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LGBTQIA+ Community Care, Mental Health & Emotions with Chris Cheers

LGBTQIA+ Community Care, Mental Health & Emotions with Chris Cheers

Update: 2024-07-05
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How can we treat ourselves with kindness when unexpected emotions arise? Naomi sits down with psychologist Chris Cheers and reflects on the mental health impacts of lockdown on the queer and creative community. His book, The New Rulebook is a practical game changing guide to embracing uncertainty offering radical, evidence-based solutions to improve wellbeing. Providing individual psychology services and workshops to artists and creatives, and the LGBTQIA+ community, Chris is passionate about creating accessible, accepting and safe spaces.


This episode was recorded in May 2023


 


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Recommendations    


 The New Rulebook & QLife 


 


References   


Emotional Agility Susan David 


Acceptance commitment therapy 


Viktor Frankl Man’s search for meaning 


Friends by Robin Dunbar


 


Credits 


Host: Naomi Viret   


Guest: Chris Cheers 


Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 


Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 


 


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