How Did We Get Here?

My Mother Took Her Own Life

In this second series of How Did We Get Here?, Claudia and Tanya reunite to identify struggles faced by people and their family members. 

In this episode we meet Simran. Simran's mother tragically took her own life eight years ago and Simran is still looking for answers.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice.

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered.

Other helpful organisations:


  NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines


  SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123

  MIND - www.mind.co.uk


  NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe


  WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org


  NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance





Find the transcript for episode 2 here: https://somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode2_1.txt

How Did We Get Here? is a Somethin' Else Production.
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In this new original series from Somethin' Else, Claudia Winkleman and Professor Tanya Byron identify struggles faced by real-life parents and family members by inviting them in and hearing their story, in a one-time unscripted session with a real person. Claudia listens in to the conversation to discover how Tanya begins to unlock the story behind the issue and help find solutions. 

With topics ranging from parental estrangement, gender identity, domestic violence, trauma, inheriting mental health issues, family dynamics after cancer and raising a severely disabled daughter, How Did We Get Here? is a passionate, insightful and moving experience with clear outcomes to each episode.

This podcast doesn’t tell people how to raise their children, or reconnect with family members, rather it helps people understand why, as perfectly competent adults, they can’t put into practice what they know they should do.

Each episode passes on useful links and contacts which listeners can find in the programme notes.

This is a Somethin' Else production.