About You Don’t Need a Hamster... You Need a Therapist
Join us, Millie and Hannah, as we take on the trials and tribulations of life in our twenties and this crazy world we live in. Each week will bring a new topic for us to unpick, Hannah and Millie-style, so come along for the ride and answer the real question: do you need a hamster or do you just need a therapist?
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Be the change. Media Network, Millie Nicholson, and Hannah Whitfield
Host Millie Nicholson interviews guest Hannah about overcoming procrastination and embracing personal growth by taking action on long-delayed goals.
18 Aug 2025
You Need Everything to Go Wrong
Host Hannah Grace explores Millie Nicholson's raw journey of finding passion after life's setbacks, revealing how hitting rock bottom can spark profound change.
4 Aug 2025
You Need to Prioritise!
Hosts MILLIE NICHOLSON and HANNAH explore the importance of prioritization, offering insights on balancing work, social life, and rest to help listeners navigate life's changing demands.
7 Jul 2025
You Need to Reflect and Rejoice!
Hosts Millie Nicholson and Hannah discuss friendship, business challenges, and personal development while reflecting on the past year and hinting at future plans.
23 Jun 2025
You Need to Prioritise Your Friendships
Hosts Millie Nicholson and Hannah discuss the challenges of maintaining friendships in your 20s, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing these relationships for overall well-being in this interview episode.
16 Jun 2025
You Don't Need a Summer Glow Up
Hosts Millie Nicholson and Hannah explore the pressures of summer glow-up culture, dissecting marketing tactics and questioning the need for seasonal self-reinvention in this interview episode.
9 Jun 2025
You Need a Bit of Tough Love
Hosts Hannah and Millie explore the complexities of tough love, debating its effectiveness in personal growth versus its potential to cause emotional distress in this interview episode.
26 May 2025
You Need to Be Proud of Yourself
Millie Nicholson shares her journey of overcoming mental health challenges and rediscovering self-pride after a period of personal upheaval, offering insights into emotional resilience.
19 May 2025
You Need to Stop Feeling Embarrassed
Chaotic in podcast as in life this week Millie and Hannah take on the topic of embarrassment - or at least they try! With tangents, confusions and parents evening trauma, they tackle the fact that although they don’t know how or why they know you need to stop feeling embarrassed!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
12 May 2025
You Need a Community
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and, with the focus being on community, Millie and Hannah are unpicking all things community from how to find one to the importance of having one. They are firm believers that a feeling of belonging is key to your mental health and know firsthand how much the right people surrounding you can make all the difference. So sit back and listen to them let you know why - you need a community!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
5 May 2025
You Need to Read These Books
Millie is going solo this week in this spin off from last weeks you need a social media detox. As we learnt last week sometimes you need to put your phone down for a while but what do you fill that time with once you have? Well in this episode Millie runs you through her favourite books from cozy classics to books that will wake you from a reading slump. Listen to Millie tell you all about why you need to read these books!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
28 Apr 2025
You Need a Social Media Detox
This week we’re taking a social media detox and stepping away from online life. From total deletion to screen time limits to embracing social media for all the good and bad it can be, listen along to hear how we’re tackling the tech-filled world we live in and how we came to realise sometimes you need a social media detox!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
21 Apr 2025
You Need to Walk Away
This week is an important topic for both of us – learning the art of walking away. We know it can be hard so join us to hear our advice on how to know when to go and how we’ve done it. As Gabriella says in High School Musical 3, sometimes you need to just walk away and don’t look back!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
14 Apr 2025
You Need a Developed Frontal Lobe
The long-awaited episode has arrived - we are talking about frontal lobes! For those of you that haven’t heard, Hannah’s frontal lobe has now fully developed. Join us this week as she imparts on Millie all the wisdom that having a fully formed frontal lobe has given her and let her tell us why – you need a developed frontal lobe!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
7 Apr 2025
You Need to Take a Break (pt2)
Here comes part 2 (otherwise know as “you need to go Stonehenge!”) Millie and Hannah finish their thoughts on taking a break. Listen now to hear all about Millie’s mini break, Hannah’s influence and the reason – you need to take a break!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
31 Mar 2025
You Need Therapy (and a Break pt1)
This week we bring you part one of a two-part episode all about taking a break. As the topic got hijacked by discussions of mental health, therapy and Hannah becoming my step mother(?), the episode didn’t end up being quite what we expected when we sat down to record, but we realised the episode we ended up with was equally valuable. So enjoy this first part and join us next Monday when we finish explaining why - you need to take a break!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
24 Mar 2025
You Need This Podcast
Welcome to You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist. This first episode is all about us, as we introduce ourselves, the podcast and our chaotic ways so get comfy and prepare to discover that… you need this podcast!
Find You Don’t Need a Hamster… You Need a Therapist on Instagram: @ydnah.pod.
Find Millie on Instagram to get connected: @_millie.nicholson.
You can also find Hannah on Instagram: @legallydetained.
Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. If you have any questions, please email Lily Mott at lily@bethechangepodcast.org.
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