ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Thrive Thru meets Scottish country band Mick N Phil as they open up about their own battles with mental health and how their songs have helped them express hard times.
Catherine Hunter and Matt Bryan continue the Music/Mind series with an insightful conversation with Mick N Phil who explain how writing songs helped them deal with their mother's suicide and growing up with mental health issues.
In this episode, Thrive Thru explores:
- Telling your story through music
- Writing songs to cope with trauma
- Dealing with a family member's suicide
- It's vital to tell your story and be open about your issues and mental health
- Bringing people closer through your music
- Using music for mental health recovery
- Setting your mood when writing a song
- How can people feel how you felt in your music?
- Being vulnerable and writing through tragedy
- Appreciating the journey and enjoy what you're doing
- Helping young people much earlier
- Promoting the benefits of music to mental health in school
- How to better deal with children's mental health
We'd like to thank Mick N Phil especially for their time in this hour-long feature and for being so open about their mental health and personal stories.
It means so much to the platform and the impact we know it makes to our listeners.
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