Living Table | A Safe Space To Talk About Mental Health & Wellness

About Living Table | A Safe Space To Talk About Mental Health & Wellness

👉 Your Time and Space to Heal in Community ❤️🩹 **TOP 5% GLOBALLY RANKED PODCAST** ⏰ Do you struggle to prioritize TIME for yourself to heal? 🤝 Are you longing for CONNECTION with others who “get it”? 🗣️ Do you desire SAFE SPACES to have deep meaningful conversations without fear of judgement? 😵💫 Are you tired of spiraling into shame and isolation instead of moving towards what NOURISHES you? If any of this sounds like you, can we be friends??!! Self-Care for Mental Health is your time and space to heal in community. 🫶 Hi friend, I’m Amy – a table enthusiast who loves sunshine ☀️, coffee ☕️, and creating spaces where people feel safe to talk about their mental health and wellness. ❤️🩹🌊 I am a Certified Peer Specialist and Self-Care Coach who has seen first hand how important it is when we learn how to love ourselves right where we need to be on our way to where we want to go. I spent years longing to connect with others in deep meaningful ways but too often I was stuck in cycles of shame, not prioritizing my own self-care. I lived in silence, feeling invisible. It wasn’t until I risked being vulnerable and sharing what I was living with, that I found a community of peers with similar lived experiences where I could heal authentically. I believe having safe spaces to talk about our mental health and wellness is essential to recovering our lives. Self-Care for Mental Health is a safe space where you will hear from a community of peers who understand what it is like to live with mental health challenges, and who daily inspire hope that mental health and wellness recovery is possible for everyone. If you are done not making your own self-care a priority, tired of slipping into shame cycles leading to isolation, and are curious about having a safe space where you can connect with others in a non-judgmental environment, you’re in the right place. Get ready to be surrounded by love and acceptance wherever you are on your wellness journey. Your presence matters here! Reheat your emotional support coffee and join me at the table ☕️ With you, Amy LEARN -＞ CONNECT -＞ COMMUNITY -＞ www.amymcvay.com

Publisher

Amy McVay - Peer Support Specialist, Wellness Recovery Coach

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jun 2024

Latest episode

13 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 55 episodes have a transcript.

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   13 Dec 2025

   53 | Show Up for Yourself This Holiday Season: Create Your Own Self-Care Action Plan (Part 2)

   Practical self-care steps to reduce seasonal overwhelm and support mental wellness. In Part 2 of this two-part series, Amy gently guides you through the final 2 steps of creating your own Self-Care Action Plan for the holidays. 🌿 You’ll learn how to: 🫶 identify your support people 🫶 name how they can support you 🫶 set weekly intentions to meet your CARE goal 🫶 feel like your true self this season 📝 Grab a notebook and pen—today’s episode is filled with tools to help you feel calm, present, and supported this holiday season. Your presence matters here. <3 With you, Amy Connect with Amy: 🌿 Subscribe to Self-Care for Mental Health & leave a review 🌿 Share this episode with a friend who could use a little extra care today 🌿 Join my weekly newsletter for gentle reminders at www.amymcvay.com----more---- Disclaimer: I am a Certified Peer Specialist and Self-Care Coach. I share from my own lived experience of wellness recovery to walk alongside others in their recovery. I am not a medical doctor or clinical counselor. I do not attempt to diagnose or prescribe. If you or a loved one needs immediate care, please seek out your nearest health care provider or call 911. Be aware that discussing mental health can trigger emotions. Please take precautions while listening and seek support if needed.

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   27 Nov 2025

   52 | Show Up for Yourself This Holiday Season: Beginning Your Self-Care Action Plan (Part I)

   Practical self-care steps to reduce anxiety and support emotional wellness. In Part I of this two-part series, Amy gently guides you through the first steps of creating your own Self-Care Action Plan for the holidays. 🌿 You’ll learn how to: 🫶 gently check in with yourself 🫶 understand your emotional and mental starting point 🫶 set one supportive CARE goal 🫶 feel grounded and intentional this season This episode is soft, practical, and created to help you move through the holidays with more presence, compassion, and calm. 📝 Grab a notebook and pen—today’s episode is filled with tools to help you feel calm, present, and supported this holiday season. Your presence matters here. <3 With you, Amy Connect with Amy: 🌿 Subscribe to Self-Care for Mental Health & leave a review 🌿 Share this episode with a friend who could use a little extra care today 🌿 Join my weekly newsletter for gentle reminders at www.amymcvay.com----more---- Disclaimer: I am a Certified Peer Specialist and Self-Care Coach. I share from my own lived experience of wellness recovery to walk alongside others in their recovery. I am not a medical doctor or clinical counselor. I do not attempt to diagnose or prescribe. If you or a loved one needs immediate care, please seek out your nearest health care provider or call 911. Be aware that discussing mental health can trigger emotions. Please take precautions while listening and seek support if needed.

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   10 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   51 | Seeking Professional Help for Our Mental Health is Not Weakness- with Special Guest Jonathan Kemp

   Hi friend 🫶 Have you ever felt resistant to seeking professional help for your mental health or that it’s too late? My guest today, Jonathan Kemp, is a mental health advocate, entrepreneur, and creator of SmartWisdom- a scientifically validated note-taking technique. He was born into privilege as the future 3rd Viscount of Rochdale. He knew something wasn’t right since he was about 7 years old and struggled for years trying everything he could on his own to feel better. He was diagnosed at age 39 with bipolar disorder, depression, and dyslexia. He had been unaware of how these mental health challenges had been shaping his life until he finally sought professional help. His memoir, Finding Peace of Mind: An Inspirational Journey through Bipolar, Depression, Addiction, and Dyslexia is releasing today, October 10, 2025. In it he reveals how privilege and outward success offered no protection from the quiet devastation of undiagnosed mental illness and how he ultimately fought to build his sense of purpose and mental clarity. If you’ve ever felt resistant to seeking professional help or that it’s too late, this episode is for you. Listen in. Your presence matters here. <3With you, Amy Connect with Jonathan: Facebook & IG: @jonathankemplondon Website: https://www.viscountrochdale.com/ Get your copy of Finding Peace of Mind here: https://a.co/d/4sluLRI Connect with Me:🌿 Subscribe to Self-Care for Mental Health & leave a review 🌿 Join my weekly newsletter for gentle reminders at amymcvay.com🌿 Share this episode with a friend who could use a little extra care today Just a reminder, I am a Certified Peer Specialist and Self-Care Coach. I share from my own lived experience of wellness recovery to walk alongside others in their recovery. I am not a medical doctor or clinical counselor. I do not attempt to diagnose or prescribe. If you or a loved one needs immediate care, please seek out your nearest health care provider or call 911. Also be aware that anytime we are talking about our mental health, any number of topics could trigger our emotions. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed.

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51 | Seeking Professional Help for Our Mental Health is Not Weakness- with Special Guest Jonathan Kemp

Published 10 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so I held off on that because I was afraid, and I didn't know what that would mean. And then when I see a psychiatrist who's like, you have the classic signs of bipolar disorder, and that's another category of medications, treatment therapy, and man, I did not want that diagnosis, and I really fought it for years, but then I had to come to a place of like, well, these tools, one of them being medication therapy is actually helping me live a better life. And so whether I like it or not, whether I like the diagnosis or not, I needed to move into a place of acceptance because I had just been at such war within myself. […]

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