Nathan Filer

The Proper Mental Podcast

Welcome to episode 192 with Nathan Filer, who is a writer, university lecturer and broadcaster and a former mental health nurse.

In this episode I chat to Nathan about his route in to nursing and how it formed some of things that he has written books about.

I reached out to Nathan after reading his book ‘This Book will Change Your Mind about Mental Health’ and it was great to chat about some of the themes from his work.

We chat about the stigma around mental health and mental illness, if it still exists and who exactly benefits from the constant conversation around removing it.

We chat about both sides of the diagnosis debate, why language is everything and the why comparing physical health to mental is problematic.

There is a lot of complexity to the themes throughout this conversation and it was wonderful to have the time and the space to explore the nuance from all sides.

I really enjoyed this and I think it is this level of depth and compassion that is sorely needed in the mental health space. I hope it gives you lots to think about!

Follow Nathan on twitter @nathan filer and learn more via his website www.nathanfiler.co.uk

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