Trigger warning: reference to suicidal thoughts
Hi everyone. And welcome to another episode of our extraordinary stories. My name is Dr. Patel, and I'm the host of this podcast. I am an NHS junior doctor specializing in psychiatry. So that means I help and support people with mental illness from their point of crisis and diagnosis right through to recovery.
So on today's podcast, I have a very special guest. This podcast is all about exploring that whole mental health spectrum going from. A mental health crisis, mental health illness, all the way up to recovery and a state of human flourishing. . I believe that at any point in our lives, we are on one part of the spectrum.
So on this podcast I generally have people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, and then I also try to bring on people that work within the mental health sector.
And today's guest, Panisha actually does both and I think, the reason that she's does the job that she does and is able to do it so well and has such good insight into it, is because of her own lived experience. So when I first started the podcast last year she was one of the first people to reach out. And that's exactly what I wanted from this podcast. It wasn't about that person with 20 K 50 K followers that are already talking about their stories, but to be for everyday people that are just getting on with life and we don't know, what their journey has been, and for that journey to inspire you and make you feel like, actually, I can learn so much from this person's story, or I want to share my story with my friends or family so that they don't feel so alone in their journey as well. And Panisha's been really. Brave and courageous to give her some insights into what she's been through and how she's got through that.
Through a lot of things she has implemented really by herself rather than from external sources like mental health services, GP and medication, all those things. And that's really what I want to focus on. And we will do that as we get to the, to the latter part of the conversation.
A little bit about Panisha:
I'm currently an Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner in the Northwest of England. I work with children, families, and schools to support with issues around mental health and wellbeing. I work using the community, family unit, and individuals as an eco system to promote good mental wellbeing. I am an advocate for holistic therapies such as meditation, yoga & mindfulness.
Follow me on Instagram @drdevikapatel to continue engaging in this conversation!
Trigger warning: reference to suicidal thoughts
Hi everyone. And welcome to another episode of our extraordinary stories. My name is Dr. Patel, and I'm the host of this podcast. I am an NHS junior doctor specializing in psychiatry. So that means I help and support people with mental illness from their point of crisis and diagnosis right through to recovery.
So on today's podcast, I have a very special guest. This podcast is all about exploring that whole mental health spectrum going from. A mental health crisis, mental health illness, all the way up to recovery and a state of human flourishing. . I believe that at any point in our lives, we are on one part of the spectrum.
So on this podcast I generally have people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, and then I also try to bring on people that work within the mental health sector.
And today's guest, Panisha actually does both and I think, the reason that she's does the job that she does and is able to do it so well and has such good insight into it, is because of her own lived experience. So when I first started the podcast last year she was one of the first people to reach out. And that's exactly what I wanted from this podcast. It wasn't about that person with 20 K 50 K followers that are already talking about their stories, but to be for everyday people that are just getting on with life and we don't know, what their journey has been, and for that journey to inspire you and make you feel like, actually, I can learn so much from this person's story, or I want to share my story with my friends or family so that they don't feel so alone in their journey as well. And Panisha's been really. Brave and courageous to give her some insights into what she's been through and how she's got through that.
Through a lot of things she has implemented really by herself rather than from external sources like mental health services, GP and medication, all those things. And that's really what I want to focus on. And we will do that as we get to the, to the latter part of the conversation.
A little bit about Panisha:
I'm currently an Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner in the Northwest of England. I work with children, families, and schools to support with issues around mental health and wellbeing. I work using the community, family unit, and individuals as an eco system to promote good mental wellbeing. I am an advocate for holistic therapies such as meditation, yoga & mindfulness.
Follow me on Instagram @drdevikapatel to continue engaging in this conversation!