SOFEA SESSIONS
SOFEA SESSIONS is a podcast focused on inspiring people through sharing lived experience of mental health and wellbeing. Delivered to you by SOFEA charity, SOFEA SESSIONS is a platform that empowers people to talk, to reduce stigma, help people relate to the episodes and feel less alone in their issues, in the hope that listeners and guest speakers can deepen the connections to themselves and their communities.
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Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Today’s guest is Max who talks about his lived experience of Autism, challenges stereotypes and talks about the importance of representation of Autism in the media. Max is a student at SOFEA and wanted to open up about his experiences in the hope he may help other's with their own feelings of being Autistic, but also to raise awareness to the 'neurotypical' community and ask what they can do to help support Autistic people more.
If you are affected by anything you hear in today's podcast here are some organisations that may be able to offer support:
Autism Family Support Oxfordshire
Autism Oxford
National Autistic Society
SOFEA also supports lots of people with Autism and other types of neurodivergence, and has many programmes that may be suitable. To find out more about how we could help visit our website here.
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Content trigger warning: Themes discussed are gender dysphoria, transition surgery (not explicit), coming out and navigating through relationships as a Trans man.
Hello! Welcome to the SOFEA Sessions podcast. Our guest today is Dom, who is a Trans man and is here to share his story. In this episode Dom talks about all things Trans, from coming out to medical transitions. If you are effected by anything you hear in today's podcast you can get in touch with the following organisations for support:
LGBTQ+ Switchboard - https://switchboard.lgbt tel: 0300 3300630
Gendered Intelligence - https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/
For more information about SOFEA, please visit our website: https://www.sofea.uk.com
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Welcome to the first episode of the SOFEA Sessions Podcast!
This podcast is delivered to you by SOFEA charity number 1155783; a place where we enable people to transform their lives. Todays guest is our CEO and co-founder, Richard Kennell, who talks about how SOFEA began and explains the work we do to support our local communities through our 3 Pillar Model: Work, Study and Wellbeing.
For more information about SOFEA please visit our website:
www.sofea.uk.com or email us at wellbeing@sofea.uk.com
A special thank you to Richard Kennell, and to a friend of SOFEA, David Hunter who kindly donated time and equipment to help us launch SOFEA Sessions.
SOFEA SESSIONS
At SOFEA we believe in using story telling and the sharing of lived experience as a therapeutic tool. The SOFEA SESSIONS episodes will cover a range of areas such as understanding anxiety, 'all things Trans' and other LGBTQ+ areas, dealing with shame and trauma, sports and wellbeing and lots more.
Our aim is to support our listeners to not feel alone in the barriers that mental health challenges may create and enable our listeners to make deeper emotional connections to themselves.