Mind Matters More
Podcasts
I am Dr Andrew Maleknia and I am a senior counselling psychologist with years of experience working for a variety of mental health services within the NHS and also charity organisations. These services include but not limited to primary care, secondary care, crisis, acute inpatient service as well as chronic pain service. The primary aim for my podcasts is to help others and address some of the difficulties that most of us may have to face on a daily basis. I believe that a healthy mind matters more than anything else as without a healthy mind nothing else has meaning or purpose.
Location:
United Kingdom
Genres:
Podcasts
Description:
I am Dr Andrew Maleknia and I am a senior counselling psychologist with years of experience working for a variety of mental health services within the NHS and also charity organisations. These services include but not limited to primary care, secondary care, crisis, acute inpatient service as well as chronic pain service. The primary aim for my podcasts is to help others and address some of the difficulties that most of us may have to face on a daily basis. I believe that a healthy mind matters more than anything else as without a healthy mind nothing else has meaning or purpose.
Language:
English
Episodes
Mindful Breathing
12/16/2022
Another free meditation episode from Mind Matters More to help you to calm your mind, to ground you and to bring you back to the present moment. You could practice this in the mornings, evenings before bed or throughout the day at any time that you feel distressed, distracted or overwhelmed.
Duration:00:13:01
Mindful Breathing
12/6/2022
This meditation will help to calm your mind and ground you.
Duration:00:13:06
Losing a loved one and bereavement
1/26/2020
Losing a loved one is one of the most devastating events that any of us would have to face in our lives. It is also confusing with no guidelines or instructions of how to deal with grief so most of us find our own way of grieving for our loved ones, everyone goes through a different bereavement process. this episode explains the process we go through during bereavement and although it may not be exactly the same for every individual, the stages are very similar.
Duration:00:23:15
How To Improve Our Mental Well Being
12/15/2019
In this episode I would like to talk about mental well being and what steps we could take to look after our minds better.
Duration:00:26:42
Guided Sleep Meditation
12/11/2019
This is a guided body scan meditation to help you prepare for sleep as you do the meditation. You may find yourself drifting off to sleep. This is fine, so you can allow the meditation to turn off on its own. If you notice thoughts such as worries or concerns arising that take your attention away from the meditation, this is also normal. See if you can redirect your attention back to the body scan, gently letting go of these thoughts.
Duration:02:32:24
Why We Find Meditation So Difficult?
11/3/2019
In this episode I cover what is it about something as simple as sitting still and watching our breath that evokes panic, fear, and even hostility? No matter how many reports there are proving the mental, emotional, and physical value of being quiet, there seems to be an even greater number who refuse to give it a try. Of course, meditation can be challenging, and even more so if we are uncertain as to why we are doing it. It can seem very odd to sit there just listening to the incessant...
Duration:00:18:29
Mindfulness Meditation For Chronic Pain - The Healing Sun
10/27/2019
In this mindfulness meditation I use guided imagery which involves each of the five senses to ignite positive healing messages throughout the mind and body. This meditation is interchanged with visualization, self-hypnosis and guided meditation and it has its own set of techniques. The benefits of guided imagery are endless and research has shown that mindfulness practice not only can reduce fear and anxiety, but also has a major impact on reducing the impact of chronic pain which in turn...
Duration:00:24:03
Mindfulness Meditation - Mountain
10/13/2019
In this guided meditation, the focus is on recognition and development of our inner strength. By using Mountains as our guided imagery we could relates to its strength, having stood the test of time for hundreds of thousands of years, mountains don't sway, they go through life being subjected to harsh and unpleasant weather changes, subjected to rain, snow and extreme levels of heat as well freezing temperatures and yet they sit still, they sit through the changes and they remain solid,...
Duration:00:35:37
World Mental Health Day, So What?
10/10/2019
Today is World Mental Health Day and there would be a ton of information on the internet about Mental Health. I believe this should not be the case and we need everyday to be a mental health day. We need to look after ourselves better and to look after the people around us better. In this episode I cover what mental health means and what impact does it have on our lives when we don't share our pain or suffering with others.
Duration:00:25:10
Mindfulness Meditation for Anxiety
10/9/2019
Anxiety has an impact on all of us, Mindfulness Meditation is an effective way to build resilience against anxiety and help calm our mind in difficult situations. In this episode I guide you through a mindfulness meditation with specific intention to reduce anxiety levels.
Duration:00:09:08
Seven Rules of Mindfulness
10/6/2019
This is an episode about seven attitudes towards mindfulness and also ten strategies that can help build better practices.
Duration:00:19:29
Anxiety and how to overcome it!
9/29/2019
In this episode I explore the nature of anxiety, the causes and also possible solutions which are available to overcome our anxieties. Our anxieties may stop us from enjoying life or even functioning on an everyday basis. Therefore, it is very important to understand this concept better and learn ways to tackle it.
Duration:00:20:41
Mindfulness Mediation for Pain
9/22/2019
Mindfulness Meditation for Pain using Water Imagery
Duration:00:12:59
What is Mindfuness and what are the main principals of practicing Mindfulness?
9/22/2019
This episode is about mindfulness and where it came from as well as its benefits and advantages. I also discuss the 7 main principals when practicing mindfulness.
Duration:00:17:13
Mindfulness Meditation of the Body and Breath
9/17/2019
Our breath is something that we probably take for granted despite the fact that we cannot live without it. We can live without food for weeks, without water for days, but we cannot survive without the nourishment that the breath provides for more than a few tens of seconds. The breath really is life.
There is an important way in which the breath does not need us to make it happen. The breath breathes itself. If it was up to us to remember to breathe, we’d have forgotten long ago. So tuning...
Duration:00:09:50
Why Mental Health Matters?
9/17/2019
In this episode I am covering a more general topic of mental health and why it is so important. I discuss why and how it effects us and how the stigma attached to mental health difficulties can have a devastating and long lasting negative impact on our lives. I also challenge everyone, employers, service providers, mental health professionals and also individuals to do more, to be better ad to d better as we all have a responsibility towards one another.
Duration:00:09:31