Henry Hyde: Designer, Writer, Podcaster

Podcast Episodes

Author Insights, Compassion, Creativity, Inside Your Head, Meditation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Podcast Episodes, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Stories

Inside Your Head Episode 12

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May 31, 2022
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 My introduction reveals that I am currently facing a health condition that most of us have come to dread for quite some time: Coronavirus. Luckily, my symptoms are currently mild, but the emotional impact has been greater than expected because of the ongoing after-effects of the drug I was…

Addiction, Chatter, Compassion, Creativity, Flow, Goals, Inside Your Head, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Podcast Episodes, Psychology, Reference Books, Self-compassion, Sleep, Technology, Transactional Analysis

Inside Your Head Episode 11

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May 31, 2022
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 In this episode, my introduction gives me a chance to talk about showing compassion both to others and ourselves at a time of year that is challenging for many of us. I also review some books that I’ve been reading recently that range from in-depth Transactional Analysis through to…

ALLi, Authors, Creativity, Flow, Inside Your Head, Meditation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Podcast Episodes, Self-compassion, Self-Publishing

Inside Your Head Episode 10

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May 31, 2022
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 My introduction focuses on a recent lived experience in which a line in a film triggered a distant memory loaded with overpowering emotions. I describe what happened, why this memory was so overwhelming, and the tactics I have used to soothe myself and cope with this incident in the…

Attachment, Inside Your Head, Meditation, Mental Health, Mindful Conversation, Mindfulness, Music, Pandemic, Podcast Episodes, Psychology, Reference Books, Relationships, Transactional Analysis

Inside Your Head Episode 9

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May 31, 2022
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 In my introduction, I explore a link I have realised exists between mindfulness, Transactional Analysis and Attachment Theory as ways to regulate our emotions. I also read out a wonderful thread I found on Twitter by Miranda @mir_and_a entitled How to Stop Out of Control Emotions. (Thanks for granting…

Anxiety, Cancer, Faith, Grief, Inside Your Head, Meditation, Podcast Episodes, Rumination, Spirituality, Stories

Inside Your Head Episode 6

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May 31, 2022
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 My introduction focuses on stories, their place in our culture and importance, and the stories we tell ourselves, especially in relationships. We need to be careful that we are aware that we can be acting as scriptwriter and director in our own life movie playing in our heads, but…

Emotional First Aid, Imposter Syndrome, Inside Your Head, Meditation, Mental Health, Podcast Episodes, Psychology, Reference Books, Relationships, Self-Help

Inside Your Head Episode 5

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May 31, 2022
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 I open the show by reviewing Emotional First Aid by Guy Winch PH.D. in the introduction. Guy Winch makes the point that whilst almost all of us have at least a basic idea of how to treat physical wounds or injuries, whether minor household mishaps or even more serious…

Inside Your Head, Meditation, Mental Health, Podcast Episodes, Psychology, Self-compassion, Therapy

Inside Your head Episode 4

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May 31, 2022
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The show opens with me revealing some of my own, recent ‘lived experience’ dealing with imposter syndrome, an incident that took me completely by surprise. I discuss how it manifested itself, the implications it has for my own psychological ‘work’ because it has revealed an aspect of my personality that…

Inside Your Head, Meditation, Mental Health, Podcast Episodes, Reference Books, Self-compassion, Self-Help

Inside Your Head Episode 3

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May 31, 2022
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The show opens with my introduction to the subject of self-compassion, focusing on the remarkable book Self Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind by Kristen Neff PhD. The significance of the book is that it enables me to use my own experience of the last year to…

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Inside Your Head Episode 2

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May 31, 2022
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The show opens with an introduction to the subject of attachment, which owes its origins to the psychologist John Bowlby who studied the relationship between babies and their mothers, creating the categories of secure, anxious (also known as ambivalent) and avoidant. This subject has more recently been expanded to cover…

Addiction, Anxiety, Attachment, Cancer, Character Strengths, Chatter, Codependency, Conversational Analysis, Creativity, Emotional First Aid, Emotions, Faith, Flow, Goals, Gratitude, Grief, Imposter Syndrome, Inside Your Head, Language, Meditation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Music, Neuroscience, Pandemic, Podcast Episodes, Positive Psychology, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Relationships, Rumination, Self-compassion, Self-Help, Sleep, Spirituality, Stories, Therapy, Transactional Analysis

Inside Your Head Episode 1

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May 31, 2022
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This episode features an interview with Dr Laurence Baldwin, Assistant Professor of Mental Health Nursing at Coventry University, in which we discuss the effects of the pandemic on the nation’s mental health, and examine how it has potentially affected children and young people in particular. I also review “Atomic Habits”…