Last Thursday, 13th July I had the greatest honour of being a part of the Music and Mind podcast, Live at Festival Square as a part of MIF 23. If you've followed my blog at all then you know I threw myself into MIF21 with everything I had, performing as a part of the dance piece Sea Change. Reform and MIF will always hold a special place in my heart for helping me through some very difficult struggles that I've had with my mental health since moving to Manchester at the end of 2019. I love having any opportunity to talk about mental health issues and to hear other people's experiences. On the Festival Square stage, I was joined by host Levi Love (who's been teaching me music production), Mancunian poet and activist Janine Reid and Amy, a DJ and lived experience peer support worker. Amy's role as a peer worker is the first of it's kind and as she spoke about the importance of the role and her own experiences I had no doubt in my mind that she is going to smash ...
A blogg about the experiences of a Brit who's lived in the US for more than a decade and has recently returned to the UK.