Episode 103: Matt Robert, runs multiple “recovery“ oriented groups in Boston n the US, using the platform of SMART Recovery (Self-Management And Recovery Training), and incorporating mindfulness, meditation and Buddhist philosophy.
Episode 88: Melanie Joy, the founder and president of Beyond Carnism, a charitable organisation which she founded in 2010, talks to us about Carnism which she popularized in her book Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows.
Episode 82: Peter Sheath, A mental health nurse, counsellor, consultant, trainer and person in long term recovery who has spent many years in the field of health and social care. He talks to us about addiction, mental health & the Middle Way.
Episode 71: Pete Goble and Rich Flanagan in this member’s discussion, talk about how people perceive pain, the assumptions we make about it, how it’s influenced culturally, psychic and physical pain and, attitudes in dealing with pain.
Episode 41: Sir Harry Burns, the professor of global public health at the University of Strathclyde and a former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland on the causes of inequality in health, the causes of wellness and some solutions that he has implemented.