How you going mate?

24/08/2025

I recently completed a course in Resilince First Aid with hellodriven.com

I highly recommend it. I enjoyed it so much that I am now doing the training that will allow me to become a resilience coach and do resilience training. Watch this space.

24/08/2025

In this episode I talk to April Abbott. April's story is one of mental health, addiction, recovery and moving through hard times. This really is one of the most incredible stories we have ever told.
Remember you can listen by tapping or clicking on this post or on your favourite podcasting platforms.

Listen to April's Story from How you going mate?. In this episode I talk to April Abbott. April's story is one of mental health, addiction, recovery and moving through hard times. This really is one of the most incredible stories we have ever told.

05/07/2025

In this episode I talk with my old friend Kara Thornhill. Kara is a passionate mental health advocate who recently started her own Mental Health support service called Maverick Supports. We chat about a whole range of things including living with her own mental health conditions, recently being diagnosed with ADHD and losing friends because of our mental health. We also talk about why she started Maverick Supports an just how she hopes to change the game when supporting good mental health.

As always you can listen by clicking or tapping on the link in the post or via your favourite podcasting service.

https://open.acast.com/public/streams/6306bcf93072ab00129a5c1d/episodes/6869b65ba5162e9423c27400.mp3

30/06/2025

This is a good one!! Make sure you tune in on Sunday!

🎙🔥 It’s official! 🔥🎙

Kara recently sat down with Holstein from How you going mate? for an incredibly open, honest, and raw podcast episode.

They covered it all:
➡ Kara’s personal mental health journey
➡ The power of lived experience
➡ Why she founded Supports
➡ And how we’re building better support models for psychosocial and compounding mental health.

👉 The episode drops on 6th July, & we can’t wait for you to hear it.

Mark your calendar. Set your reminders. 💛

30/06/2025

Today is a sombre yet significant day on our calendar. On this day 8 years ago, I received a phone call telling me that one of my oldest friends had taken his life by su***de.
A few days after this, I started the How you going mate? initiative. We had one purpose, to encourage people to reconnect with people that they thought needed support.
The message is still the same. Don’t keep waiting for people to ask for help.
Don’t say things like “I’m here here if you need me” or “Call me if you need me.”
If you think somebody needs support, pick up the phone send a message or make a call and ask them How you going mate?
That phone call or message could be all it takes to save their life.

29/06/2025

25/06/2025

Sometimes it’s easier to accept support than it is to ask for it. Next time someone asks you if you need support, take it.

23/06/2025

What do you do?

22/06/2025

22/06/2025

In this episode I have a great chat with Tracey Kelly. Tracey is a mother, animal lover, published author, certified journal therapy coach, and a qualified personal trainer who is passionate about family, food, fitness and wellbeing. Tracey talks to me about her own experiences managing her mental health after a serious episode a few years ago when a number of things overwhelmed her all at once and how that has inspired her books, Running Thoughts and When The Magic's Gone but also how it has inspired her to help others. You can follow her FB page here Tracey Kelly, Author !

As always you can listen by tapping or clicking on the link in this post or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

https://open.acast.com/public/streams/6306bcf93072ab00129a5c1d/episodes/6857c2f873d44a0f7e0fa286.mp3

04/06/2025

01/06/2025

This is one of the many keys to being a good Active Supporter of mental health!