The Richard Nicholls Podcast
Richard Nicholls
To inspire, educate and motivate you to be the best you can be. Learn about tackling mental health problems like Anxiety and Depression as well as simple tips to understand the world better, in a down to earth and genuine way with the Best Selling Author
- 5 minutes 21 secondsSleep
Some specialists say we need 8 hours every night, some say we need more. In truth, there's only one person who knows how much sleep you need.
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5 December 2025, 6:00 am - 20 minutes 16 secondsParenting - Helicopters vs Bulldozers
Understanding a little bit about the effects of different parenting styles can really help us understand ourselves better. As well as help us to understand others.
Let's have a peek into some of the basics shall we?
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1 December 2025, 6:00 am - 5 minutes 18 secondsYou Are Not Anxiety
You don’t need to be anxiety-free to live fully. You just need the right process, and a bit of patience with yourself.
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28 November 2025, 6:00 am - 5 minutes 26 secondsLoneliness
I once heard someone say that if you're on your own and lonely then you obviously don't like the company you're in. And when listening to clients talk about their loneliness that really does ring true.
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21 November 2025, 6:00 am - 5 minutes 14 secondsReframing
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny tweak in how we talk to ourselves. You can actually have the same event but create a completely different feeling about it. It's called reframing and can shift your mindset, boost gratitude, and make everyday life feel that bit lighter.
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14 November 2025, 6:00 am - 17 minutes 32 secondsPhenomenology
Phenomenology is a posh word that psychologists use to mean the idea of someone's subjective and individual experience.
We could all have exactly the same experience but feel completely different about it and it's important we understand why.Join our Evolve to Thrive 6 month programme https://therapynatters.com
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1 November 2025, 6:00 am - 17 minutes 53 secondsDependence and Codependence
If your sense of self is based around helping others and it's the only place where you get your self worth from. It might be worth checking that you don't make things worse.
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1 October 2025, 5:00 am - 16 minutes 32 secondsAccepting Criticism
According to multiple studies, fear of judgement is the number one biggest fear, above dying.
The author Elbert Hubbard once wrote, "Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing, and you'll never be criticised." And that's probably the only way to avoid criticism, isn't it?Join our Evolve to Thrive 6 month programme https://therapynatters.com
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1 September 2025, 5:00 am - 6 minutes 42 secondsGuided Relaxation
Today is International Relaxation Day. So I thought I'd do something different this week for my bonus episode and guide you through a 5 minute relaxation exercise.
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15 August 2025, 5:00 am - 18 minutes 13 secondsBoundaries
Most people think of boundaries as being like a physical thing as if there's a chalk outline on the ground everywhere you go and if someone steps into it it makes you upset. The thing is the only one that knows the boundary is there is you.
Today is all about why boundaries are important, how to set them and how you know if someone's crossed the line.Join our Evolve to Thrive 6 month programme https://therapynatters.com
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1 August 2025, 5:00 am - 16 minutes 43 secondsMotivation
What's the difference between someone who has all the motivation and enthusiasm you could wish for and someone who, even though they don't have depression, still can't feel motivated? Well, in order to answer that I think it's worth looking at what motivation actually is.
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