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Let's Talk About Mental Health

Let's Talk About Mental Health

Jeremy Godwin 423 Episodes Aug 23, 2026

This weekly podcast offers practical mental health advice to improve emotional well-being and mental fitness. Hosted by counselor and writer Jeremy Godwin, it provides tips for building mental strength, resilience, and self-care without interviews or random opinions. Each episode delivers actionable solutions for better mental health.

Episodes

How to stop settling for less than you deserve (Episode 348)
How to stop settling for less than you deserve (Episode 348) Aug 23, 2026 00:25:08 Your self-respect gets harder to protect when you keep accepting less than you deserve… and every time you let bad behaviour slide, or stay in a destructive situation, you end up reinforcing for yourself that your worth matters less than keeping the peace or not challenging things. In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I’m talking about why tolerating bad behaviour can slo
Why you're always stressed, even when nothing's wrong (Episode 347)
Why you're always stressed, even when nothing's wrong (Episode 347) Aug 16, 2026 00:27:03 Why do you feel stressed all the time, even when nothing's necessarily 'wrong' right now? If you can't remember the last time you felt properly calm or relaxed, your stress response probably isn't broken; it's just never getting the signal to stand down.In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I break down what's actually happening in your nervous system when stress becomes y
Feeling lost in life? Here's how to find your way again (Episode 346)
Feeling lost in life? Here's how to find your way again (Episode 346) Aug 9, 2026 00:24:57 Feeling lost in life, and you don't have a clue how to find yourself again? Start here.This week on the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I'm exploring why feeling lost is not proof that you're broken or failing somehow; often, it's a sign that you've drifted away from your preferences, your values, and your sense of direction. If you're feeling directionless, feeling stuck in life, feeling
How to stop your emotions making your decisions for you (Episode 345)
How to stop your emotions making your decisions for you (Episode 345) Aug 2, 2026 00:22:40 A strong feeling can often hijack you and take over in moments… but you can learn how to control your emotions, without shutting them down or pretending they aren’t there. In this episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, I’m exploring what really happens when strong emotions hit and the thinking part of your brain seems to disappear, leaving you snapping, shutting down, or saying som
Stop believing everything you think! (Episode 344)
Stop believing everything you think! (Episode 344) Jul 26, 2026 00:24:52 Your mind can sound certain and still be completely wrong. Negative thoughts can feel frighteningly convincing when they show up, especially when they’re loud and insistent… but thoughts are not facts, and you don’t have to let every anxious thought take control of your day. In this episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, I’m talking about your relationship with your thoughts: why y
Why you’re so hard on yourself, and how to stop (Episode 343)
Why you’re so hard on yourself, and how to stop (Episode 343) Jul 19, 2026 00:25:57 If you ever wonder, “Why am I so hard on myself, and how do I stop letting self criticism run my life?” then we need to talk… because that harsh inner critic is doing more harm than good! In this episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, I’m talking about being hard on yourself: that harsh inner voice that picks everything apart, keeps you stuck in negative self-talk, and makes you be
Feeling miserable all the time? Here's what it's pointing at (Episode 342)
Feeling miserable all the time? Here's what it's pointing at (Episode 342) Jul 12, 2026 00:23:32 Feeling miserable but can't quite explain why? Sometimes life looks fine on paper and yet it feels like you're just going through the motions, flat and empty and quietly unhappy. If you keep wondering "why am I so unhappy?" or even "am I depressed?", this episode is for you. Here's the part worth knowing: that miserable feeling is usually pointing at something, and once you work out what, you can
Why figuring out what you want is so scary (Episode 341)
Why figuring out what you want is so scary (Episode 341) Jul 5, 2026 00:26:01 "But I don't know what I want!" If that thought runs on a loop whenever you feel lost in life, you're not alone, and the reason it's so hard to answer might not be the one you'd expect. Figuring out what you want can feel genuinely scary, and that fear is far more common than anyone admits.In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I'm talking about how to figure out what you w
Overfunctioning: why doing everything for everyone is breaking you (Episode 340)
Overfunctioning: why doing everything for everyone is breaking you (Episode 340) Jun 28, 2026 00:27:44 Why do you keep doing everything for everyone, even when you're running on empty? That's called overfunctioning: the quiet pattern where being the capable, reliable one slowly wears you down while nobody notices, including you. And it's costing your mental health more than you realise.This week in the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I'm talking about overfunctioning: the pattern where bein
Why you spiral, and how to stop it (Episode 339)
Why you spiral, and how to stop it (Episode 339) Jun 21, 2026 00:24:01 Does your mind ever take one worried thought and turn it into a full-scale emergency, leaving you overwhelmed, exhausted and unable to think straight? That's a spiral, and if it's familiar territory, this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast is for you. Because what nobody tells you about being in a spiral is this: the things you instinctively do to stop spiralling are often what
Better mental health doesn't require you to do more (Episode 338)
Better mental health doesn't require you to do more (Episode 338) Jun 14, 2026 00:23:36 What does better mental health actually look like in real life, and how do you find time to build it when you're already busy, tired, and stretched thin? Because the thing nobody tells you is that better mental health isn't about doing more; it's about focusing on the few things that actually make a difference. In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I'm breaking down the ba
What's your body really trying to tell you? Physical anxiety symptoms (Episode 337)
What's your body really trying to tell you? Physical anxiety symptoms (Episode 337) Jun 7, 2026 00:26:31 Physical anxiety symptoms can feel terrifying, especially when anxiety and stress start showing up in your body with chest tightness, nausea, a racing heart, or panic attack symptoms that seem to come out of nowhere. So, we need to talk about how to identify and deal with physical anxiety symptoms... and how to calm them.In this episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, I explore what

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