When we are struggling with our mental health, often we will feel as if no one else is feeling as we are. It can be a huge relief to discover that you are not alone in these struggles.
The Let's Talk podcast is a new series hosted by our Chaplain, Harriet Harris, bringing together different members of the University community to have honest and thought-provoking conversations about a range of mental health topics.
These are serious topics with lots of space to grow understanding - and with lots of laughter along the way too!
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Overcoming Mental Health Stigma, 10bigideas Scotland: Ailie Ross-Oliver, 3rd year Politics undergraduate, joins Harriet Harris, to talk about her policy research into mental health stigmatisation, as part of the student-led think-tank, the Buchanan Institute, which has just launched its ‘10 Big Ideas for Scotland’. When our mental health deteriorates we can be most concerned to come across as seeming ok, because we fear or experience being stigmatised. Ailie and colleagues propose legislative and educational changes to prevent stigmatisation. For more information on their work, see here:
10 Big Ideas for Scotland website (full report and pledges found here): https://www.10bigideasscotland.com/?fbclid=IwAR1NG3e19aR85cn_yvvHSixZX-cXoSi1a-qsus0apcM4dygmZaQ36qgoorM (https://www.10bigideasscotland.com/?fbclid=IwAR1NG3e19aR85cn_yvvHSixZX-cXoSi1a-qsus0apcM4dygmZaQ36qgoorM)
Buchanan Institute website: https://www.buchananinst.org/ (https://www.buchananinst.org/)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/10bigideas2025 (https://twitter.com/10bigideas2025)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/10ideasscotland/ (https://www.facebook.com/10ideasscotland/)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/10bigideas2025/ (https://www.instagram.com/10bigideas2025/)
30 Nov 2020
Let's Talk- Islamophobia Awareness
In this episode, I am joined by staff member Umar Malik and PhD student Estifa’a Zaid, for a special recording made in Islamophobia Awareness Month. Estifa’a and Umar talk about their experiences of growing up as Muslims in the UK, of coming to normalise Islamophobic behaviour, and of bracing themselves for reprisal attacks after terrorist incidents (so-called ‘Islamist’ or otherwise). They talk about reporting hate crimes, and why people may not choose to report; the targeting of hijab-wearing women; the intersection with racism and the momentum of Black Lives Matter; and the intensifying of Islamophobic and racist experiences after the Brexit vote. They look for improved relations between journalists and Muslim communities as one way of curbing scaremongering and growing understanding.
Resources associated with this podcast:
Please see these excellent Stand-Up to Hate animations (https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/alwaleed/outreach-and-projects/stand-up).
MEND, Muslim Engagement and Development, https://www.mend.org.uk/about-mend/ (https://www.mend.org.uk/about-mend/)
Umar Malik’s blog, Islamophobia and Me (https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/abundant-academy/compassion-for-our-times/islamophobia-and-me),
Estifa’a Zaid’s blog about the Syrian Tutoring Programme and Black Lives Matter (https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/compassion-for-our-times/justice-and-compassion-blm-stepps),
Zain Hussain’s blog on Co-existence and Black Lives Matter (https://www.ed.ac.uk/chaplaincy/compassion-for-our-times/justice-and-compassion-blm-coexist),
This current MOOC on FutureLearn: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-the-sharia-and-islamic-law (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-the-sharia-and-islamic-law)
Plus a new free short online course, which starts in January 2021, called Christian Muslim Relations - visit FutureLearn in the new year to find out more and sign up if you're interested"
And the work of Ewan McAndrew and Glaire Anderson in adding Islamic Art (https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Edinburgh/Medieval_Islamic_Visual_Culture_2020-2021_(23_September_2020)/home) to Wikipedia
21 Oct 2020
Let's Talk, Life in Lockdown- Fitness workouts when self-isolating
In this podcast, recorded especially in hybrid times when many students are self-isolating in their halls and flats, and doing their learning digitally, I am joined by international fitness trainer Ricky Long. Ricky and his partner Lyndsey Morrison have put together a team of fitness experts who are providing streamed workouts especially for those who are stuck indoors. On most days there are 3 exercise work-outs a day – amazing and all free of charge to members of the University. Ricky talks about the benefits of exercise for physical and mental health. He gives us some great tips for building healthy habits into our lives, structuring our living spaces so that the chair for studying is different from the place for watching Netflix, and owning our morning (whatever time the morning starts for us) so that we can own our day.
The link for the fitness workouts is here
https://www.ed.ac.uk/students/health-wellbeing/live-streaming-exercise-classes (https://www.ed.ac.uk/students/health-wellbeing/live-streaming-exercise-classes)
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rickylong42/ (https://www.instagram.com/rickylong42/)
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