A Mental Health Break
Learn from others sharing their mental health stories each week. Your time is valuable. That's why we get right to it with no fluff and keep each value-filled show under 30 minutes.
Ranked in the Top 5% of Globally Ranked Podcasts, welcome to the #1 podcast dedicated to mental health: where you are never alone. This Top Weekly Show provides a safe, supportive platform to normalize conversations around mental health through authentic, inspirational testimonials.
Since 2020, Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor, 3x Mental Health Author, and host Vincent A. Lanci and his guests have shared vulnerable stories and powerful insights that remind you—you are not alone on your journey.
Each week, we dive into real-life experiences from mental health advocates, professionals, and individuals who’ve overcome adversity. Together, we tackle a wide range of topics, including trauma recovery, anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and both life and family challenges. From grief and social media addiction to mental health in the workplace and life after divorce, every episode offers valuable tools, advice, and understanding for anyone navigating life’s toughest moments.
As someone who survived a traumatic brain injury (TBI), Vincent uses his personal journey to help others, blending his lived experiences with the wisdom of experts to empower you on your own path to healing. Whether you’re struggling with a mental disorder or simply looking for support, A Mental Health Break is your weekly source of hope, guidance, and connection.
Tune in each week for honest conversations, practical tools, and the reassurance that you're not alone. Let’s break the silence together.
A Mental Health Break
Traveling to Cyprus to Chat with The Other Side's Neil Kelders
Welcome to the show, Neil Kelders.
Some areas of discussion include:
- His experiences with depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation
- How to adapt to new situations
- Give people a chance
- Book ends- morning and night routines
- Trying different things until one sticks
- Acceptance, Talking, Knowing yourself
This week's spotlight story at the halfway point will cover "5 Steps to Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts. Follow along here.
Take a Deep Breath on A Mental Health Break - the podcast that normalizes the conversation around mental health. You are not alone. Which journey will resonate with you most? Catch up with weekly interviews aired since January 2020. Each episode is unique while each guest covers their mental health story, ways to improve mental health, a message to anyone struggling, spotlight story, and much more mental health talk. To join the show, email PodcastsByLanci@Gmail.com.
Other areas of discussion include self-care, how to form a routine, and build a structure for yourself to support your mental health throughout the day.
Kelders is the author of ‘The Other Side: A memoir of hope in the midst of depression’. In this book, shares how he was behind a mask for over 21 years and identifies the mindset I thankfully began to embrace in other to take action and want to live.
He has talked to thousands around the world, including as guest speaker with The World Health Organization, and finds ways to resonate with his audience and leave them with actions they can implement right on the spot.
Neil has worked with a diverse range of target groups with the objective of inspiring people to ‘access their power’ (in other words take responsibility) in order to manage their own mental health and wellbeing.
He finds ways to resonate with his audience and leave them with actions they can implement right on the spot.
Guest Website: https://neilkelders.com/
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