief that the good...

Mick who I met on Twitter, talks about his experience of Bipolar 2 from 2021-04-01T10:47:20

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and over the next weeks, months, years, I’ll be inviting you to join me as I walk a mile in the shoes of all kinds of ...

Lucy Nichol, author and mental health activist talks about generalised anxiety disorder and widening the mental health conversation. from 2021-03-26T15:52:34

Welcome back to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast.

I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode we’ll be walking a mile in the shoes of the author and mental health activist, Lucy Ni...

See Me Nick talks about the importance of mental health antistigma campaigns from 2021-03-22T21:04:51

There you are, my lovely listener! Thanks so much for coming back! Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast

In this episode, we walk a mile in the shoes of  Nick, the Communica...

John Smith, son of Harry Smith, author of, 'Don't let my past be your future' talks about continuing his father's legacy from 2021-03-13T14:50:23

Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast, I’m your host, Chris Young, and in this episode I speak with John Smith…the son of Harry Leslie Smith author of ‘Harry’s last stand’ and ‘Don’t le...

Hollie Berrigan talks about the trials and tribulations of being branded with the label of Personality Disorder from 2021-03-09T13:39:35

Welcome to walk a mile in my shoes podcast

In this episode , you’ll be walking a mile in the shoes of Hollie Berrigan, a personality disorder activist, a lived experience lead, psychology...

Dan Warrender is lecturer in mental health nursing. In this episode he tells us about his motivations and thoughts on mental health services today from 2021-03-04T19:28:15

We’re back, from outer space…d’you know, walk a mile in my shoes is 10 years old!

Greetings to you, my lovely listener. Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – over the next ...

Dan Warrender is a lecturer in mental health nursing. In this episode he tells us about his motivations and thoughts on mental health services today from 2021-03-04T18:28:15

We’re back, from outer space…d’you know, walk a mile in my shoes is 10 years old!

Greetings to you, my lovely listener. Welcome to the walk a mile in my shoes podcast – over the next few ...

The Walk a Mile in My Shoes Podcast is back! Coming soon... from 2021-03-03T17:27:29

The walk a mile in my shoes podcast is back!

Can you believe it’s been 10 years since I started that walk around the UK, with no money, relying on the kindness of strangers while talking ...

You're just an old alky! My old mate, Jim, gives us 7,697 reasons to rethink the way we look at people addicted to alcohol from 2019-06-23T16:38:03

Welcome to the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast - I’m your host, Chris young, and I’ll be chatting with all kinds of folk, highlighting the experiences of people with mental health problems, many...

Austerity's Victims - Living with a Learning Disability under Cameron and May from 2019-05-21T10:56:31

Welcome to the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast - I’m your host, Chris young, and I’ll be chatting with all kinds of folk, highlighting the experiences of people with mental health problems, many...

What is a Clinical Psychologist? What do they do? In this episode, clinical psychologist, Alana Davis tells us a bit about her work and what the Division of Clinical Psychology in Scotland are up to from 2019-05-03T13:44:30

In this episode, I speak with the clinical psychologist, Alana Davis, who talks about her work as a clinical psychologist and what the Division of Clinical Psychology, The DCP, in Scotland are u...

What is a Therapeutic Community? Is a collaborative approach the way ahead for the treatment of folk with mental illnesses? from 2019-04-30T10:28:59

Welcome to the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast - I’m your host, Chris young, and I’ll be chatting with all kinds of folk, highlighting the experiences of people with mental health problems, many...

In this Episode, author and public speaker, Madeleine Black, talks about how forgiveness helped her to come to terms with a violent rape she endured in her teens from 2019-04-03T10:45:03

Huge thanks to Madeleine for sharing her story. You can find her book, 'Unbroken: One Woman’s Journey to Rebuild a Life shattered by violence – A true story of Survival and hope’ Listen

From Hospitals to Therapeutic Communities - in this episode I speak with the Occupational Therapist, Keir Harding, about his work with folk with the label of 'Personality Disorder' from 2019-04-01T05:58:55

I really enjoyed speaking with Keir - here are some of the links to his work so you can love him as much as I do!

Blogs mentioned in the podcast...there's loads more, but these ar...