The Mental Camping Podcast

This week I was honoured to be joined by the legend and OG of UK Wild Camping YouTubers, Paul Messner. Paul was kind enough to give up an hour of his time to talk about life as a full time camping YouTuber and spoke candidly and authentically honestly about his feelings of late and how the pressures of creating on YouTube and social media has taken a toll on his mental health.

This week on the mental camping podcast, I was honoured to be joined by the legend that is Ash Outdoors to talk about all things camping, physical and mental health, general life and a fairly gruesome story about a decomposing deer - Vegans, you may want to give this one a miss

This week on the Mental Camping Podcast I was lucky to be joined by Chris from MCM Outdoors for a really enjoyable chat about all things wild camping, youtubers, the great outdoors and of course the benefits that being out in nature has on our mental health. Thank you to Chris for being so open and honest about his own struggles and helping towards removing the stigma around Mental Health, especially for us blokes! Hope you enjoy the pod, please like and share if you do, and go check out Chris's content on Youtube and Insta and show him some love! See you on the next one! Ryan https://www.youtube.com/c/MCMOutdoors https://www.instagram.com/mcm_outdoor...

This week I was honoured to be joined by British Forces Veteran Craig from East Anglian Bushcraft for a really enjoyable conversation. We talk about his love for the outdoors, how and why he started bushcraft, his military career and of course, how camping helps with his mental health. This was a really honest conversation with an extremely genuine and authentic bloke. Go check out Craigs channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EastAnglianBushcraft and follow him on Instagram @East Anglian Bushcraft. Also go visit https://www.hhvuk.org/ and if you can spare anything at all, contribute to helping homeless veterans uk , a charity very close to Craig's heart and one he walked the length of East Anglia to raise funds for. Hope you enjoy the pod! Atb, Ryan

In this episode I talk about my recent camping trips, shout out a few well deserving fellow Youtubers and get deep talking about the fear of what others think about us

In this episode I talk about my recent camping trips to the Lake District, vent my fury at the irresponsible tools who litter the country side and discuss consumerism in Wild Camping as I get sucked into a light weight camping rabbit hole!

The first episode of Tent Talks. Ryan talks about his journey into wild camping and how it has become a vital part of managing his mental health, from struggling with anxiety and depression during the Covid 19 pandemic to finding a love and passion for the great out doors as well as mental stillness. Getting outside of his comfort zone and adventuring into the wilds of the UK lake district has transformed Ryan's outlook on life and has given him a sense of perspective on the world we live in. Ryan uses episode 1 of Tent Talks to talk you through his why and to set the scene for future podcasts where he'll have open, honest, frank and probably hilarious conversations with other YouTubers who share his passion for the outdoors and to discuss their own relationships with camping and their why for doing it. The mental health stigma is slowly disappearing amongst men in the UK but it still exists and suicide is still the number 1 killer of men under 40 in the Uk so we have a long way to go. Ryan wants to use this podcast to inspire people to get outside and spend time in nature to just listen to themselves and escape the external noise that drowns out our inner selves in every day life. Follow Ryan on Spotify, YouTube & Instagram @Yorkshire_Lad_Outdoors where he shares candid documentaries of his wild camping trips in the UK. Until the next Tent Talk....I'll see you on the next one.