Kooth Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Join us as we chat about everything mental wellbeing from building self esteem, to letting out our lockdown frustrations - as well as some guided meditation. We're a safe and accepting place for all listeners, so take a break from everyday stresses to sit back and enjoy our fun and interesting episodes...
In this episode we spoke to sleep expert, Emily Guiver.
Ever wondered why teenagers need more sleep? Maybe how your sleep quality can affect your mental health? Or have you ever thought about how you can get a good nights sleep before an exam? Listen in for more...
"We often hear about the positive impacts of physical activity and movement on our mental health and wellbeing, but there may be times when physical activity feels difficult for all sorts of reasons."
Listen in to counsellor, Gemma, discussing the impact of movement on our mental health, how being active might not always feel so great, and how we might work with any barriers we might have.
We’ve collaborated with the charity, Winston’s Wish, who help support children and young people with grief and loss. We spoke to three lovely members of the Winston’s Wish Youth Ambassador team to answer important questions on grief, like:
- Does everyone experience grief in the same way?
- When is it okay to feel happy again when you’ve been affected by grief?
- How does grief change over time?
For personal support with grief and loss, you can visit Kooth or visit the Winston’s Wish website.
If you’re looking for some relaxation before bed, why not listen to our bedtime meditation? It can help you feel calmer and a bit more comfortable at night, so you can fall asleep with ease.
In this podcast, we speak to Aanisah, a secondary school teacher who is a practising Muslim. We discuss how faith and culture can affect your mental health, and the importance of role models and representation, especially for Muslim girls.
We understand how important it is for young people in the care system to feel heard. In this podcast, Carina, a youth worker at Kooth, speaks to a young person about their involvement in her project 'Pass the Parcel,' which explores how young people can represent their feelings of being passed around in the care system through objects.
Sometimes we can get so swept away in our feelings or the things we have to do in a day. In the rush of it all, we may get overwhelmed and need to take a moment to stop and collect ourselves. In this short audio, counsellor, Gemma, takes us through a quick STOP technique to help us find quick moments of calm throughout the day.
Do you ever feel like there’s something you need to let go of? Maybe it’s a particular thought, worry, or frustration. If you feel you need a quick sense of release, you can help train your body to relax with this short tense and release exercise.
Are there certain colours you find calming? Colours are often tied to our feelings and emotions. In this podcast, counsellor, Gemma, takes you through a relaxation meditation based on the colours of the rainbow.
Have you ever felt a sense of dread, restlessness, or a pit in your stomach? These aren’t pleasant feelings, but there are things we can do about them. Psychologist, Dr Kerry, helps us understand what exactly anxiety is, why we might feel anxious, when anxiety is helpful vs. harmful, as well as easy techniques to use when we’re feeling overwhelmed.
In the final instalment of our goals series, we spoke to Ben, a member of the Kooth youth leadership team, and Sofia, one of the Kooth counsellors, and asked them some questions about achieving your goals.
Please note - in the episode, you'll hear us say we're talking to the youth leadership team. Unfortunately, due to scheduling issues, this wasn't possible, so we've had to mix it up a bit instead. Thanks for bearing with us!
Setting goals can be tricky, so today, Gemma is talking us through how to make our own positive affirmations, for when we're finding it tough.
We asked some members of the Kooth team how they feel about setting goals. Tune in to find out what they had to say!
Welcome to the latest episode in our goal-setting podcast series.
Listen in as Kooth counsellor Neil gives his advice on goal-setting and provides plenty of tips on all of its aspects.
Head over to Kooth.com for free, anonymous, online help.
Welcome to our new podcast series!
We are looking at goal-setting and what you can do to make and achieve goals for yourself.
Keep an eye on this channel for more episodes related to the topic.
For more information on our service and to chat to one of our counsellors, visit Kooth.com.
For the fourth and final episode in our Mindful Moments series, we're doing a protective bubble activity, so why not sit back, relax, and enjoy another mini moment of calm.
The third episode of our mindful moments series is finally here! Join us for another mini moment of calm.
Join us for the second instalment of our Mindful Moments series, as Gemma talks you through how to do square breathing so you can enjoy a mini moment of calm.
Listen to our new series, all about bringing you mini moments of mindfulness that you can do wherever you are and whenever you need.
Beth, Gemma, and Dan are talking social media this month: how can we look after ourselves while staying connected with the world around us? Join us for our top tips!
Join Beth and Dan in our first ever creative writing workshop, lead by our very own expert, Dr. Katja Anja.
Work alongside us, or just listen if you want, as we explore how to use imagery in our writing!
Join Beth, Ben, and Dan for the second instalment of Overthinkers Anonymous.
They discuss moments in their lives which they have overthought, as well as what they found helped.
From clothes and courses to GCSEs and how we reacted, have a listen in for more.
We asked some students to share their thoughts on their own back to school worries. Listen to their advice!
How can anxiety affect your learning? Is it normal to feel anxious about school? And how can my sleep also be impacted? Join us as we answer your questions about anxiety.
How can getting your school bag, stationery, and all your clothes ready for your first morning help you mentally? We've got you covered!
How do I find my way round my new school? What if I don't like my new teacher? How do I handle the pressure of good grades? We tackle your biggest worries around changes in the new school year.
Welcome to our Fresh Start for School podcast series!
We’re kicking off our 5-day podcast series with The Friendship Episode.
You might be thinking: What if I'm not in my friends' class? How can I reconnect with my old friends, or make new ones? What can I do if I feel left out of my group? Well, we’re going to be trying to answer some of your biggest friendship worries.
Listen in as Dan chats to Kooth counsellor Catriona about all the tips and advice she has to offer.
Get in the back to school mindset and take a 15-minute break from your worries in Kooth's relaxing guided meditation.
Pride month may be over, but we're very much still in Pride mode here at Kooth! Ben is joined by Kitty and Dez to discuss why we celebrate Pride each year, and why it's important not to take the rainbows down on the 1st of July.
As part of our Pride month celebrations, we’ve put together a special episode of our creative writing podcast series.
This week, join Beth and Katja Anja for a discussion about writing queer characters. For advice on avoiding stereotypes, creating queer friendly spaces, and how to make your characters well-rounded, come listen to the conversation!
Welcome to our latest Kooth podcast!
When supporting our LGBTQIA+ loved ones, it can be difficult to know what to say.
Sometimes, you may not feel like your words are enough, or that your advice isn't relevant.
In our latest podcast, Beth and Sam talk about their own experiences, and pass on their advice to you.
Whether it's making someone feel comfortable, helping them while coming out, or simply just being a nice person, all sorts of topics are covered in this podcast.
The theme of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week is loneliness.
During lockdown all our worlds became a lot smaller, and since it's been difficult for a lot of us to reconnect with our friends and family.
So we're going to talk about how loneliness can affect our mental wellbeing as well as offer some of our tips for reforging connections and making new friendships.
Join Beth, Ben, and Dan for the chat.
This week, Beth is joined by Milly and Dan to talk about milestones: what they are, why they can make us feel pressure, and the importance of setting goals that are meaningful to you.
Comics are cooler than ever these days - and the cinemas are jam-packed with superhero movies.
This week, we spoke to Anne, a former comic writer and editor who has worked on Marvel and DC comic books.
She spoke to us about disabled representation, her own struggles, and how to create your very own character.
Join Beth, Gemma, and Dan, as they talk about ways in which you can manage your feelings when things start feeling scary.
Whether it's something in the news or something closer to home, this podcast is full of tips and advice from the Kooth team..
Listen in as we to talk to Seth from Show Racism The Red Card about his work with the charity, experiences with racism, and hopes for the future.
This week we're joined by some folk from the incredible organisation the Proud Trust, a charity dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT+ young people, for a discussion about gender!
Welcome to a brand-new Kooth podcast, and the second addition to our football series.
This week, we spoke to Joe, a co-chair of the 3 Lions Pride group, about their experiences within the beautiful game.
Welcome back to another Kooth Creative Writing Podcast!
In our latest episode we're going to be chatting all about poems.
They can often get a bad rap - and does anyone know how to start them? - so we'll be chatting to our resident writing experts on the Kooth team: Dr Katja Anja, Izzy, and Beth.
From their history to tips on creating your own, listen in to find out more...
Pan-disability football leagues are available up and down the country, providing a fun sporting outlet for those who might feel left out from sports. We spoke to the chair of a disability football league to give us more information about how it all works.
Listen to our last podcast for 2021 as we look back on some of our favourite Kooth Podcast moments! We'll also be sharing our favourite positive news of the year, plus lifting the curtain with a behind-the-scenes blooper reel of our funniest podcasting missteps. We round up our celebrations with some Kooth Podcast Awards: who do you think will win the award for saying ummm the most?
Join Beth, Ben, Katja-Anja, Dan, and Izzy and laugh along to these amazing 2021 higlights!
Art can be a daunting hobby to start - for some reason we all expect to be to be perfect artists with the first stroke of a brush. We're gonna be chatting about how to get started, why like any hobby art is a skill, and why we need to stop comparing our work to others!
Join Ben, Katja Anja and Dan as they talk about the history of the festive season, from forest spirits to shoebox appeals!
This week, Beth is joined by Milly and Ben to get some tips on how to stay busy over the festive holidays. Caution: this episode contains terrible puns.
Join Dan, Dez and Tom as they chat about some of the myths that young boys will hear growing up, from 'boys don't cry' to 'boys don't wear pink'.
Join Beth, Ben, and Katja Anja as they discuss the challenges of the winter season, and the positive changes we can make to tackle seasonal sadness.
Join, Ben, Dan and Aisha, as they talk about self-confidence, what it means, how it differs for each of us, and what tips there are for building on it.
Join Booo-en, Black Kat-ja Anja, and Bewitching Beth as they have a rummage through the skeletons in the Kooth cupboard to separate fact from fiction in this special SnapPod all about the History of Halloween!
Join Beth, Ben, and Milly as they talk about what it's like to break up with friends, and some tips on how to look after yourself if it happens.
For this week's Kooth SnapPod the team is talking about having to deal with 'Casual' Racism.
Join Aisha, Hannah, and Beth as they talk about how isolating these little everyday aggressions can be, how to speak up (and not feel guilty when you don't) if it's happening in your friendship group, as well as how you can safely deal with it.
This week, join Beth, Katja-Anja, and newcomer Elsa as they sort fact from fiction when they talk all about periods.
Join us in this week's Kooth Podcast where we chat about our best creative writing tips.
Beth, Katja-Anja, and Dan try to cover in their own messy ways: How proof reading is your best friend but worst enemy, the importance of world building in any fictional world, as well as how to learn to love your writing.
Ben and Kate take a moment away from the stresses of modern life to check in with themselves as they discuss what we mean by grounding techniques, how they can help us, and suggest some simple ones to take with you in your daily lives.
Join Ben and Chris as garden whilst they talk.
They chat about how gardening helped them during lockdown, dealing with the isolation, as well as how loss has effected them.
Join Beth, Katja-Anja, and Izzy for this week's SnapPod all about boundaries!
Instead of setting boundaries for others, the guys talk about why your own boundaries are just as important, how you can start yourself, and what ones they've learnt for themselves...
For this episode, friends Katja-Anja and Beth meet for the first time face to face. Join them while they brew some coffee and try to stop the cats from arguing. They chat about friendship, understanding each other, and how it’s ok to sometimes need your own space.
Listen to our brand new Shoulder to Shoulder series with Lex and Monty.
They talk about friends, how to have important conversations, as well as why Lex is always driving in the mud, all whilst they play Mario Kart.
Join Ben, Gemma, and Milly in another Kooth SnapPod as we celebrate International Friendship Day!
In this week's episode, Ben, Izzy, and Milly take a look at what we mean by pop culture, and how our favourite TV shows, books, music, games, and more can help us with our mental health. We also find out Milly's favourite feel-good song, and which celebrity Ben watches to cheer himself up!
Relax and unwind in our latest Kooth Guided Meditation.
This soothing mindfulness exercise is designed to help us create a safe space in our minds, and help give our minds a break from things in our lives that might be bothering us.
Written and spoken by Gemma.
Join Beth, Ben and Izzy in this week's Kooth SnapPod all about Summer!
They chat about how it can be difficult for some of us who don't enjoy the hot weather, and how we can attempt to stop feeling guilty about "wasting" our summer. Also find out which of the trio are summer kids, and which of them prefer to stay in the shade until Autumn!
Join Beth, Izzy, Lex, Ben & Katja-Anja for a brand new podcast series!
Listen to us as we record our step-by-step journey of trying to be plastic-free for a whole week! We talk about the challenges, the positives, as well as how eco-anxiety can be super overwhelming.
We're talking all about how hobbies can help our mental wellbeing in this week's Kooth SnapPod!
Join Beth, Ben, and Kate as they chat about their own hobbies (whilst Ben tries not to forget all of his), why we love them so much, and all the benefits attached that we didn't know about.
Join Beth and Dan as they talk about why it's so important to see LGBTQIA+ people, on screen or in books, as well as in our lives.
In this week's Kooth SnapPod they chat about their favourite characters, TikTok stars, and what makes good and bad queer representation.
Listen to our first Pride Kooth podcast this June!
Join Beth, Katja-Anja, and Lucie as they chat about what makes them proud during Pride. These three 'Bi-Queens' talk about their favourite Pride moments this year, how important listening can be if you're an ally, as well as how we can re-direct all this love and admiration we have for others, onto ourselves!
Join Beth, Ben and Aisha in our latest Kooth SnapPod all about 'Doom Scrolling'. They chat about how difficult it can be to get ourselves out of the cycle of bad news, share some tips they've picked up, as well as welcoming an unexpected guest that pops up to share their own ideas...
Join us this week as we travel to (virtual) Ancient Greece, consider the benefits of a Sims lifestyle, and teach Izzy what being a gamer is!
We're mixing it up for this week's Kooth SnapPod, Beth is in her garden whilst Ben and Izzy keep warm inside as they talk about the positive power that nature can have on our mental wellbeing - and hoping it doesn't rain before they finish.
The Kooth team have found an excellent excuse to talk all about their pets in this week's SnapPod, celebrating the end of Pet Awareness Month.
Join Beth, Ben and Katja-Anja as they chat about how animals can be amazing for our mental wellbeing, how much they love their cats (even if they do keep them awake at night), and make sure to get your headphones out to catch Beth's kitten purring!
Enchanted by some of your favourite magical stories and the folklore behind them? Or maybe you want to know more about how these stories can acts as a perfect escape? Well then listen to our latest Kooth SnapPod.
Join Beth, Katja Anja, and Catriona as they chat about Harry Potter, favourite folklore, and their perfectly healthy admiration for Hermione Granger!
This week the Kooth team chats about how stressful coming out can be, how we don't all know the answer about our own gender or sexualities, as well as how amazing and beautiful it can be to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Join Beth, Katja Anja and Dan as they talk about their own experiences of coming out!
Welcome to our second Kooth SnapPod instalment all about how we're coping with transitioning out of lockdown.
Join Beth and Ben as they chat through loads of thoughts, worries, and tips from our lovely Kooth users - as well as finding out how they're approaching their own journeys back to "normal life".
For Stress Awareness Month, we're talking about how the pressure of expectations can be a massive cause of our stress.
Join Beth, Ben and Holly as they chat about how other people's - as well as our own - expectations can be difficult to break out of and how we can try to lift them off ourselves.
Join Beth, Ben and Katja-Anja in this week's Kooth SnapPod, where we're talking about the curse of overthinking, what we've been spending too much time thinking about this week, as well as some of our own tips to help our busy brains.
In this Kooth SnapPod we're talking about tackling 'busy brain', why chasing sleep is bad for us, and how we need to change our relationship with our bedtime routines.
Join Ben, Lex and Beth for their usual funny catch-up - and find out which one of them keeps getting woken up by their cats...
Welcome to our brand new guided meditation series!
Relax and unwind as you listen to a guided mindfulness exercise designed to help declutter the everyday stresses we all feel. This soothing exercise helps us to take 10 minutes out of our day to help sort out what's important and what we can let go of.
Written and spoken by Gemma.
This week's Kooth SnapPod is all about acknowledging (and accepting) any of the worries we have about lockdown restrictions being lifted over the next few months.
Join Beth, Izzy and Ben as they chat about their own cautious optimism, how it's okay to feel anxious after a year of lockdown restrictions, as well as how boundaries can help us transition.
Did you know February is LGBTQIA+ History Month? If not, then Kooth's team is here to tell you all about it!
Why is it so important for us to know our history? How can it actually help our mental wellbeing? And what is some of the representation that the LGBTQIA+ community has in TV and film?
Join Beth, Katja Anja, Dez and Ophelia in this funny but important chat.
To celebrate Kooth's amazing new campaign, #DontDoItAlone, we're chatting about some of the hilarious things we do on our own, as well as including tips on how to take the pressure off these important - but sometimes daunting - conversations.
Join Beth, Aisha, Izzy, and Ben for a short, funny, and laidback chat, a perfect 10-minute breather out of our busy days!
This third lockdown has left us all feeling frustrated, and we want you guys to know you're not alone in feeling this way!
Join Beth, Izzy and Ben for this hilarious catch-up, as they chat about their own lockdown annoyances, how to healthily release this anger (with a debate on whether healthily is actually a word), as well as their thoughts on... trilogies?
Our new shorter SnapPods are just as jam-packed with helpful advice, tips, and hilarious conversations.
We could all use a bit of self care after 2020, and what a better way to start then setting yourself some New-Year-Self-Care-Resolutions?
In this episode join Beth, Dez, Aisha and Ben as they chat about how they're spending their NYE: How lockdown has (or hasn't) changed their usual plans, their favourite tips for setting easy to reach goals, as well as how resolutions and self care can go hand in hand!
Join Izzy, Ben, Beth and Katja Anja as they chat all about their best creative writing tips.
Picking up the pen (or typing the first words on the computer) can be one of the hardest parts of writing so we cover everything, from those first important steps, to how to develop your writing skill, as well as the scariest writing demon of them all... writer's block!
As Black History Month draws to a close we wanted to have a chat about some of the biggest issues discussed amongst young people over the last few weeks.
Join Aisha, Nat, and Yasin as they chat about why 'All Lives Matter' can be such a loaded term, how language can change over time, and how we need to be more comfortable talking about race.
Hosted by: Gemma
Join our Kooth Team, Izzy, Joe and Ophelia as they discuss the mystery of self-esteem.
What do we mean when we talk about self esteem? How can we build it up? And what are some tips and tricks that our Content Workers have picked up in their life?
Well, we'll be finding out!