My Podcast series is about sharing, exploring and learning how people cope with stress, trauma and poor mental health. I like to draw out the humour and the positive spin from negative experiences and to help people grow stronger from them.
Drew McAdam is a Mentalist /’men-ta-list/ noun. Someone skilled in non-verbal communication, who uses mental acuity, observation and suggestion. A master manipulator of thoughts and behaviour.Drew McAdam, “Scotland’s foremost mind reader” according to the BBC, has entertained and baffled representatives from almost every major commercial company yo…
In this episode of the Simon Lee Maryan Podcast, Mind Matters, I talk with Peter Lant who is a personal trainer based in Bath and runs outdoor training focusing mainly on men over 40. In this podcast we discuss his early life and the issues this caused and that he ultimately had to deal with in more recent times when his life came to a boiling poin…
In this episode I chat with Ric Coulson, former Royal Marine, who talks extremely bluntly, honestly and openly about his struggles with his mental health. Ric’s struggles are from the end of his military career, during transition into civvy street up to the present. We dive into Emotional & Psychological Resilience. suicide, PTSD, loss of identity …
I spoke with Tamsin almost 5 years to the day to the last time I interviewed her. Much has happened in that time and it was great to hear how her business has changed and grown and to dive into how she has managed those changes for herself and her clients. We also touch on how her family has dealt with the last 2 years and the challenges they have …
In this episode I talk to Vicky Newsome-Hogan, a 60 yr old Transsexual woman who was born in the east end of London and grew up in the care system. Vicky is the epitome of courage, bravery, determination and commitment.Bởi Simon Maryan
Marcel runs a coaching and business consultancy and is based in Mexico with offices there and in the Netherlands, Peru and Chile with his business growing rapidly. After a work related accident that almost cost him his life, he decide to give up his job and begin to study Safety at various institutions. Marcel is very open about his experiences and…
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Dr Lisa De Rijk - Psychotherapist and PTSD treatment trailblazer
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In this episode I have the great pleasure of speaking with a great friend and trailblazer, Dr Lisa de Rijk. Lisa shares how she has overcome significant life challenges, what she has learned about herself through her work and we talk about identity loss, awareness and discovery, divorce and trauma and PTSD.…
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Tip Cullen - Royal Marine turned Actor
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In this episode Tip talks about his experiences in the Royal Marines, shining into the civilian world and training to be a professional actor. What is really interesting is the parallels he draws in comparing the military world and the world of acting. A fascinating conversation that is jam packed full of his deep experience.…
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Chris Michaels - Veteran, Author and creator of The Darkside Podcast
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My chat with Chris Michaels who runs the DarkSide Podcast. He talks about being medically discharged from the Navy, his difficulties with transition into civvy life and his years of suffering domestic abuse in the forms of physical, emotional and psychological violence.He has gone on to achieve so much and all his details can be found in this link …
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Great British Radio, Connect Forces Interview
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On Sunday 6th June I was interviewed on Great British Radio’s “Connect Forces” show by Linda Lusardi, Mike Osman and Andy Neil MBE.I talked about my military career, my work in Human Intelligence and the Uniformed Services Mental Health charity I set up.I go on to talk about the three occasions that I have been kidnapped and how this led to writing…
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Judith Hammond - Abusive childhood, workplace bullying & overcoming trauma
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This episode is a conversation with Judith Hammond who I first met in 2013 as we were on the same NLP Trainers course. Judith talks about being abused by her mother physically, mentally, verbally and psychologically/emotionally.Judith explains how this conditioned her through her life and how she coped with this and work place bullying, abusive rel…
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Mark Monaghan - Royal Navy Submariner, transition to civvy life, mental health & helping veterans
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This episode is a conversation with Mark Monaghan, a former Royal Navy Submariner. Mark talks candidly about his experience of leaving the Royal Navy and his struggles with the transition. He talks about how in reflection, his mental health issues began before he left the Navy and it was not identified so no treatment was given.Mark is passionate a…
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Tamsin Astor PhD - Dealing with cancer in 2 year old son, divorce and coming out stronger
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In this second epsiode I talk to Tamsin Astor PhD who talks about dealing with her youngest son being diagnosed at the age of just 2 with Burkitt's Lymphoma, whihc is a cancer of the lymphatic system.She talks about the struggle to get her concerns heard and recognised by the doctors, hearing the diagnosis and dealing with the whole treatment proce…
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Stephen Finlayson - Army to RAF Regiment Sniper to helping kids in school & saving homeless veterans.
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Welcome to the Mind-Matters Podcast Series.I have some fantastic interviews lined up with people willing to share their stories that fit the objective of the series, which is to explore how people have survived challenging life events and come back stronger each time without knowing how. We then delve into what they did, how they’ve changed and any…