Compulsive Lying
Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking about compulsive lying, and why the picture most of us have of it, someone cold and calculating who's...
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The Richard Nicholls Podcast
To inspire, educate and motivate you to be the best you can be. Learn about tackling mental health problems like Anxiety and Depression as well as simple tips to understand the world better,...
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20 of 144 episodesWhy You Shouldn't Complain So Much
Send us Fan Mail Does venting your frustrations make you feel better? Turns out, not so much. No. So what we can we do instead? Support the...
Short Stuff: Laughter & Perspectives
Send us Fan Mail Is laughter the best medicine? Maybe not, but it's better than nothing! Support the show Join the Patreon community https:/...
Short Stuff: Empty Nest Syndrome
Send us Fan Mail Empty nest syndrome is one of those things people feel a bit embarrassed to admit to. Your child leaving home is meant to b...
Short Stuff: Infidelity
Send us Fan Mail Infidelity is one of those topics that gets talked about constantly but almost never honestly. The public conversation tend...
Short Stuff: Trauma and Personality
Send us Fan Mail Following on from last week I'm going into why some neurodiversity isn't genetic. How childhood trauma can shape a brain in...
Clutter & Overwhelm
Send us Fan Mail Why is it so much easier to sort out a friend's messy cupboard than my own? This month I'm getting into overwhelm and execu...
Short Stuff: Neurodiversity
Send us Fan Mail Different brains aren't broken brains. They're just running on an operating system the world wasn't built to support. So th...
Short Stuff: Bullying
Send us Fan Mail This week we're talking about bullying, and not just the playground kind. We dig into how being bullied as a child can leav...
Short Stuff: Anger
Send us Fan Mail Anger gets such a rough deal, doesn't it. People either think they've got too much of it and feel ashamed, or they reckon t...
Acceptance and Commitment
Send us Fan Mail This week I’m talking about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT. A therapy model that sounds a bit like “just accept...
Of Mice and Men
Send us Fan Mail Jumping into the time machine today, back to 1968 when a researcher built a paradise for mice. A place with unlimited food,...
Panic Attacks
Send us Fan Mail People often use the word panic to mean the same as anxiety. But in my world, the 2 are separated so as to ensure people ge...
Attention Seeking
Send us Fan Mail Attention seeking gets used as an insult, doesn't it. But wanting to be noticed is one of the most fundamental human drives...
Self-Forgiveness
Send us Fan Mail Self forgiveness isn’t about pretending the past didn’t happen, or letting ourselves off the hook. It’s about learning the...
Self-Trust
Send us Fan Mail When we notice our mistakes or our inconsistencies, it's easy to label ourselves as a failure. But becoming the best we can...
The Anxiety of Being Misunderstood
Send us Fan Mail Ever found yourself apologising for things that don’t really need an apology? Sorry for asking a question. Sorry for needin...
Resilience Isn't What You Think
Send us Fan Mail Who's responsible if we fall flat on our face and nothing goes right? More importantly, who's responsible if we don't pick...
When Resting Feels Wrong
Send us Fan Mail If resting feels wrong for you, that doesn’t mean you’re bad at relaxing. It might mean that your nervous system has learnt...
Self-Care in Anxious Times
Send us Fan Mail If you're soaking up all the negative stuff that goes on in the world it can be really hard to feel safe ourselves unless w...