Mental Health Monday

350 episodes! Shall we crack on with the next 350? Mick Coyle hosts a landmark edition of Mental Health Monday, as we celebrate 350 episodes of the award-winning podcast. Mick's been very busy producing programmes about Birth Trauma [https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/uk/news/hits-radio-talks-birth-trauma/]and International Women's Day [https://hellorayo.co.uk/podcasts/change-a-girls-life/id-2258223/] in the last few weeks with his Hits Radio colleagues. Both programmes are a great listen so click on those links and check them out. Now Mick's back on MHM duty, he's joined by the co-founder of the Talk Your Walk Foundation Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e - a New Zealand born Samoan international, who's spent a big part of his career playing Rugby League in the UK. Q's teaming up with two former Castleford Tigers teammates, Sui Matagi and Jesse Sene-Lefao to try and open up conversations with the community about mental health. The rugby league community is a proud and passionate one, and these incredible guys are using their experiences to give people permission to share their problems, through play, group sessions and one-to-ones. They're also setting up regular touch rugby games for all the family. Find out more, including how you can support Talk Your Walk, via their website [https://talkyourwalk.co.uk/] And don't forget to check out the entire back catalogue of Mental Health Monday - you've got 349 other FREE episodes to listen to! Get video previews of each week's guests on Twitter [https://x.com/MrMickCoyle]  Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-coyle-6443361ab/] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mrmickcoyle/?hl=en] TOPICS: Rugby League, Talk Your Walk, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Awarness, Rugby League community, Yorkshire, Samoan Rugby League, mental health

When the Hub of Hope launched in 2017 - Mick Coyle had the exclusive story behind its birth with Jake Mills right here on Mental Health Monday. Skip forward seven years, and more than a quarter of a million people are accessing it every 12 months, connecting with local mental health groups, support services, and organisations within their community. Jake's back to talk about the scale of the Hub of Hope in 2025, and how a new version of the app is making it even more accessible. Just look for Hub of Hope where you get your apps, or visit the Hub of Hope [https://hubofhope.co.uk/] website. Follow Mick Coyle on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-coyle-6443361ab/], Twitter [https://x.com/MrMickCoyle], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mrmickcoyle/], and get video previews of each week's episode on the MHM Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentalhealthmonday] TOPICS: How to ask for help about mental health, looking for mental health support, finding mental health support online, apps that support mental health, apps to find mental health services

Mick is joining in with Time to Talk Day 2025. Rosie Weatherley from MIND [https://www.mind.org.uk/] is his guest, as new data takes a look at the impact NOT talking about our mental health can have on ourselves, and young people in our lives. Rosie guides Mick through the first stages of opening up a conversation about mental health, and how to respond if someone tells you about difficult thoughts and feelings. There is signposting at the end of each episode to some amazing services. And MIND [https://www.mind.org.uk/] have some great resources too. Follow Mick's mental health journey on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-coyle-6443361ab/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mrmickcoyle/] and X [https://x.com/MrMickCoyle], and get video previews of each episode on the MHM Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentalhealthmonday] TOPICS: How to talk about mental health, how to help someone with their mental health, where should I go to get mental health support

Mick Coyle marks Children's Mental Health Awareness Week with an important conversation about reading. He's joined by author of the "Sophie Says..." series Esther Marshall to talk about the value in sharing reading time with your children and the mental health benefits it can bring - to you AND your child. Data suggests 52% of parents use books as a way of talking about their child's thoughts and feelings - do you? Esther talks about her inspiration behind the series, and how losing her sister to suicide made her even more determined to create a resource that children, parents and schools can all use. Find out more about the Sophie Says series [https://www.sophiesaysofficial.com/] Follow Mick Coyle on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mrmickcoyle/], X [https://x.com/MrMickCoyle] and Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-coyle-6443361ab/] - and get video previews of each week's guest on the MHM Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentalhealthmonday] TOPICS: reading with children, benefits of reading, books to read at bedtime, how to talk to your child about mental health, children's mental health awareness week, children's mental health week

Mick is talking about young suicide on this week's edition of the podcast. His guests are supporting CALM's Missing Birthday project, by sharing their daughter's story. Evelyn was just 15 when she took her own life. Jenni and Jack speak to Mick as a new survey from the Campaign Against Living Miserably shows many parents wouldn't know where to turn if their children were struggling, and that the government should do more to support families. You can watch the powerful video mentioned in the podcast here. [https://hellorayo.co.uk/kiss/uk/news/young-suicide-uk-data/] The article also contains more of the survey results, and a response from the Department of Health. And find out more about CALM's C.A.R.E Kit [https://care.thecalmzone.net/] Follow host Mick Coyle on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mrmickcoyle/] and Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-coyle-6443361ab/], as well as X. [https://x.com/MrMickCoyle] TOPICS Suicide, young suicide, suicide prevention, mental health support, young people taking their own lives, data about suicide