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✨ New episode out ✨

Matt Ball shares personal stories of hearing voices, spiritual searching, grief, and parenthood, reflecting on how these are all part of being human. We explore why some experiences are labelled acceptable and others not, and consider how all can be meaningful responses to life. We also hear about Just Listening, an approach centred on being present with someone without judgement or trying to fix. At its core, this episode is about the power of being heard just as you are.

🎧 Listen/read ep transcript: https://discovery.college/podcast/just-listening/

“What if it’s not an extreme state… but an expanded one?”

Emma Goude joined us on Extremely Human to talk about experiences often labelled as psychosis, and how language can open things up, or shut them down.

Check out our conversation together:

Psychosis as a Soul Process? - discoverycollege Emma Goude shares her experience of psychosis as a “soul process,” and what it’s meant for her to make sense of it in her own way.

Can a few hours of conversation shift how we see substance use? People who attend our last course exploring drugs, alcohol and addiction in relation to mental health said yes!

Taking the Edge Off is a safe, supportive space to explore:
💭 The connection between substance use and mental health
💭 The reasons people turn to substances
💭 What addiction can mean for different people
💭 How to have compassionate, stigma-free conversations

📅 Thursday 28 May | 2 - 5 pm
📍 Online
🔗 It’s free! Enrol via the link in our bio.

Ever wondered how our courses work? Here’s a sneak peek into the inner workings of our upcoming course Taking the Edge Off, which is running in a few weeks!

This course is a safe, supportive space to explore:
💭 The connection between substance use and mental health
💭 The reasons people turn to substances
💭 What addiction can mean for different people
💭 How to have compassionate, stigma-free conversations

📅 Thursday 28 May | 2 - 5 pm
📍 Online
🔗 It’s free! Enrol via the link in our bio.

“What if it’s not an extreme state… but an expanded one?”

Emma Goude joined us on Extremely Human to talk about experiences often labelled as psychosis, and how language can open things up, or shut them down.

🔗 Read Emma’s full blog via the link in our bio.

📢 UPCOMING COURSE ALERT

Navigating substance use and mental health can be complex - and it’s not always easy to talk about.

Our upcoming course, Taking the Edge Off is a safe, supportive space to explore:
💭 The connection between substance use and mental health
💭 The reasons people turn to substances
💭 What addiction can mean for different people
💭 How to have compassionate, stigma-free conversations

📅 Thursday 28 May | 2 - 5 pm
📍 Online
🔗 It’s free! Enrol via the link in our bio.

✨ UPCOMING COURSE ALERT ✨

Navigating substance use and mental health can be complex - and it’s not always easy to talk about.

Our upcoming course, Taking the Edge Off is a safe, supportive space to explore:
💭 The connection between substance use and mental health
💭 The reasons people turn to substances
💭 What addiction can mean for different people
💭 How to have compassionate, stigma-free conversations

📅 Thursday 28 May | 2 - 5 pm
📍 Online
🔗 It’s free! Enrol via the link in our bio.

✨ New episode out ✨

What is narrative therapy, and how did it begin? We’re joined by David Denborough, who shares the history of narrative practices, the difference it’s made in people’s lives, and the story of a beautiful group called Power to Our Journeys.

🎧 Listen to the latest ep: https://discovery.college/podcast/power-to-our-journeys/

What can get lost when we only understand psychosis in clinical terms?

In Do You Hear What I Hear?, people shared their perspectives and showed just how much depth opens up when we move beyond purely clinical understandings of psychosis and unshared realities.

Across the conversations, we heard how important it is to hear different perspectives, how the words we use can shape stigma and understanding, and how powerful it is to learn from lived experience.

Together, these discussions reminded us that the way we talk about psychosis shapes what we notice, and what we miss.