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  • A Note on Professional Integrity

    A Note on Professional Integrity
    Apr 3 2025

    Recently, on social media, I have noticed that more and more conversations of mental health and social issues are being had, which is amazing. However, I have also noticed that these conversations - or the information shared - are being had by people who may not have the professional expertise to put across their points. Which, whether intentionally or not, can cause harm. Therefore, I have put together a bit of a rationale for why content creators, such as myself and others like me, are likely more trustworthy sources of information relating to psychology and mental health. You may disagree, but please let me know if you do and why.


    You can read the full transcript, which includes references, here.

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    23 min
  • A Nice-ish Book Review: “Maybe I Don’t Belong Here”

    A Nice-ish Book Review: “Maybe I Don’t Belong Here”
    Jun 9 2024

    It’s the start of Men’s Health Month and Men’s Health Week (10-16 June). In this episode, I briefly cover the origins and rationale for the week's development, and within that context, I offer a review of “Maybe I Don’t Belong Here” by David Harewood (OBE), a book about racism, mental illness, and recovery.


    You can read the full transcript, which includes references, here.

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    17 min
  • Why New Year's Resolutions Fail (And How to Overcome That... Maybe)

    Why New Year's Resolutions Fail (And How to Overcome That... Maybe)
    Dec 26 2023

    If you are like most human beings, you will likely have made a fair few New Year's resolutions in your life... and like everyone else, you may not have been able to stick to them as much as you would have liked. Personally, I am not one for resolutions or the whole "new year, new me" idea. But if you are, here are some reasons why you may not have stuck to your resolutions in the past. And (more importantly) how to make sure you can keep them... and just in time for New Year's Eve. It's like I planned this or something.


    Sources

    · The top 3 reasons New Year's resolutions fail and how yours can succeed (Caprino, 2019);

    · A psychotherapist says there are 3 common reasons so many people's New Year's resolutions end in failure (Abadi, 2019);

    · 10 Reasons Why New Year's Resolutions Fail (Wallen, 2020);

    · The Transtheoretical Model of Change Prochaska & DiClemente (1983)

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    16 min
  • 35: The Precarious Manhood of Billionaires

    35: The Precarious Manhood of Billionaires
    Aug 14 2023

    Sources

    The Sun: “Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg fight updates”

    Sportsmanor: “Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg – Height and Weight Differences Between the Two Rivals”

    Journal Article: “Precarious Manhood and Its Links to Action and Aggression”

    Pubity: “Zuckerberg Withdraws from Fight with Musk”


    Music

    * Opening: “Chilled Ambient Minimal”

    * Closing: “Unexpected" - David Bulla



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    23 min
  • 34: Boundaries (and More)

    34: Boundaries (and More)
    Jul 16 2023

    Last weekend some text messages were released by Sarah Brady, a surfer, model, and the former girlfriend of Jonah Hill. The messages were released on Brady’s Instagram stories. They quickly went viral, most notably for highlighting what Brady inferred to be controlling and demands requests made by Hill, which he described as his “boundaries” for their relationship. The release of these messages sparked some heated debate across social media with some polarizing views.

    In this discussion, Dr Bekah Shallcross joins me in a rambling conversation that covers the nuances of what boundaries are, what they are not, how boundaries are upheld and agreed to between men and women In a patriarchal society, and what can be done to change this.

    As always, please get in touch to let me or Dr Shallcross know your thoughts. And if you think anyone would benefit from hearing this episode, please do share it with them. Also, if you could leave a rating or a comment to let others know this show isn’t a bag of shite, that would be wonderful too.

    All the best,

    Nice-ish.

    Music

    * Opening: “Chilled Ambient Minimal”

    * Closing: “Seven” - Tobu



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    1 h et 7 min
  • 33: The Benefits of Shame

    33: The Benefits of Shame
    May 30 2023

    I have the utmost pleasure of being joined once more by Dr Martha - a clinical psychologist who specialises in working with young people - in a fascinating and winding discussion about shame. Shame has received a lot of attention on social media, for good reason. But, as with anything, I was keen to take a closer look at this particularly aversive and unpleasant emotion. And who better to talk to than another psychologist, and one that specialises in how shame might serve a purpose?

    Dr Martha and I discuss the prevalence of shame discussion on social media, the purposes of shame, how it helps to shape social connections and behaviours, and how it can potentially be a force for good for social change.

    As always, it was a thoroughly enjoyable and through-provoking discussion and hopefully, it is for you too. If you enjoyed the episode, please do share it widely on social media (tag me in it if you do), or with someone close to you who you think might enjoy it (or benefit from it).

    And if you can, please leave a rating or comment. It all goes towards letting others know how good (or totally shit) this podcast is.

    Thanks as always,

    Nice-ish.

    Resources

    * Why Shame Is Good

    * Why Shame and Guilt Are Functional For Mental Health

    * The Positive Side of Shame

    * Is Shame Necessary?: New Uses for an Old Tool

    Music

    * Opening: “Chilled Ambient Minimal”

    * Closing: “Unexpected" - David Bulla



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    59 min
  • 32: Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in Fathers

    32: Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in Fathers
    May 17 2023

    In today’s episode, I am joined by Pierre Azzam, a psychiatrist-turned-men’s coach, in which we discuss an aspect of men’s mental health that is often not thought about or considered all that much. It was an engaging and fascinating chat, which I am glad I got to have with Pierre again (we had previously recorded this episode, but the recording software malfunctioned). Hopefully, you find similar value in what Pierre shared with me.

    As always, if you liked this episode and think that someone else may benefit from hearing it, please do share. And if you have the time, please leave a rating and a comment (if you can). It does go a long way to let others know if the show is helpful or a bag of shit.

    All the best,

    Nice-ish.

    Music

    * Opening: “Chilled Ambient Minimal”

    * Closing: “Unexpected" - David Bulla



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    1 h et 7 min
  • 31: How Does Prison Rehabilitation (Ideally) Work?

    31: How Does Prison Rehabilitation (Ideally) Work?
    May 4 2023
    Hello and welcome to The Nice-ish Ramblings Podcast with me the Nice-ish Psychologist where today I am putting a bit more of a forensic spin on the episode.For those of you who don’t know, I am a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, and in my actual life outside of this social media world, I sometimes get asked what kind of work I do with those in the forensic population. And how I go about trying to help these individuals turn things around for themselves. Not going to lie, it’s quite a hard question to answer. Mostly because it’s not straightforward. I mean, it’s relatively straightforward in my head, but that’s because I know what I’m doing (allegedly).But the full answer is quite lengthy. So, I thought it could make for a good podcast episode. And so here we are, to think about how prison rehabilitation work ideally. I say ideally because human beings are complex and not straightforward. And even though we can theorise how best to help and work with individuals in the forensic population, it’s not straightforward. We’ll explore some of those reasons as we go along.But before we get into it, as always, if at the end of this episode, you think “Bloody hell that was interesting, I bet all my friends and family would enjoy hearing this,” then please do share this episode with them. And if you could rate or leave a comment, too, that would be very much appreciated. I must admit, I found this an interesting episode to make, so hopefully you find it interesting, too. Also, I would say that if there is anything that piques your interest further and you want to know more about, do get in touch, and ask a question. I might be able to answer it then and there, or I might do a further podcast episode about it.Now that that’s out the way and before we think about what ideal rehabilitation should look like, I thought it might be worth taking a very quick historical trip to learn about how the prison system came about. It’s a summary of three different sources, which I have included in the transcript. So, if you want to know more about something or I don’t cover something in as much detail as you’d like, do look for the relevant hyperlinks in the transcript.So, not going to lie, the history of the prison system is a long and complex one, with roots dating back to ancient civilisations. From the dungeons of medieval Europe to the modern-day prison industrial complex, how society has dealt with crime and punishment has evolved significantly over time. In the 18th century, however, the concept of imprisonment as a form of punishment became increasingly popular. In an interview about the invention of incarceration, Ashley Rubin, a sociologist specialising in the history of prisons in America noted that there is a difference between the existence of jails and the development of prisons.Apparently, prisons have not always been used as a punishment or deterrent for criminal behaviour, but rather as a means of keeping the perpetrator of a crime detained until the actual punishment could be carried out. Before the introduction of prisons, people were punished either through capital punishment (what we know as the death penalty and – according to good old Wikipedia – was formerly called judicial homicide”) or corporal punishment. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the sanctions for criminal behaviour were public events that were designed to shame and deter, including the ducking stool (which is a contraption that had a long arm with a seat on the end of it and was used to dunk those convicted of offences into the water and were later used to identify witches), a pillory (which is effectively a stock in which a person’s head and hands were locked in a frame at the end of a long post), whipping, branding, and stocks (which, unlike a pillory, were used to restrain a person’s feet). Further along in the interview, in response to a question about people being locked up long before the 18th century, Rubin notes: “Yes, but those were jails, not prisons. There were, for example, workhouses in England and the Netherlands in the 16th century that held a big mix of people, including vagrants, debtors and prostitutes. Even orphans in some cases. People who had done minor things or hadn’t necessarily been convicted of a crime, or were being held awaiting trial, or until they paid a fine or for other administrative purposes. Some scholars have argued that those were the first prisons, but in my view, they were more similar to what we would call a jail today. Jail is basically a short-term holding cell, not a place of punishment, and we’ve had that throughout history.” So, initially, prisons tended to be a place where people were held before their trial or while awaiting punishment. It was very rarely used as a punishment in its own right.In 1777, John Howard, the first penal reformer, called for reforms to the prison system, which included paid staff, proper diet, and outside ...
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    22 min
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