The AC Podcast

185: Allowing True Expression in Coaching

In this Episode

Paul Chambers, speaker, poet and co-founder of PoetsIN, a creative mental health charity, joins host Maisie Barlow to talk about how he uses creativity, writing and poetry in his work with young people and adults.

Paul shares parts of his own story, including his mental health struggles and how a series of events all happening at once allowed him to turn his life around. Learn more about the work of his charity and how he switched from not liking children at all to becoming incredibly passionate about working with them. A wonderfully warm and inviting conversation.

You Will Learn

• The value of creating a space for honest self-expression
• Invaluable insights and tips for working with young people
• The difference between working with children, compared with adults

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Guest Bio

Paul Chambers is an author, speaker, poet, mental health charity founder, mental health advocate, and former addict. From the age of five, his struggles began when he developed a debilitating stutter followed by undiagnosed mental illnesses through his childhood and adulthood. He has since discovered he is neurodiverse and now manages OCD, ADHD, depression, general anxiety disorder, social anxiety, and various related superpowers. Throughout his whole life he has written to escape and manage what was going on inside himself.

Paul strives to be the person that he didn’t know he needed as a child, young person and adult, and inspires others to do the same. Paul co-founded The Creative Mental Health Charity PoetsIN, who support thousands of people every year through talks, programmes, workshops, free tools, and online and in-person support. The charity holds space and harnesses the power of the written and spoken word to help purge and manage wellbeing for life.

 

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