Don’t Weight To Change!
Welcome to ‘Don’t Weight to Change!’ Our original ‘Why Weight to Change?’ podcast, began as an advocacy for mental health issues following my personal 10+ year battle with anorexia. By sharing my story, we aimed to help others struggling with mental health issues, especially young boys and men, creating a safe space for candid discussion and support. Following the phenomenal feedback from our listeners, our podcast has organically expanded into issues that affect mental health such as ‘what it means to be human’. Questions such as ‘what compels us to make the life choices we make? Who determines and influences that? How do we alight upon the opinions and beliefs that we live by that form our sense of identity, and how do we identify, and deselect, certain opinions or beliefs when they no longer prove to serve us and who we want to be? Our podcast now seeks to encourage conversations around how to relinquish the weight of self-doubt, expectation, fear and uncertainty which holds us back and prevents us from changing into who we want to be. We aim to encourage discussion around how to stop seeking external validation and permission to change, what change might look like, and how change benefits our mental wellbeing so that we live out the most beneficial version of ourselves in whatever way we choose! Thank you for joining in our discussion!
Welcome to ‘Don’t Weight to Change!’ Our original ‘Why Weight to Change?’ podcast, began as an advocacy for mental health issues following my personal 10+ year battle with anorexia. By sharing my story, we aimed to help others struggling with mental health issues, especially young boys and men, creating a safe space for candid discussion and support. Following the phenomenal feedback from our listeners, our podcast has organically expanded into issues that affect mental health such as ‘what it means to be human’. Questions such as ‘what compels us to make the life choices we make? Who determines and influences that? How do we alight upon the opinions and beliefs that we live by that form our sense of identity, and how do we identify, and deselect, certain opinions or beliefs when they no longer prove to serve us and who we want to be? Our podcast now seeks to encourage conversations around how to relinquish the weight of self-doubt, expectation, fear and uncertainty which holds us back and prevents us from changing into who we want to be. We aim to encourage discussion around how to stop seeking external validation and permission to change, what change might look like, and how change benefits our mental wellbeing so that we live out the most beneficial version of ourselves in whatever way we choose! Thank you for joining in our discussion!
Episodes

May 5, 2025
Episode 30: Do labels help? - Your responses
May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025
34 min
In today’s episode, we discuss our listeners invaluable feedback on when behavioural diagnosis can be seen as help, as opposed to hindrance, in how we interact with the world.
Thank you joining in our discussions around mental health and helping us to encourage positive change, and reinforcing the motivation that change can come at any point in our lives.
Contact Us: dontweighttochange@outlook.com
May 5, 2025
34 min

Apr 27, 2025
Episode 29: Do labels help? (Part 2)
Apr 27, 2025
Apr 27, 2025
40 min
Here is 'Part 2' of our 'Do labels help?' episode, where we discuss when behavioural diagnosis can be seen as help, as opposed to hindrance, in how we interact with the world. When understanding the human condition in all its different variations can be freeing, instead of an agenda to bind us to a narrow set of behaviours which can hold us back.
Thank you joining in our discussions around mental health, informed by our experiences and those of others, in the hope of encouraging positive change and to reinforce the motivation that change can come at any point in our lives.
Contact Us: dontweighttochange@outlook.com
Apr 27, 2025
40 min

Apr 21, 2025
Episode 29: Do labels help? (Part 1)
Apr 21, 2025
Apr 21, 2025
41 min
In Part 1 of today’s episode we discuss when behavioural diagnosis can be seen as help, as opposed to hindrance, in how we interact with the world. When understanding the human condition in all its different variations can be freeing, instead of an agenda to bind us to a narrow set of behaviours which can hold us back.
Thank you joining in our discussions around mental health, informed by our experiences and those of others, in the hope of encouraging positive change and to reinforce the motivation that change can come at any point in our lives.
Contact Us: dontweighttochange@outlook.com
Apr 21, 2025
41 min

Apr 9, 2025
Episode 28: Don't Weight to Change!
Apr 9, 2025
Apr 9, 2025
43 min
Welcome to ‘Don’t Weight to Change!’
Our original ‘Why Weight to Change?’ podcast, began as an advocacy for mental health issues following my personal 10+ year battle with anorexia. By sharing my story, we aimed to help others struggling with mental health issues, especially young boys and men, creating a safe space for candid discussion and support.
However, following the phenomenal feedback from our listeners, our podcast has organically expanded into issues that affect mental health such as ‘what it means to be human’. Questions such as ‘what compels us to make the life choices we make? Who determines and influences that? How do we alight upon the opinions and beliefs that we live by that form our sense of identity, and how do we identify, and deselect, certain opinions or beliefs when they no longer prove to serve us and who we want to be?
Our podcast now seeks to encourage conversations around how to relinquish the weight of self-doubt, expectation, fear and uncertainty which holds us back and prevents us from changing into who we want to be.
Please join us as we contribute to discussions around mental health informed by our experiences, and those of others, in the hope of encouraging positive change at both individual and societal level, and to reinforce the motivation that change can come at any point in our lives.
Contact Us: dontweighttochange@outlook.com
Apr 9, 2025
43 min

Mar 31, 2025
Episode 27: Netflix's Adolescence
Mar 31, 2025
Mar 31, 2025
57 min
Following on from our recent masculinity episodes, we join the commentary around Netflix's recent crime drama ‘Adolescence’, and how its focus on the impact of social media is now being critically reviewed by the government.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Mar 31, 2025
57 min

Mar 21, 2025
Episode 26: Masculinity - Your views
Mar 21, 2025
Mar 21, 2025
53 min
In this week's episode, we share your views following on from our 'what is masculinity?' episode (Episode 24). “Thank you” to all our listeners who took the time to contribute to this crucial discussion and for letting us know we are creating discourse around this vital topic.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Mar 21, 2025
53 min

Mar 2, 2025
Mar 2, 2025
45 min
The incredible Nelly Ghaffar of GBBO shares her wise words on how to stay positive during times of discomfort and uncertainty.
Thank you for Nelly for taking the time to lift our spirits and mind along with hearts of the nation!
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Mar 2, 2025
45 min

Feb 13, 2025
Episode 24: What is Masculinity?
Feb 13, 2025
Feb 13, 2025
1 hr 8 min
In this episode we discuss the pressures of social conditioning, how it contributes to male identity and its impact on men's mental health.
This is designed as an apolitical discussion predicated upon the structural messages that Harry identifies within his worldview which he ascribes as a major contributory factor to his eating disorder.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Feb 13, 2025
1 hr 8 min

Jan 31, 2025
Episode 23: Time for change?
Jan 31, 2025
Jan 31, 2025
48 min
In this week's episode, we discuss the latest developments within the government and charities such as CALM, supporting those with mental health conditions such as eating disorders, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation.Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Jan 31, 2025
48 min

Jan 21, 2025
Episode 22: Why 'this' Podcast?
Jan 21, 2025
Jan 21, 2025
49 min
In this week’s episode, we discuss the intention behind our podcast ‘why weight to change’. We aim to raise awareness of what an eating disorder looks, and feels, like for a sufferer and their family to enhance understanding of its devastating effects and increase the paucity of support available to all those afflicted by this most life-threatening mental illness. We hope to offer reassurance and guidance on seeking the support and intervention essential to conquering the devastating cycle of an eating disorder, and prove the opportunity of life which exists of the other side.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Jan 21, 2025
49 min




