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 16 secondsLove
Happy Easter everyone,
Spring has sprung, the rabbits are at it like, well, rabbits. And it got me thinking about love.Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls
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3 April 2026, 5:00 am - 20 minutes 50 secondsToxic Masculinity
The rules of toxic masculinity suggest that to be a real man you should never lose, have no needs, suffer in silence, show no emotions except bravado and anger, be independent, show no weakness.
It’s an impossible code to live by and it hurts everyone.Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls
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1 April 2026, 5:00 am - 5 minutes 11 secondsSunday Scaries
This week I'm talking about something so many of you have mentioned in emails and messages, that Sunday evening anxiety that seems to arrive like clockwork.
Why does the body react to a calendar change as if it’s a threat?
Why can Sunday feel tense even after a lovely weekend?Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls
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27 March 2026, 6:00 am - 5 minutes 11 secondsThe Social Brain
This week I’m exploring something quietly powerful about the social brain. From old school photos to bonobos recognising family decades later, it turns out we don’t just remember faces… we remember feelings. I also look at how curiosity shapes identity, especially in children, and what that means for us as adults.
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20 March 2026, 6:00 am - 21 minutes 15 secondsFailure
Because we're not born knowing how to do anything that comes naturally to us as adults, we're literally born to fail along the way.
Whether that's learning to walk, talk or how to be calm in difficult situations. We have to learn. We have to practice. And the only way to do that is to get it wrong.
Time to embrace our failures!Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls
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1 March 2026, 6:00 am - 22 minutes 27 secondsLimerence: Addicted To Love?
Call it a crush, call it new relationship energy, call it infatuation. But if it becomes an addiction, then you can easily become your own drug dealer by retreating into fantasy.
That's when it starts to become a very serious problem.Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls
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1 February 2026, 6:00 am - 15 minutes 35 secondsWillpower
Not only is my house full left over Christmas chocolate but the supermarkets are already pushing Easter eggs onto me and there's only so much willpower we have to resist.
But sometimes it's all a matter of perspective.Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls
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1 January 2026, 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 - 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 the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls
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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 the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls
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