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Angela Scanlon's Thanks A Million

Matt Haig: Defining the term breakdown, the ‘Mr Depression’ tag, and his shedmill

Angela Scanlon's Thanks A Million

Angela Scanlon

Mental Health, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Irish, Ireland, Rte, Scanlon, Anxiety, Angela Scanlon, Uplifting, Thanks, Anxious, Grateful, Wellbeing, Positivity

4.8803 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Award-winning author and mental health campaigner Matt Haig is best known for books such as Reasons to Stay Alive and Notes on a Nervous Planet, plus his often insightful Twitter posts. His latest book, The Midnight Library is a novel about regret, hope and forgiveness - but what is Matt grateful for today?



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Matt's latest book, The Midnight Library is out now 


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0:00.0

At a time when many of life's little luxuries have been taken away or at least put on hold,

0:05.8

our sponsor Ole is here to ensure we can all still indulge in some of the finer things in life.

0:11.7

I am in love with their retinal collection. I have tried all the creams, lads, and I mean all of them.

0:19.9

And this makes my skin feel incredible really glowy really strong

0:25.6

really bright which in winter is a tricksy old thing with ole i can face anything seriously

0:33.3

anything and there's a lot going on let's be honest losing myself in a good book the kind you might not share on

0:42.9

Instagram but you absolutely love after dark if you know what I mean

0:46.9

crying to a good movie hearing my favourite song on the radio

0:51.6

it's Barbie girl FYI there are a million things that I'm thankful

0:56.3

for today, but what is my guest thankful for? I've learned so much through my recovery and

1:01.8

through subsequent recoveries that I'm grateful for what I learned, maybe not for the experience

1:07.3

of depression itself, but for the recovery experience, for the experience

1:11.2

of finding out about myself.

1:13.7

Welcome to Thanks a Million.

1:15.1

I'm Angela Scanlon, and this is the show that takes a sneaky look at my guest's gratitude

1:19.8

list to find out the things that have shaped their lives.

1:24.8

Today's guest is a goodie.

1:27.2

He is the best-selling author and mental health campaigner who has written over 25 books, sold over 100 million books and been translated into 40 languages.

1:37.7

His memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, was a number one bestseller staying in the British top 10 for 46 weeks. He's an absolute powerhouse

1:48.2

on social media. I regularly share his bite-sized insights with my gang on there and they absolutely

1:57.2

love them. Before we hear from Matt, I'm going to go to a couple of years. Thanks a

2:00.9

million trios. Get in touch at Angela Scanlan if you want to share these using the hashtag

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