When we are struggling with our mental health, we will often think that no one else is feeling the same thing. 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 bringing together different members of the University community to have honest and thought-provoking conversations about mental health. Each episode is hosted by our Chaplain, Harriet Harris, and features discussions between students and staff talking about a range of mental health topics, from loneliness and depression to imposter syndrome and a fear of failure.
These are serious topics with lots of space to grow understanding - and with lots of laughter along the way too!
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/)
26 Nov 2020
Let's Talk- Islamaphobia podcast
Let’s Talk podcast,
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.
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,
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,
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: 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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