A Spoon Full of Theory
Health & Wellness Podcasts
A podcast sharing facts, theories and stories about wellness and mental health. Every first Monday of the month Ben and Jeni invite friends and colleagues to chat about what they’ve found interesting from the past, present and future of ‘wellness’. Share your facts, feedback (keep it clean) and support on twitter @ASpoonFull_ . Archive episodes available on Mixcloud.com. Special thanks to Becca Gaskell (@becca_gaskell) for editing our podcast. Theme music: Mid-Air Machine - 'Streets of Sant'Ivo {107 & 4/4}' - under CC BY-SA 4.0. Available on freemusicarchive.org. Images: Unsplash.com, Logo and Design: Molakoe.com Disclaimer: This podcast should not be used in place of the support and care of an appropriately qualified health professional.
Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
A podcast sharing facts, theories and stories about wellness and mental health. Every first Monday of the month Ben and Jeni invite friends and colleagues to chat about what they’ve found interesting from the past, present and future of ‘wellness’. Share your facts, feedback (keep it clean) and support on twitter @ASpoonFull_ . Archive episodes available on Mixcloud.com. Special thanks to Becca Gaskell (@becca_gaskell) for editing our podcast. Theme music: Mid-Air Machine - 'Streets of Sant'Ivo {107 & 4/4}' - under CC BY-SA 4.0. Available on freemusicarchive.org. Images: Unsplash.com, Logo and Design: Molakoe.com Disclaimer: This podcast should not be used in place of the support and care of an appropriately qualified health professional.
Twitter:
@ASpoonFull_
Language:
English
Episodes
Quick Update
2/5/2020
A quick update on where you can find our archived podcast episodes.
We're looking to make more episodes as the year progresses so keep up your subscriptions and send us your facts!
Special thanks to Becca Gaskell (@becca_gaskell) for editing our podcast.
Theme music: Mid-Air Machine – ‘Streets of Sant’Ivo {107 & 4/4}’ – under CC BY-SA 4.0. Available on freemusicarchive.org.
Images: Unsplash.com
Logo and Design: Molakoe.com
Duration:00:00:37
Lucky for No One
10/9/2019
Ben and Jeni are joined via the magic of the internet by clinical hypnotherapist Duncan Leckie.
We talk about violence and whether we all have the capacity for it, superstitions and whether they can help us and we vent about venting.
Special thanks to Becca Gaskell (@becca_gaskell) for editing our podcast.
Theme music: Mid-Air Machine – ‘Streets of Sant’Ivo {107 & 4/4}’ – under CC BY-SA 4.0. Available on freemusicarchive.org.
Images: Unsplash.com
Logo and Design:...
Duration:00:56:41
Of Mice and Ben
9/11/2019
Ben and Jeni are back after a summer hiatus. We're joined in the garden by Samantha Bowe a clinical psychologist who gives us some amazing insight and debate.
In a longer than usual episode we talk about whether we can or should delete memories, is silence good for you and get introduced to the topic of internal voices - how we view them as a culture and if they can be helpful.
Duration:01:07:02
Jeni's New Trousers
6/5/2019
This month Ben and Jeni enjoy a chat in the garden. It's a beautiful summers eve so we're joined by birdsong and the occasional passing ambulance.
As we're so relaxed we talk about sleep and how people dream, those all important 2.5 seconds we have to change our lives, and whether old dogs can teach us new tricks.
Duration:00:30:55
Who's buried in the garden?
5/6/2019
This month Jeni and Ben are joined by Debbie Jones an independent funeral celebrant and Death Cafe Host.
During our usual mix of wonder, awe and giggles we take look at brain training and whether it's good for nuns, we talk about death and what we do with our dead and get some insight into Japan's dog to child ratio and what that means for their population.
Duration:00:42:51
A Dyson On Your Face
3/31/2019
This month Ben and Jeni are joined by clinical hypnotherapist, supervisor and lecturer Jane Fox. She brings her experience as a clinical research associate in the pharmaceutical industry to our usual mix of chat, laughter and facts.
In this episode we talk about bias and the placebo effect, how plants create anti-freeze and why eating bogies might be good for you.
Duration:00:31:33
Frederick No Friends
3/11/2019
This month Ben and Jeni are 'Frederick No Friends'! Despite this we still manage to enjoy our usually mix of mental health / well being facts along with chat and the occasional giggle.
In this episode we discuss how a smell can doom you to failure, look at social prescriptions and chow down on whether we should put our faith in the 'marshmallow test'.
Duration:00:31:24
Tasty, Tasty Fruits
2/3/2019
This month Ben and Jeni are joined by Siobhan Healy aka Jutika, an experienced meditation and mindfulness teacher. She gives us some great insight into 'focusing' support all the from Ireland.
Our wide ranging, but always strangely linked, facts this month are that trees talk and plants listen, a look at the links and myths surrounding creativity and mental illness and that our bodies hold experience and know the way forward.
Duration:00:34:12
A Rampage of Giant Lobsters
1/6/2019
This month Jeni and Ben are joined by clinical hypnotherapist and author of 'Good Grief' Dipti Tait (@Dipnotherapy).
In this months episode we talk about our colourful brains, how to achieve that new years resolution and why we should be more like lobsters.
Duration:00:31:23
A Disappointing Husband
12/3/2018
Dr Rachel Gillibrand joins us via the magic of the internet to lend her fact to our monthly meet up.
This month we talk about dancing plagues, the focusing illusion and women's mental health in the late 18th Century.
Duration:00:39:08
Teaching My Cat To Breathe (Pilot)
10/31/2018
In our first episode we get to grips with the healing power of sugar, the origins of stress and why playing the didgeridoo could actually help your partner to sleep.
No guest this month but a lot of laughs as we chat about some of the amazing facts we've found and introduce ourselves.
Duration:00:26:56