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What Do I Do?: Mental Health and Me

By: Kelly Holmes
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This deeply personal and supportive series offers listeners an honest and relatable insight into how some the UK's best-known celebrities have coped with mental health difficulties, ranging from OCD to insomnia, addiction to grief, and depression to anxiety.

Having experienced her own mental health difficulties, with depression and self-harm, Dame Kelly Holmes sets out to discover how other people cope. She joins each guest in a place that makes them feel good: taking a spin class with presenter Davina McCall, baking with comedian Catherine Bohart, and playing the bagpipes with journalist Alastair Campbell in his bathroom.

Each episode concludes with an expert insight from mental health professionals, Dr David Crepaz-Keay from the Mental Health Foundation and psychotherapist Owen O'Kane, including information about seeking professional help.

Dame Kelly's other guests include journalist Jon Ronson, author Philip Pullman, comedians Eddie Izzard, Felicity Ward and Rory Bremner, transgender rights activist Munroe Bergdorf and musician Amanda Palmer.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues mentioned in this podcast, please contact the charities below:

Samaritans - 116 123

Mind Infoline - 0300 123 3393

Heads Together- headstogether.org.uk

Mental Health Foundation - mentalhealth.org.uk

Young Minds - Text 'YM' to 85258 for urgent support

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Davina McCall
    Jan 25 2019

    By the time TV presenter Davina McCall was 23 years old, she was addicted to heroin. Now she’s been clean for 27 years. In this show, Kelly hears about the pain and shame of addiction and the work that Davina did to rebuild her life.

    Davina is well known for her confidence and positivity but at her lowest point she struggled to even look at herself in the mirror. Kelly and Davina both find exercise essential to their wellbeing, so they meet at their local fitness club after an intensive early morning spin class.

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    28 mins
  • Ep. 2: Alastair Campbell
    Jan 25 2019

    Journalist and former spin-doctor, Alastair Campbell, was Tony Blair’s right hand man. He opens up to Kelly about his experience of an alcohol-induced psychotic episode, and explains how his late brother’s schizophrenia motivated him to speak publicly about the importance of mental health. He invites Kelly into his home to show her how he relaxes - by playing the bagpipes in his bathroom.

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    26 mins
  • Ep. 3: Catherine Bohart
    Jan 25 2019

    Comedian Catherine Bohart was hospitalised for months in her early twenties whilst she underwent a life-saving treatment programme for OCD and Body Dysmorphia. She couldn’t imagine living to age 30.

    As Catherine tells Kelly, there’s much more to OCD than handwashing and germ-phobia. Together, they put on their aprons and get the sprinkles out to decorate some cupcakes. For Catherine, baking is a therapeutic activity and a rare chance to escape from thoughts of perfectionism and anxiety.

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    26 mins
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I'm really enjoying this show. It discusses mental health in a ver honest and down-to-Earth way from the perspective of people who live and thrive with different mental health disorders. You also get a bit of information from a health professional about the scientific side of things and the treatments available. All without being too heavy, triggering or boring. Great show.

Down to Earth and for everybody

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This is my first podcast and I loved it. Listened to a few stories more than once.

Loved this!

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I really enjoyed this series. Felicity Wards words on depression, anxiety and insomnia basically summed me up! I recognized me in so many ways and I laughed so hard.

I think this is a must do listen for anyone who has someone who is living with a mental health diagnosis. it may also be helpful for anyone who thinks their mental health is affected in some way.

What do I do? - make people listen to this!

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I find it helpful and easy to listen to. I have binge listening two days in a row.

Nice

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Loved it. Listen to it twice. Thank you for this series, very informative, honest and empowering

Wonderful, empowering and honest

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