In this podcast you will meet people with lived experience that together with world leading experts from around the world, talk about how we can meet life's different challenges. We look stigma right in the eyes and talk about the topics most of us just think about. Everything from mental health conditions, to the mysteries of our mind to the sometimes all consuming consequences of the ordinary challenges of life, like grief, depression, anxiety and many more.
In each episode you can learn from engaged guests that bring with them the combination of real life experience combined with the latest insights and professional experience. The podcast is brought to you from the team behind The Life Experience Library - that today is the world’s largest mental health resource. The library consists of hundreds of categorized in-depth video interviews of people from around the world, who share their life’s toughest challenge, how they overcame it and what they have learned. The podcast is led by the THA founder Jimmy Westerheim who has interviewed more than 1.000 people and led the THA journey.
They aim of THA is to re-define mental health and this podcast will contribute to that by exploring the challenges, stigmas and opportunities in our society. Because we all have our human aspect, it is just a question of what that means to us.
Welcome and good listening
Discrimination, colonial narratives and power structures within global mental health w/ Dixon Chibanda
How can global mental health and the humanitarian sector move beyond its history of discrimination? In this episode, we take a look inside the global mental health and humanitarian sector. You will meet founder and psychiatrist Dixon Chibanda, who has led Friendship Bench from a local initiative to a global phenomenon. You will hear how powerful encounters with “strangers” contributed to his life's journey. Dixon shares how he has experienced discrimination at various levels within global men...
22 Jan 2024
Psychosis - Cognitive-Behavioral and Psychodynamic Treatment
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22 Jan 2024
PTSD - Post traumatic stress disorder
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22 Jan 2024
Trauma, coping strategies and the power of presence
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20 Jan 2024
The Power of Community - Pioneering mental health work with Friendship Bench
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3 Feb 2020
From living on the streets to helping others w/ Nick
In this rare podcast episode recorded during the interview tour in Sierra leone, you will hear how Nick managed to go from Freetown to UK, end up on the street, and re-build his life again. He has a truly inspiring story of how he managed to stay motivated and work hard to build his own life from scratch. Learn how he managed to find strenght to overcome the dark periods of loneliness and how he ended up returning to Freetown, where he now works with Joe at Life by Design, helping young people find their path in life. This is truly a insightful episode with an extraordinary man that can teach us all something about life and hope. Enjoy.
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25 Nov 2019
Youth & crime w/ Maxie, Amani & Still Shadey
Whats behind a life in crime? How do you move beyonnd it and how do you learn to express your feelings?
Learn how Amani and Still Shadey managed to get out of a life in crime, but also how it nearly got them both killed, and how they lost others to the crime life. They both had rough circumstances and struggled to express their feelings and ended up finding brotherhood in the “wrong” environments. See what their long journey to the role models they are today taught them, and how they think we can deal with the underlying factors that pushes young people towards crime today. Hear what Maxie sees from his Father's work through the boxing gym and what Jimmy has seen through his work and other interviews about the issues that young people tackle today. This very engaging episode touches upon identity, pressure, lack of ability to express your emotions and how to deal with these issues as a youngster but also an adult astray.
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11 Nov 2019
UK & mental health with Meg & Maxie
How is UK dealing with mental health and why does youth struggle?
Learn what Meg that is working with youth and mental health feels about the UK situation. She was herself close to committing suicide and has struggled with both depression and anxiety from a young age. Growing up she felt she could never become depressed, as she was always considered to be the strong one and go-to-girl for her friends. When it hit here, she did not believe it and struggled to share it with those around her. Now she is running a successful start up providing workshops and guidance to companies and schools. See how she feels the UK is in the forefront in terms of talking about mental health from the royal family to the youth, but how they feel actions are missing, to increase knowledge and empower people to take action in their own lives. Learn what Jimmy and the team learned from the second UK interview tour and all 3 share their views on what could be done in terms of actions. They also discuss what they recommend those struggling with depression and anxiety to try, based on their own experience and insights. This is a lively and open episode that shares the passionate energy from 3 people working on mental health progress. Enjoy.
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21 Oct 2019
The digitization of mental health with Moises Silva
How is digitization affecting mental health and therapy?
Learn what our psychologist Moises Silva has experienced working with the digital tools of mental health, like chat, skype sessions, and also how he sees the THA interviews fit in the mix. Moises has worked with mental health in Kenya, Norway, Portugal and Brazil, and his curiosity has given him the opportunity to try new tools. Hear his thoughts on the difference between chat, video sessions and face-to-face therapy, and what he sees as the pros and cons with the different methods. Also in which stage he sees the methods could have the most positive effect on us, and what challenges they offer for a professional. Today he is working on the professional description and guidelines for all the THA interviews for the professional platform coming soon, with his professional team. In this episode he shares what this work has taught him and what impact he feels the interviews could give when incorporated in therapy. Jimmy and Moises also discuss what impact this could have on the fact that only between 20-40 % of the people who face a mental health illness seek professional help (WHO). Dive into the future of mental health, but also learn how you could apply what is available out there today in your life, both as a professional, but also if you want to try to tackle your life challenge today.
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8 Oct 2019
Peer pressure & depression with Chris Medina
How can you leave up to the expectations of the words that defined you to the world?
Learn how Chris managed to overcome what came after the story he is most known for and hear how he found himself in the rubble of his own despair. Jimmy and Chris share their experiences with depression and peer pressure. How did it feel to be world known for something that did not end the way you dreamt and the criticism that follows. Hear the full story behind and how he overcame his challenges.
Chris Medina got famous for his song “what are words” and the tragic story of his ex. fiance Juliana Ramos that got seriously injured in a car accident. Chris stood by her and got famous for his words “Cause what kind of guy would I be, If I was to leave when you need me most”. Sadly, life is not always like a Disney movie and Juliana and Chris agreed to part ways. The energy it took to dear to do this had hidden consequences on Chris’s mental health and he met shocking feedback form “haters”. He started his new life in Norway and now lives there with the mother of their beautiful daughter Mila.
This episode lays out new insights into the life of a “celebrity overnight” and Chris share his reflections and thoughts on his lessons from these tough challenges. As always Jimmy and Chris also serves this with great humor and wide perspectives.
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23 Sept 2019
The generational gap & mental health with Tanyette & Fatmir
How do we communicate across generations to turn the mental health crisis?
The gap between generations seems to increase further and further. Like Tanyette says during this unique podcast episode, “we are now dealing with the first generation that grew up with devices from day one”. Their parents is the generation that saw the birth of devices and their grandparents are the generation that lived in the world without them. How do we act as a parent when we see the massive rise in mental health challenges and illness among youth today? Not just that, but the same seems to have been accelerated by the social media influx in our lives. If we remove the option of closing down Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or denying our children to use them, what are we left with, in terms of good options?
Tanyette has worked for Google with tech. surrounding her, and she is sharing how she managed to tackle her sons mental health challenges. Fatmir has also felt the challenge of communicating across generations and his wife is also a professional within the mental health field, but challenges still came.
In this episode you can hear how they tackled their generational gap, and what they feel could be dealt with by the government through education, and what should be up to the parents. Jimmy actively engages from the perspective of his own teenage years and with his expertise in communication, generational gap and mental health. Check out this very engaging episode where we both tackle the rising challenge of mental health from a youth perspective, but also a parent and societal perspective.
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9 Sept 2019
Entrepreneurship & Depression with Daniel
How can the combination of pressure and passion lead to depression? and how can we moved beyond it as entrepreneurs?
Daniel, ever since childhood, has been the positive and extroverted guy. Since finding out about entrepreneurship and making your own company, he has not looked back. He calls himself an “ordinary hustler”, someone trying to build his own companies, that have been a ‘medium success’. Daniel shares how, in his pursuit of his dreams of creating his own company, he never took the time to look back, and “suddenly” found himself in a position where everything felt like quicksand. What do you do when you are the positive guy and you don’t find strength to leave your bed, nor smile in any way? He was depressed and even though he had gotten “signs”, he feels it came creeping up on him from nowhere.
Hear how it was to find his way back from depression, whilst he also had to solve his financial and entrepreneurial problems. When you are an entrepreneur there is no sick leave or safety net. What does that do to your mind, both positively and negatively? He shares and discusses with Jimmy in this very engaging episode about entrepreneurship, passion, depression and burnout. Learn how both Jimmy and Daniel have created strategies to handle the pressure, deal with their own minds and nurture their relationships, all while pursuing their passion in life within two different fields. This is a unique episode where the two guys bounce back and forth in an energetic episode, full of knowledge and humor.
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25 Aug 2019
The impact of sharing your story with the world with Chris Medina
What happens when you share your story with the world, and let people in behind the mask?
The artist Chris Medina got famous for his "story" through "American Idol" and the song that followed "what are words", about his fiance's terribly injured from a car accident. This changed his life, but at one point the "story" became the only reality the world wanted to accept, and Chris' reality did not match. For years he battled the pressure of what he felt everyone expected of him. He shared his story of the aftermath of fame, the following pressure, his loneliness in it all and the tough depression he got through where he did not see any way out. Today it is still the most viewed story in the library and here is the impact.
Learn what impact and feedback Chris got in the interview he describes as his most open interview ever and hear how he found self-healing in the process. Also hear about the hundreds of messages he got from people thanking him for sharing his untold journey.
Jimmy "The Founder of THA" and Chris discuss the process of an interview and what an interview can do both for the people watching them globally and the person who shares. As always when the two friends Jimmy and Chris chat you get humor and energy.
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7 Aug 2019
The mental state of the world & how Social Media effect us all? w/ Maxie & Psychlife
What is the mental state of the world after social media took over?
The episode will give a brief insight into the mental health development in the US, UK and globally, from the clinician behind the famous Instagram account “Psychlife” Juan, Maxie – Head of Marketing and Jimmy – The Founder of THA, in this engaging and insightful episode.
They discuss further how social media affects us all and what role it has played in this rising mental health crises, especially among the young generation. More importantly, how social media can be used as a tool to move beyond the stigma and political hindrances they see. Learn how they see collaboration and focus on solutions as the best way forward, to tackle what WHO has characterized as human kinds largest challenge!
Also hear how Juan built Psychlife and how he sees a combination of THA interviews and digital knowledge about mental health as essential tools. They all share parts of their own story as always in this episode, in addition to plenty of insights and passion.
Enjoy.
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1 May 2019
What makes the THA interviews unique? with Maxie & Emmanuel Jal
How to bring out the human aspect of a traumatic story?
Experience what makes the human aspect interviews unique through one of the most extraordinary stories. Emmanuel Jal was one of the child soldiers that was smuggled out of Sudan by the British humanitarian worker. In his interview he shares how he managed to overcome the trauma he suffered. Maxie – Head of Marketing and Jimmy – the founder shares how the THA interviews are built up in three parts. 1. The challenge, where the person shares deeply how the challenges looked through their eyes. 2. Overcome, where the person shares their turning point and journey out of their challenge, plus who and what helped them along the way. 3. The lesson, where the person shares what the challenge thought them that they wished they knew when in the middle of the challenge. Maxie and Jimmy share how the interview can and has impacted both the people who has been interviewed and how they can and have impacted all those thousands of people that have watched interviews in the life experience library in more than 170 countries.
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11 Jan 2019
What is the Human Aspect w/ Maxie, Razan and the founder Jimmy
What is the world’s first digital life experience library and how did it start?
Get an inside look into the mental health movement that is seen by many as the most promising low threshold services out there to solve the rising mental health crisis. Hear from one of the most viewed video interviews, Razan Zamzam, interview and THA head of marketing Maxie Earle, and the founder Jimmy Westerheim. Learn how Jimmy and his friend Kumi took to the streets of Oslo with a camera in 2016, to interview people they had never met, about their life’s toughest challenge... Hear how these first 30 interviews spiked The Human Aspect from idea to the global movement it is today, with more than 380 interviews from former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, Tech guru Silvija Seres and Artists Chris Medina, to ordinary people with a story to share. In addition, how having your story viewed by hundred-thousands of people effect you as a person and how it can impact all those people out there watching it, that feel alone. Plus, how it is to be part of the THA family that has developed this over the first 2,5 years.
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