TAWAI: A voice from the forest Bruce Parry Explorer Bruce Parry has just completed a documentary, TAWAI, that will be in cinemas from the end of September. Bruce – who filmed a wonderful Head Talk for us that you can see here – is an award-winning documentarian, explorer, author, former Royal Marines commando officer, and is an […]
Distraction and playfulness are sorely missing in many children’s lives, says mother-of-five Marguerite Hunter Blair. And our children are bearing the brunt, as it is through play, especially outdoors, that children learn life skills and improve their physical and mental health. Hunter Blair is chief executive of Play Scotland and a passionate advocate for children’s […]
American Advocate Homecoming king, Harvard student at 17, yet this African-American trailblazer did not know what hit him, when a few weeks into college he experienced his first panic attack and, subsequently, a full blown manic episode and hospitalization. An amazingly frank speaker, Rahim is now one of America’s leading mental health advocates. He has […]
Creator & Author of Taming Tigers It took Jim Lawless fifteen years to pick up the phone and ring Alcoholics Anonymous. Now he’s one of the world’s best known motivational speakers and the best-selling author of Taming Tigers, a how-to guide to achieving what you thought was impossible. ‘My tiger was very real, roaring at me: […]
Time Surfer In a time when we seem to drown in a wave of busyness, Zen monk Paul Loomans asks the essential: How can I ride the wave instead? A former theatre actor and director, Loomans is the founder of Unravelling Stress in Amsterdam, where he works with individuals and groups to regain a sense […]
Oliver (Founder) & Old Friend Jonny Childhood friends get real in the Scottish Highlands. Oliver, founder of Head Talks, and his childhood friend Jonny took a trip to the Highlands to learn to let go of the control, habits and mobile devices that rule their lives. They surprised themselves on how resilient they […]
Neuroscientist We are in the midst of the worst social experiment ever, says scientist, author and broadcaster Susan Greenfield. Baroness Greenfield, a leading specialist on the workings of the brain, is convinced that social media stints our personal growth and adds to the mental anguish of young people. ‘We have to think about this now; […]
This song – Anziety by Logic – is well worth a listen. And the lyrics are powerful – you can read them here and he explains them in this amazing video: Logic has a very interesting background – you can find out more about him here. Hat tip: Susannah.
Bex Simon recently gave an amazing Head Talk on her work as a bipolar blacksmith. If you’d like to know more here’s a documentary she put together on how she channels her bipolar disorder into her craft.
Kundalini Therapist When you feel there is something missing in your life, it’s probably you, says LA-based trauma specialist and Kundalini yoga teacher Azita Nahai. Straight-talking Nahai, Ph.D., specializes in a practical and holistic approach to help ‘turn shit into fertilizer’. Nahai, a child of Jewish Persian immigrants, suffered trauma first-hand from an abusive relationship […]
Bipolar Art Therapist When she was a college student, Bipolar Disorder brought her to her knees. Now well-known New York art therapist and psychotherapist Maggie Robbins helps others connect with their ‘inner monster’. ‘You can almost think of anything someone makes as a self-portrait.’ Robbins, an artist herself, wrote a semi-autobiographical novel of poems while […]
Two years ago, Josh Quigley woke in the middle of the night, got into his car and drove into a concrete barrier at 80 miles-an-hour. A crippling battle with depression had held this outwardly happy Scottish entrepreneur in a deadly grip. Miraculously, Quigley escaped unscathed. He decided to travel the world as ‘The Tartan Explorer’, […]
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