The Alex Holmes Podcast

Antonio Ferreira is a mental health advocate and campaigner. He speaks to me about his diagnosis of schizophrenia, and what that has meant for him as a young Black man today. I am still on holiday, so looking forward to sharing more about that in the next few weeks. My Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection The Time To Talk Project Gated Community: timetotalk.supercast.com Ask a question. Email: alex@alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I am speaking to Gregory David Roberts. He is a former heroin addict, escaped convict, and now a musician living in Jamaica. His bestselling book, Shantaram, is now a TV series on Apple TV+ and we chat about all things from his experience in a straight jacket to living in India for ten years on the run. I am still on holiday in Jamaica, so looking forward to sharing more about that in the next few weeks. My Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection The Time To Talk Project Gated Community: timetotalk.supercast.com Ask a question. Email: alex@alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the next two weeks, I am away. In these episodes, you will get full conversations with me and a guest. This episode is with a friend of mine, Mark McCartney. He wrote this newsletter called 'What Is A Good Life?' We talk about: Silent retreats in India Starting anew Finding out what a good life is My Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection The Time To Talk Project Gated Community: timetotalk.supercast.com Ask a question. Email: alex@alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I ask, 'Why are men lonely?' Articles referenced today: The Rise of Lonely, Single Men - Greg Matos, PsyD All The Lonely People Are Men - Greg Hurst My Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection The Time To Talk Project Gated Community: timetotalk.supercast.com Ask a question. Email: alex@alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is World Mental Health Day. Is Mental Health a global priority? Dr. Sanah's Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/06/psychologist-devastating-lies-mental-health-problems-politics 'What resources are there for men who have therapy on their to-do list'? Ben West talks about writing his book 'This Book Could Save Your Life' Gated Community: timetotalk.supercast.com Men's Groups: MenSpeak - https://www.instagram.com/menspeakmensgroups/ Men's Circle - https://www.menscircle.club/ Ask a question: https://forms.gle/mEA8Meyi2VjCifAA7 Email: alex@alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Time To Talk. New episodes will be back on World Mental Health Day, October 10th. Until then, here's what has been happening! Looking forward to meeting you on October 10th. Ask questions here: https://forms.gle/dd6PT8X3ANJoYZRN6 Join the gated community on Steady: https://steadyhq.com/alexholmes Email: alex@alexholmes.co Socials: instagram.com/byalexholmes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This episode was recorded at the end of the year. In this episode, I am joined by Simon Thomas, James Espey, Jonny Benjamin, Dr. Az, Adam Shaw, Hope Virgo, and Tom Chapman as we discussed the theme for International Men's Day. Confronting outdated ideas surrounding men’s identity & challenging stereotypes through the power of a shared story will be presented through a series of myths alongside a real-life depiction that busts the myth and creates a continued conversation around 'what it means to 'be a man' in 2021'.  If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode: Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/ Shawmind: www.shawmind.org Mind: www.mind.org.uk Look forward to seeing you next week with a fresh episode to kick-off 2022. CONTACT: Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: instagram.com/byalexholmes Newsletter: alexholmes.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[FROM THE ARCHIVE] - Jan 2020 Public philosopher Roman Krznaric talks to me about what it means to be a good ancestor. He wrote a book called The Good Ancestor, and I have to credit Roman with helping me to think a lot more about legacy, and the way we show up for future generations - especially in these times of Black Lives Matter, Coronavirus, Trump (and a severely divided America) and Brexit - need I say more? His book, The Good Ancestor, is out now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[FROM THE ARCHIVES] - May 2021 Today's guest is Justin Baldoni.  He is an actor, director, producer, and co-founder, and co-chair of both Wayfarer Studios and the Wayfarer Foundation, and the heartthrob star of Jane The Virgin. Over the last ten years, Justin has been on a journey to explore masculinity and reimagine what it means to be a man, and human, in the world today. He has spoken about his journey with masculinity in his wildly popular TED Talk and in his series, Man Enough. His book, Man Enough came out in May 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Alex speaks to Kelechi Okafor. We ask the big questions: What possesses our joy? How do we move through the purpose of relationships? What does it mean to call-in, rather than call out? Kelechi is the founder of Kelechnekkoff Studios, and you can find her here. She is also the host of Say Your Mind Podcast. End of Year Review Form See you on Jan 14th for a brand new episode of Time To Talk. Instagram Liminalities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Alex speaks to Melz Owusu. We ask the big questions: Who has the right to imagine? Who needs to unlearn the responsibility of harm? Does masculinity equal harm? Melz is the founder of Free Black Uni. Instagram Liminalities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I speak to Jack Guinness about his new book, The Queer Bible. We discuss his experiences with homophobia in the modeling industry, growing up in London and we have a great in-depth conversation about identity. Find Jack Guinness here. Go further: instagram.com/byalexholmes alexholmes.substack.com alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special episode of Talk More brought to you in collaboration with Movember.  In Part 2, we are discussing Men and Therapy from a Black man's perspective. It's a hell of a ride! This podcast is in collaboration with Movember. Movember focuses on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer in men, and has since 2003, funded more than 1,250 men’s health projects around the world, challenging the status quo, shaking up men’s health research, and transforming the way health services reach and support men. Find the guys over at: Richard Harris Ryan Nile Nathaniel Oke Connect with me: Don't forget to get your tickets to ManTalk.live to join us on International Men's Day Go Deeper: Heart-To Heart Letters @byalexholmes alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special episode of Talk More brought to you in collaboration with Movember.  Today, I am joined by psychotherapist Nathaniel Oke, and my good friends Richard Harris and Ryan Nile. We are having an in-depth conversation as men today about the past year, filled with pandemic woes, collective racial trauma, and exploring why men need to have better conversations around mental health - especially in 2021. This podcast is in collaboration with Movember. Movember focuses on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer in men, and has since 2003, funded more than 1,250 men’s health projects around the world, challenging the status quo, shaking up men’s health research, and transforming the way health services reach and support men. Find the guys over at: Richard Harris Ryan Nile Nathaniel Oke Connect with me: Don't forget to get your tickets to ManTalk.live to join us on International Men's Day Go Deeper: Heart-To Heart Letters @byalexholmes alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Time To Talk, I'm honored to be joined by Sam Delaney. Sam is a writer and podcaster from London who has worked in the British media for 20 years as a print journalist magazine, editor, TV news, reporter, radio, presenter, and creative consultant. He hosts the top flight time machine podcast and writes and hosts a podcast regularly about mental health via his substack blog called The Reset. Connect with me: Don't forget to get your tickets to ManTalk.live to join us on International Men's Day Go Deeper: Heart-To Heart Letters @byalexholmes alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's MOVEMBER! This week on Time To Talk, I speak to psychotherapist James Hawes. We have a powerful discussion about anger, love, and the power of men’s groups. As a therapist, for James, it’s usually men who walk through his door. There, they have a myriad of discussions about sexuality, emotional regulation and learning how to be men of the best possible kind. His book, The Secret Lives Of Men: Ten Keys To Unlocking The Secret is an amazing guide for men and those who love them as a way of discerning the issues that men face. Connect with me: Don't forget to get your tickets to ManTalk.live to join us on International Men's Day Go Deeper: Heart-To Heart Letters @byalexholmes alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Time To Talk.  Passing. Fetishisation. Colourism. Mixed race identity. These are the topics I have the pleasure of speaking to my friend Natalie Morris about this week on the show. Her book, Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality In Modern Britain.  The book comes at an essential time, especially in Black History Month where it can bring up very strong feelings of exclusion for mixed race black people when entering the conversation. Interestingly enough, out in cinemas this week is Passing - the new film written and directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson about African-Americans who had skin color light enough to be perceived as "white" - which is known as ‘Passing’. Gemma spoke to Rebecca Hall – who’s own Grandfather ‘passed’ as white - about the movie which is out in cinemas on October 27th and will be on Netflix on November 10th - and is based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen. We do have an in depth conversation about what it means to ‘pass’ especially today in the age of Meghan and Harry; the identities of mixed race people; fetishisation from within and without the Black community, and what books Natalie wants to share with us this week. Natalie and I have worked together as journalists before, and she is deputy lifestyle editor at the Metro covering race, mental health, women in sport and women in the work place. She has a column called Mixed Up on Metro.co.uk. She hails from Manchester, and is doing the work to make the newsroom a much more inclusive place. Find Natalie on Instagram and Twitter I do hope you enjoy the episode. Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe, and share far and wide. —— Some NEWS.  On International Men’s Day, November 19th join me, and some esteemed guests such as Jonny Benjamin, Simon Thomas, Hope Virgo, Tom Chapman and more, as we partner with Shawmind, Beyond & the lions barber collective for an evening with some of the celebrated authors of Trigger Hub debunking myths around mens mental health. As a guest, in person or online, you will be part of a conversation as we tackle some of the all to common 'man myths' from my book Time To Talk and discuss what it really means to 'be a man' in 2021. Not one to miss. RSVP today at mantalk.live to get your tickets NOW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I'm speaking to New York Times Bestselling author, Mateo Askaripour. We talk all things writing, being Black in a corporate setting, and optimism. His book, Black Buck, is an earnest work of satire, hilarious, and razor-sharp skewering of office culture; a propulsive, crackling debut that explores ambition and race, and makes way for a necessary new vision of the American dream. Go deeper: • Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters • Submit your questions to Anxiety Letters • Join the Time To Talk Book Club. • Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers. • Follow me on Instagram and VERO. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe. Credits: Website: alexholmes.co Executive Produced: Alex Holmes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D. is an academic, lecturer, and author working in the fields of critical discourse analysis. She is the affiliate professor of education at the University of Washington, and we speak about her new book: Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm. In this episode we talk about: Defining niceness Wokeness Cancel culture Why Is It Okay To Generalise About White People? White people can still be racist even if they have a level of oppression The role and impact of white women in ‘nice’ racism Go deeper: • Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters • Submit your questions to Anxiety Letters • Join the Time To Talk Book Club. • Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers. • Follow me on Instagram and VERO. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe. Credits: Website: alexholmes.co Executive Produced: Alex Holmes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speaking to Dr Alex Lathbridge is a joy. We talk about ghosts and hobbies, but more seriously we ask the questions about genetic and ancestry tests for the Black community, whether they are safe and what we should be looking out for. Also, are you interested in taking a Ph.D.? This might encourage you. Not one to miss! Go deeper: • Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters • Follow me on Instagram and VERO. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe. Credits: Website: alexholmes.co Executive Produced: Alex Holmes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in our first Black History conversation is with a living cricket legend, Michael Holding. Michael Holding is an elder, a wise connection, and leader of our experience as Black people in this country. We talk about his long career in cricket, his experience post-George Floyd and what he remembers about his career. He retired in September 2021. He wrote Why We Kneel, How We Rise - a sober, densely researched account of racial discrimination, partially told through discussions with leading athletes including Usain Bolt, Thierry Henry, Michael Johnson and Naomi Osaka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trigger Warning: Conversations on Drug Use, Suicide, and Depression. --------------------------------------------- David Poses is a writer. His book The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies About Addiction and the Truth About Recovery, is a book I will continue to go back to in my own self-development as I progress on my own journey. He is also a speaker and activist. After twenty years of hiding his struggle with depression and opioids, he started opening up and challenging the disregard of science and evidence in drug treatment, prevention, and policy.  We discuss: Shame and drug addiction Breaking down the stigma of addiction How to rethink policies relating to drugs Books that might help Not one to miss! This episode is brought to you in partnership with Trigger Hub. For 15% off ebooks, to support authors and mental health charity Shaw Mind with your purchase, use discount code: AlexHolmes15. Go deeper: Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters Submit your questions to Anxiety Letters Join the Time To Talk Book Club sign up to get the newsletter. Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers. Follow me on Instagram and VERO. Henley Literary Fest - October 3rd Token Man Event - October 7th Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe. Credits: Website: alexholmes.co Engineered and Co-Produced: Ryan Nile/Pure Creation Media Executive Produced: Alex Holmes/Recover Well Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trigger Warning: Suicide and Depression. --------------------------------------------- Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. I have a conversation with Josiah Hartley about his book 'The Boy Between' where he speaks about his experience with depression that he wrote with his mum. We discuss: Writing with your parent Breaking down the stigma of depression The signs of depression Feelings of shame Before this, I start a heartfelt conversation about how we can be better for one another and the importance of conversations about mental health. Not one to miss! This episode is brought to you in partnership with Trigger Hub. For 15% off ebooks, to support authors and mental health charity Shaw Mind with your purchase, use discount code: AlexHolmes15. Go deeper: Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters Submit your questions to Anxiety Letters Join the Time To Talk Book Club sign up to get the newsletter. Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers. Follow me on Instagram and VERO. Henley Literary Fest - October 3rd Token Man Event - October 7th Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe. Credits: Website: alexholmes.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Harewood joins me this week, as we discuss the background to his new book, Maybe I Don't Belong Here. We discuss: 'Becoming' Black Earliest memories Racialised mental health issues His father's psychosis and his mental breakdown Grief and the Windrush Generation Stereotypes in acting And cultivating a sense of belonging. Not one to miss! Go deeper: Subscribe to the Heart To Heart Letters Submit your questions to Anxiety Letters Join the Time To Talk Book Club sign up to get the newsletter. Join Masteri Academy to join a group of committed readers and self-healers. Follow me on Instagram and VERO. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe. Credits: Website: alexholmes.co Production, Music and Edit: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writing and mental health - how do you use therapy? Jason Mott speaks to me this week about the importance of therapy while writing. We talk about his new book - Hell of a Book. The book is uncategorizable and fizzing with playful invention and intelligence, and Mott's story centers on an author and a young black boy who may or may not be the child whose recent murder by a police officer has sparked protests across the country. What a show. Check out his new book Hell of a Book, here, it came out on August 10th. Community: Join the Time To Talk Book Club: tune in next week for a discussion on August's selection - The Happiness Trap. My Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection Write your letters to me via Heart To Heart Letters Credits: Hosted by Alex Holmes Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media  Executive Produced by Alex Holmes  Get in touch: Facebook Instagram VERO Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you know how to be human? This is the question I am sitting on with today's guest clinical psychologist, Dr. Sophie Mort. We have a chat about emotions and how we manage them. Check out her book A Manual For Being Human here. Community: Join the Time To Talk Book Club: August's Book is The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris. My Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection Write your letters to me via Heart To Heart Letters Credits: Hosted by Alex Holmes Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media  Executive Produced by Alex Holmes  Get in touch: Facebook Instagram VERO Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natasha Lunn is the features director at RED magazine and the creator of a popular and acclaimed bi-monthly email newsletter, Conversations on Love. After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it? In Conversations on Love, she began to find the answers. Her book: Conversations On Love is out now. Playlist: For You - Laura Marling Time To Talk Book Club: Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout All About Love - bell hooks Credits: Hosted by Alex Holmes Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media  Executive Produced by Alex Holmes  Get in touch: Join Facebook Group Instagram VERO Email: alex@alexholmes.co Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection Blog: timetotalk.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ciaran Thapar is a youth worker, social activist, and writer based in London. His journalism on serious youth violence, austerity politics, British multiculturalism, and contemporary music culture can be found in the Guardian, British GQ, Vice, and Pitchfork. He has experience developing and delivering charity programmes in secondary schools, youth clubs, and prisons. As Founder of RoadWorks, music, and social education charity, Ciaran has advocated on behalf of young people in both Houses of Parliament, on national television and radio, and in legal court proceedings His book Cut Short: Youth Violence, Loss and Hope In The City is out now. Playlist: Glassy Riddim - Raf Saperra Hold Up - Tolu Shorts Time To Talk Bookclub: Hero of A Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell The Corner - David Simon Credits: Hosted by Alex Holmes Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media  Executive Produced by Alex Holmes  Get in touch: Join the Facebook Group. Instagram VERO Email: alex@alexholmes.co Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection Blog: timetotalk.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to another episode of Time To Talk, the home of conversation around mental health, masculinity, and healing. This week, I am speaking to my esteemed guest, Riaz Megjhi. Riaz is a human connection expert, based out in Canada.  We talk about all things human connection, journalism, and what it means to have a good and wholehearted conversation to get the best out of the person as well as learn something new about ourselves. After the year that we have had behind screens, in isolation, and away from family and friends, I'm sure we would find it hard to disagree. Credits: Hosted by Alex Holmes Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media  Executive Produced by Alex Holmes  Get in touch: Become a member: steadyhq.com/alexholmes Instagram VERO Email: alex@alexholmes.co Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to another episode of time to talk the home of conversation around mental health, masculinity, and healing. This week, I'm exploring the conversation around empire with the one and only Professor Kehinde Andrews. Andrews is a Professor of Black Studies in the school of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University. He is the founder and director of the center of critical social research founder of the Harambe organisation of black unity, which houses, the blog - Make It Plain. We come together to chat about his new book, New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule The World. Today, we chat about the psychosis of whiteness and global psychology, the intersections of mental health, masculinity, and racism, and what we can learn about Western racism from the enlightenment and traditional philosophical thinkers. Credits: Hosted by Alex Holmes Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media  Executive Produced by Alex Holmes  Get in touch: Instagram VERO Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection Newsletter: alexholmes.co See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I speak to Eugene Ellis. He is the founder of The Black, African, and Asian Therapy Network, which has been an amazing resource for me and my own mental health. However, this conversation is focused on his new book The Race Conversation: An Essential Guide To Life-Changing Dialogue. We have a chat about how the body holds trauma, healing, and what we can learn about this to become better people going forward. We also speak about his time as a practicing Buddhist, and his experience working with Soul II Soul in North London in his twenties. Get his book: The Race Conversation Credits: Hosted by Alex Holmes Co-Produced by Alex Holmes and Ryan Nile Audio Engineering: Pure Creation Media  Executive Produced by Alex Holmes  Get in touch: Become a member: steadyhq.com/alexholmes Instagram VERO Email: alex@alexholmes.co // tttalkpod@gmail.com Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection Newsletter: alexholmes.co See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Justin Baldoni.  He is an actor, director, producer, and co-founder, and co-chair of both Wayfarer Studios and the Wayfarer Foundation, and the heartthrob star of Jane The Virgin. Over the last ten years, Justin has been on a journey to explore masculinity and reimagine what it means to be a man, and human, in the world today. He has spoken about his journey with masculinity in his wildly popular TED Talk and in his series, Man Enough. We talk: Enjoy the episode!  Get the book here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/644/9780063055599 Credits: Get in touch: Become a member: steadyhq.com/alexholmes Instagram VERO Email: alex@alexholmes.co Book: Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection Newsletter: alexholmes.co --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I am speaking to Paul Mendez. We discuss all things Jamaica, growing up Jehovah's witness in the Black Country and his debut novel Rainbow Milk. Rainbow Milk is a beautiful novel about love, belonging and the Black, Queer experience that we don't often see from Black men. Dive in, it's a beautiful conversation with an icon. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexholmes Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: alex@alexholmes.co Production, Music and Edit: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week...it’s time to talk about sobriety and intentions with Africa Brooke. Africa Brooke is a globally recognised Mindset Coach, NLP practitioner, sobriety advocate, and explorer of the subconscious mind. In her work as a Mindset Coach, Africa uses her training in NLP and various other mind technologies to help coaches, entrepreneurs, change-makers, and spiritual seekers overcome self-sabotage so they can create fuller and more nourishing lives and businesses. I have deep admiration for my guest today. Africa Brooke is an empowered woman, beautiful human and inspired friend. We sit down together this week and discuss what success and failure mean, we also talk about her journey through sobriety and self-sabotage, as well as her understanding of what it means to live an intentional life. Her journey to sobriety is amazing. Getting sober (after 7 relapses) has to be the most courageous and fear-inducing thing she has ever done in her entire life. We speak about it all today. Check out her stuff here. Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe - and share among as many people as you can. Let’s get the word out that here is the place for confident, wholehearted and compassionate conversation. PRE ORDER TIME TO TALK: HOW MEN THINK ABOUT LOVE, BELONGING AND CONNECTION NOW Thank you to our sponsors: BetterHelp.com/timetotalk21 - You can get 10% off your first month. Let them know I sent you. BetterHELP start living a happier life TODAY. Herby Box - Head over to herbybox.com and use ALEXHOLMES10 to get 10 per cent off your one-time purchase of herbal tea blends. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: alex@alexholmes.co Production, Music and Edit: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malachy Dunne is a counsellor and educator situated in Cornwall.  He is the founder of Lifetime Therapy, a humanist, people-centred practice. They believe that, given the appropriate conditions, every individual has limitless capacity to heal, to come to new thoughts and beliefs and to change the way they view the world, others and themselves. We talk about resilience, shame and anxiety as well as the importance of therapy in today's society. Get in touch with Malachy over on Instagram and the Lifetime Therapy website! Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe - and share among as many people as you can. Let’s get the word out that here is the place for confident, wholehearted and compassionate conversation. PRE ORDER MY BOOK: TIME TO TALK: HOW MEN THINK ABOUT LOVE, BELONGING AND CONNECTION SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON STEADY] Sponsors: BetterHelp.com/timetotalk21 - You can get 10% off your first month. Let them know I sent you. BetterHELP start living a happier life TODAY. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: alex@alexholmes.co Production, Music and Edit: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Nicole LePera is known as the Holistic Psychologist online.  As a clinical psychologist, she grew tired of the limitations of traditional psychotherapy - and so, wanting more for her clients and herself, she embarked on a mental, physical and spiritual journey which saw her picking up the tools to heal and do her work. She began to share that with the world and so, the Holistic Psychologist online, amassing a community of over 3million people! In this conversation, we discuss her new book ‘How To Do The Work’ which came out yesterday, and this is a piece of work that explores the way we think about mental health and self-care, and about how we can take the power into our own hands. PRE-ORDER MY BOOK: TIME TO TALK: HOW MEN THINK ABOUT LOVE, BELONGING AND CONNECTION - OUT 1ST APRIL Thank you to the sponsors this week:  Beardfluence - Head over to Beardfluence.com and use TIMETOTALK2021 to get 15 per cent off SITE WIDE on the new Kensington Set and the bestselling Night Oil. BetterHelp.com/timetotalk21 - You can get 10% off your first month. Let them know I sent you. BetterHELP start living a happier life TODAY. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: alex@alexholmes.co Production, Music and Edit: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week...it’s time to talk about choices with Emma Gannon. Emma Gannon is a Sunday Times bestselling author, speaker, novelist and host of the no. 1 career podcast in the UK, Ctrl Alt Delete, with over 9 million downloads, nearing 10mill last I checked! She has blogged since 2009; podcasted since 2016 and is the author of five books, including the novel OLIVE.  We talk about choices. What choices do we have when we turn 30? Are we conforming, making our lives somewhat tormented by living up to expectations? In her debut novel, OLIVE Emma’s protagonist is childless by choice. We have a chat about this, and the stigmas we face as very...very new adults. PRE ORDER MY NEW BOOK: TIME TO TALK: HOW MEN FEEL ABOUT LOVE, BELONGING AND CONNECTION. Steady: steadyhq.com/alexholmes Thank you to our sponsors: Better Help: BetterHelp.com/timetotalk21 - You can get 10% off your first month. Let them know I sent you. BetterHELP start living a happier life TODAY. Herby Box: Herby Box - Head over to herbybox.com and use ALEXHOLMES10 to get 10 per cent off your one-time purchase of herbal tea blends. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: alex@alexholmes.co Production, Music and Edit: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Time To Talk. Where I speak to life seekers, healers and leaders in their fields, to break down the stigmas of mental health, heal and become emotionally courageous by having one compassionate conversation at a time. This week...it’s time to talk about grief and masculinity with Guvna B. Guvna B is an East London rapper, who has written a memoir called Unspoken, which details his experience with grief, faith and mental health. We have a deep dive into what grief taught him, the relationship he had with his dad before his passing as well as also talking about love, fatherhood and marriage. It’s a great conversation, with a legend. Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe - and share among as many people as you can. Let’s get the word out that here is the place for confident, wholehearted and compassionate conversation. Want to support the show with exclusive packages? Get over to Steady: steadyhq.com/alexholmes Thank you to our Sponsor: BetterHelp.com/timetotalk21 - You can get 10% off your first month. Let them know I sent you. BetterHelp - start living a happier life TODAY.  Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: alex@alexholmes.co Production, Music and Edit: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eddie S. Glaude Jr is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton. He joined me on the show this week to discuss his book, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today, but we spoke about so much more. Colourism, masculinity, forgiveness and healing. We go through it all. Want to join the compassionate community, while supporting the podcast? Pick your plan.  Thank you to our sponsors: Herby Box - Head over to herbybox.com and use ALEXHOLMES10 to get 10 per cent off your one-time purchase of herbal tea blends. Beardfluence - Head over to Beardfluence.com and use TIMETOTALK2021 to get 15 per cent off SITEWIDE on the new Kensington Set and the bestselling Night Oil. Want to start podcasting? Check out Pirate Studios at Pirate.com and use code: Alex7135 for £10 off your first session. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Production, Music and Edit: Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Public philosopher Roman Krznaric talks to me about what it means to be a good ancestor. He wrote a book called The Good Ancestor, and I have to credit Roman with helping me to think a lot more about legacy, and the way we show up for future generations - especially in these times of Black Lives Matter, Coronavirus, Trump (and a severely divided America) and Brexit - need I say more? Support the show by using Steady. Pick the plan that works for you (ps, it's like Patreon, but better!!) Thank you to our sponsors:  Herby Box - Head over to herbybox.com and use ALEXHOLMES10 to get 10 per cent off your one-time purchase of herbal tea blends. Beardfluence - Head over to Beardfluence.com and use TIMETOTALK2021 to get 15 per cent off SITE WIDE on the new Kensington Set and the bestselling Night Oil. Want to start podcasting? Check out Pirate Studios at Pirate.com and use code: Alex7135 for £10 off your first session. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Newlsetter: alexholmes.co/newsletter Production, Music and Edit: Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Smith: Pursuing The Wild Stuff, Psychedelics and Living Life On Your Terms | Today, I am speaking to the straight-talking, no-nonsense personal trainer James Smith. He is the host of his own podcast, The James Smith Podcast, but he is also the author of two Sunday Times Bestsellers, Not A Diet Book and his latest, Not A Life Coach. In this conversation, we chat about personal training, mental health, masculinity…and psychedelics.  Yes, we go there.  Want to start podcasting? Check out Pirate Studios at Pirate.com and use code: Alex7135 for £10 off your first session. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Newlsetter: alexholmes.co/newsletter Production, Music and Edit: Ryan Nile (@ryan.nile.show) Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ayman Hariri, CEO of VERO: Superheroes, Social Media and Compassionate Leadership | Today, I am speaking to Ayman Hariri. Ayman is the Co-founder and CEO of VERO, yes that social platform I have been speaking about since this podcast’s conception! I value Ayman as a real mentor, and this was an amazing conversation to have with him. We discuss compassionate leadership, confronting your mistakes, superheroes and what a good social media platform and company does and doesn’t do. Make sure you guys go and check out VERO - all the links are in the description. And so, happy Friday and Ayman Hariri - it’s time to talk. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Newlsetter: alexholmes.co/newsletter Music: Ryan Nile Executive Produced: Alex Holmes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natasha Devon: Intersections Of A Mental Health Campaigner | Natasha is a campaigner and broadcaster who tours schools, universities and events delivering talks and conducting research on mental health and related issues like body image, sexuality and gender. She is also the author of A Beginner's Guide to Being Mental and Yes You Can: Ace Your Exams without Losing Your Mind. And she is also the host of the 'Staying Sane' podcast. Find her on Instagram @_natashadevon and her website.  Want to start podcasting? Check out Pirate Studios and use code: Alex7135 for £10 off your first session. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Newlsetter: alexholmes.co/newsletter Editing and Production: Pure Creation Media/Ryan Nile Executive Produced: Alex Holmes  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is Nova Reid. Nova is a TED speaker, writer and diversity and anti-racism campaigner. We had a conversation about what her experience growing up in Hertfordshire in England was like to which we spoke about the first time she realised she was Black. We chatted about what it means to be an anti-racist, and how we can combat micro-aggressions challenging negative behaviours that contribute to poor effects these have on oppressed minorities mental well being. Her book, The Good Ally will be out in all good bookstores in Autumn 2021 and I hope to get her back on, but you can pre-order her book now. Let’s welcome, Nova Reid. Catch me on: Vero: Vero.co/alexreads Website: alexholmes.co Instagram: @byalexholmes Email: tttalkpod@gmail.com Newsletter: alexholmes.substack.com Music: Ryan Nile Production: Pure Creation Media, Ryan Nile Executive Produced: Alex Holmes--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's more intimate episode is with Shahroo Izadi discussing self-kindness. But before we get into that, I discuss the importance of being kind to ourselves as a service to others as well as to ourselves. We are so much love, and we are deserving. Ask yourself: “How can I care for and comfort myself in this moment?”--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the barriers stopping Black people, men in particular, going to therapy? Why are there less men of colour therapists?  In this week's Time To Talk find out with psychotherapist Kwame Opoku.  #Booksthatmatter - It's OK To Feel Blue, curated by Scarlett Curtis - This Book Could Help The Men's Head Space Manual, by Rotimi Akinsette--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Dane Baptiste joins me and we talk about everything from fatherhood, matriarchal families, masculinity, mental health and love - and we have hella laughs on the way! Time To Talk is a place where men come together to discuss topics that don't get talked about enough, with vulnerability and openness at its core, to help get men (and eventually others) talking about things they claim to never speak about. Check out Dane on socials, and get tickets to his new show 2020 tour - 'The Chocolate Chip': https://sohotheatre.com/shows/dane-baptiste-chocolate-chip/ #BooksThatMatter: - Mask Off by JJ Bola - We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by bell hooks - We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Weapons of Mass Instruction - John Taylor Gatto Hashtag - #TTTwithAlex Hit me up on - Twitter: @tttalkpod Insta - @alexreads Vero - @alexreads Facebook - @TimeToTalkPod--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices