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Join Rollie & Hamish as they talk about loading up their actual backpacks for the epic walk they took with friend of The Toolbox Monday Lunchtime’s Jake Chappell. Setting out on a beautiful sunny day from Penshaw Monument, the boys followed The Way of Learning all the way to Durham Cathedral. Of course they unpack […]
Rollie & Hamish load up their saddlebags and ride out once again. Unloading the invisible backpacks, they talk about the mental benefits of having things to look forward to.
Rollie rides solo this week but never fear he brings with him his invisible backpack to unpack. He also weighs in on famous men saying and doing inappropriate things as well as a one off return of Papers Please, the news review just for you to get Rollie’s take on the government intervention in British […]
Rollie & Hamish unload the saddlebags once again as they welcome Greg & Jordan, two facilitators from the Sunderland Kayll Road branch of Andy’s Man Club to celebrate the branch’s first birthday. Andy’s Man Club offers peer to peer support for men struggling with their mental health with groups all over the UK meeting every […]
Rollie finds himself bereft without his rotten soldier, as Hamish is back visiting his family in Scotland. Rollie unsaddles the invisible backpack and then poses questions that come out of having watched the hit Netflix show Adolescence. What can be done? How do we reach these kids? Are we really free? Follow the show on […]
Rollie and Hamish unload their invisible backpacks once again and have all bases loaded on this weeks The Toolbox. First they have a chat with MA Mental Health Nursing student Eddie about an upcoming mental health awareness event at the University of Sunderland. Rollie then chats with the Head of the University of Sunderland Psychology […]
Rollie & Hamish unload the invisible backpack and catch up on their new years resolutions. Rollie talks to Professor Scott Wilkes, a practicing GP and Head of the University of Sunderland Medical School to ask questions about testosterone. What is it? Does it only exist to tell men to shag it or fight it? Can […]
Saddle up and get your talking boots on as Rollie & Hamish unpack their invisible backpacks with two top queers, Jay Sykes & Kosti Tsapanidis, who share their experiences of coming out and also how their younger selves navigated their identities in a heteronormative society. Jay is an audio producer whose work has been played […]
Rollie unloads the invisible backpack this week with Sam Clark of Lights, Camera, Action! The movie show on Spark. The lads talk about depictions of mental health on screen and how it’s improved over the years.
Rising influencer Rory Gissing has proven that fitness can positively affect a person’s mental health. However, if it’s not kept at a steady balance, it can also cause a person to spiral, with calorie obsessions and body dysmorphia. Today on Word on Wearside, join Tyler, Luke, and Scarlett will be discussing the fine balance of […]
