The Sanctus Podcast on Mental Health

After we recorded this episode, it wasn’t easy to return back to a normal day for anyone involved. It’s safe to say this episode packs a lot of weight. Several years ago, Ross Taylor, founder of Hidden, went on the “ultimate ski trip” where him and his friends saved for years to go on a heliskiing trip. However, on day one things took a turn for the worst as an avalanche hit and not all of his friends survived. It hasn’t been an easy ride since for Ross in processing and working through...

Let’s be honest here, people understand the risks of doing drugs and gain pleasure and connection from doing it. We’re not aiming to have a conversation to shame or show any judgement towards doing drugs. Instead, we want to just talk about our experiences and insights into how drugs played into our mental health. After sharing his experience online, George Bell (from Sanctus HQ) wanted to go into more depth than a 3 minute video so it seemed like a good opportunity to have a discussion...

Whether we’re conscious of it or not, it’s at the back of all our minds. You may not quite be at the front of an Extinction Rebellion march but there’s no doubt it can make us feel a bit more hopeless about the future of the planet. After having a child, Charly Cox, a fully trained coach started becoming ever more conscious about the environment, so much so that she began eagerly looking for a change in goals to best help tackle the crisis. However it soon became apparent that she could...

When Mark Bisson found out his grandson had lost his confidence at school, his daughter asked if, because of his profession, he could find a book that helped her work through her sons confidence issues. However, he soon found that book did not exist. Now, we get our fair few requests on the podcast to promote a person’s book and that doesn’t sit quite right with us to do. The podcast is really about the end listener and hopefully people relating to experiences or learning a new dynamic to...

James sits down with actor, artist, theatre maker and embodiment trainer, Rachel Blackman, as well as Sanctus Coach, Allegra Salvoni, about both of their experiences leading them to where they are now in being so passionate about ‘feeling anxiety in your body’. From experiences like panic attacks becoming much more of a common experience, are we seeing anxiety too much as something ‘in the brain’?

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health. A topic that everybody can relate to in some way,...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health. After doing a poll on Instagram for podcast...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health. Social anxiety is something that all of us have...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health. Not all of us can relate to terms like...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. They’ve created this podcast in order to just get people talking more openly about mental health and exploring the never ending list of topics that play into our mental health. Suicide is a topic at Sanctus that we haven’t...

We’ve been talking about getting an open conversation going on mental health for years now. But we’ve never stopped and seen the parallels between the conversation around mental health and the conversation around sex. So often people feel ostracized because the language used around sex is likely to make us all feel different at some point. James sits down with two amazing guests who candidly share their personal experiences and expert knowledge on how sex impacts our mental health. The...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street. Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much...