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Dating Games - The Modern Relationships PodcastHosts Chat with Bobby Temps & Guest Host Nina AbeysuriyaWhilst Danielle is away fellow podcaster and friend of the pod Nina Abeysuriya is joining Bobby for a hosts episode about seasonal dating pressures, how open to be about your intentions on the apps and what happens when you try to chat someone else up on the way to a date… Join our Subsription on Apple Podcasts for ad free episodes + bonus content Check out our award winning mental health podcast HERE Find Bobby on Twitter or Instagram 2022-01-1754 min

Being On The InsideEpisode Twenty two: We are like wavesThis episode I chat with Jordyn Romero, she is a award winning filmmaker from Santa Fe, NM. Her work aims to elevate the female narrative in the outdoor space. Story telling is what this podcast is all about, sharing my own, but also about creating space and place for others to tell theirs. This is what Jordyn Romero has done with the film WE ARE LIKE WAVES. In this episode I have the pleasure of hearing Jordyn's story, one that leads her to the Indian ocean to the island of Sri Lanka to explore and do...2021-09-141h 15

Being On The InsideEpisode Twenty One: Gender Equality in sport: Playing the long gameIn this episode I have the pleasure of chatting with Bethan Taylor- Swaine. Bethan is a PhD student at Birkbeck, University of London where she studies the representations and identities of women in ultra running. This episode we delve into what it means to be a woman in sport, the history of how we are encouraged to participate. How early years sports can be taught through shame and humiliation and how men are better facilitated to achieve success. That essentially men still dominate sport and are also the gatekeepers to it. We chat though how the female body...2021-07-271h 25

Mental - The Podcast to Destigmatise Mental HealthSurf Therapy - Being immersed in the ocean is where I found my peace that I now get to share with others with Kris PrimacioWe’re delighted to be joined by Kris Primacio to talk about a cutting edge therapeutic method were so fascinated in. So dive in for an uplifting, moving and immersive journey through the waves to find Surf Therapy. Listen to Being On The Inside from Nina Abeysuriya HERE Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it. Snuggle up in a weighted blanket of yo...2021-07-081h 02

Being On The InsideEpisode Twenty: Creative Nature for Wellbeing, SMHAF 2021This episode is a collaboration with the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2021. I chat with Kate Stevens, the Creative Learning Co-ordinator, at the Beacons arts centre, a contemporary theatre and arts venue in the heart of Inverclyde. Kate is one of the workshop facilitators of a series called; creative nature for wellbeing that ran during this year's festival. The Beacon partnered with Belville Community Garden Trust and Mind Mosaic Counselling and Therapy to deliver a series of workshops exploring the connection between our mental health and our relationship with nature. If you have ever wondered what 'creative th...2021-06-171h 36

Being On The InsideEpisode Nineteen: ROOM ON THE BOARD FOR EVERYONE: International Surf TherapyIn this episode I am blessed to meet and share space with Kris Primacio, who currently serves as the CEO of the International Surf Therapy Organisation (ISTO), a Nonprofit she co-founded in 2017 in Cape Town You are going to hear stories about sea otters, dolphins, the healing power and potential of mother ocean, about how surf therapy can both heal and unite in a common goal. You will hear Kris emotionally express how the death of her father impacted her and how she took to the water to find connection, with nature and with her...2021-05-181h 34

Being On The InsideEpisode Eighteen: RACIST BRITAIN, Tales From a Small IslandIn this episode I chat with Glasgow-based artist and activist Karlie Wu, her work delves into the identity of being British/Scottish-Chinese, its expectations and misconceptions, and the reality of this lived experience exploring ‘cultural identity. Karlie is also one of the six founding members of besea.n (Britain’s East and South East Asian Network), a non-profit, anti-racism grassroots organisation that tackles negative stereotypes and advocates positive media representation of East and South East Asian people in the UK. This episode is about the rise in reported racism towards East and Southeast Asian people. It's...2021-03-261h 40

Being On The InsideEpisode Seventeen: Dermatillomania- PICKING RECOVERYKirsty Alexander is a teacher on the Applied Gender Studies programme at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, and a gardener at Ochil Tower School in Auchterarder. In this episode, she talks with me about living with Dermatillomania. Otherwise known as Excoriation or skin picking disorder. Skin picking disorder is one of a group of behaviours known as body-focused repetitive behaviours, it's currently classified as an impulse control disorder. Kirsty allows us to hear her journey from diagnosis to acceptance and parts of what came before and after. We talk about behaviours that are developed because of...2021-03-011h 11

Being On The InsideEpisode Sixteen: Home School DropoutIn this episode I chat to Viana Maya and Karsten Huttenhain both of pRESPECT, an organisation that through the ethos of Respect, Empowerment and Empathy aim to is to empower minority ethnic and other marginalised people into meaningful employment. This podcast episode will not tell you how to ‘home school’ properly, it's not about study tips and goal setting but, about giving space and time to acknowledge how we are approaching, surviving, not coping with the winter lockdown. You will hear Viana, Karsten and I unpack some of our experiences and observations from home working and...2021-02-031h 25

Being On The InsideEpisode Fifteen: WE GO OUTSIDE TOOIn the episode, I chat to Marlon Patrice founder of Wegooutsidetoo, a UK-based organisation that hopes to encourage, support, and inspire the black community into outdoor activity, exercise, and the multiple benefits of nature. Marlon is a long-distance runner, mental health first aider, and owner of a natural health store. Brought up in the city of Birmingham Marlon has always been drawn to the great outdoors and the benefits of nature, but it was the tragic passing of his son in a knife crime incident at the beginning of 2020 that lead him to create wegooutsidetoo. I...2020-11-2038 min

Being On The InsideEpisode Fourteen: MENTAL HEALTH SWIMSIn part five of a mini-series on wild swimming health and healing, I chat with Rachel Ashe the founder of mental health swims. A UK based organisation looking to encourage people to dive into the world of outdoor swimming, supporting people gain the benefits of cold water and community. This episode is about the wonderful world of wild swimming and how you can get involved in a mental health swim near you by joining this thriving community, but it's also about the realities of living with mental illness. It's about the stigma that surrounds opening up about me...2020-10-2252 min

Being On The InsideEpisode Thirteen: DO YOU BELIEVE?In this episode, you are invited to join a newly formed coven of very amateur Edinburgh witches. I have always been fascinated by the practices of Witchcraft, Wicca, Shamanism, magic and the connection between nature and spirituality. I decided to take my curiously a little further, I wanted to know if there are rituals in our daily life that maybe connect and or disconnect us from our spirituality and selves. I invited a small group of lovely friends over (before the new lockdown restrictions were enforced) to experiment with some ancient practices and rituals. You will hear...2020-09-2936 min

Being On The InsideEpisode Twelve: Ain´t Nobody Loves Me Better. Chachi Power ProjectThis podcast is all about the relationship we have with our physical bodies. It’s about Fatphobia, the body positivity movement, fat bias, demonising of the bigger body in our media, in our advertising, the social stigma of obesity. It´s about how to learn to acknowledge and challenge our own preconceived notions. Where it comes from, how its internalised and develops our own core beliefs relating to our body and how we then interact with the world. I chat to Danni Gordon the founder of the Chachi Power Project, she’s a body-positive activist, body image and body...2020-08-071h 38

Being On The InsideEpisode Eleven: Swimming, Society and Sterotypes. A Film Called Blacks Can´t SwimEd Accura, Filmmaker, hip hop star, podcast host, co-founder of the Black Swimming Association has just released his first film/documentary. A Film Called Blacks Can´t Swim. Inspired to teach the world to Swim, Ed is on a mission to enable Black Asian and Minority ethnic people to get into the water. There is a disproportionate amount of non-swimmers in the BAME communities. Sport England found that 95% of black adults and 80% of black children don't swim. Swimming is my passion, the idea that there are so many barriers to being in the wate...2020-07-1555 min

Being On The InsideEpisode Ten: YOUR SPACE OR MINE, Creative Lockdown COVID-19This episode is in collaboration with The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festivals online 2020 program . I meet and chat with Emma Jayne Park off cultured mongrel whom along with Emily Furneaux and other artists have brought us Eat, Move, Sleep, repeat. This is a creative collaboration that was developed as a response to Covid-19 as part of the festival. Emma as part of her practice, curates spaces and in this conversation we examine how those spaces effect us physically, emotionally and how they impact our connections. We discuss the importance of permission for those showing up, how this is...2020-06-151h 23

Being On The InsideEpisode Nine: BE THE CHANGE. Mindful Lockdown, COVID-19Lockdown has brought an endless amount of emotional and physical reactions and our mental health is being put under enormous strain. I was curious in how mindfulness practices could be part of our coping strategies. Dr Bill Paterson has many roles but one of these is mindfulness coach. He kindly took the time to chat to me about how mindfulness practices can help in coping with lockdown. We chatted remotely but managed to cover some varied topics, such as how structure in our days may help our mental health. Concepts of nothingness, impermanence, spaciousness and h...2020-05-131h 00

Being On The InsideEpisode Eight: Landlocked Lockdown. Covid-19Covid-19 has brought group and organised swimming to a standstill, with a lot of people using outdoor swimming to maintain physical and mental health I wondered how this was impacting on the swimming community In this episode I chat remotely to Jenny Waring who is a ex competitive outdoor swimmer, her love for the sea and lochs in Scotland means she is regularly out swimming with Fife Wild Swimmers. We chat about how lockdown has effected our swimming and Jenny's return to the NHS during the pandemic. You will hear about her and I sharing...2020-05-021h 25

Being On The InsideEpisode Seven: There must be something in the waterIn this episode I meet, swim, chat and share cake with Itamar Nitzan the founder of Dip your Toes in Wild Swimming Facebook page. Itamar´s page educates, inspires and welcomes new swimmers and old to his experiences and insights in outdoor swimming. One of the things he offers free of charge is to buddy an individual or small group who want to swim. With that in mine I invited along my wonderful friend Eilidh, who doubled up as co host and Guinea Pig. We took a dip at Portebello, the for coming storm and 5 de...2020-03-161h 15

Being On The InsideEpisode Six: HAPPY DOGSDo you Love dogs? Does your dog help you through difficult times and is by your side when you need them? In this episode I am joined by Janet Jones from CanineConcern Scotland, which recruits and manages the Therapet service in Edinburgh. Dogs of all breeds and their handlers visit places such as nursing homes, resisdental homes, hospitals, universities, airports, prisons, schools. They run schemes such as Reading with Dogs, Paws against Stress and Pets not pests. Janet and I share some carrot cake and coffee and she takes me through what it takes to...2020-02-1147 min

Being On The InsideEpisode Five, Multiple Sclerosis, My New NormalThis is part two of of wild swimming, health and healing. In this episode you are taken to Loch Lomond where half of the podcast was recorded in the water whilst Louise and I had a refreshing dip. Louise was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis three years ago at the age of 25. She opens up about the impact of this relapse and remittent disease has had on her life. How it has effected her physical and mental health. She takes us through what first lead her to being diagnosed. We discuss symptom management, swimming for survival, shame and...2019-12-121h 00

Being On The InsideEpisode Four: Out Of Sight Out Of Mind, BEING HEARDOut of Sight out of Mind is an art exhibition at Edinburghs summer hall. A combination of 180 peoples work. What makes this unique is all the exhibitors have had an experience of mental illness. Following my visit I got chat to three of this years artists and in this episode you get to hear how we caught up in the gallery over some cake. The podcast covers some fascinating subjects, sexuality, societal labels, transgender phobia, boxes, mental illness, trauma and self esteem. This podcast deals with some difficult subjects, but is an inspiring an...2019-11-1357 min

Being On The InsideEpisode Three: Where The Wild Things AreThis podcast is a journey into the deep and the first of a mini series about wild swimming health and healing. I was curious if wild swimming could improve health and recovery and well being, if it created a greater sense of community and connection for people. I decided to take a birds eye view or maybe in this case a seals so I got my swimmers on and get in the water. I met up with some members of Fife Wild swimmers for a cold plunge at Silversands beach in late September. I w...2019-10-0748 min

Being On The InsideEpisode Two: Bake It outIn this episode I had the pleasure of meeting chatting and baking with Debra Riddel of Breadshare Community Bakery, Edinburgh. Debra and her husband Geoff set up Breadshare social enterprise after leaving their careers in IT. I was curious if baking can improve your mental and physical well being, it has worked for me and in this podcast I take you through how I used it for dealing with panic and anxiety. Debra took me on a journey of education and inspiration, about making all things sourdough and told me why we don't need baking p...2019-07-301h 00

Being On The InsideEpisode One: Body TalkA New podcast unpacking issues of Mental Health and well being, spirituality, race, social justice and culture. Conversations with cake and compassion. From the ordinary to the extraordinary stories of amazing people. The first episode was produced for Mental Health Awareness week, which is led by the Mental Health Foundation and this years theme was Body Image. Nina spoke to Tamar, an Edinburgh based belly dancer, teacher, choreographer and performer about body acceptance. 2019-07-3037 min

SMHAF PodcastBeing on the Inside: Body TalkNina Abeysuriya presents Being On The Inside, a new podcast which addresses mental health issues. In the first episode, produced for the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and Mental Health Awareness Week, Nina spoke to Tamar, an Edinburgh based belly dancer, teacher, choreographer and performer, about body acceptance.2019-06-0537 min