In this episode, I talk to Jo Love, an award winning Mental Health Advocate and campaigner. She shares her experience of mental illness including depression, anxiety and burnout alongside evidence-based strategies that helped her recover and go into a career of helping others feel less alone in their suffering.
4:12 Jo's painful story of mental illness
7:12 Suicidal thoughts and postnatal depression
9:09 Realisation and diagnosis
10:12 Going to the GP
12:41 Ongoing recovery - flourishing vs languishing
14:12 Warning signs before pregnancy - type A personality
20:52 Jo’s purpose - post-traumatic growth
24:52 Medication as a sticking plaster or a catalyst
26:00 Jo’s experience with CBT and talking therapy
27:51 The slow sunrise of recovery
29:10 Feeling like herself again
31:12 Figuring out which therapies work best for individuals
33:26 Thoughts that came from depression
35:17 Law and people pleasers
37:12 Re-examining childhood values
41:47 Average equating to failure
44:24 Perfectionism in motherhood - a ‘good enough’ mother
47:07 Holding standards loosely
48:06 Teaching vulnerability to our children
Find Jo at https://www.jolove.co.uk/
And on Instagram @jo__love__ and @therapyismagic
If you have been affected by any of the subjected covered in this podcast, please refer to the links below -
Mind provides advice and support on a range of mental health subjects, and details of local help and support in England and Wales.
0300 123 3393 (weekdays 9am - 6pm)
Visit the Mind website
The Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123
Visit the Samaritans website
You can find my free download at www.thethomasconnection.co.uk/calm
This episode was edited by Emily Crosby Media
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