Mental health can be messy, confusing and sometimes we might feel we don't know where to turn for help or information. If you've ever felt that you were winging it when it comes to your mental wellbeing, or that you just had no idea about mental health in general, you're not alone.
No Idea: A Mental Health Podcast is the new fortnightly podcast that's here to have honest, open and frank discussions about all things mental health. Join our two therapists, Nathan and Emily, as we have honest and authentic discussions every fortnight.
Episode 8: What's (self) Love Got To Do With It? Practicing Self-Compassion
In our final session of season one, we're looking at self-compassion. Why is it that we're often much harder on ourselves that we are on others? What barriers stop us from being kinder to ourselves? And is cake the answer? (spoiler - cake is always the answer).
If you feel you have no idea when it comes to self-compassion, join Emily and Nathan as they explore what self-compassion means, and offer some tips on how to be more compassionate to the most important person in your world - you.
15 Dec 2025
Episode 7: Who Do I Think I Am? Managing Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome affects around 76% of people at some point in their lives. And yet, due to the nature of it, we don't like to talk about how it affects us. We think it's about time that changed and we started sharing more of our experiences of Imposter Syndrome. Well, one of us does.
Join Emily and Nathan as they unpack the heaviness that is Imposter Syndrome, looking at how it affects people and some tips on how to manage it if you are one of the 76%, including taking your inner critic to court!
27 Nov 2025
Episode 6: Know Means No - Knowing When to Say No and Hold Your Boundaries
We can't really talk about mental health and not talk about boundaries. They're the hidden factor when it comes to positive mental health, affecting self-care, stress levels and relationships. It's also something we're not really ever taught, and we may not have had healthy boundaries mirrored for us. That makes it much harder to recognise both the importance of healthy boundaries, and how to put them in place.
In this episode Nathan and Emily are going to unpick the complexities when it comes to setting and maintaining healthy boundaries, via the obvious and perfectly reasonable routes of Tom Grennan, consent, the Alton Towers rollercoaster Nemesis, and British culture at large. They'll also be giving you tips for how to set healthier boundaries if this is something that you struggle with. As an added bonus, find out which of the two failed GCSE Art at school!
13 Nov 2025
Episode 5: Pillow Talk - How Sleep Affects Your Mood and Mind
We all know that good sleep is essential to how we feel physically, but did you know it's equally important for our mental health? In fact, poor sleep can impact on everything from low mood, to anxious thoughts, and our ability to deal with the normal day to day stresses of life. But as many of us will know, getting a good night’s sleep can be tricky, particularly when we're struggling with our mental wellbeing.
Join Emily and Nathan - two people who love their sleep - as they dive into the ways in which sleep is connected to mental health, explore tips for better sleep hygiene (yes that really is the term used to describe our night time habits and rituals) and discover which of them slept really poorly last night and isn't the least bit unhappy about it.
31 Oct 2025
Episode 4: A Little Stress Conversation
We're all familiar with stress. Sometimes a little too familiar. As well as being a common emotion to feel (and sometimes a useful one) it is also one of the most common causes of poor mental health.
In this latest episode Emily and Nathan unpack what stress is, and the difference between useful stress and pesky unhelpful stress. They'll also share the things that can help with stress and explore some useful tips form their professional experience as therapists, and their personal experiences. Including why we should do more pointless things to help combat stress.
Oh, and they gave themselves a time limit of 30 minutes to get the recording done, because why not add more stress to an episode about stress?
15 Oct 2025
Episode 3: The Lowdown on Low Mood - Navigating Sadness and Depression
Welcome to No Idea: A Mental health Podcast. The show for anyone who feels they have no idea when it comes to mental health. Each episode we're looking at a unique mental health topic, in an authentic and honest manner.
Sadness is a natural normal human emotion to feel (it just feels awful). Depression is a different beast entirely. How can we tell the difference? How do we know when it might be time to get some help?
Join Nathan and Emily for this episode, as they take a deep dive into the darkness of depression and low mood, make a detour to visit grief, before returning back on track to explore the practical things that can help with depression, via Second World War Italian prisoners of war. Naturally.
30 Sept 2025
Episode 2: Taming the Worry Monster - Understanding and Managing Anxiety
Welcome to No Idea: A Mental Health Podcast. The show for anyone who feels they have no idea when it comes to mental health. Each week we're shining a light on the realities of living with mental health. This episode, we're diving into anxiety.
Ah anxiety...what a mixed up bunch of emotions you are. On the one hand, an essential part of our survival instinct. On the other, completely disruptive and debilitating. Join Emily and Nathan as they explore what anxiety is, the different ways it can affect us and some practical tips for managing anxiety. All while trying not to let their own anxiety get the better of them. Do they succeed? Listen to find out!
30 Sept 2025
Episode 1: It's Okay to Not Be Okay (And We're Not Okay)
Welcome to No Idea: A Mental Health Podcast. The new fortnightly podcast for anyone who feels like they have no idea when it comes to mental health. Each episode will explore a different element of mental health, in an honest and open way - the kind of frank discussion mental health needs right now.
In this first episode, we discuss why it can be so hard to talk about mental health, the stigmas that still exist, and why it's so important to take that risk to reach out to someone if you're not okay. And why Samwise Gamgee is a therapist. Come for the honest, open discussion, stay to see two therapists completely out of their comfort zone.
24 Sept 2025
Introducing No Idea: A Mental Health Podcast
Welcome to this promo for our new mental health podcast - No Idea: A Mental Health Podcast. Every fortnight we're going to be bringing you honest, open and frank discussions about all things mental health, from two therapists who have had to figure out their own mental health (spoiler alert: they still do).
So if you've ever found yourself lost in the messiness of mental health, felt you were winging it, or simply that you had no idea when it came to mental health, you're not alone. Come and join us and we dive headlong into the messiness of mental health.
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