Dr Amit Ranjan Biswas is a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a filmmaker, poet and playwright. In this podcast, we talk about creativity and wellbeing, seven habits of balance, and how we can use these, and our darkest moments, to have a meaningful life. You can find Amit on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/amitrbiswas and on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@amitbiswascircleawareness-3954 . You can find Amit's film, Bridge, here: https://www.bridgethefilm.com/

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:20) Our darkest moments and growth

(00:05:30) Connections

(00:08:05) Dimensions of Hope

(00:10:48) Wellbeing and the seven habits of balance

(00:11:58) Awareness

(00:14:24) Breaks and Breath

(00:18:28) Compassion

(00:21:32) Deep intimacy

(00:23:18) Exercise and dance

(00:26:20) Forest

(00:27:47) Gratitude practices

(00:34:14) Conclusion

In this podcast we delve into the profound interconnections between spirituality and mental health. Dr Culliford has written many books about the interface between spirituality and mental health, including 'Spirituality and Psychology' and many other books about wisdom and happiness. You can find the details on his website here: http://www.ldc52.co.uk/

Wisdom Pointers from Dr Culliford at World Wide Wave of Wisdom http://wwwow.net/

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:46) What is mental health?

(00:06:00) Spiritual unity beyond the strict boundaries of our Ego.

(00:07:30) Attachments

(00:10:20) Social unhappiness

(00:13:00) Wisdom

(00:14:57) Apocalyptic beliefs and despair

(00:16:20) Practical example of social despair

(00:19:49) Healing

(00:21:10) Practical advice on wisdom

(00:28:15) Wisdom controversies

(00:33:31) The original Unity

(00:35:05) The Medical model and spirituality

(00:36:06) Compassion, wisdom and relational psychiatry

(00:42:26) Books to read

(00:46:37) Summing up

A conversation with Penny Campling, retired psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author of 'Don't Turn Away'. We discuss how psychiatry has evolved, how we label people in mental health, the different forms of therapy and about how the NHS struggles to meet the demands of people with mental health issues.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:40) What makes us human

(00:05:13) Labelling distress

(00:13:04) The problems with diagnoses

(00:16:52) Stigma

(00:20:52) Therapeutic communities

(00:25:59) What makes Therapeutic Communities special

(00:29:09) The importance of relationships in therapy

(00:30:37) Therapy in primary care

(00:36:06) Psychiatry and bureaucracy

(00:44:32) Malignant regression

(00:46:30) What has gone well

(00:53:33) Reasons to be hopeful

(00:55:03) Interest in mental health

(00:56:15) The way forward in Psychiatry

(00:58:51) Conclusion