https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/practice-makes-progress--4793044enMental HealthCopyright Ellie McGrathhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac32608fa65cb025666232975fcf58ea.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/practice-makes-progress--4793044Thu, 04 Jul 2024 20:06:33 +0000Ellie McGrathEllie McGrathellie.mcgrath@hotmail.co.ukLife is hard enough without the constant strife for a concept that doesn't exist. I'm interested in the messy, the hard, the the real parts of life that we're often told to hide by ourselves and society. Let's start celebrating the times we get back...cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-25-living-on-lies--43508510Trigger warning: emotional abuse, manipulation, rape.]]>mcgrathellie.podbean.com/b64ef167-12f5-3ffd-9a30-b4cf9a5451fbTue, 09 Feb 2021 19:01:51 +0000Ellie McGrathIt’s incredibly difficult when love becomes entangled with pain and the person we thought cared about us most causes us to suffer. Kate takes us through an incredibly turbulent time in her life during a toxic relationship that destroyed her mental and...Trigger warning: emotional abuse, manipulation, rape.]]>2744cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-23-letting-go-living-for-yourself--43508498mcgrathellie.podbean.com/3ba7d59e-56c5-3569-9940-4a382f42e582Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:00:10 +0000Ellie McGrathWe grew up being told bread was bad and so was gaining weight. It's so difficult to unlearn these societal expectations and judgements around food and exercise, but even more difficult when we're young and these ideas are reinforced by our parents....3810cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-22-the-internal-battle--43508494mcgrathellie.podbean.com/d0566a87-d6fc-3643-aab0-e5b056414bd1Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:46:15 +0000Ellie McGrathI discovered Rosie on Tiktok (as @weightlosswithrosie) back in June 2020 and immediately fell in love with her positivity and body confidence. Whilst documenting her weight loss journey is the primary aim of her account, it was the self-discovery of...2782cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-21-the-power-of-conversation--43508502mcgrathellie.podbean.com/1e0d0b01-fe7c-3976-a76b-496225f34917Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:23:16 +0000Ellie McGrathI met Fran over the summer when I guest panelled some discussions for her Resilife team at Kings. What was evident then, today, and every day, is just how important talking about our mental health is. In honour of World Mental Health Day, Fran shared...3439cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-16-queer-culture-in-schools--43508509mcgrathellie.podbean.com/3c6f42f4-9c87-55de-8c52-96f16aae52f2Fri, 10 Jul 2020 09:35:08 +0000Ellie McGrathThe first episode in our featured mini series in honour of Pride this year, I sat down with 21-year-old Charlotte Woodman, a White cis, queer woman from Muswell Hill, who has just qualified as a primary school teacher. Charlotte and I attended the...3658cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-asking-for-help--43508505mcgrathellie.podbean.com/e7b54442-a5d2-5de8-bcee-d84f8d55f97fFri, 03 Apr 2020 19:50:54 +0000Ellie McGrathChallenges to your mental health as an adult aren't always talked about, so I wanted to use this episode to talk about a time in my life where I really struggled to articulate my emotions and didn't know how to ask for help. It's not always an easy...838cleanfull