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In this episode, we meet James, our new host who discusses his background and experience of bereavement, offers some helpful services which are open if you need them over Christmas and New Year, as well as teasing podcasts for the upcoming year.

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What is neurodiversity? how does it differ to personality and what are the things we can do to try understand and embrace our difference? These are just a couple of the questions that Chris tries to answer with Ben and Becky. Ben works on the ADHD pathway and Becky on the Autism pathway in CAMHS. This episode gives a real insight into the sort of things people who are neurodivergent may struggle with, but also the ways to try and manage these potential struggles and how they overlap with mental health. Like all of these videos its all about...

In this crossover episode, we chat to Charlotte from St Leonard's Hospice all about depression and grief; the differences, where does the signs and symptoms, how to manage it and most importantly highlighting that grief is NOT a mental health condition.   Its hard to find reliable information about mental health on social media so this is why surviving in the wild exists! Go visit our Youtube Surviving In the wild - YouTube to see the video  of the episode or if you want to jump to different sections of the podcast you can see the time stamps below! Enjoy. 

Chris is joined by Kirsty and Emily from the Well being in Mind team who exist to support young people who have mental health struggles and to help them manage in a school environment. Why is school so hard and what is the impact when you already are struggling with your mental health? Is it the pressure? Is it in the environment, or something else? We try to answer these questions whilst also hearing anecdotes about how they all manage!
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Chapters;
00:00 Start
01:30 Check in 
04:15 What are the Well Being in Mind teams

In this crossover episode, we chat to Alex from CAMHS all about anxiety; why we get it, where does it come from, how to manage it and everything in between! Alex is a Senior Children's Wellbeing Practitioner who featured in Season 1 Episode 8 of chat chit, where you can go back and listen to a bit more about what he does to manage his own mental health.  Its hard to find reliable information about mental health on social media so this is why surviving in the wild exists! Go visit our youtube Surviving In the wild - YouTube to see t...

We thought the place to start with Surviving in the wild would be first to discuss the issues around the stigma of mental health and why people don't reach out. Firstly you ought to know you can watch all the videos of the project on hour youtube channel Surviving In the wild - YouTube 

Stigma then; Why do we feel it? How does it feel? Do people feel it differently? Liam and Ben will be joining me to answer all of these questions. Both cocreation and engagement dabblers, they will be joining me (chris) to spit some f...

This episode is all about the trials and tribulations of fundraising. It is split into 3 parts where you can jump to specific selections below based off the bookmarks.

Part 1 00:45 - 29:00 Nic and where to start when fundraising and all its trials and tribulations

Part 2 00:29-1:03 Chris and Josh run the great north run for York Mind and talk about Jorvik city

Part 3 1:03-1:32:30 Gravesy does an ironman. Matty's fat lad continues with a new task at hand.

In this special episode of chat chit, Chris...

After 60 episodes of chat chit where I have had had endless conversations with fantastic people, I (Chris) am leaving York Mind and therefore chat chit. In this episode I have pulled together some of my favorite conversations, some of the weirder conversations and some of my favorite pieces of advice that have been given over the years. Chat chit will still continue just without me as the host aswell as all the other parts of the project. You may also hear me with the mini series of surviving in the wild where we talk about different aspects of mental...

In this episode, Chris talks to Holly and we cover a variety of things from grief and self harm to relationship counselling and Ann Summers. This episode has a number of fantastic takeaways but what I think is most important in this episode is the importance of self love and self care. We know them phrases are thrown about abit but we really get to grips with Hollys journey of self love and how it has impacted her mental health. Big thank you to Holly for being so open and honest and joining me on this episode of chat...

Liam and I have had a strangely similar life and the crossovers started to get a bit freaky at times. Even though our stories of mental health do run parallel to one another, the way we understand it and how we learn from our struggles keeps changing and adapting. This is one of the key things we hear from Liam in this podcast where ho he understands is mental health has evolved and changed and likewise the ways he manages it. Liam is the head of cocreation for Tees Esk Wear Valley and talks all about the value of...

Every year the University of York and Lancaster University lock horns in the battle of the Roses. This year, they have partnered with York Mind to raise awareness of the mental health struggles and fundraise for the charity. 

In this episode of chat chit, I (Chris) welcome TJ on to the pod. TJ is the sports officer at the University of York and talks to us all about her mental health struggles alongside her experience of stigma, the positive impact of sport on her mental health and where the Roses partnership came from. 

We talk ab...

Where we have been and how far we have come is so important when we are trying to understand our mental health. Acknowledging the hard times is so important, because it gives us chance to see the steps we have taken to try get better and feel happier. 

That's one thing that Sam does in this podcast. Would he ever have thought he was able to go to Norway when he struggling with his mental health? Probably not, but he did manage to and he talks us through how he did it. A kind and soul who j...

Well o well, here we are again! I know we go off topic on chat chit but it got a little bit silly in this episode, where we had to genuinely chop out about half an hours worth of traveling chat about Korea. Let us know if you want to hear this absolute shenanigans.

Anyways, this podcast features the lovely Roxanne and all about her and her story. From understanding the addiction of a family member to grief and loss, we get an insight on how Roxanne manages with her mental health and the passing of her...

Trigger warning - We do mention suicide between minutes 10:30 to 23.

What is the buzzer game I hear you ask! Well in this episode of chat chit we see whether you can have a serious conversation about mental health alongside chatting about who your first tv crush was. Every 20 minutes an alarm will go off and we will answer a completely random and unrelated question.

We welcome Elliot who is the area lead for Andy's man club to talk about his journey of mental health. From early life and moving south to emotive music and fantasy...

Firstly if you are reading this then thank you for being a follower and supporter of this podcast, the more people that listen, the more we can help. So please share follow and like etc etc  (all them things people say that we forget to). 

We went a little more informal this year and decided to take chat chit on the road,  or should I say on the rails. We spent the afternoon in York railway station asking people for tips for managing their mental health in the Christmas period. There are some fantastic insights from people in...

I can see the benefit of having a mental health nurse having such a calming voice. I think its a pretty good benefit when you are doing a podcast on mental health aswell. No i'm not talking about me, i'm talking about Nathan, this weeks guest on chat chit. Eloquence and calmness is personified in this guy where we cover a whole host of things from panic attacks and university to books that have helped and "RMDJ". What is RMDJ I here you ask....well you'll have to go listen to the podcast to find out. We also get...

We start with James blunt and end with Linda McCartney Sausages but what we have as the filling for this taste sensation of an episode, is a selection box of insight and advice on managing and understanding our mental health.

In this episode we chat to Emily who is well versed to being in front of a microphone and she lets us in on her mental health journey, from understanding what anxiety even is to struggling with body dysmorphia. Along the way in this episode we understand the struggles of being an "adult" in your 20s when...

It's not easy doing the podcast. With so many out there, we think it probably comes naturally to people to be able to talk about their experiences into a microphone with the world to hear and 2 and a half years ago when I met Beth I think she would probably say that she would've never come on the podcast. However in this latest episode we speak to Beth all about her journey, from self esteem and school, to relationships, self destructive behavior and the ways she has come out the other side. Beth is the social media and marketing...

In this special episode of the podcast we are joined by Imam Ammar Sacha who is the 23 year old Imam at York Mosque. We cover a fair chunk of things in this episode from mental health stigma to what teachings are in scripture about mental health. Alongside this we talk about societal perceptions of Islam and the impact of the riots on the community. We also answer a number of questions that were kindly sent into us by members of York Mosque where we cover self harm, intrusive thoughts and Wudu.
This episode was informative, interesting and a...

If you aren't tempted to listen to this episode based on the title then I have failed. 
In this episode we chat to Ben. We chat about some big names in this episode but what we also talk about is how Ben has come to understand dealing with his anxiety and other aspects of his mental health. 

From counselling to having that "feeling sorry for yourself pizza" we truly go off on many an off road and go back to the roots of the podcast and chat utter chit.

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0 - 4:45 - Peanut but...

3 years in a row we have now recorded an episode of chat chit on the hottest day of the year. This didnt stop us from having a great laugh recording this chaos though.

In this episode we have lovely representatives from the Mental health advisory group "Nothing about us without us". The group exists to improve mental health for young people across the whole of the Integrated care system, where alongside understanding what the priorities of the group are, we learn the benefits of coproduction not only to the creation and improvement of services but how getting...

I'm going to say it, I think this is the most heartwarming episode of chat chit yet. In this episode we get some of the best storytelling and anecdotes that we have heard yet on the podcast, where every story comes with a different way Phil has learnt to understand his mental health, his Aspergers and the loss of his dad.

This episode takes a bit of a longer format because we really get to grips with all aspects of Phil growing up and becoming the absolutely outstanding guy he is today. From his diagnosis of Aspergers...

We shake things up in this episode and you will experience an unfiltered unedited version of the podcast where we welcome a number of fantastic guests to give their insights on the ups and downs of the theatre industry and what part it has to play actors mental health.
We are joined by ;
Tasha - S1E1 who invited us on to do Chat chit Live as part of the Theatre royal takeover
Matt Harper Hardcastle - The CEO and artistic director of Next Door but one Theatre Company Next Door But One/ Queatre | Yormind
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It's our first service episode of the season where we welcome our lovely friends from the Rose Project at Kyra. In this episode we get a little bit of a look in to how there 18-25 Womens project runs and why you might want to get involved. You may hear some familiar voices from the podcast where Christina and Ciara from season 1 feature to talk about their experiences of accessing a different service to that of counselling or more clinical support.
If you want to learn abit more about the rose project you can listen to the episode...

We are back and kicking off season 3 in the middle of Mental health awareness week with a podcast where we maybe go off topic and talk a bit too much about climbing and getting into mother nature...

In this episode of Chat chit Chris talks to Luke who talks about the loss of his mother the other things that began to make his mental health spiral. Luke tried a number of things to help his mental health but ultimately a period of time during covid allowed him to change his perspective on his life and change the...

We know that Christmas can be a particularly tough time for people who may struggle with their mental health; from masking at social events to feeling guilty when we do experience them glimmers of fun and enjoyment.

This links very closely to those who have experienced loss and why this Christmas special focuses on how to support others and yourself through the festive season(and other significant dates) when you have experienced bereavement in the family. We welcome Jo, the founder of BCSY (Bereaved Children Support York) on to the podcast to discuss both her experiences of...

You may have heard in episode 18 that we did a podcast with Mike from changing lives about addiction and the impacts of drugs and alcohol. In this episode we focus on a different type of addiction and the impact gambling can have on your mental health.

My friend Ryan or "Coombsy" joins me on this episode of chat chit to discuss his gambling addiction and his mental health. We discuss Gambling and mental health in tandem and how there is a bit of a chicken and the egg complex when it comes to his story where both...

We are back with another episode of chat chit and in this one we chat to Emily about her experiences. Emily is one of the York Mind Young person steering group and initially when we first started releasing the podcast she had no desire to speak about her mental health on a podcast. 18 months on and talking and being open about her experiences about what she has been through is a key thing that helps her maintain her mental health. From trying to understand her diagnosis’s to recognizing the how medication can act as a crutch for her me...

Now if you have listened to the podcast for long enough, you will know that we try to focus on the ways that people manage and help themselves to improve their mental health but what about the things that may negatively impact us?

In this episode I speak to the absolute legend that is Mike from Changing lives (Change grow live are the new Alcohol and drug use service in York).We have an open and honest conversation about the impact of certain substances and how they may impact our mental health including some personal...

It may feel  sometimes like managing your mental health and trying to go to work aren't exactly the most compatible things. For me(Chris), I have always struggled to stay in a job long term because of the impact of stress and a full time job on my mental health.

So in this episode we interview Vicky and Mark who work at York Mind to try support people and businesses to make workplace wellbeing at the forefront of employers minds. We hear about their lived experience of what helps them individually in the workplace, as well as a...

I promise I'm not even trying to come up with weird names for podcast episodes now, they just fall out my brain.

Anyways, welcome back to chat chit and on this episode we have the lovely Beth on the podcast. In this episode we touch on soooo much, it felt like we could've done a 3 parts to this episode, but that's probably because we kept getting distracted and started reminiscing about Sheffield university. Whether you are going to the University of Sheffield or not, this episode covers moving to university and trying to manage anxiety to finding...