Bryony Gordon on OCD, Alcohol, and the Long Walk to Wellness
On The Mend
High Performance
4.9 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week, Matt is joined by journalist, columnist, writer and mental health ambassador, Bryony Gordon.
Bryony is full of life and joy and brings such positive energy with her wherever she goes - including this podcast!
But her life has not been without dark moments and in this episode she opens up about her alcohol addiction and how she got sober and came through the other side.
Bryony is the founder of Mental Health Mates - a peer support group for those who are struggling with their mental health and need to talk and walk. She talks to Matt about how this came about and how it has grown into something she could never have imagined.
They also discuss parenthood, friendships and the joys of Body Camp - which both Matt and Bryony have experienced and found invigorating.
We cover a lot of serious topics in this episode - and reference some organisations who offer help and advice. You can find links to those below - as well as some other websites you might find useful, if you have been effected by any of the things you have heard in this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Want to know who's coming up next? Hit follow wherever you get your podcast and you'll be the first to find out. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and welcome to today's episode of On the Mend. |
| 0:21.5 | I'm at Willis and in this series I'm going to be taking a look into the world of mental health, addiction and recovery and how people get through hard times. |
| 0:29.1 | My guest today is the journalist author and columnist Brianie Gordon. |
| 0:33.9 | Brian is an absolute champion of mental health awareness. |
| 0:37.3 | She does this for her weekly comment in The Telegraph, |
| 0:39.8 | through her books and her very own podcast. |
| 0:42.1 | In 2016, she founded something called Mental Health Mates. |
| 0:45.4 | It's a peer support group to encourage people who feel alone |
| 0:48.7 | to connect with others and talk about their mental health, |
| 0:52.0 | which is absolutely amazing. |
| 0:53.5 | I mean, what she's done here is incredible. Brian has had her own struggles with mental health and addiction, and in |
| 0:59.7 | this episode she opens up about hitting rock bottom and how mental health banks came about. |
| 1:03.9 | She also talks about what she does on a daily basis to stay clean and sober. It's a goodie. I |
| 1:09.1 | think she's rad. You're going to love her. |
| 1:20.1 | At the moment, Brian is laughing at my notes. |
| 1:23.8 | I'm just really impressed as a journalist by trade, as I am. |
| 1:24.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.7 | Because I go in to do interviews and I sort of, but I don't ever, I'm really, you're very professional. |
| 1:31.2 | You could go and work in a newspaper if you wanted. |
| 1:33.2 | Can I really? |
| 1:33.6 | Can you tell my school teachers that please? |
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