The Sanctus Podcast on Mental Health

In an incredible and eye opening conversation for our penultimate episode of the year, James and Ben chat with Ross Taylor about dealing with a traumatic ski trip from his past.

One third of people in the UK have done drugs in their lifetime... but why?

We’ve been hearing about climate change for decades but recently it’s come to our attention that it’s affecting us in more ways than just the environmental impact. So, we thought we’d take a slightly different angle and focus on how it’s affecting us and not the planet.

Mark Bisson, Sanctus Coach and author of the children's book 'George: The Cat Who Lost His Confidence', talks about the story behind his book that led to a realisation that the latest generation, Generation Alpha, is potentially heading for a future of disconnection, anxiety and depression as well as his personal experience being a parent and grandfather.

Our body can’t tell the difference between a sabre tooth tiger and an oncoming deadline, so how else can we learn from it to tell us about the anxiety we’re feeling and what it means?

What’s the bigger picture behind procrastination and how it’s impacting your mental health? James chats with creatives Scott & Valentina about their experiences around avoiding the bigger picture.

Nights out are engrained in our culture and is one of the main ways our country finds connection with one another - however they achieve that. But is going ‘out out’ doing us more harm than good?

James and Sophie sit down to talk through Sanctus coach Kevin’s lifelong journey where almost every event, from his career to coming out, was underpinned by social anxiety.

With Sanctus based in the heart of one of the loneliest cities in the world, it begs the question - why are we feeling so lonely?

One of the biggest challenges we face as a society is the rising statistics around suicide, James chats to Sanctus coach Helen McMillan and one of the founders of 'Mike's Mates', Amanda Scott.