Music brings us huge benefits, especially around confidence and engagement, says On:Song co-founder George Bell. “When we sing with the correct diaphragmatic breathing, we feel clearer and more awake. It gives us the opportunity to mindfully reconnect with ourselves through the simple act of singing.” It also makes groups feel more connected, he says. “Not […]
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Find people speaking from the heart and from their own experience, as well as a wide range of experts and healers sharing their tips and insights to help us work towards better mental health and wellbeing.
Inspiring Head Talks
Sing loud, sing proud, sing together, George Bell
Loving the skin you’re in, Eryca Freemantle
As a child, Eryca Freemantle was bullied at school for being different, and remembers the constant feeling of heaviness and sadness. Home was her safe space. But when a life-changing accident left her with serious facial scarring from burns, those memories of childhood bullying came back. After suffering a breakdown, having suicidal thoughts and finally […]
Music lifts me up, Emma Conybeare
DJ and presenter Emma Conybeare didn’t expect her mental health to deteriorate over the years, but two years ago she had a breakdown. She turned to the NHS for therapy, finding support through CBT. This year has been the best she has felt for years, staying positive and motivated. Music has the power to change […]
Sleep, Bliss and Meditation, Will Williams
Will Williams is a teacher of meditation, but he doesn’t look like the stereotype of a guru. Will came to meditation after suffering from insomnia for years. Vedic meditation is an ancient tradition but Will says it has many lessons for how we live now, in a world where so many of us are constantly […]
Inspiration from our Blog
Body feeling exercise
Feed your mind
Jillian Lavender has been teaching Vedic Meditation since 2003. In this exclusive video for Head Talks, she guides us through a simple but highly effective technique to release stress. Jillian is co-founder of London Meditation Centre and New York Meditation Center and has helped thousands of people across the globe to transform their […]
Be seen and heard
Feed your mind
In the first of a three-part series, success coach Nicolina Werther gives us advice on how to be seen (and heard) in the workplace. She gives us suggestions on how to claim space so we can eventually feel more fulfilled. “Start with your physiology, how you hold yourself, and move on to some […]
Learning Emotional Logic
Feed your mind
Dr Trevor Griffiths is a pioneer of Emotional Logic, which teaches us how to speak to each other constructively and without stress. This gives us the ability to work through change, loss and grief and move into joy again via shared action plans. “Relationships will improve as will the capacity to make decisions, […]
Don’t leave until you’ve left
Struggle & success
If you are thinking about a big work shift, executive coach Anna Percy-Davis suggests you pause and reflect before undergoing even more change. “Create an internal and external dialogue. Talk to someone in the organisation you like and trust and to people who have made changes similar to what you’d like to do.” […]
Meet Rufus
Struggle & success
Here’s Rufus the Walrus: a character created by Head Talks ambassador Lorna Collins. He will be featuring in an upcoming book alongside Sauerkraut the Sloth and Pritt the Piranha Fish. “I created these characters in response to the pandemic pandemonium,” said Lorna, describing her inspiration. The process brings me happiness.” Many thanks to Lorna – you can watch her Head Talk here and see her […]
Forget FOMO – just BE
Struggle & success
Career coach and Head Talks ambassador Anna Percy-Davis has some helpful ideas to ease ourselves out of lockdown and back into a more “normal” life. Take time to enjoy these fresh experiences and don’t try and get back to everything at once. Forget FOMO – just be present. And don’t forget: you don’t […]
MASTERCLASSES and Workshops
Dive even deeper into the world of mental health and wellbeing by signing up to our Masterclasses and Digital Workshops. Delivered by today’s leading voices, HeadTalks’ Masterclasses will give you exclusive access to insight, exercises and lifestyle tips – taking you deeper into the beautiful realm of what it means to be human.
Building Resilience To Deal With Hard Times
A toolkit for accessing our natural resources
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Dr Rangan Chatterjee,
Pioneer of Progressive Medicine
New Medicine
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Elif Shafak,
Famous Turkish author
On discovering the power of the written word.
see video and read more
Podcast highlights
The electricity of the mind, Dr Rahul Jandial
In his book, ‘Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon’, Dr Rahul Jandial uses what he has seen from years of operating on brains in trauma to tell the rest of us how best to keep our brains healthy. While the brain is an extremely complex and fascinating organ, there are simple things we can do […]
Dream Yourself Better, Charlie Morley
Lucid dreaming is a state where you’re asleep, but aware that you’re dreaming. Charlie Morley says that almost anyone can learn how to do it. He’s a teacher of lucid dreaming and a student of Buddhism. Charlie says that not only is lucid dreaming fun — like a virtual reality simulation — but it has […]
