White Fox Talking
Talk About Mental Health & Well-Being… Why Not? Mark ‘Charlie’ Valentine suffered life changing mental illness, before beginning a journey to recovery and wellness; the darkness of PTSD transformed by the light atop mountains and beyond. Mark is now joining forces with Seb Budniak, to make up the ‘White Fox Talking’ team. Through a series of Podcasts and Vlogs, ‘White Fox Talking’ will be bringing you a variety of guests, topics, and inspirational stories relating to improving mental well-being. Find your way back to you! Expect conversation, information, serious discussion and a healthy dose of Yorkshire humour!
White Fox Talking
Latest Episodes
E86: Calm Under Pressure – What Combat Sports Teach Your Mind with Rich Cadden
Getting hit is the least interesting part of combat sports. What matters is what happens to your mind when pressure rises and how training teaches you to stay calm, focused, and in control when your instincts want to panic.We sit down w...
E85: When Words Aren’t Enough with Lesley Andrew – How Art Therapy Speaks for You
You can be “fine on paper” and still feel like your nervous system is on fire. That’s why we sit down with artist and registered art therapist Lesley Andrew to unpack how art therapy works when talking isn’t enough, and why the smallest creativ...
E84: Finding Stillness After Suicide — Martyn Watson On Grief, Poetry, And Healing
What happens when grief becomes too heavy to carry alone?In this episode, we sit down with a guest who turned unimaginable loss into something quietly powerful. After losing his sister Nancy to suicide, he found himself searching...
E83: From Bartender To Ironman — Jake Speakman On Running, Identity, And Self-Discipline
What if the thing you use to numb the noise is the same thing keeping you from real rest? We sit down with Jake Speakman to unpack a life spent under club lights—shots to start shifts, finishes at 4 a.m., and the illusion tha...
E82: A 1% Chance Of Survival — How Georgia Carmichael Rewrote Her Story
A 1% chance of survival. Two spinal injuries. A terminal diagnosis. Georgia Carmichael heard every reason to stop, and still chose to fight, visualise, train, and rebuild. We welcome the GB para-rower to share how a kayak accident led to months...