Episode 27 - A new conversation about mental health with Dr Jen Daffin
Today I am chatting with the brilliant Dr Jen Daffin.
Jen is a Community Clinical Psychologist with a passion for social justice. She has 15 years’ experience of working in NHS mental health and learning disability services and now works for a mental health charity called Platfform.
She recently started her Instagram account @fair.play.psychology where she shares information about how our social and political circumstances determine our mental health.
Jen and I had a great conversation about the bigger picture of what we term our ‘mental health’. That we are more than our minds, and that for humans to thrive we need to nurture our minds, bodies and communities.
In this episode, we cover A LOT, but here are some key points:
What is ‘trauma’ and how does it impact our mental health
Is the term ‘mental health’ still valid, given how much more we know about how humans work?
How childhood adversity impacts our total health as adults
How the pandemic has created chronic stress AND given us a golden opportunity to reconnect back to ourselves and each other
A conversation of hope for anyone who feels alone – reminding us of our common humanity
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Books we mentioned:
‘What happened to you’ by Oprah Winfrey with Dr Bruce Perry
‘How to do the work’ Dr Nicole LePera (aka The Holistic psychologist)
Work with me:
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