What 25 Years in Mental Health Reveals About Being Human
What can 25 years of sitting with human pain, resilience, healing, and recovery teach us about being human? In this episode of Uncaged Mind, I sit down with mental health nurse, author, and educator Mark Johns-Kay, who brings over two decades of experience working alongside people through some of the most challenging moments of their […]
Eating Disorders Through Lived Experience
This Mental Health Awareness Month, I sat down with someone who has lived through the reality of an eating disorder to have an honest, raw, and deeply human conversation about what people often don’t see behind the surface. From silent struggles to emotional battles, this episode is about understanding, awareness, and making people feel seen, […]
Attachment Styles: The Patterns That Shape Our Lives
In this episode, I explore attachment styles; secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized and the quiet ways they shape how we experience love, distance, conflict, and safety. Blending psychological research with personal reflection, this conversation looks at the survival strategies we developed early on and what it really means to outgrow them. It’s an honest, grounded […]
When Being Self-Aware Stopped Me From Living
This episode explores the moment when emotional and spiritual self-awareness quietly turns into self-restriction — when protecting your energy starts to feel safer than actually living. I reflect on letting go of control, allowing myself to experience life fully, making mistakes, feeling lost, and discovering clarity on the other side. It’s a conversation about the […]
Why Do My 20s Feel So Heavy?
Everyone else seems to have it together — thriving, confident, living effortlessly — while you’re barely keeping up. In this episode, I get real about the unspoken struggles of your 20s: the pressure to act like an adult, the loneliness of managing life on your own, and the weight of responsibilities no one prepared us […]
The Strange Comfort of Chaos: 6 Steps to Rewire Your Mind for Calm
We all know chaos can feel strangely familiar, almost safer than silence — but why do we run from calm? In this episode, I uncover the hidden psychology behind our attraction to chaos and share 6 powerful, research-backed steps to rewire your mind for lasting calm. From self-awareness and emotional regulation to creating supportive routines […]