Welcome to The Mental Health Revolution Podcast. In this episode, Kate continues her interview with English drummer, co-founder of King Crimson, Michael Rex Giles.

KEY TAKEAWAYS Journalists and media people might be sportsman or musician who failed and decided to go into journalism so that they can continue their interest in this subject the same time then when they're interviewing the well-known people because they got themselves in a position to do it, then they're getting the glory of that person reflected back onto them. The process goes on then the glory that the journalist is receiving because I know this person, I've spoken to them, I've spent time with, that gets further reflected back onto the general public who are watching the broadcast or whatever, they know that journalist spend time with that person, and now they’d like to have done that. That’s how everything feeds on itself. It all starts with either the person who's done something, wanting the publicity, so going to the best journalists; they can find who they might be able to trust to do an interview. Mental health does not have to be a negative thing and by not conforming to the norms of what society expects you to be in terms of how your happiness or the way that you react or you behave can actually be perfectly normal to you as a person. Being normal is when you do something that you enjoy doing rather than doing something that does not make you happy just because society wants you to do something in a certain kind of way. The main thing is actually an attempt to find out who you are, what you are, what makes you, what makes you tick, and it can take some time. Why are the numbers for prescriptions for antidepressants doubling? There are so many millions of people suffering from stress and anxiety due to the systems under which people are living and working. There's been so much pressure from that that’s a little bit been squeezed up at the top. And so it's now getting a bit more publicity than it would have done 20 years. How to maintain your mental health. One thing is a physical exercise which is a meditation in itself. Perception comes from cultural influences; anybody who is free of contract, if there is such a person, their perception of what it is would be far greater than the people who are culturally brainwashed. Genius is people who do something which really inspires people, they could be called freaks of nature because they do things out of this world. Depression is there in order for us to take a step back and be able to take some time out to reassess. Being very positive and having a realistic attitude to life you can be able to see the opportunities around you and expand on those opportunities. In order to avoid mental health issues, is to find the best information you can, some of the information may come from you and your organization, but there is so much available in books.

BEST MOMENTS "It's normal to need to, to make music for me and express myself." “The main thing is actually an attempt to find out who you are, what you are, what makes you.” “The current publicity on mental health issues is for the tip of the iceberg.” “Don’t doubt yourself and everything will be all right.” “What is perfectly normal for one side is perfectly abnormal for somebody different.” “The mind works in very mysterious ways.” “A positive spin on it is not necessarily going to make something a positive.” “Hard work kills many million.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES http://www.michaelgiles.com/MICHAEL_GILES/home.html https://www.facebook.com/groups/238516643507943/  

ABOUT THE GUEST

Michael Rex Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969. Prior to the formation of King Crimson, he also co-founded the short-lived Giles, Giles & Fripp with his brother, Peter, and Robert Fripp the previous year.

CONTACT METHOD http://www.michaelgiles.com/MICHAEL_GILES/home.html

ABOUT THE HOST

Kate Ashley-Norman is creator of Positive Mind Management, the host of The Mental Health Revolution podcast, and a passionate speaker and trainer about our emotional wellbeing. She is seeking to change the nature and tone of the conversation around mental health for business owners, their workplaces and ultimately in their personal lives.

Kate has spent the last 25+ years running her own businesses, initially working running a six figure PR consultancy agency, then building a multi-million pound international property portfolio. Latterly she has dedicated her time to studying emotional mastery and positive psychology, while bringing up four children, and has used her experience and knowledge to create the Positive Mind Management programme specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

The knowledge Kate has collated will help you to not only better understand your emotions, it will help you both improve it, and supercharge it during those more challenging times when emotional wellbeing can be compromised. Fear, procrastination, overwhelm, powerlessness, self worth – empire building is a hugely challenging process in its own right. The more power you hold within your own emotions, the more you can harness the power of those emotions, good and bad, to the benefit of your business and life in general.

Hugely practical and applicable, this revolutionary approach to mental health is putting the power back into the hands of each and every individual.

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