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Welcome to episode 128 with Rachel Walker Mason, a multi-award-winning songwriter and mental health campaigner who has written songs with Grammy nominee’s and Billboard 100 artists. She also runs song writing workshops for anyone who has experienced or been affected by post-natal depression and has been described by Prince Harry as ‘an inspiration’ for her mentoring and charity work. Rachel experienced post-natal depression after both her pregnancies and in this episode, we chat about her diagnosis and what life was like for her at that time. As part of her recovery from PND, Rachel joined support groups and found comfort in the experiences of others.  She collected some of these stories and, along with her own, published them in the best-selling book, Not the Only One. In this episode we chat about recovery, what that looked like for her and how the pressure to be seen as a good parent can get in the way of asking for help. We get in to the song writing workshops she does with people who have experienced PND, how creative process is affected by depression and how mental health features in songs written by those who have also faced challenges. I loved chatting to Rachel and it was great to be able speak about parenting and mental health in such an open and honest way. Connect with Rachel on social media @rachelwalkermason or learn more about her work via her website www.rachelwalkermason.com. Her PND workshops can be found at www.lyricallight.com. You can connect with me on social media @propermentalpodcast and you can connect with me via the website here: www.propermentalpodcast.com Another way to support is to rate, review and subscribe on whatever platform you get your podcasts from! If you or anyone you know needs to find support in your local area, please go to www.hubofhope.co.uk Thanks for listening!

Welcome to episode 128 with Rachel Walker Mason, a multi-award-winning songwriter and mental health campaigner who has written songs with Grammy nominee’s and Billboard 100 artists. She also runs song writing workshops for anyone who has experienced or been affected by post-natal depression and has been described by Prince Harry as ‘an inspiration’ for her mentoring and charity work. Rachel experienced post-natal depression after both her pregnancies and in this episode, we chat about her diagnosis and what life was like for her at that time. As part of her recovery from PND, Rachel joined support groups and found comfort in the experiences of others.  She collected some of these stories and, along with her own, published them in the best-selling book, Not the Only One. In this episode we chat about recovery, what that looked like for her and how the pressure to be seen as a good parent can get in the way of asking for help. We get in to the song writing workshops she does with people who have experienced PND, how creative process is affected by depression and how mental health features in songs written by those who have also faced challenges. I loved chatting to Rachel and it was great to be able speak about parenting and mental health in such an open and honest way. Connect with Rachel on social media @rachelwalkermason or learn more about her work via her website <a href="http://www.rachelwalkermason.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.rachelwalkermason.com</a>. Her PND workshops can be found at <a href="http://www.lyricallight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lyricallight.com</a>. You can connect with me on social media @propermentalpodcast and you can connect with me via the website here: <a href="http://www.propermentalpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.propermentalpodcast.com</a> Another way to support is to rate, review and subscribe on whatever platform you get your podcasts from! If you or anyone you know needs to find support in your local area, please go to <a href="www.hubofhope.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.hubofhope.co.uk</a> Thanks for listening!

In this episode Rachel talks about being her struggle with post natal depression and putting pressure on herself to pretend everything was fine. We discuss the societal pressures put on new mums to have it all together when in reality hormones and sleep deprivation make it almost impossible and how Rachel helps new mums with PND through her Lyrical Light workshops.   “I think there's something actually wrong.  I'm really, it's not just baby blues already think there's something wrong, because I just felt so ashamed, I thought, oh, it will go, it will be fine. And it took me a really long time and during that time I shot a TV show for sky, made an album, made a music video, which Laila was in, I was a little baby, you know, and did it, did a, a tour and all these kinds of things.   So people thought I was this incredible person having it all together, and I was just not, I was just an absolute wreck behind the themes and my family were almost like too worried to talk to me about it cause they, they could see that I was really fragile and putting on a front of “It's great. It's like, you know, everything's fine, I can pretend.” Yeah, so a lot of them, once I’d eventually talked about it, they said, “Yeah, we knew something was wrong, but we just didn't want to push, push you in case it pushed you away.”     ABOUT THE GUEST - RACHEL WALKER-MASON   Recipient of a prestigious British Citizen Award for contribution to the arts, named “a songwriting expert” by BBC Radio Four’s Today Programme and described as “one of the most talented songwriters in the industry” Rachel Walker Mason is a multi-award-winning musician currently writing songs with Grammy winners, Billboard Hot 100 artists, alumni from The Voice UK and American Idol, Emmy winners, Oscar nominees, MOBO Award nominees and Independent Country Music Association Awards winners.  Named a Woman Of The Year 2020, the only British musician to be inducted into the Indie Music Hall Of Fame, and hailed “an inspiration” by Prince Harry, Rachel is the only musician to have been crowned Freelancer Of The Year and to be given a Community Champion Award for her work creating the international arts festival Unlock Your Talent during the coronavirus pandemic which garnered worldwide acclaim for its support and fundraising for mental health. She is also the youngest person to be made a Fellow of the London College of Music by Professional Achievement.  A highly regarded songwriting and vocal judge, Rachel was a judge for NTA nominated Sing: Ultimate A Cappella on Sky One and is a judge for the UK Songwriting Contest, the World Choir Games and the Intercontinental Music Awards.   Name That Tune Songs: TITANIUM - SIA https://amzn.to/3hnwz9n   CONNECT WITH RACHEL:   www.rachelwalkermason.com www.lyricallight.co.uk www.listenincolourartistmanagement.co.uk       ABOUT THE HOST - EVE HORNE   Eve Horne is an Award Winning Singer, songwriter, producer, sound engineer, podcast producer and more recently, a creative transformational coach, Mentor and Advisor. She has over 20 years experience in the Music Industry and is founder of PeakMusicUK and the UNHEARD Campaign which demands equality for women in the Music Industry.   Eve helps women to realign their vision and realise their potential through her unique programme that combines creativity and mental well-being. Eve is passionate about  unlocking the ‘forgotten you’ and clearing those subconscious blocks so that each woman can remember her worth, regain her confidence and achieve inner success.   Eve is also co-author of children’s book “How Nova Got The star In Her Eye” a beautiful children’s picture book about an interracial, same sex couple and their journey to becoming a family! A book can help educate all families! https://amzn.to/3wz9NSw   If you need a podcast producer, need mentoring 1-2-1 training or advice on singing, songwriting or production, or you are curious about my Rewire program to build confidence. Reconnect you to your younger self reignite, your passion and realign your journey, you can book a complimentary 30 minute call via my website www.peakmusic.uk. If you want to get back on track, feel free to give me a call today. And let's get chatting.    Also, if you would like to support the We Are The Unheard campaign to help young women get trained in songwriting and music production, please grab yourself a T-shirt here: https://www.peakmusic.uk/about-4   CONNECT WITH EVE:   https://www.facebook.com/WeAreTheUnheardPodcastGroup https://www.linkedin.com https://www.facebook.com/wearepeakmusicUK https://www.facebook.com/EveHorne https://www.instagram.com/WeAreTheUnheard https://www.instagram.com/EveHorne https://www.instagram.com/PeakMusicUK https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@evehorne https://www.youtube.com/PeakMusicUK https://linktr.ee/PEAKMusicUK     Sontronics Podcast Pro Mic:   https://amzn.to/3yhUWvH RED https://amzn.to/2WIiSuy GOLD https://amzn.to/2WDiqgV GREEN https://amzn.to/3rK9l1o SILVER https://amzn.to/3rO8DA4 BLUE https://amzn.to/3ym3sds PURPLE     HOSTED BY: Eve Horne

In this episode Rachel talks about being her struggle with post natal depression and putting pressure on herself to pretend everything was fine. We discuss the societal pressures put on new mums to have it all together when in reality hormones and sleep deprivation make it almost impossible and how Rachel helps new mums with PND through her Lyrical Light workshops. “I think there's something actually wrong.  I'm really, it's not just baby blues already think there's something wrong, because I just felt so ashamed, I thought, oh, it will go, it will be fine. And it took me a really long time and during that time I shot a TV show for sky, made an album, made a music video, which Laila was in, I was a little baby, you know, and did it, did a, a tour and all these kinds of things. So people thought I was this incredible person having it all together, and I was just not, I was just an absolute wreck behind the themes and my family were almost like too worried to talk to me about it cause they, they could see that I was really fragile and putting on a front of “It's great. It's like, you know, everything's fine, I can pretend.” Yeah, so a lot of them, once I’d eventually talked about it, they said, “Yeah, we knew something was wrong, but we just didn't want to push, push you in case it pushed you away.” ABOUT THE GUEST - RACHEL WALKER-MASON Recipient of a prestigious British Citizen Award for contribution to the arts, named “a songwriting expert” by BBC Radio Four’s Today Programme and described as “one of the most talented songwriters in the industry” Rachel Walker Mason is a multi-award-winning musician currently writing songs with Grammy winners, Billboard Hot 100 artists, alumni from The Voice UK and American Idol, Emmy winners, Oscar nominees, MOBO Award nominees and Independent Country Music Association Awards winners.  Named a Woman Of The Year 2020, the only British musician to be inducted into the Indie Music Hall Of Fame, and hailed “an inspiration” by Prince Harry, Rachel is the only musician to have been crowned Freelancer Of The Year and to be given a Community Champion Award for her work creating the international arts festival Unlock Your Talent during the coronavirus pandemic which garnered worldwide acclaim for its support and fundraising for mental health. She is also the youngest person to be made a Fellow of the London College of Music by Professional Achievement.  A highly regarded songwriting and vocal judge, Rachel was a judge for NTA nominated Sing: Ultimate A Cappella on Sky One and is a judge for the UK Songwriting Contest, the World Choir Games and the Intercontinental Music Awards. Name That Tune Songs: TITANIUM - SIA <a href="https://amzn.to/3hnwz9n" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3hnwz9n</a> CONNECT WITH RACHEL: <a href="http://www.rachelwalkermason.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.rachelwalkermason.com</a> <a href="http://www.lyricallight.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lyricallight.co.uk</a> <a href="http://www.listenincolourartistmanagement.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.listenincolourartistmanagement.co.uk</a> ABOUT THE HOST - EVE HORNE Eve Horne is an Award Winning Singer, songwriter, producer, sound engineer, podcast producer and more recently, a creative transformational coach, Mentor and Advisor. She has over 20 years experience in the Music Industry and is founder of PeakMusicUK and the UNHEARD Campaign which demands equality for women in the Music Industry. Eve helps women to realign their vision and realise their potential through her unique programme that combines creativity and mental well-being. Eve is passionate about  unlocking the ‘forgotten you’ and clearing those subconscious blocks so that each woman can remember her worth, regain her confidence and achieve inner success. Eve is also co-author of children’s book “How Nova Got The star In Her Eye” a beautiful children’s picture book about an interracial, same sex couple and their journey to becoming a family! A book can help educate all families! <a href="https://amzn.to/3wz9NSw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3wz9NSw</a> If you need a podcast producer, need mentoring 1-2-1 training or advice on singing, songwriting or production, or you are curious about my Rewire program to build confidence. Reconnect you to your younger self reignite, your passion and realign your journey, you can book a complimentary 30 minute call via my website <a href="http://www.peakmusic.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.peakmusic.uk</a>. If you want to get back on track, feel free to give me a call today. And let's get chatting.  Also, if you would like to support the We Are The Unheard campaign to help young women get trained in songwriting and music production, please grab yourself a T-shirt here: <a href="https://www.peakmusic.uk/about-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.peakmusic.uk/about-4</a> CONNECT WITH EVE: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1795141364010332/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/WeAreTheUnheardPodcastGroup</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eve-horne-she-her-675818103/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wearepeakmusicUK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/wearepeakmusicUK</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=765320453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/EveHorne</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weare_theunheard/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/WeAreTheUnheard</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eve_horne/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/EveHorne</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/peakmusicuk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/PeakMusicUK</a> <a href="https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@amyrowlinson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@evehorne</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzjAWM8JPRwRdlVvY3ecGQ/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/PeakMusicUK</a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/PEAKMusicUK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/PEAKMusicUK</a> Sontronics Podcast Pro Mic: <a href="https://amzn.to/3yhUWvH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3yhUWvH</a> RED <a href="https://amzn.to/2WIiSuy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2WIiSuy</a> GOLD <a href="https://amzn.to/2WDiqgV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2WDiqgV</a> GREEN <a href="https://amzn.to/3rK9l1o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3rK9l1o</a> SILVER <a href="https://amzn.to/3rO8DA4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3rO8DA4</a> BLUE <a href="https://amzn.to/3ym3sds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3ym3sds</a> PURPLE HOSTED BY: Eve Horne

016 Let's Talk About PND with Rachel Walker Mason

In this episode, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of DONNE | Women in Music talks to Rachel Walker Mason -  a multi-award-winning musician, currently writing songs with Grammy nominees, Billboard Hot 100 artists, alumni from The Voice UK and American Idol, Emmy winners and Independent Country Music Association Awards winners. Named a Woman Of The Year 2020 and hailed “an inspiration” by Prince Harry, Rachel is the only musician to have been crowned Freelancer Of The Year and to be given a Lockdown Hero Award for her work creating the international arts festival Unlock Your Talent which garnered worldwide acclaim for its support and fundraising for mental health.  A highly regarded songwriting and vocal judge, Rachel was a judge for NTA nominated Sing: Ultimate A Cappella on Sky One and is a judge for the UK Songwriting Contest, Strive and the Intercontinental Music Awards..https://donne-uk.org/podcast/

In this episode, soprano <a href="http://gabrielladilaccio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabriella Di Laccio</a>, founder and curator of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DONNE | Women in Music</a> talks to <a href="https://rachelwalkermason.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rachel Walker Mason</a> -  a multi-award-winning musician, currently writing songs with Grammy nominees, Billboard Hot 100 artists, alumni from The Voice UK and American Idol, Emmy winners and Independent Country Music Association Awards winners. Named a Woman Of The Year 2020 and hailed “an inspiration” by Prince Harry, Rachel is the only musician to have been crowned Freelancer Of The Year and to be given a Lockdown Hero Award for her work creating the international arts festival Unlock Your Talent which garnered worldwide acclaim for its support and fundraising for mental health.  A highly regarded songwriting and vocal judge, Rachel was a judge for NTA nominated Sing: Ultimate A Cappella on Sky One and is a judge for the UK Songwriting Contest, Strive and the Intercontinental Music Awards. . <a href="https://donne-uk.org/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://donne-uk.org/podcast/</a>