For our listeners who may not know, October is Depression Awareness month and we are honored to have Rachel Kelly join us from London to discuss this illness and her work in this area.

Educated at Oxford University, Rachel Kelly began her career at Vogue and went on to spend ten years as a journalist at The London Times. She is the co-editor of iF: A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility and the creator of two poetry apps. Rachel gives talks and runs workshops across the country on the therapeutic value of the arts.

Her memoir Black Rainbow on the healing power of the written word was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the Best First Book prize at the Spear’s Book Awards. All author proceeds from the book are going to mental health charities - SANE and United Response. She continues to campaign to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness. Visit http://www.rachel-kelly.net  

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